The Evolutn of Gay Mac 'It's Always Sunny' - Mandatory

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• "IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA" GAVE MAC AN UNEXPECTEDLY TOUCHG COMG-OUT TO HIS DADIN A STUNNG DANCE SEQUENCE, MAC VISUALIZ THE NER STGGLE HE'S BEEN FACG OVER HIS {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 LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 9, 2018/2:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4480PX;WIDTH:6720PX;}PATRICK MCELHENNEY/FXXIT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA -- “MAC FDS HIS PRI” – SEASON 13, EPISO 10 (AIRS NOVEMBER 7, 10:00 PM E/P) PICTURED: (L-R) ROB MCELHENNEY AS MAC, KYLIE SHEA AS BETIFUL WOMAN. CR: PATRICK MCELHENNEY/FXXBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 9, 2018 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA\" GAVE MAC AN UNEXPECTEDLY TOUCHG COMG-OUT TO HIS DAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-09T19:05:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-09T19:05:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","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;}FXX'S IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA, THE LONGT NNG SHOW BLE HISTORY, JT FISHED S 13TH SEASON AND EVEN SO EP S N THE GANG AT PADDY'S PUB STILL MANAG TO {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;}ON THURSDAY'S SEASON FALE, MAC (SHOW CREATOR ROB MCELHENNEY) GOT A RARE MOMENT OF PERSONAL GROWTH, WHICH THE SHOW HAS ROUTELY REJECTED. THE CENTRAL NCE OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IS THAT MAC, CHARLIE, DENNIS, DEE AND FRANK ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE—THEY'RE THE ACTUAL WORST—AND BEG THE WORST THEY NEVER SIRE TO CHANGE OR BEE BETTER ANY POSSIBLE WAY. MAC, HOWEVER, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SLIGHT EXCEPTN TO THAT LE. HE'S NOT AS DUMB AS CHARLIE SO HE'S ABLE TO REALIZE HIS SHORTGS, AND HE'S NOT AS WILLFULLY UNWILLG AS FRANK, DEE, AND DENNIS TO BE {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;}MAC'S SEXUALY HAS LONG BEEN A NNG JOKE ON 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;}A VOUT CATHOLIC WH A SHTY UPBRGG—HIS DAD IS A PSYCHOPATH AND HIS MOM IS AN ALHOLIC—MAC HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH EP NIAL ABOUT HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN THAT THE RT OF THE GANG NEVER TAK ANYTHG HE DO OR SAYS SERLY, DISMISSG HIS ACTNS AS JT ANOTHER SPERATE PLOY FOR ATTENTN. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THEY TREATED HIS TRANSFORMATN TO A RAGG BEEFKE AT THE START OF 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;}MAC ME OUT AT THE END OF THE 11TH SEASON WHEN A FATEFUL ENUNTER ON A CHRISTIAN CISE SHIP WH A GAY UPLE OPENED HIS LEGS AND HIS EY TO A NEW {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 ALSO TTED HIS FAH GOD AND HE SOON WENT BACK TO THE CLOSET. THEN SEASON 12, MAC FALLY AND FIVELY ME OUT FOLLOWG SOME HIJKS 'S NOT REALLY WORTH GETTG TO HERE. JT KNOW VOLVED A DILDO EXERCISE {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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;}THE POT IS, MAC ME TO ACCEPT HIS HOMOSEXUALY, ENDG A MULTI-SEASON ARC AND RULTG THE MOST FLHED-OUT CHARACTER ON IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA. BUT