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BILLY EICHNER ON HIS GAY ROM- "BROS"

The edian and star of "Billy on the Street" is the first openly gay man to -wre and star a gay romantic edy for a major movie stud. He talks about why 's taken so long for Hollywood to produce a rom- featurg an all-LGBTQ prcipal st. * billy gay comedian *

Boy meets boy: Billy Eichner's gay rom- "Bros".

Comedian and actor Billy Eichner lov rom-s, but he has one plat: "They never ma one about a gay uple.

‘IF YOU’RE GAY, BE GAY’: BILLY EICHNER REACTS TO THAT VIRAL COLTON UNRWOOD VIO

Comedian Billy Eichner once told Colton Unrwood that he uld be "the first gay Bachelor." Now, their nversatn has gone viral after Unrwood me out. * billy gay comedian *

Wh director and -wrer Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow (no strangers to rom-s themselv), Eichner has -wrten and stars what's beg billed as the first gay romantic edy ever released by a major film stud, and also the first to feature an all-LGBTQ prcipal st. Corrponnt Jonathan Vigltti said, "I went to the screeng wh my hband and halfway through, we had this moment where we looked at each other, regnizg that this was the first time we had seen ourselv reprented: two gay men ontg a romantic edy on the big screen.

BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: 'ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!'

Billy Eichner has been tapped to -wre, executive produce and star "Bros," a romantic edy about gay men om Universal Pictur. * billy gay comedian *

What kd of gay man says his favore sger is Garth Brooks? "Vigltti asked, "Why do you thk 's taken this long for a movie like this – two gay men a romantic edy – fally beg on the big screen?

""Well, the real answer to that is that the world, cludg Hollywood, has been very homophobic, " Eichner replied.

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"Bobby: "I was always too gay or I was too niche or, you know, I ma people unfortable. For example, 2006 (five years before his breakthrough edy game show "Billy on the Street") Eichner said his manager brought talent agents to see one of his live edy shows: "And asked me if I uld make the show 'ls gay' that month. There is ncern that gay marriage uld be reversed.

Years before Colton Unrwood me out as gay, edian Billy Eichner told the realy TV star that he uld be “the first gay Bachelor. ”While gut starrg on Unrwood’s season of the ABC datg program “The Bachelor” 2019, the “Billy on the Street” star offered the leadg man some life advice that has taken on new meang sce Unrwood announced he was gay Wednday on “Good Morng Ameri.

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“Number one, pop culture now sometim mak seem like every 14 year old gay boy is flyg out of the closet whout a re the world. ”In a ndid terview wh Rob Roberts on “Good Morng Ameri, ” Unrwood clared that he is “proud to be gay” after growg up Catholic and athletic circl that ed him to be ashamed of his sexualy. (Mel Meln / Los Angel Tim)For a dollar, name a romantic edy om a major movie stud centerg on two gay you n't, 's bee there's never been one — until and edian Billy Eichner has been tapped to -wre, executive produce and star Universal Pictur' "Bros, " a love story about "two gay men maybe, possibly, probably stumblg towards love.

""In shockg news, BROS will be the first rom about gay men ever produced by a major stud and, apparently, I'm the first openly gay man to ever wre and star their own stud film, " he tweeted. "Eichner also had some choice words for a former manager, who he said once advised him to "be ls gay bee a big agent was g" to see him perform. Can't embed that tweet here bee featur some strong, phoric language all-ps, but suffice to say the former lleagu apparently are not on good shockg news, BROS will be the first rom about gay men ever produced by a major stud and, apparently, I’m the first openly gay man to ever wre and star their own stud film.

BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: ‘ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!’

(Even The New Yorker lled his brand a “edy of nontatn? There’s somethg subversive about what Eichner do that feels different om a lot of gay edians. If gay male culture is often a foundatn for the material that Eichner , both on Billy on the Street and on Hulu’s Difficult People (created and wrten by Julie Klsner), ’s a very specific subset of gay male culture, even subculture.

Perhaps the reason Eichner, who fir on all cylrs at all tim, is equally beloved and dismissed is bee his target is gay male whens: Billy on the Street attempts to nstct the sulary of a gay media culture that’s very whe, and reli on women and people of lor not necsarily as signifint subcultural ntributors but as objects to gaze at.

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