In this week's podst of weekends on All Thgs Consired, the polics of gay marriage, and how TV may be changg public attus about . Also, new stori om "3MF," the 12 days of disaster that gave birth to morn Chigo, and Arturo Sandoval. Pl, the private life of Johnny Carson.
Contents:
- MAR CANTONE SAYS HE WAS KICKED OFF JOHNNY CARSON FOR BEG GAY
- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY PEOPLE ON TV, AND JOHNNY CARSON
- ‘AJLT’ STAR MAR CANTONE: JOHNNY CARSON NCELED ME FOR BEG GAY
- BONANZA-WERE THE CARTWRIGHT BROTHERS ALL GAY?
- CARSON’S GAY JOK PROVOKED NEWTON
MAR CANTONE SAYS HE WAS KICKED OFF JOHNNY CARSON FOR BEG GAY
Out ic and star of And Jt Like That Mar Cantone recently opened up about an cint 1986 which alleg he was kicked off The Tonight Show Starrg Johnny Carson for beg too gay. Your edy has a gay edge to , and I thk 's gog to make Johnny nervo, so I'm gog to ncel you, '" Cantone the podst, Cantone also addrsed the recent loss of his And Jt Like That star, iend, and on-screen hband Willie Garson, who passed away last summer om pancreatic ncer.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY PEOPLE ON TV, AND JOHNNY CARSON
" While Cantone is proud to have been part of gay history on TV along wh Garson, he also strsed how far the culture and the dtry have to go terms of out stars. For one, he said he'd prefer that gay rol be filled wh gay actors -- but acknowledged that this might not be a realistic ask today's Hollywood.
"If I had the choice, I would like a gay man to play a gay man.
‘AJLT’ STAR MAR CANTONE: JOHNNY CARSON NCELED ME FOR BEG GAY
If 's an pennt film or a televisn show, I thk a gay person uld play a gay person, " Cantone said. He add that an "openly gay movie star...
There are no openly gay LGBTQ+ movie stars, leadg men, or leadg ladi, " he nclud. Same-Sex Marriage, Gay People On TV, And Johnny Carson. In this week's podst of weekends on All Thgs Consired, the polics of gay marriage, and how TV may be changg public attus about .
The h TV show Morn Fay featur a gay uple tryg to adopt their send child. The “And Jt Like That” star, 62, got ndid about the time that he was kicked off Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” for beg gay.
BONANZA-WERE THE CARTWRIGHT BROTHERS ALL GAY?
Your edy has a gay edge to and I thk ’s gog to make Johnny nervo, so I’m gog to ncel you, ’ ” Cantone ntued. Lookg back at his time wh Garson, Cantone is proud that they were a part of “gay history on TV.
He then exprsed his sire that gay actors should play gay rol media. “Of urse, if I had the choice, I would like a gay man to play a gay man.
CARSON’S GAY JOK PROVOKED NEWTON
If ’s an pennt film or a televisn show, I thk a gay person uld play a gay person, ” Cantone said. He then argued that the “openly gay movie star … don’t exist. There are no openly gay LGBTQ+ movie stars, leadg men or leadg ladi, ” Cantone said.
BONANZA-Were The CARTWRIGHT Brothers ALL Gay? Not a shabby start to a 's act was the equent butt of Johnny Carson's jok, and while you might thk a reer showman like Newton would have thick sk, thk Carson started makg cracks that implied Newton was gay, the sger flew off the handle. In an terview on CNN’s “Larry Kg Live, ” Newton said the bad blood began when Carson began jokg “a lot” that Newton was gay.