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The Doctor Is Out: Directed by David Lee. Wh Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leev, David Hy Pierce, Peri Gilp. A misunrstandg leads the town to believe that Frasier is gay." data-id="ma

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20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE

After years of much speculatn, a publicist for David Hy Pierce nfirmed yterday that the televisn and stage star is gay. * niles on frasier gay *

Dan Butler played Frasier and Roz's chvistic and very heterosexual -worker Bob "Bulldog" Brise on the show, so he shocked fans when he me out publicly as a gay man early on the show's n. It was jt procsg what gay means, if anythg, " Butler explaed.

In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on.

THAT GAY EPISO: ‘FRASIER’ IS GAY COMEDY BY GAY PEOPLE STARRG STRAIGHT CHARACTERS

Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.

DAVID HY PIERCE JOS LIST OF OUT GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 30, 2007/4:27 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENMAY 30, 2007 / 4:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVID HY PIERCE JOS LIST OF OUT GAY ACTORS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-05-30T20:27:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-05-30T20:27:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOTO: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PUBLICIST FOR DAVID HY PIERCE YTERDAY NFIRMED FOR THAT PIERCE IS GAY AND A LONG TERM RELATNSHIP WH BRIAN HARGROVE, A WRER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR HOLLYWOOD. SPECULATN HAD LONG SWIRLED AROUND THE ACTOR WHO FOUND FAME PLAYG NIL CRANE FOR TWELVE YEARS ON THE LONG NNG S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE HAD EQUENTLY BEEN ASKED ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE, BUT ALWAYS CLED TO DISCS . IN AN TERVIEW THE FALL OF 1993, A REPORTER FOR EMMY MAGAZE ASKED PIERCE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD, "BASILLY, I DON'T TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE." THAT WAS THE STANCE HE NTUED TO ADHERE TO OVER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE ASSOCIATED PRS ABOUT HIS NEWFOUND SUCCS ON BROADWAY, HY DID BRIEFLY ADDRS THE TOPIC AS HE EXPLAED THAT HE HAD FIRST E TO LOS ANGEL THE EARLY 1990'S "WHEN HIS PARTNER, ACTOR-WRER-PRODUCER BRIAN HARGROVE, WANTED TO WRE FOR TELEVISN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MENTN OF HARGROVE DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL SIXTEEN PARAGRAPHS TO THE TERVIEW. NO OTHER TAILS OF THE MEN'S RELATNSHIP WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THAT PIERCE HAD LONG BEEN SO RELUCTANT TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE, WE WANTED TO NFIRM THAT HARGROVE WAS FACT PIERCE'S LIFE PARTNER AND THAT THE TWO MEN DIDN'T SIMPLY HAVE A BS RELATNSHIP. THAT LED TO THE PHONE NVERSATN WH THE STAR'S PUBLICIST FOR CURTAS, WHICH PIERCE IS CURRENTLY STARRG. THE PUBLICIST DID NFIRM THAT PIERCE AND HARGROVE ARE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANY THE NEW YORK AND LOS ANGEL ACTG MUNI, THE NEWS WAS NOT A SURPRISE AS PIERCE HAD REPORTEDLY LONG LIVED AN OPENLY GAY LIFE, CLUDG HOSTG PARTI THEIR L.A. HOME. THE HOTON CHRONICLE REPORTED AUGT OF 2006 THAT THE TWO MEN HELD A BENEF PIANO RECAL FOR STEPHEN HOUGH THEIR SPANISH REVIVAL MANSE. NO MENTN WAS MA OF THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SUATN IS REMISCENT OF THAT SURROUNDG RECENTLY OUT ACTOR NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, ALSO WILY MORED TO BE GAY BY THOSE THE DTRY BEFORE HE CHOSE TO E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, PIERCE WAS SO OPEN CERTA CIRCL THAT THE ACTOR WAS RECENTLY MENTNED OUT MAGAZE'S NTROVERSIAL ARTICLE, "THE GLASS CLOSET: WHY STARS WON'T COME OUT AND PLAY". MICHAEL MTO, WHO THORED THE ARTICLE, QUOTED PIERCE AS HAVG ONCE SAID, “MY LIFE IS AN OPEN BOOK, BUT DON’T EXPECT ME TO READ TO YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE HAD, HOWEVER, APPARENTLY MA FLEETG REFERENC TO HIS PERSONAL LIFE HAVG REPORTEDLY ONCE REFERRED TO HIS PARTNER DURG A RAD TERVIEW. BUT WHENEVER DOG LARGE, MASTREAM PRS, HE NTUED TO CLE TO PUBLICLY OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHORTLY AFTER THE OUT ARTICLE, PIERCE APPEARED ON THE VIEW AND MA NO MENTN OF HIS RELATNSHIP WH HARGROVE. NOR DID HE DO SO A RECENT TERVIEW WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE WAS BORN 1959 SARASOTA SPRGS, NEW YORK. HE IS THE YOUNGT OF FOUR CHILDREN AND BEGAN HIS ACTG REER WHILE STILL HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO AN ACPLISHED MICIAN, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED ATTENDG YALE UNIVERSY HE STUDIED TO BE A CLASSIL PIANIST. ULTIMATELY, HE CID THAT WASN'T THE FIELD HE WISHED TO PURSUE AND STEAD GRADUATED WH GRE ENGLISH AND THEATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPON GRADUATG, HE MOVED TO NEW YORK WHERE HE SUPPORTED HIMSELF VAR WAYS CLUDG WORKG AS A SECURY GUARD AND AT BLOOMGDALE'S PARTMENT STORE. PIERCE PAID HIS ACTG DU DURG THE 1980'S AND '90S PERFORMG A VARIETY OF PLAYS. NORMAN LEAR GAVE HIM HIS MOST SIGNIFINT BREAK BY STG HIM ON THE POWERS THAT BE, A TV SHOW ON NBC, AS THEODORE, A SUICIDAL NGRSMAN. THE SHOW WAS WELL RECEIVED, BUT NOHELS WAS NCELED AFTER ONLY A SHORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS PIERCE'S REMBLANCE TO CHEERS' START KELSEY GRAMMER THAT LAND HIM THE ROLE OF NIL CRANE. IN FACT, THE ROLE WAS SPECIFILLY CREATED FOR PIERCE WHO WAS SO SUCCSFUL PORTRAYG FRASIER'S FSY, YOUNGER BROTHER THAT THE ACTOR WOULD BE NOMATED FOR THE EMMY FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR A RERD ELEVEN YEARS A ROW. PIERCE LLECTED THE TROPHY FOUR TIM 1995, 1998, 1999, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PIERCE ALSO FOUND SOME SMALL SUCCS THE MOVI. HE HAD PARTS THE ROB WILLIAMS-STARRER THE FISHER KG, MEG RYAN'S SLEEPLS SEATTLE AND EWAN MCGREGOR'S DOWN WH LOVE, DOG A CLEVER WILY HAILED IMPERSONATN OF TONY RANDALL VAR DORIS DAY EDI. HE ALSO APPEARED WH JODIE FOSTER LTLE MAN TATE AND WAS THE VOICE OF WALKG STICK A BUG'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001 PIERCE MA WHAT SEEMED A LIBERATE ATTEMPT TO UNTER HIS BUTTONED-DOWN TELEVISN IMAGE BY APPEARG THE R 80'S-SPIRED DIE SUMMER MP ENSEMBLE EDY WET HOT AMERIN SUMMER, WHICH HE PLAYED AN ASTROPHYSICIST WHO FELL FOR MP DIRECTOR JANEANE GAROFALO. WHILE HIS CHARACTER WAS STRAIGHT, THE CULT FAVE FILM DO FEATURE A HILAR GAY LOVE STORY (BETWEEN ALIAS' BRADLEY COOPER AND MICHAEL IAN BLACK), AND PIERCE'S CHARACTER SPOUTED SOME CIDLY NON-NIL-LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, PIERCE HAS FOUND SUCCS ON BROADWAY PERFORMG SPAMALOT AND IS CURRENTLY STARRG THE NEW KANR AND EBB MIL CURTAS FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A TONY NOMATN. THE LAST LE OF PIERCE'S "PLAYBILL" B THE CURTAS PROGRAM SAYS, "THIS ONE IS FOR BRIAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, PIERCE PLAYS THE LEAD CURTAS, A TECTIVE WHO ROMANC THE LEADG LADY. ALONG WH T.R. KNIGHT AND NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, THIS MAK PIERCE A THIRD WELL-KNOWN GAY ACTOR SUCCSFULLY PLAYG A STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE PIERCE HAS BEEN SO RETICENT ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE (UNTIL TODAY, BOTH WIKIPEDIA AND IMDB REPORT PIERCE AS LIVG "LOS ANGEL WH HIS TWO WHEATON TERRIERS, EMMA AND MABLE"), LTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIS PARTNER BRIAN HARGROVE. WHAT IS KNOWN IS THAT HARGROVE IS A WRER, PRODUCER, AND POSER, HAVG WORKED ON SHOWS CLUDG CAROLE THE CY, DAVE'S WORLD, AND AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE PIERCE WAS NOT OUT PUBLICLY, HE DID DONATE TIME AND MONEY TO A VARIETY OF AIDS ANIZATNS AS WELL AS OTHER CLUDG HABAT FOR HUMANY, THE NATNAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATN, AND VAR ALZHEIMER'S ANIZATNS, A DISEASE OM WHICH BOTH HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s. Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur.

