Exclive: Neighbours' first gay marriage mak history — and they'll have kids soon | PkNews

Contents:

• NEIGHBOURS' MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER 'GAY' BACKLASH
• IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS AARON NEIGHBOURS GAY?
• NEIGHBOURS STAR MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER NTROVERSIAL GAY MENTS SPARKED A BACKLASH
• NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
• EXCLIVE: NEIGHBOURS’ FIRST GAY MARRIAGE MAK HISTORY — AND THEY’LL HAVE KIDS SOON

NEIGHBOURS' MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER 'GAY' BACKLASH

Neighbours edor revealed that a bedroom scene featurg fan-favoure gay uple Aaron and David was cut short the UK broadst.

The duo also gaed notoriety when they beme the first gay uple to get married the show’s extensive history.

Followg Neighbours' reveal that Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka are gettg engaged, the uple will make down the aisle for the soap's first gay partners Aaron (Matt Wilson) and David (Takaya Honda) bee hbands-to-be this week when a romantic trip to the beach tak a surprisg turn. "Neighbours Executive Producer Jason Herbison add: "Ever sce the days of Stt and Charlene, Neighbours viewers have loved a weddg – and 's high time a gay uple had the chance to walk down the aisle. "The passg of same sex marriage means all our characters, gay or straight, have the chance to celebrate their love, as should be.

IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS AARON NEIGHBOURS GAY?

Neighbours has celebrated Atralia's first on-screen gay weddg sce voted to legalise same-sex as the soap ma history wh Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson) and David Tanaka's (Takaya Honda) nuptials, fans were tears. #Neighbours #GayWeddg #Equaly, " one viewer wrote. Digal Spy recently ught up wh Matt Wilson, where he shared his thoughts on the Atralian show's first legal gay weddg.

'My choice of words wasn't right': Matt Wilson apologis after ntroversial remarks about his gay Neighbours character actg 'normal' and 'straight' Published: 08:49 BST, 4 July 2017 | Updated: 16:10 BST, 6 July 2017. He plays a gay character, Aaron Brennan, on long-nng TV soap actor Matt Wilson faced a backlash after claimg his character was purposefully wrten to be a 'straight actg' an terview on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff last week, the 29-year-old said stripper Aaron was characterised to 'act straight and act normal' down for vio Controversy: Neighbours star Matt Wilson (pictured) faced a backlash after sayg on Brish televisn last week his character was purposefully wrten to be a 'straight actg' homosexualHe add: 'And when I say normal, like, he don't stand out among the crowd. 'Matt then pared his character wh the gay men US seri Morn Fay, who he scribed as 'flamboyant' and 'mp.

' The former rpenter also said there had been much discsn over whether the role should have been given to a gay actor. 'There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character. 'Many gay fans were left disappoted by Matt's remarks, scribg the heterosexual actor's terview as 'crgeworthy' and even 'homophobic'.

NEIGHBOURS STAR MATT WILSON APOLOGIS AFTER NTROVERSIAL GAY MENTS SPARKED A BACKLASH

Televisn role: The 29-year-old plays a gay character, Aaron Brennan, on TV soap NeighboursHe later apologised on Twter, wrg: 'Hi guys. Backlash: Many gay fans were disappoted by Matt's remarks, scribg the heterosexual actor's terview as 'crgeworthy' and even 'homophobic'.

Aaron is openly gay, and he has formed relatnships wh tablished regular Nate Kski (Meyne Wyatt), spe ially havg nothg mon, and later Tom Quill (Kane Felsger) and David Tanaka (Takaya Honda) rmatnHbandDavid Tanaka (2018–)DghtersIsla Tanaka-BrennanWho is David married to Neighbours? Neighbours has aired s first posive gay proposal scene.

Atralia’s longt nng drama seri has boasted several same-sex upl the past, but is yet to feature a gay weddg. “So the fact that happened and Aaron and David are at that stage their relatnship where they are gog to get married, we may be the first gay uple to get married on Atralian televisn sce ’s bee legal. Neighbours star Matt Wilson has apologised for g offence durg his appearance on The Wright Stuff yterday (June 29), sistg that his "choice of words wasn't right" – who plays Aaron Brennan on the Asie soap – sparked a backlash om fans on social media for his answer to a qutn regardg playg a gay character, spe beg straight real asked the terview if he'd had any stick om takg a part away om a gay actor, Matt said: "We've had this argument e up a uple of tim.

NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER

There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character, but that's like sayg you should get someone a wheelchair to play a character a wheelchair. "Although appeared that he tripped up on his words after beg put on the spot, Matt was undated by angry tweeters – cludg ex-EastEnrs star Danny Boy Hatchard – beratg him for suggtg that gay men aren't 'normal'. Neighbours has always had gay and bisexual characters the soap, featurg storyl about g out and explorg love, but has never followed a relatnship to the weddg stage until now.

"The Archers on BBC Rad 4 was the first soap opera to feature a gay civil ceremony 2006, Channel 4's Hollyoaks was the first soap to feature a gay weddg. Neighbours star Takaya Honda has h back at clichéd qutns about playg a gay straight actor, who portrays David Tanaka the Channel 5 soap, appeared at Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras alongsi his on-screen hband Matt Wilson (Aaron Brennan), when he ma the impassned Instagram post.

"We get asked, more often than I thk we should, 'What's like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult? "Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man? The task we are given is to evoke wh the dience that feelg of love and have them believe that we are love, and that would go whether our characters were gay, straight or other.

EXCLIVE: NEIGHBOURS’ FIRST GAY MARRIAGE MAK HISTORY — AND THEY’LL HAVE KIDS SOON

"There is no gree of difficulty add bee the characters are gay. I was jt gay.

Neighbours is airg s first ever gay weddg, after 33 years on our screens. Gay Couple.