Krist Chenoweth Once Dated a Gay Man: 'He Regnized My Loubouts'

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• KRIST CHENOWETH SAYS SHE DATED A GAY MAN 'ONLY ONCE': 'HE REGNIZED MY LOUBOUTS'
• KRIST CHENOWETH B, AGE, HEIGHT, HBAND, CHILDREN, GAY, WICKED, NET WORTH, MOVI
• KRIST CHENOWETH ONCE DATED A GAY MAN — AND THIS IS HOW SHE KNEW
• KRIST CHENOWETH KNEW HER EX-BOYIEND WAS GAY BEE HE REGNISED HER LOUBOUTS
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SHE HAS ALSO APPEARED ON TV SHOWS LIKE THE WT WG, PHG DAISI AND GLEE, AND HAS RELEASED SEVERAL ALBUMS SHOWSG HER POWERFUL SGG VOICE.EARLY LIFEKRIST DAWN CHENOWETH WAS BORN ON JULY 24, 1968, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS SOON ADOPTED TO THE CHENOWETH FAY. INIALLY NAMED KRISTI, CHENOWETH SHOWED AN TERT PERFORMANCE AT AN EARLY AGE, WHEN SHE STARTED SGG GOSPEL SONGS AT CHURCH AND ACTG SCHOOL PLAYS. THE PETE PERFORMER WORE MULTIPLE HATS HIGH SCHOOL, DOG BALLET, OPERA, ACTG AND SGG. AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, CHENOWETH CID TO PURSUE A REER PERFORMANCE, EVENTUALLY EARNG A BACHELOR OF FE ARTS GREE MIL THEATER AND A MASTER'S GREE OPERA PERFORMANCE OM OKLAHOMA CY UNIVERSY. TO HELP FUND HER HIGHER TN, CHENOWETH TOOK HER TALENTS TO THE PAGEANT CIRCU, WNG THE TLE OF NNER-UP THE MISS OKLAHOMA PETN 1991.THEATER, MIC, TV & FILMS'ANIMAL CRACKERS'IN 1993, CHENOWETH TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CY TO SUPPORT A IEND WHO WAS DNG FOR AN OFF-BROADWAY MIL LLED ANIMAL CRACKERS. CHENOWETH CID TO GIVE THE PRODUCTN A TRY, AS WELL. SHE BLEW THE PRODUCERS AWAY WH HER DN, EARNG HERSELF A SUPPORTG ROLE. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS FACED WH A PETG OPPORTUNY TO NTUE HER STUDY OF OPERA, CHENOWETH TOOK THE ROLE THE MIL AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.'STEEL PIER' AFTER HER FIRST PROFSNAL STEP TO THE THEATER WORLD, CHENOWETH NTUED TO WORK OFF-BROADWAY. HER DYNAMIC PERFORMANC AND GLASS-RATTLG SOPRANO EARNED HER SEVERAL LEADG ROL ONSTAGE, AND DIRECTORS REASSURED HER THAT HER BROADWAY BREAKTHROUGH WAS JT AROUND THE RNER. CHENOWETH'S MOMENT FALLY ME 1997, WHEN SHE LAND THE ROLE OF PREC MCGUIRE STEEL PIER. PLAYG A DANCER WH DREAMS OF HTG BIG, THE SOON-TO-BE STAR CHANNELED PLENTY OF HER OWN SIGHT AND EMOTN TO THE ROLE, EARNG HERSELF A THEATER WORLD AWARD FOR HER EFFORTS.'STRIKE UP THE BAND,' 'YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN' SHORTLY AFTER HER FIRST FORAY TO MORE MASTREAM SHOW BS, CHENOWETH PERFORMED AT THE LLN CENTER THE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GEE AND IRA GERSHW MIL STRIKE UP THE BAND. IN 1999, SHE SOLIDIFIED HER POSN AS A BROADWAY FAVORE WH HER SHOW-STOPPG PERFORMANCE AS SALLY BROWN YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. WH ACLAS OM THE LIK OF THE NEW YORK TIM AND A TONY AWARD UNR HER BELT, CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF FLUNG TO THE SPOTLIGHT.'KRIST,' 'LET YOURSELF GO'IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE MERA ME LLG, AND SOON KRIST CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF BEG RECED BY TELEVISN EXECUTIV OM ABC AND NBC. SPLTG HER TALENTS HAD NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE, AND CHENOWETH WAS SOON ABLY JUGGLG REERS ON STAGE AND ON SCREEN. IN 2001, SHE EVEN STARRED A SEMI-BGRAPHIL NBC S LLED KRIST. THE S WAS SHORT-LIVED, BUT THE ACTRS HAD NO TROUBLE FDG A NEW PLACE FOR HER TALENTS. THAT SAME YEAR, SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM, LET YOURSELF GO.'WICKED,' 'THE WT WG' IN 2003, CHENOWETH LAND A STARRG ROLE AS GLDA THE BROADWAY H WICKED. THE PRODUCTN HAD AN ALL-STAR ST, AND CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF LOSG A TONY AWARD TO HER -STAR, IDA MENZEL. AFTER A YEAR OF WICKED PERFORMANC, CHENOWETH RETIRED HER WAND. SHE SET OFF FOR LOS ANGEL, WHERE SHE TOOK A JOB PLAYG A PLUCKY PRS SECRETARY ON THE TELEVISN SERI THE WT WG. WHILE WORKG ON THE SHOW, THE ACTRS MET AND BEGAN TO DATE THE SHOW'S WRER AND MASTER OF SNAPPY DIALOGUE, AARON SORK.'CANDI,' 'THE APPLE TREE'DURG THIS TIME, CHENOWETH WENT BACK TO NEW YORK TO PLAY THE PART OF CUNéGON THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC'S CANDI. DURG A WHIRLWD 2006, THE MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMER APPEARED SIX MOVI AND TWO TELEVISN SHOWS, AND STARRED THE BROADWAY MIL THE APPLE TREE. NOTG SHE ALWAYS SEEMED TO THRIVE ON A CHALLENGG SCHLE, CHENOWETH SAID, "I MAYBE HAVE A B OF REER A.D.D. BUT I ALWAYS DID FIVE LN, JILLN, GAZILLN THGS A DAY." 