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JSE TYLER FERGON TOLD MORN FAY STAR ERIC STONTREET TO STOP CHECKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROLE

Jse Tyler Fergon says 'Morn Fay' star Eric Stontreet, who is straight, often picked his bra while portrayg Cam as a gay man. * modern family gay house *

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.

Jse Tyler Fergon told Morn Fay star Eric Stontreet to stop checkg about playg gay role The actor looked back at the LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the h s and praised his TV hband durg the gural episo of his podst, Dner's on Me.

'MORN FAY' AND GAY MARRIAGE: IT'S COMPLITED

Yard Sale: Directed by Gail Manco. Wh Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. A yard sale at Jay's hoe reveals a secret Gloria's past, Phil's wild si when he tri Jay's old motorcycle, and ncern that Alex's new boyiend might be gay." data-id="ma * modern family gay house *

Though Fergon is gay, Stontreet is not — and when asked by Bowen if he believed Stontreet would be st as a gay character the current landspe, Fergon said, "I thk if you ask Eric, he would say no.

‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV

Fifteen Percent: Directed by Jason Wer. Wh Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. Mchell tells Jay that one of his iends is gay to teach him a lson, Claire gets trated wh Phil's new master remote ntrol, and Gloria giv Manny's "date" a makeover to improve her self-teem." data-id="ma * modern family gay house *

" Fergon also shared that Stontreet ma a pot to check wh him about portrayg a gay man, which he had to tell his TV hband to stop dog. Morn FayCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Oct 31, 2012TV-PG21mA yard sale at Jay's hoe reveals a secret Gloria's past, Phil's wild si when he tri Jay's old motorcycle, and ncern that Alex's new boyiend might be gay.

A yard sale at Jay's hoe reveals a secret Gloria's past, Phil's wild si when he tri Jay's old motorcycle, and ncern that Alex's new boyiend might be gay. Gay uple Cam and Mch (actors Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon) have won our hearts and ma lgh dozens of tim, and have also generated ample bate about straight actors playg gay rol (and vice versa). ABCIn a slightly prsg lumn on sex and televisn earlier this week, Washgton Post TV cric Tom Shal sgled out Morn Fay for s portrayal of gay characters.

‘MORN FAY’ FALLY THROWS THE GAY MARRIAGE EVERYONE WANTED

The show, he said, "picts a gay-male marriage which both partners are rehgly dimensnal, believable human 're not flawed the silly, stereotypil ways that once domated such portrayals. " This statement highlights both how far Morn Fay has e—and how far still has to go when to gay upl Stontreet—the actor who plays Cam, one half of the uple Shal prais his lumn—told me he's proud that the show treats his character's fay like an equal rner of the three fai who make up Morn Fay's supportg triangle. He appreciat that the seri don't need to dwell obssively on the fact that the show portrays a lovg, healthy, stable fay head by two gay parents.

THE MORN FAY EFFECT: POP CULTURE’S ROLE THE GAY-MARRIAGE REVOLUTN

It's alright for the dience to know that gay upl kiss.

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But apparently, the lculatn is that, we're jt too jumpy to actually watch a very realistic middle-aged and half-overweight gay uple share even a relatively chaste smooch on the show walks an tertg le on qutns of gay inty and sometim miss out on opportuni to nont homophobia.

Mch sisted the uple uldn't die the quake bee "if they fd the outfs 's gog to be very bad for the gays. " It was a self-aware ltle le about the gay muny's own ternal bat about perceptn and reputatn. But acquired a sour note later the show when Nathan Lane showed up to portray an overdramatilly swishy stereotype of the kd Shal mend Morn Fay for wasn't the first time Morn Fay has mocked one kd of gay performance to showse the normaly of a gay fay.

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In a first-season episo, the characters assumed a iend of Jay, the fay patriarch, was gay bee of his mannerisms. Her slip to a sual, homophobic teenage mdset isn't shockg.

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