'It's Always Sunny Philalphia' star Rob McElhenney talks about his character Mac g out as gay and what fans n expect Season 14.
Contents:
- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
- 'IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY' STAR ROB MCELHENNEY TALKS DECISN TO MAKE MAC GAY
- IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
- MARK OWEN REVEALS HE MIGHT BE GAY
- IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA DIDN'T ALWAYS PLAN TO MAKE MAC GAY
- MAC COM OUT AS GAY ON "IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA"THEY'RE ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 7, 2016/7:59 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 7, 2016 / 7:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MAC COM OUT AS GAY ON \"IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-08T00:59:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-08T00:59:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}FANS OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA MAY HAVE KNOWN MAC WAS GAY FOR YEARS, BUT LOOKS LIKE HE IS JT FALLY FIGURG OUT FOR HIMSELF FOR THE FIRST {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 FIRST EPISO OF THE TWO-PART SEASON FALE, TLED "THE GANG GO TO HELL," MAC MAK A STARTLG REALIZATN AFTER MANY YEARS OF TERNALIZG HIS TE {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;}MAC'S BEEN OBSSED WH THE MALE PHYSIQUE FOR YEARS NOW — THIS IS THE END OF THE EDY'S 11TH SEASON ON FX — BUT WAS A CHRISTIAN CISE HE TOOK THE GANG ON THE LATT EPISO THAT FALLY LET HIM SEE WHAT WE'VE KNOWN ALL {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;}MAC, PLAYED BY SERI CREATOR ROB MCELHENNEY, SPOTS A MALE UPLE KISSG ON THE SHIP AND, AFTER SEEKG AN ANSWER OM GOD, CIS TO NVERT THE GAYS — FOR THEIR OWN GOOD, OF {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;}THE UPLE FLIPS THE TABLE ON THE CLOSETED CHARACTER, AND SUGGTS THEY NVERT MAC {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;}MAC SAYS THERE IS NO WAY THEY ULD NVERT HIM TO THEIR "LIFTYLE," BUT APPARENTLY CIS TO GIVE A SHOT ANYWAY, WHICH LEADS HIM TO HIS SHOCKG {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;}YOU'LL HAVE TO WA UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO REALLY SEE WHAT HIS NEW GAY LIFE IS LIKE FOR MAC, BUT YOU N CHECK OUT THE SEND PART OF THE SEASON FALE THIS WEDNDAY AT 10 ON {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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
- IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY SEASON 12 REP: SO MAC IS GAY
- MAC COM OUT AS GAY TO HIS FATHER STUNNG ‘IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA’ DANCE SEQUENCE: WATCH
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
Rob McElhenney, creator and star of It's Always Sunny Philalphia, spoke about the cisn to make his character Mac openly gay on the ntroversial s. * so mac is gay *
This, however, was an earnt moment which Mac (played by seri creator Rob McElhenney) fally found the means wh which to exprs himself and affirm his inty as a newly out gay man. ' And most of the people I know that mp tend to be fairly homophobic. So we began gog down that road: Let’s satirize that hard Christian nservative who is also tensely homophobic.
And that’s when I thought, 'Let’s jt make him gay.
'IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY' STAR ROB MCELHENNEY TALKS DECISN TO MAKE MAC GAY
Is Mac om 'It's Always Sunny Philalphia really gay? We took a look back to figure out. * so mac is gay *
"Gags about Mac's sexualy had long been one of the show's many nng jok, but jt as the show had skewered racist and sexist viewpots before, so too were viewers ved to lgh at the characters' homophobic ments, not wh them. "The joke wasn’t that Mac was gay, obvly. "The joke was that he was the closet, and he refed to e out and doubled down on his homophobia.
We weren’t creatg a gay character for edic effect, that was there jt to be gay and to be funny bee he was gay, but a very plex, very disturbed, very fucked-up and awful character, who happens to be gay.
IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
* so mac is gay *
A or so ago, Mac was ostensibly around season four beme abundantly clear that the only straight Mac was--as Sweet Dee and McElhenney's real-life wife Kal Olsen puts --was "straight up gay. And he wants what any God-fearg Christian man wants:Mac's obssn wh relign is also a direct rult of the guilt he feels for beg gay, a guilt his (played by Seann William Stt) do not share:Bee It's Always Sunny is far om your typil s, Mac's homo guilt don't manift self any typil ways.
MARK OWEN REVEALS HE MIGHT BE GAY
Is Barbie gay the new movie and why is rated PG-13? The 2023 film starrg Margot Robbie has already generated a lot of discsn. * so mac is gay *
Instead, Mac's relign is hot check out his visn of what Heaven is 's ternalized his homosexualy so much that he remas blissfully unaware of jt how gay he is--that is, until the latt episo when all that nuendo me flyg out of the closet and Mac realized what everyone has known all "The Gang Go to Hell, " Mac's relig fanaticism draws the gang to a Christian cise, but 's the kd of Christian cise that wel gays, as Mac fds out too late. When he se a uple kissg on the shuffle board urt, he seeks an answer om God and he cis to nvert the gays--for their own good. The gays are havg none of , however, and suggt that they nvert mut later:Sometim all tak is the love of a good man.