'PHG DAISI,' 'FOUR CHRISTMAS,' MEMOIRIN 2007, CHENOWETH WENT BACK TO TELEVISN AS A ST MEMBER OF PHG DAISI, EARNG AN EMMY AWARD FOR HER QUIRKY EDIC PERFORMANCE. IN 2008, SHE HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE AS REE WHERSPOON'S ON-SCREEN SISTER THE ROMANTIC EDY FOUR CHRISTMAS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE PUBLISHED A MEMOIR, A LTLE B WICKED: LIFE, LOVE, AND FAH STAG. 'GLEE,' 'PROMIS, PROMIS'CHENOWETH APPEARED ON FOX'S H TELEVISN SHOW GLEE 2010, WHERE, MUCH TO THE ENJOYMENT OF FANS, SHE WAS ABLE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG AND ACTG SKILLS. SHE WAS NOMATED FOR AN EMMY FOR HER PERFORMANCE ON THE SHOW, AND DUE TO POPULAR MAND, WAS WRTEN BACK FOR EPISOS AIRG 2011. CHENOWETH RETURNED TO BROADWAY AROUND THIS TIME WH A REVIVAL OF PROMIS, PROMIS. 'GCB,' 'THE GOOD WIFE' CHENOWETH WAS ST FOR A LEAD PART THE DRAMATIC EDY SERI GCB, BUT THE SHOW WAS NCELED AFTER AIRG AS A MIDSEASON REPLACEMENT 2012. THE ACTRS THEN LAND A RECURRG ROLE ON THE H DRAMA THE GOOD WIFE, BUT SHE SUFFERED A SER HEAD JURY ON SET, AND DROPPED OUT OF THE SHOW TO FOC ON HER REVERY.'THE OPPOSE SEX,' 'ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'CHENOWETH WENT ON TO APPEAR SUCH FILMS AS THE OPPOSE SEX (2014) AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR (2015). SHE ALSO TOOK ON A STARRG ROLE THE MIL EDY ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY OPPOSE PETER GALLAGHER 2015, RECEIVG A TONY NOMATN FOR HER WORK. THAT SAME YEAR, CHENOWETH REVISED THE WORLD OF CHARLIE BROWN BY VOICG SNOOPY'S LOVE TERT THE PEANUTS MOVIE, AND HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS CEREMONY WH ALAN CUMMG.'HAIRSPRAY LIVE!,' 'TRIAL & ERROR'BACK THE RERDG STUD, CHENOWETH 2016 RELEASED THE ALBUM THE ART OF ELEGANCE, WHICH REFLECTED HER SOLO BUT EFFORT WH S VERS OF AMERIN STANDARDS. SHE ALSO FEATURED PROMENTLY NBC'S HAIRSPRAY LIVE! THAT DECEMBER, AND PROVID MORE VOICE WORK FOR 2017'S MY LTLE PONY: THE MOVIE. CHENOWETH THEN RETURNED TO SCRIPTED TELEVISN 2018 AS A REGULAR ST MEMBER ON SEASON 2 OF TRIAL & ERROR, BEFORE JOG MENZEL TO -HOST THE SPECIAL A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN LATER THAT YEAR.FAH & PERSONAL RAISED AS A PRACTICG CHRISTIAN, CHENOWETH OFTEN SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FAH HER LIFE. THE SGER EVEN RERD AN ALBUM 2005, AS I AM, WHICH CLUS A MIX OF GOSPEL HYMNS AND NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MIC. HER LIBERAL SOCIAL VIEWS RAN AFOUL OF SOME NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN GROUPS, THOUGH, AFTER SHE PUBLICLY PRONOUNCED HER SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS.ON THE OTHER SI OF THE ISSUE, MANY OF HER GAY FANS WERE UPSET THAT SHE APPEARED ON THE 700 CLUB WH PAT ROBERTSON, ON THE CHRISTIAN BROADSTG NETWORK. CHENOWETH'S STGGLE WH STRADDLG THE TWO WORLDS BEME ARTISTIC FODR FOR HER FORMER BOYIEND SORK, AND THE ACTRS FOUND HERSELF MIRRORED AS A CHARACTER ON HIS SHORT-LIVED TELEVISN SERI STUD 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP (2006-07). WHEN TO HER REER AND PERSONAL LIFE, CHENOWETH KNOWS A THG OR TWO ABOUT BEG A LN PLAC AT ONCE. THE TRICK FOR THIS TALENTED ACTRS SEEMS TO BE MULTI-TASKG. "YOU'VE GOT TO FD WAYS TO BREATHE WHILE YOU'RE DANCG SO THAT WHEN TIME FOR YOU TO STOP AND SG AGA, YOU HAVE ," SHE ONCE {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
• KRIST CHENOWETH: CHRISTIAN AND GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTER

