"I never have had a problem sayg who I am," the actor says his first terview wh gay magaze The Advote
Contents:
- WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
- ‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
- 'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
- WILL & GRACE BROKE GROUND FOR GAY REPRENTATN—CAN IT DO IT AGA?
- HOW TV BROUGHT GAY PEOPLE INTO OUR HOM
- HOW ‘WILL & GRACE’S’ RELATABLE VIBE HELPED AUDIENC ACCEPT GAY CHARACTERS
WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
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The rolutely private actor recently gave his first terview to gay newsmagaze The Advote after many nied requts.
The star of the popular, Emmy-wng gay s adds, "I feel like I've ntributed monumentally to the succs of the gay movement Ameri, and if anyone wants to argue that, I’m open to .
Everyone remembers the basics: bt iends Will, a gay man, and Grace, a straight woman, live and love Manhattan wh their quirkier iends Jack and Karen.
‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
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Mutchnick and Eisenberg dated real life, and then beme close iends after Mutchnick revealed he was gay.
She also told Kg that McCormack didn't origally want to play a gay character. Actor Sean Hay, who portrayed openly gay character Jack on Will & Grace, didn't e out real life until five years after the show end. More recently, Hay has revealed that he's "ashamed and embarrassed" he stayed the closet for so long when he might have ma a difference young gay people's liv by g out sooner.
'I WOULDN'T GET THIS ROLE TODAY': WILL & GRACE'S STRAIGHT 'GAY' STAR
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Fellow executive producer David Kohan and producer-director Jam Burrows agreed, notg that the show had troduced and normalized gay people for a swath of the public. Bee Eric do play a gay man on TV many people believe that means he is gay real life.
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WILL & GRACE BROKE GROUND FOR GAY REPRENTATN—CAN IT DO IT AGA?
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Beg the first show to feature two promently gay characters, the seri foced on the liv of the ma st and how they navigated their reers and relatnships. The album featured gay classics like “I Will Survive, ” and songs by gut stars of the show like Cher’s “Gypsi, Tramps and Thiev.
HOW TV BROUGHT GAY PEOPLE INTO OUR HOM
Oddly enough, the producers believed Barrowman was "too straight" to play the character and thought McCormack was more nvcg as a gay man. In realy, Barrowman is gay while McCormack is straight.
HOW ‘WILL & GRACE’S’ RELATABLE VIBE HELPED AUDIENC ACCEPT GAY CHARACTERS
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