The actor, edian and voice of Olaf ‘Frozen’ tells Alexandra Pollard about his charmg new TV seri ‘Wolf Like Me’, his regrets over Bety and the Beast’s disappotg ‘exclively gay moment’, and why he thks cema has been ‘bombastilly dumbed down’
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- AGT REP: SIMON'S INCREDIBLY CEL PRANK ON SOFIA, 'WORLD'S GAYT BOY BAND' BRGS IT
- JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’
- JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
- COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY
AGT REP: SIMON'S INCREDIBLY CEL PRANK ON SOFIA, 'WORLD'S GAYT BOY BAND' BRGS IT
‘Please Like Me’ Atralian-born 28-year-old gay edian Josh Thomas is currently releasg the third season of the (mostly) self-wrten dramedy “Please Like Me,” airg on ABC’s Pivot TV the U.S., Canada and Atralia. The succs of the show n be measured the three awards has received addn to numero nomatns. Starrg * gay comedian josh *
The Atralian edian Josh Thomas was at the olst gay bar New York, batg how much to say about a breakup.
’ ” On “Please Like Me, ” which he played a gay twentysomethg also named Josh, he rtaged the breakup almost word for wh many ntemporary edians, mg unpleasant experienc for humor—even tragic on—is send nature to Thomas. He began velopg “Please Like Me” nsultatn wh the Atralian Broadstg Corporatn, which eventually missned a first then, he was his early twenti, and jt begng to acknowledge the fact that he was gay.
As part of this reckong, Thomas rewrote the pilot of “Please Like Me, ” changg the sexualy of his character—and the work found self posssn of a s wh a gay lead. “The superpower I had wh ‘Please Like Me’ is that the gay person was based on me, ” Thomas told me.
JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’
” He joked, “It’s, like, ‘Well, you’re gay, so that’ll be noble. “I was, like, ‘Why are GLAAD better thori on homosexualy than I am?
He relled rmg Freeform executiv, “I am a top-tier homosexual. They’re not more gay than me. Atralian-born 28-year-old gay edian Josh Thomas is currently releasg the third season of the (mostly) self-wrten dramedy “Please Like Me, ” airg on ABC’s Pivot TV the U.
Starrg Thomas himself, the show is an hont acunt of life stggl, loosely simulatg his own gay suatn, while helpg his bipolar mother and his mid-life-crisis dad, all the while havg prented him wh a brand new baby sister. Do you thk the gay scene is different Atralia than the U. Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
And Bowen Yang beme the first Asian-Amerin and third openly gay st member on "Saturday Night Live. Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.
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Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic. Joel Kim Booster often jok about beg raised a homogeno Southern town. He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more.
COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY
Booster ntued, "I'd look at myself and say, 'Why am I treated like a send-class cizen the gay muny? Same Street Highlights Gay Dads In 'Fay Day' Episo Durg Pri Month. And that's not even gettg to the self-proclaimed "world's gayt boy band.