The buzz was that Fox’s Fay Guy would air an episo where toddler character Stewie Griff would e out as gay. In the March 18 episo tled “send Stewie, Please,” Stewie viss his school’s psychologist and tells his troubl the form of monologu and the dience learns some surprisg thgs about the ltle tyke.
Contents:
- OH, THAT'S WHAT GAY IS? OH YEAH, I ULD TOTALLY GET TO THAT.
- IS STEWIE GAY? ‘FAY GUY’ FALLY ADDRS HIS SEXUALY (AND THAT ACCENT!)
- STEWIE FALLY COM OUT ‘FAY GUY’S’ BT EPISO YEARSPROGRESSTHE SMARMY TODDLER’S NOT-SO-THLY VEILED SEXUALY IS FALLY ADDRSED A MAJOR EPISO THAT WASN’T JT FUNNY, BUT SHOCKGLY NUANCED AND PROGRSIVE.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED MAR. 13, 2018 2:22PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 11, 2018 9:30PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LYNE LUCIEN/THE DAILY BEASTSTEWIE ON FAY GUY MAY BE THE GAYT CHARACTER ON TELEVISN, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY TERTG GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE’S ONE YEAR OLD.FOR MORE THAN 300 EPISOS OF THE FOX ANIMATED SERI, THE YOUNGT GRIFF HAS BEEN NOT-SO-SUBTLY “D GAY,” A PHRASE ED TO SCRIBE CHARACTERS WHO EXHIB TRAS THAT HT AT BEG HOMOSEXUAL, WHOUT EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGG .“EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGG” IS RELATIVE THE SE OF STEWIE AND FAY GUY, HOWEVER. THIS IS A SHOW THAT HAS HAD THE SMARMY TODDLER LEERG AT MEN SHOWERG THROUGH A PEEPHOLE, SPEAKG AT LEAST ONCE AN EPISO HOMOEROTIC NUENDO, CSHG ON MALE CELEBRI, FANGIRLG OVER MIL THEATRE, AND EVEN SELF-REFERENCG BEG “POSSIBLY HOMOSEXUAL.” HERE’S A PILATN VIO OF JT SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS, FOR REFERENCE: BUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, A LANDMARK EPISO AIRG WHOUT A MERCIAL BREAK (AND GUT STARRG SIR IAN MCKELLEN, TO BOOT), STEWIE’S SEXUALY IS FALLY “EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED.” DO HE E OUT? WELL, SORT OF. THE RULT OF THE EPISO, AMBIGUO AS MAY BE, IS NOHELS FASCATG. IT’S NOT ONLY ONE OF THE BT EPISOS OF FAY GUY A VERY LONG TIME, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE MOST NUANCED AND EDGY G OUT EPISOS OF A TV SHOW WE’VE SEEN.AGA, ALL CENTERG AROUND A 1-YEAR-OLD.OF URSE, STEWIE’S AGE IS PART OF THE WHOLE JOKE, AND WHY HIS SEXUALY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE RISKIER—AND PAYOFF, FUNNIER—NNG GAGS OF THE SHOW. HERE’S THIS TODDLER OM A NEW ENGLAND FAY WHO SPEAKS A BRISH ACCENT, WH A HEIGHTENED TELLIGENCE AND BON VIVANT’S UNRSTANDG OF THE WORLD AND CULTURE, BUT WHO IS, YOU KNOW, STILL A TODDLER: PETULANT, VULNERABLE, AND EMOTNALLY UNEVOLVED.THE EPISO, TLED “SEND STEWIE, PLEASE,” TAK PLACE ALMOST ENTIRELY A THERAPY SSN NECSATED AFTER STEWIE PH A BOY AT SCHOOL, TYLER, DOWN THE STAIRS. MCKELLEN PLAYS THE THERAPIST, DR. CECIL PRCHFIELD, BOTH THE PERFECT FOIL FOR STEWIE BUT ALSO A TALYST FOR PROJECTN: THE OLR GAY BRISH DOCTOR WH A YOUNGER BOYIEND MIGHT JT BE WHO STEWIE, IF NOT NECSARILY ASPIR TO BE, EVENTUALLY SETTL FOR BEG WHEN HE’S OLR.TUNG TO THE EPISO KNOWG IS THE BIG ONE THAT ADDRS STEWIE’S SEXUALY MAK ALL THE MORE ENJOYABLE. A TICKER-TAPE OF GAY REFERENC AND STEREOTYP FLY BY, AND YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO TCH THEM ALL.STEWIE BREEZ TO THE SSN, WISHG THE SECRETARY, BARBARA, LUCK ON TRYG TO SECURE ALE TICKETS: “YOU SERVE THEM.” HE CHANNELS HIS NERV THROUGH IDLE CH-CHAT ABOUT THE OFFICE DéR: “THIS IS CHARMG. IT REMDS OF THE THERAPIST OFFICE BETHENNY FRANKEL GO TO ON THE REAL HOEWIV OF NEW YORK CY. I HATE HER. SHE LOOKS LIKE A WOON DOLL YOU’D FD AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TOY SHOP. [HANDS ON HIPS] OH DON’T ACT LIKE YOU DON’T KNOW WHO SHE IS. THAT DON’T IMPRS ME. WE LIVE THE WORLD. WE ALL KNOW WHO BETHENNY FRANKEL IS, LIKE OR NOT.”THE NCE IS TELEGRAPHED QUICKLY: WE’RE ABOUT TO HEAR A LOT OF SUPER GAY STUFF OM STEWIE, BEFORE THE BIG QUTN IS DISCSED. I MEAN, WHO HAS STEWIE BEEN ALL THE YEARS IF NOT A BCHY QUEEN?THIS MANIFTS SELF PECIALLY WHEN, AFTER SPOTTG A PHOTO OF DR. PRCHFIELD AND HIS YOUNGER PARTNER, STEWIE DISSECTS EVERY SGLE TAIL ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP DYNAMIC. HE ANALYZ THE PRSURE AND SECURI THST ON THEM BY GAY ELISM AND SHAMG CULTURE, AND RC THEM TO EVERY STEREOTYPE A WAY THAT WOULD BE OFFENSIVE IF WEREN’T ALL SO PASTAKGLY TE AND REGNIZABLE (AT LEAST TO THIS GAY VIEWER), DOWN TO THE