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Contents:
- ‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW
- NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER
- NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW
‘Neighbours’ star Matt Wilson has sparked ntroversy over ments he ma about gay people durg an appearance on Channel 5′s ‘The Wright Stuff’ actor attracted cricism after sayg his gay character the Atralian soap, Aaron Brennan “acted straight” and “normal”.
NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HAS ‘NO DIFFICULTY’ PLAYG GAY CHARACTER
His ments me after Suzi Perry asked if he ever received any flack for takg the part over a gay actor, given he is straight himself. “There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character, but that’s like sayg you should get someone a wheelchair to play a character a wheelchair.
— WayneDavid?️? (@WayneDavid81) June 29, 2017n't believe dumbns of Neighbours actor on #TheWrightStuff who said is good he's straight actor playg gay so gays are shown as 'normal'— Jam Leon (@JamLeon1) June 29, 2017Sloppy. I love how homosexualy is also referred to the same actg ntext as murrers and wheelchair ers ?— Michael Bell (@immichaelbell) June 30, 2017Oh god the level of ignorance this is... (@dontfetjam) June 29, 2017A lot of gay men start their journey 'passg' as straight, aaid to be themselv.
NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
A lot of gay actors will have this reference pot. “Although Matt’s tentn was clearly not to offend anyone, his ments about gay or bi people are clearly problematic, ” he said. The ia that gay people are accepted only when they f some kd of ial standard set by society is que ankly offensive and potential very dangero, pecially for any young people who are already nfed about their inty and feelg unr prsure to f at school or social groups.
“Of urse actors don’t have to be gay to play a gay character but havg an unrstandg of the challeng, obstacl and difficulti that still face the wir muny n only be beneficial to everyone. Neighbours star Takaya Honda, who plays David Tanaka the soap, has h back at people who ask him if he fds “difficult” to play a gay character.
Takaya Honda – who ma history alongsi -star Matt Wilson last year when they picted the first gay weddg on the soap – ma the ments an Instagram post. “Who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man? Wrg on Instagram, the actor said: “We get asked, more often than I thk we should, ‘what’s like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult?
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
“Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man? The task we are given is to evoke wh the dience that feelg of love and have them believe that we are love, and that would go whether our characters were gay, straight or other.