STILL, THIS 13TH SEASON FALE ME AS A TE {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 "MAC FDS HIS PRI," THE GANG IS PARTICIPATG PHILLY'S PRI PARA AND THEY WANT MAC TO DANCE ON THEIR ELABORATE FLOAT. IN ONE OF MANY KNOWG MENTARI ON THE MERCIALIZATN AND MODIFITN OF LGBTQ CULTURE, THEY PLA THAT THEY N'T HAVE A STRAIGHT GUY DANCE ON THE FLOAT OR ELSE "THE PRS WOULD MURR" THEM. FRANK (A NEVER BETTER DANNY DEVO) IS CHARGED, TO HIS CHAGR, WH RECG MAC, WHO'S EXPERIENCG AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS ABOUT WHERE HE FS AS A 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;}FOR PURELY SELFISH REASONS, FRANK TRI TO HELP MAC "FD HIS PRI." FIRST THEY GO TO AN UNRGROUND S&M Y AND THEN A DRAG BAR, BUT MAC DON'T FEEL LIKE HE FS AT EHER. THEN OCCURS TO FRANK THAT MAC WILL NEVER FEEL PLETE UNTIL MAC OUT TO HIS CURRENTLY RCERATED DAD (GREGORY STT CUMMS). WHILE VISG HIM PRISON, MAC IS UNABLE TO GET OUT THE WORDS, AND STEAD HIS DAD NVC HIMSELF THAT MAC HAS "FALLY" KNOCKED UP A GIRL. WHEN FRANK SE A WOMAN EXG MAC'S APARTMENT AND MAC PUTTG BACK ON HIS SHIRT, HE, AND I, ASSUME THAT MAC IS GOG BACK THE CLOSET. AFTER ALL, THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. THE ENTIRE TIME I JT KEPT WAG FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP—FOR MAC TO ADM THAT HE'S NOT GAY, SPE ALL THE EVINCE TO 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;}THROUGHOUT THE EPISO, FRANK CLAIMS THAT HE JT NEVER "GOT" MAC. AN OLD-SCHOOL BIGOT, FRANK IS THE LAST PERSON YOU'D EXPECT TO SET MAC ON A PATH OF SELF-DISVERY. BUT FRANK IS ABLE TO FD EMPATHY FOR MAC THANKS TO A HILAR SUBPLOT VOLVG A BLOODY NOSE AND THE CREASGLY BIZARRE TACTICS HE EMPLOYS TO STOP , WHICH ONLY SERV TO MAKE HIS FACE MORE AND MORE ILLY GROTQUE. ONCE HE JT RELEAS THE BLOOD, HOWEVER, HE REALIZ WHAT MAC MT {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;}"SOMETIM YOU GOT TO LET THE BLOOD FLOW" FRANK SAYS TO MAC, " ORR TO START THE HEALG. SOME CUTS YOU JT N'T PLUG UP." FRANK GO ON TO TELL MAC THAT HE NEEDS TO LET OUT WHAT'S SI OF HIM OR HE'LL BE AGONY FOR THE RT OF HIS LIFE. HERE I EXPECTED MAC TO AGREE TO DANCE ON PADDY'S FLOAT—THE SHOW LOV AN ELABORATE BUILD UP TO A SIMPLE GAG—BUT FRANK WANTS HIM TO FET ABOUT THAT AND FOC ON HIS TE RELEASE: G OUT TO HIS {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'S ALWAYS SUNNY HAS HAD MIL VIGT BEFORE, MOST MEMORABLY SEASON FOUR'S "THE NIGHTMAN COMETH," BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN ED FOR EDIC EFFECT. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO PUNCHLE. MAC AND FRANK GO BACK TO THE PRISON AND STAGE A SHOW FOR THE PRISONERS. MAC TRODUC THE SHOW BY TELLG HIS DAD THAT HE'S GAY AND IMMEDIATELY LNCHG TO A GEO TERPRETIVE DANCE WH THE WOMAN LAST SEEN LEAVG HIS APARTMENT—HIS DANCE PARTNER. AND THAT IMPRSIVE PHYSIQUE HE BUILT WAS MORE THAN JT FOR SHOW, BUT FOR {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;}MAC HAD TRIED TO EXPLA TO FRANK EARLIER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOG ON SI OF HIM: "THERE’S LIKE THIS STORM SI OF ME AND ’S BEEN RAGG MY WHOLE LIFE."{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;}"AND I’M DOWN ON MY KNE AND I’M LOOKG FOR ANSWERS AND THEN GOD DOWN TO ME AND ’S A VERY HOT CHICK."{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;}"AND SHE PULLS ME UP AND WE START DANCG.”