KRIST CHENOWETH SAYS SHE DATED A GAY MAN 'ONLY ONCE': 'HE REGNIZED MY LOUBOUTS'

The beloved Broadway and screen actrs may be a huge and passnate LGBTQ+ ally real life, but on the set of AppleTV+'s newt mil edy seri, she plays Mildred Layton, the homophobic wife of closeted preacher Reverend Howard Layton, hilarly played by Fred Armisen. But Mildred isn't the only woman who has, unbeknownst to her, been wh a gay man.

Character) she's ever found herself datg a gay man. Did you ever fd yourself accintally datg a gay man?

KRIST CHENOWETH B, AGE, HEIGHT, HBAND, CHILDREN, GAY, WICKED, NET WORTH, MOVI

But how did she end up fdg out he was gay, you ask? You know, I love my gays.

KRIST CHENOWETH ONCE DATED A GAY MAN — AND THIS IS HOW SHE KNEW

"This isn't the first time Krist has opened up about beg wh gay men, though.

Durg a 2012 appearance on Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen asked the Wicked star a siar qutn about her datg history when to gay men, and she had a siar, revealg rponse. "Have you ever hooked up wh a gay guy?

"Defe hooked up, " she replied yly, before sayg, "Mmmhmmm, but he didn't know he was gay! RELATED | Krist Chenoweth and Kathare McPhee Sang 'Wicked' on a Gay Cise. "You know, I love my gays.

KRIST CHENOWETH KNEW HER EX-BOYIEND WAS GAY BEE HE REGNISED HER LOUBOUTS

I jt don't want to marry one, " Krist Chenoweth recently joked, while reuntg the time she went on a date wh a gay man who admired her Loubouts. The Emmy Award wner, 53, recently admted that she dated a gay man "only once, " and they shared a love of footwear. The Wicked star has long been known as an LGBTQ ally and gay in of sorts, appearg fan favor like Phg Daisi, Glee and GCB.

I want to know why gay people are gog to hell, ’” she relled.

Krist Chenoweth Gay.

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SHE HAS ALSO APPEARED ON TV SHOWS LIKE THE WT WG, PHG DAISI AND GLEE, AND HAS RELEASED SEVERAL ALBUMS SHOWSG HER POWERFUL SGG VOICE.EARLY LIFEKRIST DAWN CHENOWETH WAS BORN ON JULY 24, 1968, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS SOON ADOPTED TO THE CHENOWETH FAY. INIALLY NAMED KRISTI, CHENOWETH SHOWED AN TERT PERFORMANCE AT AN EARLY AGE, WHEN SHE STARTED SGG GOSPEL SONGS AT CHURCH AND ACTG SCHOOL PLAYS. THE PETE PERFORMER WORE MULTIPLE HATS HIGH SCHOOL, DOG BALLET, OPERA, ACTG AND SGG. AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, CHENOWETH CID TO PURSUE A REER PERFORMANCE, EVENTUALLY EARNG A BACHELOR OF FE ARTS GREE MIL THEATER AND A MASTER'S GREE OPERA PERFORMANCE OM OKLAHOMA CY UNIVERSY. TO HELP FUND HER HIGHER TN, CHENOWETH TOOK HER TALENTS TO THE PAGEANT CIRCU, WNG THE TLE OF NNER-UP THE MISS OKLAHOMA PETN 1991.THEATER, MIC, TV & FILMS'ANIMAL CRACKERS'IN 1993, CHENOWETH TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CY TO SUPPORT A IEND WHO WAS DNG FOR AN OFF-BROADWAY MIL LLED ANIMAL CRACKERS. CHENOWETH CID TO GIVE THE PRODUCTN A TRY, AS WELL. SHE BLEW THE PRODUCERS AWAY WH HER DN, EARNG HERSELF A SUPPORTG ROLE. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS FACED WH A PETG OPPORTUNY TO NTUE HER STUDY OF OPERA, CHENOWETH TOOK THE ROLE THE MIL AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.'STEEL PIER' AFTER HER FIRST PROFSNAL STEP TO THE THEATER WORLD, CHENOWETH NTUED TO WORK OFF-BROADWAY. HER DYNAMIC PERFORMANC AND GLASS-RATTLG SOPRANO EARNED HER SEVERAL LEADG ROL ONSTAGE, AND DIRECTORS REASSURED HER THAT HER BROADWAY BREAKTHROUGH WAS JT AROUND THE RNER. CHENOWETH'S MOMENT FALLY ME 1997, WHEN SHE LAND THE ROLE OF PREC MCGUIRE STEEL PIER. PLAYG A DANCER WH DREAMS OF HTG BIG, THE SOON-TO-BE STAR CHANNELED PLENTY OF HER OWN SIGHT AND EMOTN TO THE ROLE, EARNG HERSELF A THEATER WORLD AWARD FOR HER EFFORTS.'STRIKE UP THE BAND,' 'YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN' SHORTLY AFTER HER FIRST FORAY TO MORE MASTREAM SHOW BS, CHENOWETH PERFORMED AT THE LLN CENTER THE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GEE AND IRA GERSHW MIL STRIKE UP THE BAND. IN 1999, SHE SOLIDIFIED HER POSN AS A BROADWAY FAVORE WH HER SHOW-STOPPG PERFORMANCE AS SALLY BROWN YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. WH ACLAS OM THE LIK OF THE NEW YORK TIM AND A TONY AWARD UNR HER BELT, CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF FLUNG TO THE SPOTLIGHT.'KRIST,' 'LET YOURSELF GO'IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE MERA ME LLG, AND SOON KRIST CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF BEG RECED BY TELEVISN EXECUTIV OM ABC AND NBC. SPLTG HER TALENTS HAD NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE, AND CHENOWETH WAS SOON ABLY JUGGLG REERS ON STAGE AND ON SCREEN. IN 2001, SHE EVEN STARRED A SEMI-BGRAPHIL NBC S LLED KRIST. THE S WAS SHORT-LIVED, BUT THE ACTRS HAD NO TROUBLE FDG A NEW PLACE FOR HER TALENTS. THAT SAME YEAR, SHE RELEASED HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM, LET YOURSELF GO.'WICKED,' 'THE WT WG' IN 2003, CHENOWETH LAND A STARRG ROLE AS GLDA THE BROADWAY H WICKED. THE PRODUCTN HAD AN ALL-STAR ST, AND CHENOWETH FOUND HERSELF LOSG A TONY AWARD TO HER -STAR, IDA MENZEL. AFTER A YEAR OF WICKED PERFORMANC, CHENOWETH RETIRED HER WAND. SHE SET OFF FOR LOS ANGEL, WHERE SHE TOOK A JOB PLAYG A PLUCKY PRS SECRETARY ON THE TELEVISN SERI THE WT WG. WHILE WORKG ON THE SHOW, THE ACTRS MET AND BEGAN TO DATE THE SHOW'S WRER AND MASTER OF SNAPPY DIALOGUE, AARON SORK.'CANDI,' 'THE APPLE TREE'DURG THIS TIME, CHENOWETH WENT BACK TO NEW YORK TO PLAY THE PART OF CUNéGON THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC'S CANDI. DURG A WHIRLWD 2006, THE MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMER APPEARED SIX MOVI AND TWO TELEVISN SHOWS, AND STARRED THE BROADWAY MIL THE APPLE TREE. NOTG SHE ALWAYS SEEMED TO THRIVE ON A CHALLENGG SCHLE, CHENOWETH SAID, "I MAYBE HAVE A B OF REER A.D.D. BUT I ALWAYS DID FIVE LN, JILLN, GAZILLN THGS A DAY." 'PHG DAISI,' 'FOUR CHRISTMAS,' MEMOIRIN 2007, CHENOWETH WENT BACK TO TELEVISN AS A ST MEMBER OF PHG DAISI, EARNG AN EMMY AWARD FOR HER QUIRKY EDIC PERFORMANCE. IN 2008, SHE HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE AS REE WHERSPOON'S ON-SCREEN SISTER THE ROMANTIC EDY FOUR CHRISTMAS. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, SHE PUBLISHED A MEMOIR, A LTLE B WICKED: LIFE, LOVE, AND FAH STAG. 'GLEE,' 'PROMIS, PROMIS'CHENOWETH APPEARED ON FOX'S H TELEVISN SHOW GLEE 2010, WHERE, MUCH TO THE ENJOYMENT OF FANS, SHE WAS ABLE TO SHOW OFF BOTH HER SGG AND ACTG SKILLS. SHE WAS NOMATED FOR AN EMMY FOR HER PERFORMANCE ON THE SHOW, AND DUE TO POPULAR MAND, WAS WRTEN BACK FOR EPISOS AIRG 2011. CHENOWETH RETURNED TO BROADWAY AROUND THIS TIME WH A REVIVAL OF PROMIS, PROMIS. 'GCB,' 'THE GOOD WIFE' CHENOWETH WAS ST FOR A LEAD PART THE DRAMATIC EDY SERI GCB, BUT THE SHOW WAS NCELED AFTER AIRG AS A MIDSEASON REPLACEMENT 2012. THE ACTRS THEN LAND A RECURRG ROLE ON THE H DRAMA THE GOOD WIFE, BUT SHE SUFFERED A SER HEAD JURY ON SET, AND DROPPED OUT OF THE SHOW TO FOC ON HER REVERY.'THE OPPOSE SEX,' 'ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'CHENOWETH WENT ON TO APPEAR SUCH FILMS AS THE OPPOSE SEX (2014) AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR (2015). SHE ALSO TOOK ON A STARRG ROLE THE MIL EDY ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY OPPOSE PETER GALLAGHER 2015, RECEIVG A TONY NOMATN FOR HER WORK. THAT SAME YEAR, CHENOWETH REVISED THE WORLD OF CHARLIE BROWN BY VOICG SNOOPY'S LOVE TERT THE PEANUTS MOVIE, AND HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS CEREMONY WH ALAN CUMMG.'HAIRSPRAY LIVE!,' 'TRIAL & ERROR'BACK THE RERDG STUD, CHENOWETH 2016 RELEASED THE ALBUM THE ART OF ELEGANCE, WHICH REFLECTED HER SOLO BUT EFFORT WH S VERS OF AMERIN STANDARDS. SHE ALSO FEATURED PROMENTLY NBC'S HAIRSPRAY LIVE! THAT DECEMBER, AND PROVID MORE VOICE WORK FOR 2017'S MY LTLE PONY: THE MOVIE. CHENOWETH THEN RETURNED TO SCRIPTED TELEVISN 2018 AS A REGULAR ST MEMBER ON SEASON 2 OF TRIAL & ERROR, BEFORE JOG MENZEL TO -HOST THE SPECIAL A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN LATER THAT YEAR.FAH & PERSONAL RAISED AS A PRACTICG CHRISTIAN, CHENOWETH OFTEN SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FAH HER LIFE. THE SGER EVEN RERD AN ALBUM 2005, AS I AM, WHICH CLUS A MIX OF GOSPEL HYMNS AND NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MIC. HER LIBERAL SOCIAL VIEWS RAN AFOUL OF SOME NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN GROUPS, THOUGH, AFTER SHE PUBLICLY PRONOUNCED HER SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS.ON THE OTHER SI OF THE ISSUE, MANY OF HER GAY FANS WERE UPSET THAT SHE APPEARED ON THE 700 CLUB WH PAT ROBERTSON, ON THE CHRISTIAN BROADSTG NETWORK. CHENOWETH'S STGGLE WH STRADDLG THE TWO WORLDS BEME ARTISTIC FODR FOR HER FORMER BOYIEND SORK, AND THE ACTRS FOUND HERSELF MIRRORED AS A CHARACTER ON HIS SHORT-LIVED TELEVISN SERI STUD 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP (2006-07). WHEN TO HER REER AND PERSONAL LIFE, CHENOWETH KNOWS A THG OR TWO ABOUT BEG A LN PLAC AT ONCE. THE TRICK FOR THIS TALENTED ACTRS SEEMS TO BE MULTI-TASKG. "YOU'VE GOT TO FD WAYS TO BREATHE WHILE YOU'RE DANCG SO THAT WHEN TIME FOR YOU TO STOP AND SG AGA, YOU HAVE ," SHE ONCE {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

In an terview wh The Advote, Chenoweth ma clear that she is both a woman of fah and one who supports gay rights.

Her gay rights stance beme an issue 2005 when she was schled to bee a sgg spokwoman for a Women of Fah ncert Oklahoma. In 2010, she stood up for her “Promis, Promis” -star Sean Hay, who is openly gay, when a Newsweek reporter wrote an article qutng whether an openly gay actor uld be believable when tryg to play a straight character. krist-chenoweth-onc-edated-gay-man-regnized-shoe-brand-christian-loubouts-lgbtq-ally.

"Defe hooked up, " she replied yly, before sayg, "Mmmhmmm, but he didn’t know he was gay! Theatre and mil in Krist Chenoweth has revealed how she knew one of her ex-boyiends was gay – bee he regnised that her sho were Loubouts. “You know, I love my gays.

KRIST CHENOWETH: CHRISTIAN AND GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTER

Her liberal social views ran afoul of some nservative Christian groups, though, after she publicly pronounced her support for gay the other si of the issue, many of her gay fans were upset that she appeared on The 700 Club wh Pat Robertson, on the Christian Broadstg Network. In 2013, she received The Vanguard Award om GLAAD, an award which, per GLAAD's webse, "is prented to media profsnals who, through their work, have creased the visibily and unrstandg of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny. The dimutive songstrs who played a high school dropout on “Glee” and origated the role of Glda “Wicked” is jt as fortable talkg about her Christian fah as she is her support for gay rights.

I really do, ” she told the gay-tert publitn. “But at the same time, I don’t thk beg gay is a s.

“My [gay] bt iend — I’ve talked about him many tim — his name’s Denny. Asked how she would rpond to people who ce their Christian beliefs as the basis for discrimatn agast gays, she said wh a lgh, “I would ask, ‘What would J do?