RALPH LREN PURPLE LABEL DRS SHIRTS THEY BOUGHT AT THE OUTLET STORE TO FEIGN WEALTH WHILE AT A GAY VATN STATN.IT’S EVISCERATG, AND REVEALG OF THE KD OF JUDGMENT THAT N ONLY E OM WH THE GAY MUNY. EACH NEW HYPER-SPECIFIC TAIL IS A HARSHER TTH THAN THE ONE BEFORE. TO KEEP UP WH THIS PIECE’S HYPERBOLE, IS ONE OF THE GAYT MONOLOGU WE’VE SEEN ON TELEVISN—AND TH ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYG. (WILL ANY OF WHAT STEWIE SAYS MEAN ANYTHG TO THOSE OUTSI THE MUNY?) SETH MACFARLANE, MT BE SAID, LIVERS A BRAVURA VOICE ACTG PERFORMANCE. “IF ANYTHG I’M LS GAY THAN I ED TO BE…BUT DO I THK THAT GRANT GT AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE INSTAGRAM UPLE? Y, I DO.” BUT THIS IS BARELY HALF THE EPISO. WE’RE ONLY ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKTHROUGH.“YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY LONELY LTLE BOY,” DR. PRCHFIELD SAYS RPONSE TO THE DRSG DOWN.“OH MY GOD I AM!” STEWIE WAILS. “I’M SO LONELY!” FOR ALL THE EDY RIVED OM STEWIE’S THLY VEILED HOMOSEXUALY OVER THE YEARS, ’S EASY TO FET HIM FOR WHAT HE IS: ULTIMATELY, A TRAGIC CHARACTER.DR. PRCHFIELD ATTEMPTS TO GET AT THE HEART OF THE CINT THAT BROUGHT STEWIE TO HIS OFFICE THE FIRST PLACE. WHY DID HE PH TYLER DOWN THE STAIRS? “IT WAS AN ACCINT. HAVEN’T YOU EVER SEEN SHOWGIRLS?” STEWIE (FABULOLY) FLECTS. HE DID , HE EXPLAS, BEE HE LIK HIM. AND THEN, THE DOTH-PROTT-TOO-MUCH FENSIVENS: “AND NOT LIKE HIM, LIKE HIM. I’M NOT GAY. THIS WHOLE THG ISN’T BEE I’M GAY. SO LM DOWN. I N ALREADY SEE YOU LICKG YOUR CHOMPS…IF ANYTHG I’M LS GAY THAN I ED TO BE…BUT DO I THK THAT GRANT GT AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE INSTAGRAM UPLE? Y, I DO.”HE MENTNS FLUIDY. HE SAYS HE’S NFINT HIS HETEROSEXUALY. HE MENTNS THE ANXIETY HE FEELS EVERY DAY TRYG TO F WH OTHER KIDS WHO DON’T SHARE HIS TERTS. HE BEGS RAPPG OM HATON, A MIL HE CHARACTERIZ AS “LIKE GILBERT, BUT FOR HISPANICS.” IT’S A LOT OF RAMBLG, LEADG TO ONE MAJOR REVELATN.STEWIE OUT, Y. BUT NOT THE WAY YOU WOULD EXPECT.AT FIRST, HE FEELS EED. THEN, EXPOSED. “I WANT TO REMA WHAT I’VE ALWAYS BEEN. SUPERR. BRILLIANT. SPECIAL…NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW THE REAL ME.”THERE’S A DANCE BETWEEN CHILD ANGST AND THE TORTURE THAT OM BEG AAID, NOT ONLY OF OTHERS KNOWG THE REAL YOU, BUT OF KNOWG YOURSELF. IT’S HONTLY MORE PROGRSIVE THAN IF STEWIE HAD JT E OUT.THE TRAGEDY NTU, SORT OF: STEWIE GO BACK TO A LIFE OF REPRSN, STILL CLOSETED, STILL PERFORMG A VERSN OF HIMSELF THAT HE FEELS OTHERS WILL MORE READILY ACCEPT THAN WHO HE REALLY IS. BUT ALSO…HE’S A CHILD! AND THIS IS A JOURNEY. THE MONUMENTAL MOMENT HERE ISN’T THAT FAY GUY MA A FIVE STATEMENT ABOUT STEWIE’S SEXUALY ( DIDN’T), BUT THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT JOURNEY. AND THIS IS FAY GUY! WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS NUANCE, THIS MEANGFULNS? WAY BACK 2009, MACFARLANE REVEALED THAT THE SHOW HAD NSIRED AN EPISO WHICH STEWIE OUT, SENTIALLY NFIRMG THAT STEWIE IS ED GAY. “BUT WE CID ’S BETTER TO KEEP VAGUE, WHICH MAK MORE SENSE BEE HE’S A 1-YEAR-OLD,” HE TOLD PLAYBOY. “ULTIMATELY, STEWIE WILL BE GAY OR A VERY UNHAPPY REPRSED HETEROSEXUAL. IT ALSO EXPLAS WHY HE’S SO HELLBENT ON KILLG [HIS MOTHER, LOIS] AND TAKG OVER THE WORLD: HE HAS A LOT OF AGGRSN, WHICH OM NFN AND UNCERTATY ABOUT HIS ORIENTATN.”THE EPISO’S LAST IMAGE OF STEWIE HTS AT LS NFN, AND A LTLE B OF PA AND FEAR. IT’S NOT PLAYED FOR LGHS, EHER. STEWIE, GETS BETTER. "SEND STEWIE, PLEASE" AIRS MARCH 18 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON FOX. KEV FALLON
- ‘FAY GUY’ REVEALS SHOCKG TTH BEHD STEWIE’S ACCENT (AND HIS SEXUALY)SPOILER ALERTTHE WRER OF SUNDAY NIGHT’S HUGE EPISO TAK SI THAT ACCENT TWIST, AND GO EP TO HOW AND WHY THE SHOW FALLY EXPLORED WHETHER STEWIE IS GAY. (WARNG: SPOILERS!)KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED MAR. 19, 2018 12:34PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 18, 2018 9:30PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEASTEVERYTHG YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT STEWIE GRIFF IS WRONG. ALL THIS TIME, HE’S BEEN PRETENDG TO BE SOMEONE HE’S NOT. NOT THAT FAY GUY’S RINT SMARM FACTORY ISN’T MOST LIKELY GAY. THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH TE, AND THE 1-YEAR-OLD’S UNRSTANDABLY PLITED SEXUALY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED DIRECTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SUNDAY