{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;}FRANK'S IAL RPONSE WAS, "THE CATHOLICS REALLY FUCKED YOU UP." {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;}MAC'S DAD WALKS OUT THE MIDDLE OF THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE SELF. THE REJECTN HE RECEIV OM HIS DAD IS MIRRORED ON STAGE, BUT THE GOD HE IS DANCG WH ULTIMATELY ACCEPTS HIM. THEY END THEIR PAS UX WH MAC CRAWLG TO GOD AS SHE WHISPERS, "IT'S OKAY, 'S OKAY, 'S OKAY." AND FRANK, WELL:{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;}AND THEN ENDS. THE DIENCE STANDS APPLDG AWE AND THE SHOW CUTS TO THE CREDS. THERE'S NO JOKE, NO PARTG QUIP. THAT'S THE TLY SHOCKG B ABOUT THIS ENTIRE EPISO. IT'S SUCH A DRAMATIC, UNCHARACTERISTIC, AND ANKLY ADULT WAY TO END AN EPISO, LET ALONE A SEASON. OVER A AND IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY HAS FALLY GROWN {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;}BUT THIS SHOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN WAY MORE THAN WHAT SEEMED, OM S VERY FIRST EPISOS. IT'S NOT JT GROSS-OUT HUMOR, OVER-THE-TOP BS, AND EDGS FOR THE SAKE OF EDGS—THERE'S A W AND A WK TO EVERYTHG THEY DO. IT DON'T ALWAYS WORK, BUT WHEN DO, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA PROV WHY 'S THE LONGT NNG SHOW BLE—AND WH S 14TH SEASON, THE LONGT NNG LIVE-ACTN S—AND WHY 'S STILL ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ON 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;}CHECK OUT THE FULL DANCE SEQUENCE {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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;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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"IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA" GAVE MAC AN UNEXPECTEDLY TOUCHG COMG-OUT TO HIS DADIN A STUNNG DANCE SEQUENCE, MAC VISUALIZ THE NER STGGLE HE'S BEEN FACG OVER HIS {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 LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 9, 2018/2:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4480PX;WIDTH:6720PX;}PATRICK MCELHENNEY/FXXIT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA -- “MAC FDS HIS PRI” – SEASON 13, EPISO 10 (AIRS NOVEMBER 7, 10:00 PM E/P) PICTURED: (L-R) ROB MCELHENNEY AS MAC, KYLIE SHEA AS BETIFUL WOMAN. CR: PATRICK MCELHENNEY/FXXBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 9, 2018 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA\" GAVE MAC AN UNEXPECTEDLY TOUCHG COMG-OUT TO HIS DAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-09T19:05:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-09T19:05:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","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;}FXX'S IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA, THE LONGT NNG SHOW BLE HISTORY, JT FISHED S 13TH SEASON AND EVEN SO EP S N THE GANG AT PADDY'S PUB STILL MANAG TO {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;}ON THURSDAY'S SEASON FALE, MAC (SHOW CREATOR ROB MCELHENNEY) GOT A RARE MOMENT OF PERSONAL GROWTH, WHICH THE SHOW HAS ROUTELY REJECTED. THE CENTRAL NCE OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IS THAT MAC, CHARLIE, DENNIS, DEE AND FRANK ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE—THEY'RE THE ACTUAL WORST—AND