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA DIDN'T ALWAYS PLAN TO MAKE MAC GAY
The character of Mac fally out as gay on the season fale of "It's Always Sunny In Philalphia." * so mac is gay *
Followg his high seas sexpa, Mac also to the ncln that there's no God, but before we n see what all this means for the gang, they apparently end up--as the episo tle suggts--, this episo was part one the two-part season fale, so we'll probably have to wa till next year for the Adventur of Gay Mac. Of the rpective idsyncrasi of The Always Sunny Philalphia gang — such as Charlie beg illerate and Dennis beg a sexual predator — one of the funnier nng gags throughout the seri has been Mac’s latent homosexualy. In Wednday night’s “The Gang Group Dat, ” at one pot Dennis refers to Mac as “the gay one” and at another pot when he turns to Mac and tells him that he riv his self worth om “nvcg himself that he’s tough and straight, ” Mac fir back “I am tough.
Of urse, what mak the joke work is that Mac himself is probably the only one that don’t know that Mac is gay. If he were jt a guy stgglg to bottle up his homosexualy, that would jt be prsg, and a different kd of show. But as a strict Catholic, Mac has reprsed his homosexualy so much that he don’t even unrstand his fatuatn wh badass tough guys is bee he wants to have sex wh them.
MAC COM OUT AS GAY ON "IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA"THEY'RE ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 7, 2016/7:59 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAMARCH 7, 2016 / 7:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MAC COM OUT AS GAY ON \"IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-08T00:59:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-08T00:59:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}FANS OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILALPHIA MAY HAVE KNOWN MAC WAS GAY FOR YEARS, BUT LOOKS LIKE HE IS JT FALLY FIGURG OUT FOR HIMSELF FOR THE FIRST {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 FIRST EPISO OF THE TWO-PART SEASON FALE, TLED "THE GANG GO TO HELL," MAC MAK A STARTLG REALIZATN AFTER MANY YEARS OF TERNALIZG HIS TE {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;}MAC'S BEEN OBSSED WH THE MALE PHYSIQUE FOR YEARS NOW — THIS IS THE END OF THE EDY'S 11TH SEASON ON FX — BUT WAS A CHRISTIAN CISE HE TOOK THE GANG ON THE LATT EPISO THAT FALLY LET HIM SEE WHAT WE'VE KNOWN ALL {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;}MAC, PLAYED BY SERI CREATOR ROB MCELHENNEY, SPOTS A MALE UPLE KISSG ON THE SHIP AND, AFTER SEEKG AN ANSWER OM GOD, CIS TO NVERT THE GAYS — FOR THEIR OWN GOOD, OF {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;}THE UPLE FLIPS THE TABLE ON THE CLOSETED CHARACTER, AND SUGGTS THEY NVERT MAC {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;}MAC SAYS THERE IS NO WAY THEY ULD NVERT HIM TO THEIR "LIFTYLE," BUT APPARENTLY CIS TO GIVE A SHOT ANYWAY, WHICH LEADS HIM TO HIS SHOCKG {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;}YOU'LL HAVE TO WA UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO REALLY SEE WHAT HIS NEW GAY LIFE IS LIKE FOR MAC, BUT YOU N CHECK OUT THE SEND PART OF THE SEASON FALE THIS WEDNDAY AT 10 ON {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;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
A 17-year-old -star of the jt end, ma--Utah seri “Andi Mack” has e out as bisexual — almost two years after the character he played me out as gay. * so mac is gay *
FXX has renewed Always Sunny for two more seasons followg the 10th, which I n only assume will fally be the seri’ last, and I’m really hopg before ends we get an episo lled “Mac Realiz He’s Gay. ” Until then, I’ve put together this timele that outl Mac’s homosexualy as bubbl ever closer to the surface. At this pot the seri, they probably didn’t yet have any tentn to make Mac gay.
Season Six — “Mac Fights Gay Marriage”. Mac go on a csa agast gay marriage bee after pletg her transn to a woman, Carmen married a man named Nick. Mac sists that Nick is gay sce Carmen was born a man, seemg to miss the irony that he had sex wh Carmen before she pleted the operatn, clarg their marriage to be a “gay marriage.
This is the episo, which the gang participat a day that revolv pletely around Mac, they fally and fively realize: “I know we’ve never said this as a group, but Mac’s gay.
‘ANDI MACK’ ACTOR, WHOSE CHARACTER ME OUT AS GAY, OUT AS BISEXUAL
Frank Reynolds: Hate Crime or Hero? It's Always Sunny Season 12 Rep: Mac is gay, Dee has the funnit quote of It's Always Sunny Season 12, WTF Charlie? * so mac is gay *
Mac’s “Country Mac” shows up — and not only is he tougher and more of a badass every sgle way than Mac is, but he’s also openly gay.
While geics have never been scientifilly proven to have a role sexual orientatn, ’s always been a strongly held theory, so would make sense that Mac would have a gay . (Actually two gay s, as Mac ns to another gay Paddy’s the seri premiere when they accintally turn to a gay bar. ” But jt to le out, he volunteers to see if the leprechn might have a pot of gold at the end of the rabow — this se the “rabow” beg a fictnal Philalphia gay bar actually lled The Rabow, which he bravely volunteers to search solo.
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY SEASON 12 REP: SO MAC IS GAY
When the gang cis to go on a booze-ee Christian cise, Mac is ially flummoxed to meet a married Christian gay uple, pletely throwg a wrench to his nstant ternal stggle.
” Unfortunately after the boat almost sks wh them locked the brig, the near ath experience leads Mac to believe that God was jt ttg him and he’s not gay after all. He’s Barbie’s gay bt iend. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters.
In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet.
MAC COM OUT AS GAY TO HIS FATHER STUNNG ‘IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA’ DANCE SEQUENCE: WATCH
But each of the gay bt iends was trsilly fed by their relatnships wh their straight iends. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory.
But unlike the first half of the 20th century, today’s cema, the GBF is allowed to be openly gay. In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends.