The Real O'Neals: Created by Casey Johnson, Joshua Stern, Jennifer Ventiia, David Wdsor. Wh Martha Plimpton, Jay R. Fergon, Noah Galv, Matt Shively. A fay's bond is strengthened when the youngt son tells his parents that he's gay." data-id="ma
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A law protectg gay actors om employment discrimatn almost prevented ABC's The Real O'Neals om fdg a gay lead. * is matt shively gay *
The seri chronicl the liv of a close-kn Chigo fay wh Catholic roots whose bond is strengthened when the youngt son tells his parents that he’s gay. "I thk the big difference is that The McCarthys and Morn Fay both have olr gay characters. This is the first work show that foc on a 16-year-old gay character.
Melissa Parker (Smashg Interviews Magaze): Jimmy’s brother, Kenny O’Neal, has e out to everyone as gay. What mak The Real O’Neals different om Morn Fay or the now-funct The McCarthys that featured homosexual characters?
Matt Shively: I thk the big difference is that The McCarthys and Morn Fay both have olr gay characters. Matt Shively: Noah (Galv) has had to al wh a ltle b of backlash, and that’s bee, for as many homosexual people the world, there are jt as many homophobic people. A televisn show spired by the life of Dan Savage enuntered a snafu when sought to st a gay actor for the part of a gay Holland, a producer of The Real O'Neals, was alarmed to learn that he is prohibed om askg actors about their sexual orientatn.