NIGHT’S LANDMARK EPISO “SEND STEWIE, PLEASE”—ALSO THE FIRST TIME FOX’S LONG-NNG SERI AIRED WHOUT MERCIAL TERPTN. NO, THE SE IS THAT THE SARDONIC TODDLER HAS BEEN FAKG THAT BRISH ACCENT—THE TALYST FOR HIS NSCENSN, THE TRA THAT HAS FED HIS ENTIRE ATHETIC—THIS WHOLE TIME. STEWIE’S REAL VOICE, TURNS OUT, SOUNDS A LOT LS LIKE SETH MACFARLANE DOG HIS BT BRISH ACCENT THAN JT SOUNDS LIKE SETH MACFARLANE. DON’T BE NFED. UNLIKE STEWIE’S SEXUALY, WHICH HAS BEEN A NNG JOKE LONG ENOUGH THAT FANS HAVE MA SUPERCUTS OF JOK REFERENCG , THIS WASN’T A REVELATN THAT HAS BEEN BREWG THE MDS OF THE FAY GUY CREATIVE TEAM OM THE START. AS GARY JATI, WHO WROTE THE EPISO AND HAS BEEN A PRODUCER AND WRER FOR THE SERI SCE 1999, TELLS THE DAILY BEAST, “WE LERALLY JT CID … IT WASN’T ANYTHG THAT WAS PLANNED AT ALL ANY FORM.”AND, JATI SAYS, DON’T EXPECT ANYONE ELSE TO LEARN STEWIE’S SECRET ANYTIME SOON. WE SAW AT THE END OF THE EPISO JT HOW FAR THE DIABOLIL YOUNGT GRIFF WOULD GO TO MAKE SURE THE TTH DON’T GET OUT.THE EPISO TAK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF A THERAPY SSN STEWIE IS FORCED TO ATTEND AFTER SHOVG A CLASSMATE. IT’S A 30-MUTE WDOW TO HIS MD, SECURI, AND PLITED INTY AS HE VERBALLY SPARS WH DR. CORNELI PRCHFIELD, VOICED BY SIR IAN MCKELLEN, AN OLR GAY BRISH MAN WHO TURNS OUT TO BE BOTH THE PERFECT FOIL AND TALYST FOR A PROJECT FOR STEWIE.ESPECIALLY IF YOU WATCHED THE EPISO HAVG BEEN TIPPED TO THE FACT THAT STEWIE’S THLY VEILED SEXUALY WOULD BE ADDRSED, THE SUNDAY-BNCH--CHELSEA’S WORTH OF POP CULTURE REFERENC JATI SCRIPTED ARE A HOOT, OM HIS PLITED FEELGS ABOUT BETHENNY FRANKEL, TO HIS LTG OVER GRANT GT’S INSTAGRAM, AND EVEN ONE CHEEKY QUIP ABOUT JATI’S OWN HBAND, FASHN POLICE HOST AND REALY TV STAR BRAD GORKI. THERE’S A JAW-DROPPG MONOLOGUE, TOO, WHICH STEWIE DRS DOWN DR. PRCHFIELD’S RELATNSHIP WH HIS YOUNGER PARTNER. IT IS SO PACKED OF HYPER-SPECIFIC TAILS RELATG TO PRSURE, SHAME, AND ELISM GAY CULTURE THAT WE ULDN’T BELIEVE WE WERE WATCHG ON FAY GUY. DO STEWIE END UP G OUT? NO. THAT “WOULD BE A SIMPLER WAY OF HANDLG ,” JATI SAYS, THAN THE DIRECTN THE EPISO TAK: ATTEMPTG TO UNRSTAND THE JOURNEY THAT STEWIE STILL NEEDS TO GO ON. POIGNANTLY TE TO LIFE, ’S ONE THAT MIGHT BE FULL OF REPRSN, SELF-LOATHG, AND NIAL, AS HE BATS THE TENSN BETWEEN HIS SIRE TO F WH MATAG HIS FABRITED PERSONALY (AND ACCENT) TO, IF HE’S GOG TO BE DIFFERENT, AT LEAST FEEL SUPERR. SO NOW THAT THE EPISO HAS AIRED, WE CHATTED MORE WH JATI, WHO HAS ALSO SERVED AS A PRODUCER AND WRER ON WILL & GRACE, ABOUT THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE EPISO, WHY HE DON’T WANT TO TAKE STEWIE OUT OF THE CLOSET ENTIRELY, THE ACCENT TWIST, AND THAT CREDIBLY DARK ENDG. AT WHAT POT DID THE CREATIVE TEAM CI THAT THE ACCENT WAS AN AFFECTATN AND NOT STEWIE’S REAL VOICE? IS A TWIST THAT’S BEEN BREWG FOR A WHILE? WE LERALLY JT CID . “WHAT IF STEWIE’S ACCENT IS FAKE?” “OK, THAT ULD BE SOMETHG…” IT WASN’T SOMETHG THAT WAS PLANNED AT ALL ANY SHAPE OR FORM. IT WAS JT SPONTANEO. WILL BE REVISED THE FUTURE?I DON’T THK WILL BE, AND I DON’T THK SHOULD BE REVISED. HE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HI . WE’VE SEEN STEWIE DO A LOT OF DASTARDLY THGS THE URSE OF THE 16 SEASONS THIS SHOW’S BEEN ON THE AIR. HE’S NEVER HAD RAMIFITNS FOR . AND NOW HE HAS TO DO SOMETHG TO PROTECT HIS SECRET. THIS MAN IS SAYG TO HIM, “YOU WILL REGRET THIS ONE DAY.” STEWIE’S HAVG PLEX FEELGS ABOUT SOMETHG HORRIBLE THAT HE DID, AND WHAT HE WILL BE WILLG TO DO TO PROTECT . I THK THAT’S BT LEFT NOT REVISED. IT’S TERTG THAT THE FAKE ACCENT WAS REVEALED THIS EPISO BEE THERE’S SOME REAL RELATABLE GAY PSYCHOLOGY GOG ON THERE. PUTTG ON THE ARTIFICE OF A HEIGHTENED PERSONALY BEE YOU ALREADY FEEL LIKE YOU DON’T F . (LGHS) Y. YEAH, I GUS ’S ALWAYS JT TRYG TO FD MY WAY TO SOMETHG SO THAT ’S TTHFUL, AND ’S TTHFUL FOR STEWIE. THE IA THAT HE NOT ONLY GRAPPL WH HIS SEXUALY, BUT ON TOP OF THAT HE IS EXTRAORDARILY TELLIGENT. HIS TELLIGENCE SETS HIM APART OM EVERYBODY THAT HE TO NTACT WH. THAT’S A VERY AN ISOLATG THG, THE WAY THAT WHEN YOU’RE DIFFERENT, ’S VERY ISOLATG TO FEEL LIKE YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE A SEA OF EVERYONE BEG THE SAME. BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE’S SOMETHG ATTRACTIVE ABOUT BEG DIFFERENT. I THK WHAT STEWIE’S FACED WH IS THAT YOU N BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE. THE PULL OF, BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE