No, Cam and Mch on 'Morn Fay' are not 'the gay equivalent of blackface'

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• ‘MORN FAY’ ACTORS PRACTICG GAY KISS
• NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’

‘MORN FAY’ ACTORS PRACTICG GAY KISS

Together, they make up one of the most high-profile gay upl on prime time. ' They're relatg to , " says Fergon, who is openly gay and sgle. Pl, Fergon says, might help people be more fortable wh gay marriage.

"I never want to seem embarrassed or ashamed that I'm playg a gay person.

So I would never want to be like, 'Hey, I'm not gay. Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay. Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s.

NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’

They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then. Ed O'Neill may have exhibed some homophobic behavr before. There's no doubt that part of Jay Prchett's "schtick" as a character is to do a b of hokey head-scratchg here and there about the fact that his elst son is gay, but his at-tim crge-worthy ments are ually buttrsed by the appropriate levels of empathy, good humor, and affectn to wash away the stg of any of his words.

Wh Children, and an terview wh TV Legends, O'Neill admted his valier attu towards one -star's homosexualy got him disved om her weddg. When she started out, she was gay. She's been gay a long time.

Y, there will be one onscreen between the show’s gay uple Cam and Mchell, only ’s not yet clear which episo of the upg season of the ABC laffer, which is up for multiple Emmys Sunday night cludg bt edy. In a seri replete wh brilliant actors – Anne Reid and Éanna Hardwicke are astonishg as Moore-Mart and Field – Timothy Spall’s turn as Farquhar, a closeted gay man, stands out, not so much a performance as an habatn. The show was one of the first to have two openly gay characters—Mchell and Cameron Prchett (played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet, rpectively)—on prime-time TV.