CLASSIC GAY TV: FRASIER, 'THE MATCHMAKER'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LOUIS PEZMANNOVEMBER 2, 2012/1:55 PMBY LOUIS PEZMANNOVEMBER 2, 2012 / 1:55 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CLASSIC GAY TV: FRASIER, 'THE MATCHMAKER'","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-11-02T17:55:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-11-02T17:55:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LOUIS PEZMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN CLASSIC GAY TV, LOUIS PEZMAN LOOKS AT CLASSIC AND NEW-CLASSIC GAY-THEMED EPISOS OF TELEVISN. WAS THIS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD LGBT REPRENTATN OR A CRGEWORTHY RELIC OF THE PAST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SERI: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EPISO: “THE MATCHMAKER” (SEASON 2, EPISO 3){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGAL AIR DATE: OCTOBER 4, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLOT POTS: WHEN DAPHNE REVEALS THAT SHE'S LONELY, FRASIER CIS TO PLAY MATCHMAKER AND EMBARKS ON A MANHUNT (Y, REALLY) ON HER BEHALF. HIS TARGET ENDS UP BEG TOM DURAN, THE NEW STATN MANAGER. WHAT FRASIER DON'T REALIZE IS THAT TOM'S GAY, SO WHILE FRASIER THKS HE'S VG TOM OVER TO SET HIM UP WH DAPHNE, TOM THKS FRASIER'S VG HIM OVER FOR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE TOM SHOWS UP, FRASIER SAYS ALL THE WRONG THGS, MAKG ADVERTENTLY FLIRTY MENTS ABOUT SHOWG TOM HIS BEDROOM AND GETTG SOME ALONE TIME. MEANWHILE, DAPHNE IS SMTEN, BUT SHE HAS NO IA HER DATE ULDN'T POSSIBLY BE TERTED. IT'S ONLY WHEN TOM NONTS NIL WH, "DO YOU HAVE SOME PROBLEM WH ME DATG YOUR BROTHER?" THAT THE TTH BEGS TO E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY NIL TELLS FRASIER THE TTH. AT FIRST, HE'S SHOCKED: HOW ULD TOM THK HE WAS GAY. THEN HE REMEMBERS THAT HE'S FRASIER. DAPHNE OVERHEARS AND NS OFF UPSET, BUT FRASIER IS ABLE TO LET TOM DOWN EASY. FRASIER EXPLAS THAT HE NEVER EVEN NSIRED THAT TOM MIGHT BE GAY -- TO WHICH TOM UNTERS, HE NEVER EVEN NSIRED THAT FRASIER ULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT MAK IT GAY: IN MANY WAYS, FRASIER HAD A QUEER SENSIBILY OM THE START. FRASIER AND NIL ARE UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST EFFEMATE STRAIGHT CHARACTERS TV HAS GIVEN , BUT BEFORE "THE MATCHMAKER" THAT WAS ALWAYS JT SORT OF IGNORED. THIS EPISO BRGS THE SUBTEXT OUT TO THE FOREONT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHY ANYONE UNFAIAR WH THE CHARACTER OF FRASIER WOULD STANTLY ASSUME THAT HE WAS PLAYG FOR OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DO IT HOLD UP: THE TLY AMAZG THG ABOUT "THE MATCHMAKER" IS HOW SUALLY EVERYONE HANDL THE NFN. OK, FRASIER'S NOT THRILLED ABOUT G ACROSS GAY, BUT HE'S NOT HORRIFIED EHER. AND WHILE TOM'S ADVANC ARE PLAYED FOR LGHS, HE'S NOT THE BUTT OF THE JOK. INSTEAD, FRASIER'S THE IDT FOR IGNORG THE OBV AND LEADG HIS GUT ON. "THE MATCHMAKER" EARNED A GLAAD MEDIA AWARD FOR S LIGHTHEARTED, OFFENSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY L:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM: "IT'S A HELL OF A VIEW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRASIER: "IT'S EVEN BETTER OM THE BEDROOM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT ON EARTH ULD HAVE MA HIM THK THAT I WAS TERTED HIM? ALL I DID WAS ASK HIM IF HE WAS ATTACHED, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE THEATER AND MEN'S FASHNS AND OH, MY GOD." (FRASIER){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRASIER: "DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG, BUT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT BE GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM: "WELL, NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT BE STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM: "DO THIS MEAN YOUR DAD'S NOT GAY EHER?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRASIER: "NO, NO, DAD'S NOT GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM: "BUT NIL. COME ON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOUIS PEZMAN IS A EELANCE WRER LOS ANGEL, SPENDG MOST OF HIS TIME WRG JOK FOR WSTREAM, TV REPS FOR VULTURE, AND MELODRAMATIC SAYS FOR YOUR ATTENTN. HE’S A LTLE B DOROTHY, A LTLE B BLANCHE. YOU N FOLLOW HIM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: CLASSIC GAY TV: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, "FAY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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