BEG THE WORST THEY NEVER SIRE TO CHANGE OR BEE BETTER ANY POSSIBLE WAY. MAC, HOWEVER, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SLIGHT EXCEPTN TO THAT LE. HE'S NOT AS DUMB AS CHARLIE SO HE'S ABLE TO REALIZE HIS SHORTGS, AND HE'S NOT AS WILLFULLY UNWILLG AS FRANK, DEE, AND DENNIS TO BE {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;}MAC'S SEXUALY HAS LONG BEEN A NNG JOKE ON 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;}A VOUT CATHOLIC WH A SHTY UPBRGG—HIS DAD IS A PSYCHOPATH AND HIS MOM IS AN ALHOLIC—MAC HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH EP NIAL ABOUT HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN THAT THE RT OF THE GANG NEVER TAK ANYTHG HE DO OR SAYS SERLY, DISMISSG HIS ACTNS AS JT ANOTHER SPERATE PLOY FOR ATTENTN. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THEY TREATED HIS TRANSFORMATN TO A RAGG BEEFKE AT THE START OF 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;}MAC ME OUT AT THE END OF THE 11TH SEASON WHEN A FATEFUL ENUNTER ON A CHRISTIAN CISE SHIP WH A GAY UPLE OPENED HIS LEGS AND HIS EY TO A NEW {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 ALSO TTED HIS FAH GOD AND HE SOON WENT BACK TO THE CLOSET. THEN SEASON 12, MAC FALLY AND FIVELY ME OUT FOLLOWG SOME HIJKS 'S NOT REALLY WORTH GETTG TO HERE. JT KNOW VOLVED A DILDO EXERCISE {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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;}THE POT IS, MAC ME TO ACCEPT HIS HOMOSEXUALY, ENDG A MULTI-SEASON ARC AND RULTG THE MOST FLHED-OUT CHARACTER ON IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA. BUT STILL, THIS 13TH SEASON FALE ME AS A TE {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 "MAC FDS HIS PRI," THE GANG IS PARTICIPATG PHILLY'S PRI PARA AND THEY WANT MAC TO DANCE ON THEIR ELABORATE FLOAT. IN ONE OF MANY KNOWG MENTARI ON THE MERCIALIZATN AND MODIFITN OF LGBTQ CULTURE, THEY PLA THAT THEY N'T HAVE A STRAIGHT GUY DANCE ON THE FLOAT OR ELSE "THE PRS WOULD MURR" THEM. FRANK (A NEVER BETTER DANNY DEVO) IS CHARGED, TO HIS CHAGR, WH RECG MAC, WHO'S EXPERIENCG AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS ABOUT WHERE HE FS AS A 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;}FOR PURELY SELFISH REASONS, FRANK TRI TO HELP MAC "FD HIS PRI." FIRST THEY GO TO AN UNRGROUND S&M Y AND THEN A DRAG BAR, BUT MAC DON'T FEEL LIKE HE FS AT EHER. THEN OCCURS TO FRANK THAT MAC WILL NEVER FEEL PLETE UNTIL MAC OUT TO HIS CURRENTLY RCERATED DAD (GREGORY STT CUMMS). WHILE VISG HIM PRISON, MAC IS UNABLE TO GET OUT THE WORDS, AND STEAD HIS DAD NVC HIMSELF THAT MAC HAS "FALLY" KNOCKED UP A GIRL. WHEN FRANK SE A WOMAN EXG MAC'S APARTMENT AND MAC PUTTG BACK ON HIS SHIRT, HE, AND I, ASSUME THAT MAC IS GOG BACK THE CLOSET. AFTER ALL, THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. THE ENTIRE TIME I JT KEPT WAG FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP—FOR MAC TO ADM THAT HE'S NOT GAY, SPE ALL THE EVINCE TO 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;}THROUGHOUT THE EPISO, FRANK CLAIMS THAT HE JT NEVER "GOT" MAC. AN OLD-SCHOOL BIGOT, FRANK IS THE LAST PERSON YOU'D EXPECT TO SET MAC ON A PATH OF SELF-DISVERY. BUT FRANK IS ABLE TO FD EMPATHY FOR MAC THANKS TO A HILAR SUBPLOT VOLVG A BLOODY NOSE AND THE CREASGLY BIZARRE TACTICS HE EMPLOYS TO STOP , WHICH ONLY