Actor Tuc Watks cricized the gay uple on "Morn Fay." Jse Tyler Fergon's rponse was perfect.
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- NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’
- ARE M AND MCHELL GAY REAL LIFE?
- PRI MONTH 2020 MCH M PRCHETT MORN FAY MORE GAY LOVE RELATNSHIPS EXPLORED RIGHT ABC
- ‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
- ‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’
* is cam and mitchell gay irl *
Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay. Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s. They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then.
Actor Tuc Watks, bt known for his role as David Vickers on “One Life to Live” and Bob Hunter on “Dperate Hoewiv, ” took to his Facebook page to post about Cam and Mch, the gay uple on “Morn Fay” played by Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon.
ARE M AND MCHELL GAY REAL LIFE?
Mark Blankenship wr that the persistently unsupportive dynamic between the only gay uple on a popular work s has gotten so unpleasant that 's temptg him to change the channel. * is cam and mitchell gay irl *
“But, for the most part, I have a hard time lghg at the gay guys. It feels a ltle b like the gay equivalent of 'blackface. Watks, who joed “One Life to Live” 1994, me out as gay 2013.
We n”t be expected to reprent every gay person. And fense of Cam, I still n”t figure out how a clown & football ach who also happens to be gay is a stereotype.
PRI MONTH 2020 MCH M PRCHETT MORN FAY MORE GAY LOVE RELATNSHIPS EXPLORED RIGHT ABC
The groundbreakg seri put a gay uple ont and center long before posive LGBTQ+ reprentatn was the norm. * is cam and mitchell gay irl *
Also: Cricizg important gay characters on TV for not beg the kds of gay characters you prefer and thkg that bee you don't want Cam and Mch at your dner party, they mt not be TV-ready.
There are plenty of real gay people who act like Cam and Mch, jt like there are plenty of gay men who act like the guys on “Lookg, ” “Queer as Folk, ” and “Will and Grace. ” Jt bee you n intify a gay character's gayns thanks to a performer's actg choic don't mean his work is parable to hio racist ritur.
You jt sulted every real gay person who relat to Cam and Mch by mistakg your juvenile “ick” rponse as a salient cultural issue. I thk slammg gay characters as “stereotypil” is a ward's way of sayg, “I'm unfortable acknowledgg that many gay people have specific personaly tras mon.
‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
It may only have been a season ago sce Morn Fay's Cameron and Mchell fally tied the knot, but now the st have hted at a "gay divorce". * is cam and mitchell gay irl *
Many gay people have specific personaly tras mon.
We've fought for gay characters on TV to be out and real, not jt strategic avatars signed to feel “cuttg edge.
‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
The groundbreakg seri put a gay uple ont and center long before posive LGBTQ+ reprentatn was the norm. * is cam and mitchell gay irl *
If Tuc Watks thks gay behavrs are somethg that should be policed, modified, or crged at, he's fely the dated one.