PEOPLE. WHAT DO HE WANT? I THK THAT A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE N ALSO INTIFY WH THAT. “I DON’T FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE THGS THAT MAKE ME ME, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEM. WHY N’T I HAVE BOTH?”THERE’S AN EMOTNAL TELLECT GOG ON, WHERE STEWIE’S HYPER-SELF-AWARE THAT THGS HE’S SAYG MIGHT BE MISNSTED FOR G OUT AS GAY. WHAT’S BEHD THAT AWARENS, THAT HIS BEHAVR AND PERSONALY SIGNALS AS GAYNS, AND HIS SECURY?STEWIE’S EXTREMELY TELLIGENT. WHEN HE WALKS TO THE ROOM, WH A SEND HE INTIFI THAT THERAPIST AS GAY. AND THE WAY HE ACKNOWLEDG THAT IS WHEN HE SAYS TO HIM THAT THIS ISN’T A G OUT SSN AND I’M SURE YOU LICK YOUR CHOMPS EVERY TIME YOU GET ONE OF THOSE. BUT I THK THAT’S ALSO STEWIE’S WAY OF BRGG UP THE SUBJECT, YOU KNOW? “I’M NOT BEG FENSIVE, BUT…” I THK HE’S SEEG AN OPPORTUNY TO SAY, “THIS ISN’T EASY. WHAT YOU THK THIS IS GOG TO BE, ’S NOT. IT’S NOT AS ACTUALIZED.” OBVLY THAT’S VERY ASTUTE FOR A ONE-YEAR-OLD TO BE GRAPPLG ON THAT LEVEL. BUT HE MENTNS TO DIFFE . THAT MONOLOGUE WHICH HE PLETELY EVISCERAT DR. PRCHFIELD’S RELATNSHIP WH HIS YOUNGER PARTNER HAS SOME REALLY SPECIFIC TAILS THAT YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GAY MUNY TO UNRSTAND THE MUTIAE OF.VERY SPECIFIC. I KNOW! I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD END UP BEG SO LONG. MY FEELG WAS THAT I WAS JT GOG TO WRE THIS SANELY LONG AND LET REACH S LOGIL NCLN. I LET GO HOW I FELT NEED TO GO, THE LENGTH NEED TO GO ORR TO BE WHAT I WANTED TO BE. I THOUGHT WE WOULD ED OR TRIM LATER ON. BUT AS YOU SAID, ’S SO SPECIFIC. I GET TO MUTIAE EVEN WH THE GAY MUNY, SPECIFIC WH SPECIFIC WH SPECIFIC. BUT I THK THAT SPECIFICY IS ALSO WHAT GIV A CERTA UNIVERSALY, BEE EVEN IF YOU DON’T GET ALL THE REFERENC YOU UNRSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN. OBVLY THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DR. PRCHFIELD AND HIS YOUNGER PARTNER IS MUCH BIGGER THAN BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HBAND, BRAD. BUT YOU ARE OLR THAN YOUR HBAND, AND I WONR IF THERE WAS ANYTHG THARTIC YOU WERE AIRG OUT THAT MONOLOGUE? UM, NO. I MEAN, I’M 10 YEARS OLR. NO, NO. NO THARSIS GETTG OUT. ONLY AS MUCH THAT ’S REALLY FUN TO LET STEWIE LOOSE. IT WAS MORE THE SENSE OF LETTG HIM UNFOLD HIS WGS, A WAY. WE DANCED AROUND A LOT OF TIM. OBVLY YOU N’T OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNY THOSE EPISOS FOR A 10-PAGE MONOLOGUE. BUT THIS EPISO LENDS SELF TO . HE REALLY GETS TO SPREAD HIS WGS AND GO OFF A WAY THAT IS SO SPECIFILLY GAY, AND NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO . SO THE EEDOM AND THE FUN THAT, I THK. SETH MACFARLANE SPOKE YEARS AGO ABOUT HOW HE HAD ONCE WRTEN AN EPISO WHICH STEWIE OUT AS GAY BUT OPTED NOT TO N WH BEE HE’D RATHER HIS SEXUALY REMA AMBIGUO. WHILE STEWIE DON’T E OUT THIS EPISO, DO ADDRS HIS SEXUALY THE MOST DIRECT WAY THE SERI HAS YET. WHY DO YOU THK NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT?I THK HASN’T BEEN ADDRSED A DIFFERENT WAY. I THK WE’VE JT GONE EPER SI STEWIE’S MD AND HIS NER WORKGS. SO ’S NOT THAT HE’S G OUT AS GAY THIS EPISO. NOTHG HAS CHANGED OM WHAT SETH SAID ABOUT KEEPG AMBIGUO. I THK THERE’S SOMETHG MORE VULNERABLE AND HUMAN AND ACTUALLY TERTG ABOUT KEEPG AMBIGUO. WE’RE JT KD OF ADDRSG THE THGS GOG AROUND THAT THIS. IT’S NOT A QUTN OF G OUT OR NOT G OUT, WHICH IS A KD OF SIMPLER WAY OF HANDLG . IT’S ALSO A CHANGE OF THE SHOW. IF HE WERE TO E OUT SUDNLY, THE SHOW BE PRE- AND POST-G OUT. THE MORE YOU LEAVE THERE, THE MORE FUN WE N HAVE WH HIM OVER THE URSE OF 20 YEARS. THE SHOW WILL BE ON FOR 20 YEARS PRETTY SOON. IN THE LONGEVY OF THE SHOW I THK ’S BT TO KEEP HIM WHERE HE IS. IN 20 YEARS OF THIS SHOW AND WH THIS CHARACTER, THIS IS MAYBE HIS BIGGT EPISO. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE SHOW HAS AIRED WH NO MERCIAL BREAK. IT’S JT HIM AND ONE OTHER CHARACTER. HOW DO RANK FOR YOU TERMS OF YOUR WORK WH THE SHOW?WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT THIS SHOW IS GO ALL DIFFERENT PLAC AND ’S WILLG TO DO SO MANY DIFFERENT KDS OF EPISOS. THIS IS THE MOST EEDOM I FELT I’VE HAD. IT FELT GREAT TO HAVE A CHARACTER THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL AND BE ABLE TO LEARN NEW THGS ABOUT HIM. IT WAS REALLY A GIFT. KEV FALLON
- WA. DID STEWIE JT COME OUT AS GAY ON ‘FAY GUY?’
OH, THAT'S WHAT GAY IS? OH YEAH, I ULD TOTALLY GET TO THAT.