SERV TO MAKE HIS FACE MORE AND MORE ILLY GROTQUE. ONCE HE JT RELEAS THE BLOOD, HOWEVER, HE REALIZ WHAT MAC MT {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;}"SOMETIM YOU GOT TO LET THE BLOOD FLOW" FRANK SAYS TO MAC, " ORR TO START THE HEALG. SOME CUTS YOU JT N'T PLUG UP." FRANK GO ON TO TELL MAC THAT HE NEEDS TO LET OUT WHAT'S SI OF HIM OR HE'LL BE AGONY FOR THE RT OF HIS LIFE. HERE I EXPECTED MAC TO AGREE TO DANCE ON PADDY'S FLOAT—THE SHOW LOV AN ELABORATE BUILD UP TO A SIMPLE GAG—BUT FRANK WANTS HIM TO FET ABOUT THAT AND FOC ON HIS TE RELEASE: G OUT TO HIS {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'S ALWAYS SUNNY HAS HAD MIL VIGT BEFORE, MOST MEMORABLY SEASON FOUR'S "THE NIGHTMAN COMETH," BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN ED FOR EDIC EFFECT. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO PUNCHLE. MAC AND FRANK GO BACK TO THE PRISON AND STAGE A SHOW FOR THE PRISONERS. MAC TRODUC THE SHOW BY TELLG HIS DAD THAT HE'S GAY AND IMMEDIATELY LNCHG TO A GEO TERPRETIVE DANCE WH THE WOMAN LAST SEEN LEAVG HIS APARTMENT—HIS DANCE PARTNER. AND THAT IMPRSIVE PHYSIQUE HE BUILT WAS MORE THAN JT FOR SHOW, BUT FOR {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;}MAC HAD TRIED TO EXPLA TO FRANK EARLIER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOG ON SI OF HIM: "THERE’S LIKE THIS STORM SI OF ME AND ’S BEEN RAGG MY WHOLE LIFE."{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;}"AND I’M DOWN ON MY KNE AND I’M LOOKG FOR ANSWERS AND THEN GOD DOWN TO ME AND ’S A VERY HOT CHICK."{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;}"AND SHE PULLS ME UP AND WE START DANCG.”{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;}FRANK'S IAL RPONSE WAS, "THE CATHOLICS REALLY FUCKED YOU UP." {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;}MAC'S DAD WALKS OUT THE MIDDLE OF THE PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE SELF. THE REJECTN HE RECEIV OM HIS DAD IS MIRRORED ON STAGE, BUT THE GOD HE IS DANCG WH ULTIMATELY ACCEPTS HIM. THEY END THEIR PAS UX WH MAC CRAWLG TO GOD AS SHE WHISPERS, "IT'S OKAY, 'S OKAY, 'S OKAY." AND FRANK, WELL:{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;}AND THEN ENDS. THE DIENCE STANDS APPLDG AWE AND THE SHOW CUTS TO THE CREDS. THERE'S NO JOKE, NO PARTG QUIP. THAT'S THE TLY SHOCKG B ABOUT THIS ENTIRE EPISO. IT'S SUCH A DRAMATIC, UNCHARACTERISTIC, AND ANKLY ADULT WAY TO END AN EPISO, LET ALONE A SEASON. OVER A AND IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY HAS FALLY GROWN {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;}BUT THIS SHOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN WAY MORE THAN WHAT SEEMED, OM S VERY FIRST EPISOS. IT'S NOT JT GROSS-OUT HUMOR, OVER-THE-TOP BS, AND EDGS FOR THE SAKE OF EDGS—THERE'S A W AND A WK TO EVERYTHG THEY DO. IT DON'T ALWAYS WORK, BUT WHEN DO, IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA PROV WHY 'S THE LONGT NNG SHOW BLE—AND WH S 14TH SEASON, THE LONGT NNG LIVE-ACTN S—AND WHY 'S STILL ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ON 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;}CHECK OUT THE FULL DANCE SEQUENCE {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:56.49999999999999%;} .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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

