Was Chandler om "Friends" meant to be gay? It seems he almost was. - LGBTQ Natn

everyone thinks chandler is gay

If Chandler had been gay, would the show have been funnier? Would that have let them tell better stori?

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HERE'S WHY SOME 'FRIENDS' FANS THK CHANDLER WAS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY

A longstandg urban legend is that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay  Friends until Matthew Perry was st the role. * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

Seattle-based journalist Matt Bme, however, believ the show uld have end very differently if the creative team’s origal plans for Chandler, played by Matthew Perry, had been a new vio report, Bme ― who is the thor of the 2015 book “Defg Marriage” and the host of “Culture Cise, ” an acclaimed YouTube seri ― lv to thly sourced but persistent reports that the creators of “Friends” had tend for Chandler to be a gay man, but changed him to a straight character after Perry was st.

He also breaks down a number of gay jok ― many of them crgeworthy by morn standards ― prented the show at the character’s expense as evince of a funct plot le. “No, Chandler isn’t gay, ” he said at the time. “Nor will he be gay.

And Perry’s -star Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, gave crence to that theory a 2014 terview wh the Televisn Amy suggtg that she, too, believed the character was gay at that Chandler posss what he believ is “a gay sensibily, but no gay storyl, ” Bme told HuffPost, “If they had ma fully gay ― wrten gay, played gay ― would that have been a good thg or a bad thg? ”“On one hand, would have been amazg to see a gay ma character on one of the most popular shows TV history, ” he ntued.

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CHANDLER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHOEBE: "Y, YOU HAVE HOMOSEXUAL HAIR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE EPILOGUE, CHANDLER TELLS  SHELLY THAT IF HE WAS GAY, HE ULD DO A LOT BETTER THAN THE GUY SHE PICKED OUT. "SOMEONE LIKE 'BRIAN OM PAYROLL,'" HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK BRIAN IS A LTLE OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE," SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WISH THERE WAS AN ALTERNATE REALY FRIENDS WHERE CHANDLER WAS OPENLY GAY. 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“The One Where Nana Di Twice” (November 10, 1994) Hey, have you heard about this show lled Friends that’s about people who are iends? Emelie Burte returns to talk about how the first gayish outg of this landmark s gets some thgs right, some thgs wrong. We don’t settle the “Is Friends homophobic or transphobic?” bat but we do at least fd an answer to the “Is Rachel Green Jewish?” bate?  “Homophobic Friends,” piled by Tijana Mamula Why Friends is “Hugely Transphobic,” by Samantha Riel:  Ey Nsbm’s tweets fendg Friends agast charg that ’s homophobic “Is Rachel Green Jewish?” by Ldsey Weber  Check out A Love Bizarre, downtown Los Angel’ new queer art space Support on Patreon! Follow: GEE on Twter • Drew on Twter • Glen on Twter Listen: iTun • Spotify • Stcher • Google Play • Google Podsts • Himalaya • TuneIn  And y, we do have an official webse! And we even have episo transcripts urty of Sarah Neal. Our logo was signed by Rob Wilson. This is a TableCak podst. This episo’s outro track is “Sugar Town” by Nancy Satra. * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

They’d often repeat the same simple joke, that would be funny if a person was gay.... [The show] seemed to be at s bt when tellg heterosexual stori, and I’m not sure they uld have pulled off the challenge of featurg TV’s most proment gay ma character.

EVERYONE THKS CHANDLER IS GAY

* everyone thinks chandler is gay *

A longstandg and oft-repeated urban legend is that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay  Friends until Matthew Perry was st the role. “If we had st a different actor – who was gay – there was the optn that we would have taken the character that directn.

This ntributed heavily to fan speculatn that Chandler was origally supposed to be gay – a theory given crence by Phoebe Buffay actrs Lisa Kudrow, who 2014 revealed that she thought the character was gay when she first joed Friends. Friends might not have pulled off havg TV’s most visible gay character.

Bme said Chandler has “a gay sensibily, but no gay storyl”. “If they had ma fully gay – wrten gay, played gay – would that have been a good thg or a bad thg? “On the one hand, would have been amazg to see a gay ma character on one of the most popular shows TV history.

WAS CHANDLER OM “FRIENDS” MEANT TO BE GAY? IT SEEMS HE ALMOST WAS.