The wrer of Sunday night’s huge episo tak si that accent twist, and go ep to how and why the show fally explored whether Stewie is gay. (Warng: Spoilers!) * stewie oh that's what gay is *
Brian: They do, 's lled beg Oh, that's what gay is? And while he never que out as gay, there is a lot to suggt what an olr Stewie might be facg, or reprsg, when to his sexualy. I’m not gay.
IS STEWIE GAY? ‘FAY GUY’ FALLY ADDRS HIS SEXUALY (AND THAT ACCENT!)
This whole thg isn’t bee I’m gay, so lm down.
STEWIE FALLY COM OUT ‘FAY GUY’S’ BT EPISO YEARSPROGRESSTHE SMARMY TODDLER’S NOT-SO-THLY VEILED SEXUALY IS FALLY ADDRSED A MAJOR EPISO THAT WASN’T JT FUNNY, BUT SHOCKGLY NUANCED AND PROGRSIVE.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED MAR. 13, 2018 2:22PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 11, 2018 9:30PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY LYNE LUCIEN/THE DAILY BEASTSTEWIE ON FAY GUY MAY BE THE GAYT CHARACTER ON TELEVISN, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY TERTG GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE’S ONE YEAR OLD.FOR MORE THAN 300 EPISOS OF THE FOX ANIMATED SERI, THE YOUNGT GRIFF HAS BEEN NOT-SO-SUBTLY “D GAY,” A PHRASE ED TO SCRIBE CHARACTERS WHO EXHIB TRAS THAT HT AT BEG HOMOSEXUAL, WHOUT EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGG .“EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGG” IS RELATIVE THE SE OF STEWIE AND FAY GUY, HOWEVER. THIS IS A SHOW THAT HAS HAD THE SMARMY TODDLER LEERG AT MEN SHOWERG THROUGH A PEEPHOLE, SPEAKG AT LEAST ONCE AN EPISO HOMOEROTIC NUENDO, CSHG ON MALE CELEBRI, FANGIRLG OVER MIL THEATRE, AND EVEN SELF-REFERENCG BEG “POSSIBLY HOMOSEXUAL.” HERE’S A PILATN VIO OF JT SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS, FOR REFERENCE: BUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, A LANDMARK EPISO AIRG WHOUT A MERCIAL BREAK (AND GUT STARRG SIR IAN MCKELLEN, TO BOOT), STEWIE’S SEXUALY IS FALLY “EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED.” DO HE E OUT? WELL, SORT OF. THE RULT OF THE EPISO, AMBIGUO AS MAY BE, IS NOHELS FASCATG. IT’S NOT ONLY ONE OF THE BT EPISOS OF FAY GUY A VERY LONG TIME, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE MOST NUANCED AND EDGY G OUT EPISOS OF A TV SHOW WE’VE SEEN.AGA, ALL CENTERG AROUND A 1-YEAR-OLD.OF URSE, STEWIE’S AGE IS PART OF THE WHOLE JOKE, AND WHY HIS SEXUALY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE RISKIER—AND PAYOFF, FUNNIER—NNG GAGS OF THE SHOW. HERE’S THIS TODDLER OM A NEW ENGLAND FAY WHO SPEAKS A BRISH ACCENT, WH A HEIGHTENED TELLIGENCE AND BON VIVANT’S UNRSTANDG OF THE WORLD AND CULTURE, BUT WHO IS, YOU KNOW, STILL A TODDLER: PETULANT, VULNERABLE, AND EMOTNALLY UNEVOLVED.THE EPISO, TLED “SEND STEWIE, PLEASE,” TAK PLACE ALMOST ENTIRELY A THERAPY SSN NECSATED AFTER STEWIE PH A BOY AT SCHOOL, TYLER, DOWN THE STAIRS. MCKELLEN PLAYS THE THERAPIST, DR. CECIL PRCHFIELD, BOTH THE PERFECT FOIL FOR STEWIE BUT ALSO A TALYST FOR PROJECTN: THE OLR GAY BRISH DOCTOR WH A YOUNGER BOYIEND MIGHT JT BE WHO STEWIE, IF NOT NECSARILY ASPIR TO BE, EVENTUALLY SETTL FOR BEG WHEN HE’S OLR.TUNG TO THE EPISO KNOWG IS THE BIG ONE THAT ADDRS STEWIE’S SEXUALY MAK ALL THE MORE ENJOYABLE. A TICKER-TAPE OF GAY REFERENC AND STEREOTYP FLY BY, AND YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO TCH THEM ALL.STEWIE BREEZ TO THE SSN, WISHG THE SECRETARY, BARBARA, LUCK ON TRYG TO SECURE ALE TICKETS: “YOU SERVE THEM.” HE CHANNELS HIS NERV THROUGH IDLE CH-CHAT ABOUT THE OFFICE DéR: “THIS IS CHARMG. IT REMDS OF THE THERAPIST OFFICE BETHENNY FRANKEL GO TO ON THE REAL HOEWIV OF NEW YORK CY. I HATE HER. SHE LOOKS LIKE A WOON DOLL YOU’D FD AN EASTERN EUROPEAN TOY SHOP. [HANDS ON HIPS] OH DON’T ACT LIKE YOU DON’T KNOW WHO SHE IS. THAT DON’T IMPRS ME. WE LIVE THE WORLD. WE ALL KNOW WHO BETHENNY FRANKEL IS, LIKE OR NOT.”THE NCE IS TELEGRAPHED QUICKLY: WE’RE ABOUT TO HEAR A LOT OF SUPER GAY STUFF OM STEWIE, BEFORE THE BIG QUTN IS DISCSED. I MEAN, WHO HAS STEWIE BEEN ALL THE YEARS IF NOT A BCHY QUEEN?THIS MANIFTS SELF PECIALLY WHEN, AFTER SPOTTG A PHOTO OF DR. PRCHFIELD AND HIS YOUNGER PARTNER, STEWIE DISSECTS EVERY SGLE TAIL ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP DYNAMIC. HE ANALYZ THE PRSURE AND SECURI THST ON THEM BY GAY ELISM AND SHAMG CULTURE, AND RC THEM TO EVERY STEREOTYPE A WAY THAT WOULD BE OFFENSIVE IF WEREN’T ALL SO PASTAKGLY TE AND REGNIZABLE (AT LEAST TO THIS GAY VIEWER), DOWN TO THE RALPH LREN PURPLE LABEL DRS SHIRTS THEY BOUGHT AT THE OUTLET STORE TO FEIGN WEALTH WHILE AT A GAY VATN STATN.IT’S EVISCERATG, AND REVEALG OF THE KD OF JUDGMENT THAT N ONLY E OM WH THE GAY MUNY. EACH NEW HYPER-SPECIFIC TAIL IS A HARSHER TTH THAN THE ONE BEFORE. TO KEEP UP WH THIS PIECE’S HYPERBOLE, IS ONE OF THE GAYT MONOLOGU WE’VE SEEN ON TELEVISN—AND TH ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYG. (WILL ANY OF WHAT STEWIE SAYS MEAN ANYTHG TO THOSE OUTSI THE MUNY?) SETH MACFARLANE, MT BE SAID, LIVERS A BRAVURA VOICE ACTG PERFORMANCE. “IF ANYTHG I’M LS GAY THAN I ED TO BE…BUT DO I THK THAT GRANT GT AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE INSTAGRAM UPLE? Y, I DO.” BUT THIS IS BARELY HALF THE EPISO. WE’RE ONLY ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKTHROUGH.“YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY LONELY LTLE BOY,” DR. PRCHFIELD SAYS RPONSE TO THE DRSG DOWN.“OH MY GOD I AM!” STEWIE WAILS. “I’M SO LONELY!” FOR ALL THE EDY RIVED OM STEWIE’S THLY VEILED HOMOSEXUALY OVER THE YEARS, ’S EASY TO FET HIM FOR WHAT HE IS: ULTIMATELY, A TRAGIC CHARACTER.DR. PRCHFIELD ATTEMPTS TO GET AT THE HEART OF THE CINT THAT BROUGHT STEWIE TO HIS OFFICE THE FIRST PLACE. WHY DID HE PH TYLER DOWN THE STAIRS? “IT WAS AN ACCINT. HAVEN’T YOU EVER SEEN SHOWGIRLS?” STEWIE (FABULOLY) FLECTS. HE DID , HE EXPLAS, BEE HE LIK HIM. AND THEN, THE DOTH-PROTT-TOO-MUCH FENSIVENS: “AND NOT LIKE HIM, LIKE HIM. I’M NOT GAY. THIS WHOLE THG ISN’T BEE I’M GAY. SO LM DOWN. I N ALREADY SEE YOU LICKG YOUR CHOMPS…IF ANYTHG I’M LS GAY THAN I ED TO BE…BUT DO I THK THAT GRANT GT AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOST ADORABLE INSTAGRAM UPLE? Y, I DO.”HE MENTNS FLUIDY. HE SAYS HE’S NFINT HIS HETEROSEXUALY. HE MENTNS THE ANXIETY HE FEELS EVERY DAY TRYG TO F WH OTHER KIDS WHO DON’T SHARE HIS TERTS. HE BEGS RAPPG OM HATON, A MIL HE CHARACTERIZ AS “LIKE GILBERT, BUT FOR HISPANICS.” IT’S A LOT OF RAMBLG, LEADG TO ONE MAJOR REVELATN.STEWIE OUT, Y. BUT NOT THE WAY YOU WOULD EXPECT.AT FIRST, HE FEELS EED. THEN, EXPOSED. “I WANT TO REMA WHAT I’VE ALWAYS BEEN. SUPERR. BRILLIANT. SPECIAL…NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW THE REAL ME.”THERE’S A DANCE BETWEEN CHILD ANGST AND THE TORTURE THAT OM BEG AAID, NOT ONLY OF OTHERS KNOWG THE REAL YOU, BUT OF KNOWG YOURSELF. IT’S HONTLY MORE PROGRSIVE THAN IF STEWIE HAD JT E OUT.THE TRAGEDY NTU, SORT OF: STEWIE GO BACK TO A LIFE OF REPRSN, STILL CLOSETED, STILL PERFORMG A VERSN OF HIMSELF THAT HE FEELS OTHERS WILL MORE READILY ACCEPT THAN WHO HE REALLY IS. BUT ALSO…HE’S A CHILD! AND THIS IS A JOURNEY. THE MONUMENTAL MOMENT HERE ISN’T THAT FAY GUY MA A FIVE STATEMENT ABOUT STEWIE’S SEXUALY ( DIDN’T), BUT THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT JOURNEY. AND THIS IS FAY GUY! WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS NUANCE, THIS MEANGFULNS? WAY BACK 2009, MACFARLANE REVEALED THAT THE SHOW HAD NSIRED AN EPISO WHICH STEWIE OUT, SENTIALLY NFIRMG THAT STEWIE IS ED GAY. “BUT WE CID ’S BETTER TO KEEP VAGUE, WHICH MAK MORE SENSE BEE HE’S A 1-YEAR-OLD,” HE TOLD PLAYBOY. “ULTIMATELY, STEWIE WILL BE GAY OR A VERY UNHAPPY REPRSED HETEROSEXUAL. IT ALSO EXPLAS WHY HE’S SO HELLBENT ON KILLG [HIS MOTHER, LOIS] AND TAKG OVER THE WORLD: HE HAS A LOT OF AGGRSN, WHICH OM NFN AND UNCERTATY ABOUT HIS ORIENTATN.”THE EPISO’S LAST IMAGE OF STEWIE HTS AT LS NFN, AND A LTLE B OF PA AND FEAR. IT’S NOT PLAYED FOR LGHS, EHER. STEWIE, GETS BETTER. "SEND STEWIE, PLEASE" AIRS MARCH 18 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON FOX. KEV FALLON
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You n make up your own md after listeng to Stewie discs Bethenny Frankel and Haton, and even Seth MacFarlane has talked about why an episo where Stewie out as gay was scrapped years ago. “Ultimately, Stewie will be gay or a very unhappy reprsed heterosexual. I’m not gay, ” he told Dr Prchfield.
