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JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
Bent knew om the age of 5 that he is a gay man. The otherns needs to be removed om gay weddgs. "If I saw a movie that had a storyle like this – wh a gay uple who are adoptg a child and startg their own fay wh unndnal love – I thk I would’ve felt a ltle ls sred at Christmas, " he says.
In the movie, which buts Sunday, Bent plays Sam, a gay guy whose personal life suffers at the st of his profsnal life — work over marriage. '" Add to the formula the actor's love of the '80s classic Uncle Buck starrg John Candy, pl his sire to see a movie that was "really thentic to what 's like beg a gay man 2022.
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