“The One Where Nana Di Twice” (November 10, 1994) Hey, have you heard about this show lled Friends that’s about people who are iends? Emelie Burte returns to talk about how the first gayish outg of this landmark s gets some thgs right, some thgs wrong. We don’t settle the “Is Friends homophobic or transphobic?” bat but we do at least fd an answer to the “Is Rachel Green Jewish?” bate?  piled by Tijana Mamula by Samantha Riel:  Ey Nsbm’s tweets agast charg that ’s homophobic by Ldsey Weber  Check out , downtown Los Angel’ new queer art space Support ! Follow:  •  •  Listen:  •  •  •  •  •  •   And y, we do have ! And we even have  urty of . Our logo was signed by . This is a  podst. This episo’s outro track is . * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

They’d often repeat the same simple joke, that would be funny if a person was gay. Bme said Friends was at s bt when tellg “heterosexual stori”, addg: “I’m not sure they uld have pulled off the challenge of featurg TV’s most proment gay character.

Why did other character’s thk chandler was gay?

The episo where everybody thks chandler is gay (i thk the one where ross and monis grandma di twice) is the 8th episo of the first season.

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Maybe bee he was datg Janice at the start of the seri but i never felt like any of chandlers characteristics ma him seem gay. But every other character says there’s somethg about him that mak him seem gay.

Did you as a viewer thk chandler was gay or that he uldve end up flippg at some pot pecially those first 8 episos?

(I know he was datg janice at the start) What characteristics about chandler pecially those first 8 episos would make you thk he was gay? S - i have nothg wrong whether he were gay or not. I also know that there is not a specific characteristic to beg gay.

TV LEGENDS: WAS CHANDLER ON FRIENDS ORIGALLY MEANT TO BE GAY?

In the latt TV Legends Revealed, learn whether Chandler was nceived of as gay until Matthew Perry was st and the character was re-wrten. * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

Like all the jok about how everyone assum Chandler is gay. In "The One Where Nana Di Twice, " om 1994, Chandler's -worker Shelly misguidly tri to set him up wh a gay lleague. " Chandler "Y, you have homosexual hair.

"In the epilogue, Chandler tells Shelly that if he was gay, he uld do a lot better than the guy she picked out. "I thk Brian is a ltle out of your league, " she wish there was an alternate realy Friends where Chandler was openly gay. And a super cut of (almost) all the gay referenc on Friends.

CHANDLER'S "THING" THAT MAKES EVERYONE THINKS HE'S GAY. Emelie Burte returns to talk about how the first gayish outg of this landmark s gets some thgs right, some thgs wrong.

EVERYONE THKS CHANDLER IS GAY SONG | DREW MACKIE & GLEN LAK / TABLECAK PRODUCTNS | GAYT EPISO EVER - SEASON - 2

Everyone Thks Chandler Is Gay song om Gayt Episo Ever - season - 2 ee mp3 download onle on Listen offle to Everyone Thks Chandler Is Gay song by Drew Mackie & Glen Lak / TableCak Productns. Play new songs and old songs; mp3 song download; mic download; m; mic on * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

We don’t settle the “Is Friends homophobic or transphobic? “Homophobic Friends, ” piled by Tijana Mamula Why Friends is “Hugely Transphobic, ” by Samantha Riel: Ey Nsbm’s tweets fendg Friends agast charg that ’s homophobic “Is Rachel Green Jewish? How close did the people behd the h show Friends e to makg Chandler gay?

Chandler uld have had the most proment gay character televisn history… until the show’s creators cid to straighten him out. It was about six twenty-somethg Gen-Xers livg, lghg, and lovg implsibly large Manhattan apartments, and was a lot ls shy than other shows of the time about dog gay episos. He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s sarstic, he’s unlucky love, he’s well drsed — and he was believed to be totally gay, both by characters on the show and by people real life.

Chandler go to his iends and asks if they ever thought he was gay, and learns that they all thought he was.

The One Where Nana Di Twice: Directed by Jam Burrows. Wh Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc. Moni and Ross mourn the loss of their grandmother. Chandler is shocked to fd that people thk he is gay." data-id="ma * everyone thinks chandler is gay *

And they’re not alone, bee when this episo aired, a lot of viewers thought he was gay as well.

In the early velopment of Friends, creators Marta Kffman and David Crane “entertaed the possibily that Chandler uld be gay, ” acrdg to terviews published back the 1990s. If they’d gone wh a gay actor, he said, they might’ve stuck to the gay plan. Instead of havg the character be gay, they cid stead to have everyone jt thk he’s gay.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* EVERYONE THINKS CHANDLER IS GAY

Was Chandler om "Friends" meant to be gay? It seems he almost was. - LGBTQ Natn .

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