‘FAY GUY’ REVEALS SHOCKG TTH BEHD STEWIE’S ACCENT (AND HIS SEXUALY)SPOILER ALERTTHE WRER OF SUNDAY NIGHT’S HUGE EPISO TAK SI THAT ACCENT TWIST, AND GO EP TO HOW AND WHY THE SHOW FALLY EXPLORED WHETHER STEWIE IS GAY. (WARNG: SPOILERS!)KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED MAR. 19, 2018 12:34PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAR. 18, 2018 9:30PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEASTEVERYTHG YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT STEWIE GRIFF IS WRONG. ALL THIS TIME, HE’S BEEN PRETENDG TO BE SOMEONE HE’S NOT. NOT THAT FAY GUY’S RINT SMARM FACTORY ISN’T MOST LIKELY GAY. THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH TE, AND THE 1-YEAR-OLD’S UNRSTANDABLY PLITED SEXUALY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED DIRECTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SUNDAY NIGHT’S LANDMARK EPISO “SEND STEWIE, PLEASE”—ALSO THE FIRST TIME FOX’S LONG-NNG SERI AIRED WHOUT MERCIAL TERPTN. NO, THE SE IS THAT THE SARDONIC TODDLER HAS BEEN FAKG THAT BRISH ACCENT—THE TALYST FOR HIS NSCENSN, THE TRA THAT HAS FED HIS ENTIRE ATHETIC—THIS WHOLE TIME. STEWIE’S REAL VOICE, TURNS OUT, SOUNDS A LOT LS LIKE SETH MACFARLANE DOG HIS BT BRISH ACCENT THAN JT SOUNDS LIKE SETH MACFARLANE. DON’T BE NFED. UNLIKE STEWIE’S SEXUALY, WHICH HAS BEEN A NNG JOKE LONG ENOUGH THAT FANS HAVE MA SUPERCUTS OF JOK REFERENCG , THIS WASN’T A REVELATN THAT HAS BEEN BREWG THE MDS OF THE FAY GUY CREATIVE TEAM OM THE START. AS GARY JATI, WHO WROTE THE EPISO AND HAS BEEN A PRODUCER AND WRER FOR THE SERI SCE 1999, TELLS THE DAILY BEAST, “WE LERALLY JT CID … IT WASN’T ANYTHG THAT WAS PLANNED AT ALL ANY FORM.”AND, JATI SAYS, DON’T EXPECT ANYONE ELSE TO LEARN STEWIE’S SECRET ANYTIME SOON. WE SAW AT THE END OF THE EPISO JT HOW FAR THE DIABOLIL YOUNGT GRIFF WOULD GO TO MAKE SURE THE TTH DON’T GET OUT.THE EPISO TAK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF A THERAPY SSN STEWIE IS FORCED TO ATTEND AFTER SHOVG A CLASSMATE. IT’S A 30-MUTE WDOW TO HIS MD, SECURI, AND PLITED INTY AS HE VERBALLY SPARS WH DR. CORNELI PRCHFIELD, VOICED BY SIR IAN MCKELLEN, AN OLR GAY BRISH MAN WHO TURNS OUT TO BE BOTH THE PERFECT FOIL AND TALYST FOR A PROJECT FOR STEWIE.ESPECIALLY IF YOU WATCHED THE EPISO HAVG BEEN TIPPED TO THE FACT THAT STEWIE’S THLY VEILED SEXUALY WOULD BE ADDRSED, THE SUNDAY-BNCH--CHELSEA’S WORTH OF POP CULTURE REFERENC JATI SCRIPTED ARE A HOOT, OM HIS PLITED FEELGS ABOUT BETHENNY FRANKEL, TO HIS LTG OVER GRANT GT’S INSTAGRAM, AND EVEN ONE CHEEKY QUIP ABOUT JATI’S OWN HBAND, FASHN POLICE HOST AND REALY TV STAR BRAD GORKI. THERE’S A JAW-DROPPG MONOLOGUE, TOO, WHICH STEWIE DRS DOWN DR. PRCHFIELD’S RELATNSHIP WH HIS YOUNGER PARTNER. IT IS SO PACKED OF HYPER-SPECIFIC TAILS RELATG TO PRSURE, SHAME, AND ELISM GAY CULTURE THAT WE ULDN’T BELIEVE WE WERE WATCHG ON FAY GUY. DO STEWIE END UP G OUT? NO. THAT “WOULD BE A SIMPLER WAY OF HANDLG ,” JATI SAYS, THAN THE DIRECTN THE EPISO TAK: ATTEMPTG TO UNRSTAND THE JOURNEY THAT STEWIE STILL NEEDS TO GO ON. POIGNANTLY TE TO LIFE, ’S ONE THAT MIGHT BE FULL OF REPRSN, SELF-LOATHG, AND NIAL, AS HE BATS THE TENSN BETWEEN HIS SIRE TO F WH MATAG HIS FABRITED PERSONALY (AND ACCENT) TO, IF HE’S GOG TO BE DIFFERENT, AT LEAST FEEL SUPERR. SO NOW THAT THE EPISO HAS AIRED, WE CHATTED MORE WH JATI, WHO HAS ALSO SERVED AS A PRODUCER AND WRER ON WILL & GRACE, ABOUT THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE EPISO, WHY HE DON’T WANT TO TAKE STEWIE OUT OF THE CLOSET ENTIRELY, THE ACCENT TWIST, AND THAT CREDIBLY DARK ENDG. AT WHAT POT DID THE CREATIVE TEAM CI THAT THE ACCENT WAS AN AFFECTATN AND NOT STEWIE’S REAL VOICE? IS A TWIST THAT’S BEEN BREWG FOR A WHILE? WE LERALLY JT CID . “WHAT IF STEWIE’S ACCENT IS FAKE?” “OK, THAT ULD BE SOMETHG…” IT WASN’T SOMETHG THAT WAS PLANNED AT ALL ANY SHAPE OR FORM. IT WAS JT SPONTANEO. WILL BE REVISED THE FUTURE?I DON’T THK WILL BE, AND I DON’T THK SHOULD BE REVISED. HE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HI . WE’VE SEEN STEWIE DO A LOT OF DASTARDLY THGS THE URSE OF THE 16 SEASONS THIS SHOW’S BEEN ON THE AIR. HE’S NEVER HAD RAMIFITNS FOR . AND NOW HE HAS TO DO SOMETHG TO PROTECT HIS SECRET. THIS MAN IS SAYG TO HIM, “YOU WILL REGRET THIS ONE DAY.” STEWIE’S HAVG PLEX FEELGS ABOUT SOMETHG HORRIBLE THAT HE DID, AND WHAT HE WILL BE WILLG TO DO TO PROTECT . I THK THAT’S BT LEFT NOT REVISED. IT’S TERTG THAT THE FAKE ACCENT WAS REVEALED THIS EPISO BEE THERE’S SOME REAL RELATABLE GAY PSYCHOLOGY GOG ON THERE. PUTTG ON THE ARTIFICE OF A HEIGHTENED PERSONALY BEE YOU ALREADY FEEL LIKE YOU DON’T F . (LGHS) Y. YEAH, I GUS ’S ALWAYS JT TRYG TO FD MY WAY TO SOMETHG SO THAT ’S TTHFUL, AND ’S TTHFUL FOR STEWIE. THE IA THAT HE NOT ONLY GRAPPL WH HIS SEXUALY, BUT ON TOP OF THAT HE IS EXTRAORDARILY TELLIGENT. HIS TELLIGENCE SETS HIM APART OM EVERYBODY THAT HE TO NTACT WH. THAT’S A VERY AN