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Contents:

• ALL THE CHARACTERS 'BETY AND THE BEAST' WHO WERE PROBABLY GAY ALL ALONG
• ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: JOSH GAD PLAYS DISNEY’S FIRST-EVER GAY CHARACTER
• LEFOU EMBRAC LE FEY: DISNEY GO GAY IN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’
• EWAN MCGREGOR SLAMS BETY AND THE BEAST ‘GAY SCENE’ NTROVERSY
• ALABAMA THEATER WON'T SCREEN 'BETY AND THE BEAST' REMAKE DUE TO GAY CHARACTER
• THE “EXCLIVELY GAY” CHARACTER THE BETY AND THE BEAST REMAKE IS NOT AS REVOLUTNARY AS DISNEY THKS IT IS
• 'IT'S 2017.' EWAN MCGREGOR HAS NO TIME FOR FS OVER BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY CHARACTER'

ALL THE CHARACTERS 'BETY AND THE BEAST' WHO WERE PROBABLY GAY ALL ALONG

It’s certa as the sun — Josh Gad’s character Bety and the Beast is gay.

‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: JOSH GAD PLAYS DISNEY’S FIRST-EVER GAY CHARACTER

But is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie. Not exactly the image wh which gay men like to be associated.

LEFOU EMBRAC LE FEY: DISNEY GO GAY IN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’

There is a pattern wh all of the d “gay” characters, all of whom uld be scribed ntemporary terms as genr non-nformg: They’re all villas. In an terview wh Bra’s Attu Magaze, Condon revealed that he will make his mark on the Disney legacy by allowg years of subtext to fally e to the surface, prentg the first “nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie, ” the director said. READ MORE: Cate Blanchett Remds You Why She’s A Gay In Wh Powerhoe Drag Bar Lip Sync — Watch.

EWAN MCGREGOR SLAMS BETY AND THE BEAST ‘GAY SCENE’ NTROVERSY

Condon, who unts Sir Ian McKellen as a good iend, is openly gay. Even if the moment wreaks of tokenism, is still a historic tone for Disney to regnize a gay character out loud. The actor – who plays Lumière Bill Condon’s live-actn remake of the Disney classic – turned the airwav blue when he cricised the uproar and nfirmed that Josh Gad’s character LeFou is gay.

ALABAMA THEATER WON'T SCREEN 'BETY AND THE BEAST' REMAKE DUE TO GAY CHARACTER

“There’s lots of gay of sex …there’s a lot of gay sex this rtoon, ” McGregor quipped. In character: Ewan McGregor as Lumière / DisneyReferrg to a cema Alabama that has ncelled the film over a gay character, he said: “And I thk if you live anywhere near Alabama, you should not go and see this film. ”Colbert said: “There are mours that LeFou has gay feelgs for Gaston.

THE “EXCLIVELY GAY” CHARACTER THE BETY AND THE BEAST REMAKE IS NOT AS REVOLUTNARY AS DISNEY THKS IT IS

”McGregor replied: “It’s jt like…he’s a gay character. ” LeFou, who plays the sikick to the villao Gaston (Le Evans), enjoys an “exclively gay moment” at the end of the film durg a group dance, which se him dancg wh a woman, before sidlg up to a drs-lovg henchman.

(Lrie Sparham/Disney) / DisneyThe film, starrg Emma Watson as Belle alongsi Dan Stevens as the Beast, has been pulled om a number of cemas across the globe cludg untry’s two ma cema chas said the film had been postponed fely spe beg approved after removg the “gay moment” And The Beast - Trailer 3As well as troducg a gay character, the film also tak Belle a femist directn and featur two terracial upl - somethg Stanley Tucci said is an even bigger actor, who plays Matro Canza, the hband of Audra McDonald’s character Madame Garrobe, said: “This movie will have more ronance than ever — and is need more than ever. Inevably, discsn of the ntroversy surroundg LeFou's “gay moment” the film me up.

'IT'S 2017.' EWAN MCGREGOR HAS NO TIME FOR FS OVER BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY CHARACTER'

McGregor joked, “There's lots of gay of sex …there's a lot of gay sex this rtoon…And I thk if you live anywhere near Alabama, you should not go and see this film.

Said Colbert: “There were mors that LeFou had gay yearngs for Gaston. “No, I thk he's a gay character, ” says McGregor. McGregor then laid out, to cheers: “It's jt like – he's a gay character.