That's exactly how they treated his transformatn to a ragg beefke at the start of the me out at the end of the 11th season when a fateful enunter on a Christian cise ship wh a gay uple opened his legs and his ey to a new also tted his fah God and he soon went back to the closet. Jt know volved a dildo exercise pot is, Mac me to accept his homosexualy, endg a multi-season arc and rultg the most flhed-out character on It's Always Sunny Philalphia.

Frank (a never better Danny DeVo) is charged, to his chagr, wh recg Mac, who's experiencg an existential crisis about where he fs as a gay purely selfish reasons, Frank tri to help Mac "fd his pri.

IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA DIDN'T ALWAYS PLAN TO MAKE MAC GAY

The entire time I jt kept wag for the other shoe to drop—for Mac to adm that he's not gay, spe all the evince to the ntrary. Mac troduc the show by tellg his dad that he's gay and immediately lnchg to a geo terpretive dance wh the woman last seen leavg his apartment—his dance partner. Of the rpective idsyncrasi of The Always Sunny Philalphia gang — such as Charlie beg illerate and Dennis beg a sexual predator — one of the funnier nng gags throughout the seri has been Mac’s latent homosexualy.

In Wednday night’s “The Gang Group Dat, ” at one pot Dennis refers to Mac as “the gay one” and at another pot when he turns to Mac and tells him that he riv his self worth om “nvcg himself that he’s tough and straight, ” Mac fir back “I am tough. Of urse, what mak the joke work is that Mac himself is probably the only one that don’t know that Mac is gay.

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If he were jt a guy stgglg to bottle up his homosexualy, that would jt be prsg, and a different kd of show.

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But as a strict Catholic, Mac has reprsed his homosexualy so much that he don’t even unrstand his fatuatn wh badass tough guys is bee he wants to have sex wh them.

FXX has renewed Always Sunny for two more seasons followg the 10th, which I n only assume will fally be the seri’ last, and I’m really hopg before ends we get an episo lled “Mac Realiz He’s Gay. ” Until then, I’ve put together this timele that outl Mac’s homosexualy as bubbl ever closer to the surface. At this pot the seri, they probably didn’t yet have any tentn to make Mac gay.

Season Six — “Mac Fights Gay Marriage”. Mac go on a csa agast gay marriage bee after pletg her transn to a woman, Carmen married a man named Nick. Mac sists that Nick is gay sce Carmen was born a man, seemg to miss the irony that he had sex wh Carmen before she pleted the operatn, clarg their marriage to be a “gay marriage.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

This is the episo, which the gang participat a day that revolv pletely around Mac, they fally and fively realize: “I know we’ve never said this as a group, but Mac’s gay. Mac’s “Country Mac” shows up — and not only is he tougher and more of a badass every sgle way than Mac is, but he’s also openly gay. While geics have never been scientifilly proven to have a role sexual orientatn, ’s always been a strongly held theory, so would make sense that Mac would have a gay .

(Actually two gay s, as Mac ns to another gay Paddy’s the seri premiere when they accintally turn to a gay bar. ” But jt to le out, he volunteers to see if the leprechn might have a pot of gold at the end of the rabow — this se the “rabow” beg a fictnal Philalphia gay bar actually lled The Rabow, which he bravely volunteers to search solo. When the gang cis to go on a booze-ee Christian cise, Mac is ially flummoxed to meet a married Christian gay uple, pletely throwg a wrench to his nstant ternal stggle.

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” Unfortunately after the boat almost sks wh them locked the brig, the near ath experience leads Mac to believe that God was jt ttg him and he’s not gay after all. What that nflict is exactly has been slowly, pastakgly ma clear over the seri’ past 11 seasons, culmatg season ne’s “Mac Day”: “I don’t thk we’ve ever said this as a group, ” Dennis says, “but Mac’s gay.

THE EVOLUTN OF GAY MAC ‘IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY’

) two gay Christians.