ISOLATG THG, THE WAY THAT WHEN YOU’RE DIFFERENT, ’S VERY ISOLATG TO FEEL LIKE YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE A SEA OF EVERYONE BEG THE SAME. BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE’S SOMETHG ATTRACTIVE ABOUT BEG DIFFERENT. I THK WHAT STEWIE’S FACED WH IS THAT YOU N BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE. THE PULL OF, BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE LIKE THOSE PEOPLE. WHAT DO HE WANT? I THK THAT A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE N ALSO INTIFY WH THAT. “I DON’T FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE THGS THAT MAKE ME ME, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEM. WHY N’T I HAVE BOTH?”THERE’S AN EMOTNAL TELLECT GOG ON, WHERE STEWIE’S HYPER-SELF-AWARE THAT THGS HE’S SAYG MIGHT BE MISNSTED FOR G OUT AS GAY. WHAT’S BEHD THAT AWARENS, THAT HIS BEHAVR AND PERSONALY SIGNALS AS GAYNS, AND HIS SECURY?STEWIE’S EXTREMELY TELLIGENT. WHEN HE WALKS TO THE ROOM, WH A SEND HE INTIFI THAT THERAPIST AS GAY. AND THE WAY HE ACKNOWLEDG THAT IS WHEN HE SAYS TO HIM THAT THIS ISN’T A G OUT SSN AND I’M SURE YOU LICK YOUR CHOMPS EVERY TIME YOU GET ONE OF THOSE. BUT I THK THAT’S ALSO STEWIE’S WAY OF BRGG UP THE SUBJECT, YOU KNOW? “I’M NOT BEG FENSIVE, BUT…” I THK HE’S SEEG AN OPPORTUNY TO SAY, “THIS ISN’T EASY. WHAT YOU THK THIS IS GOG TO BE, ’S NOT. IT’S NOT AS ACTUALIZED.” OBVLY THAT’S VERY ASTUTE FOR A ONE-YEAR-OLD TO BE GRAPPLG ON THAT LEVEL. BUT HE MENTNS TO DIFFE . THAT MONOLOGUE WHICH HE PLETELY EVISCERAT DR. PRCHFIELD’S RELATNSHIP WH HIS YOUNGER PARTNER HAS SOME REALLY SPECIFIC TAILS THAT YOU ALMOST HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GAY MUNY TO UNRSTAND THE MUTIAE OF.VERY SPECIFIC. I KNOW! I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD END UP BEG SO LONG. MY FEELG WAS THAT I WAS JT GOG TO WRE THIS SANELY LONG AND LET REACH S LOGIL NCLN. I LET GO HOW I FELT NEED TO GO, THE LENGTH NEED TO GO ORR TO BE WHAT I WANTED TO BE. I THOUGHT WE WOULD ED OR TRIM LATER ON. BUT AS YOU SAID, ’S SO SPECIFIC. I GET TO MUTIAE EVEN WH THE GAY MUNY, SPECIFIC WH SPECIFIC WH SPECIFIC. BUT I THK THAT SPECIFICY IS ALSO WHAT GIV A CERTA UNIVERSALY, BEE EVEN IF YOU DON’T GET ALL THE REFERENC YOU UNRSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN. OBVLY THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DR. PRCHFIELD AND HIS YOUNGER PARTNER IS MUCH BIGGER THAN BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HBAND, BRAD. BUT YOU ARE OLR THAN YOUR HBAND, AND I WONR IF THERE WAS ANYTHG THARTIC YOU WERE AIRG OUT THAT MONOLOGUE? UM, NO. I MEAN, I’M 10 YEARS OLR. NO, NO. NO THARSIS GETTG OUT. ONLY AS MUCH THAT ’S REALLY FUN TO LET STEWIE LOOSE. IT WAS MORE THE SENSE OF LETTG HIM UNFOLD HIS WGS, A WAY. WE DANCED AROUND A LOT OF TIM. OBVLY YOU N’T OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNY THOSE EPISOS FOR A 10-PAGE MONOLOGUE. BUT THIS EPISO LENDS SELF TO . HE REALLY GETS TO SPREAD HIS WGS AND GO OFF A WAY THAT IS SO SPECIFILLY GAY, AND NOW WAS THE TIME TO DO . SO THE EEDOM AND THE FUN THAT, I THK. SETH MACFARLANE SPOKE YEARS AGO ABOUT HOW HE HAD ONCE WRTEN AN EPISO WHICH STEWIE OUT AS GAY BUT OPTED NOT TO N WH BEE HE’D RATHER HIS SEXUALY REMA AMBIGUO. WHILE STEWIE DON’T E OUT THIS EPISO, DO ADDRS HIS SEXUALY THE MOST DIRECT WAY THE SERI HAS YET. WHY DO YOU THK NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT?I THK HASN’T BEEN ADDRSED A DIFFERENT WAY. I THK WE’VE JT GONE EPER SI STEWIE’S MD AND HIS NER WORKGS. SO ’S NOT THAT HE’S G OUT AS GAY THIS EPISO. NOTHG HAS CHANGED OM WHAT SETH SAID ABOUT KEEPG AMBIGUO. I THK THERE’S SOMETHG MORE VULNERABLE AND HUMAN AND ACTUALLY TERTG ABOUT KEEPG AMBIGUO. WE’RE JT KD OF ADDRSG THE THGS GOG AROUND THAT THIS. IT’S NOT A QUTN OF G OUT OR NOT G OUT, WHICH IS A KD OF SIMPLER WAY OF HANDLG . IT’S ALSO A CHANGE OF THE SHOW. IF HE WERE TO E OUT SUDNLY, THE SHOW BE PRE- AND POST-G OUT. THE MORE YOU LEAVE THERE, THE MORE FUN WE N HAVE WH HIM OVER THE URSE OF 20 YEARS. THE SHOW WILL BE ON FOR 20 YEARS PRETTY SOON. IN THE LONGEVY OF THE SHOW I THK ’S BT TO KEEP HIM WHERE HE IS. IN 20 YEARS OF THIS SHOW AND WH THIS CHARACTER, THIS IS MAYBE HIS BIGGT EPISO. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE SHOW HAS AIRED WH NO MERCIAL BREAK. IT’S JT HIM AND ONE OTHER CHARACTER. HOW DO RANK FOR YOU TERMS OF YOUR WORK WH THE SHOW?WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT THIS SHOW IS GO ALL DIFFERENT PLAC AND ’S WILLG TO DO SO MANY DIFFERENT KDS OF EPISOS. THIS IS THE MOST EEDOM I FELT I’VE HAD. IT FELT GREAT TO HAVE A CHARACTER THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL AND BE ABLE TO LEARN NEW THGS ABOUT HIM. IT WAS REALLY A GIFT. KEV FALLON
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WA. DID STEWIE JT COME OUT AS GAY ON ‘FAY GUY?’
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