Contents:
- AFTER “LIFE”: AFTER BEG FIRED OM “ONE LIFE TO LIVE” OVER A GAY DIALOGUE DISPUTE, PATRICIA MCERI FDS A NEW PATH
- TUC WATKS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE’S A SGLE DAD TO TWS
- RYAN PHILLIPPE SAYS PARENTS 'SHUNNED' HIM OVER GAY 'ONE LIFE TO LIVE' ROLE
AFTER “LIFE”: AFTER BEG FIRED OM “ONE LIFE TO LIVE” OVER A GAY DIALOGUE DISPUTE, PATRICIA MCERI FDS A NEW PATH
In March of 2009, Patricia Mceri was fired om One Life to Live over a dispute wh the producers over a scene which her character — a rosary-prayg Catholic — would give full-throated endorsement to the gay liftyle.
TUC WATKS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, REVEALS HE’S A SGLE DAD TO TWS
(Note: an earlier post of this paragraph ed the term “gay marriage” stead of “gay liftyle” but when I went back and read the terview I realized the word marriage wasn’t actually ed.
Then they troduced a gay storyle 2009. PM: Yeah, and wasn’t so much that they troduced a gay storyle. I gus they wanted to promote a…gay storyle and they cid to e my character a way that was a total 180 gree parture om what her strength and inty was.
RYAN PHILLIPPE SAYS PARENTS 'SHUNNED' HIM OVER GAY 'ONE LIFE TO LIVE' ROLE
I got the script of out of the blue that said I was gog to make a joke — My character didn’t know was a joke at the time — (and) say “Oh, I see this book you have (about) how to tell your parents you’re gay.
Now, you’re gay. ” And she’s tryg to nvce him that he is gay and she lov him and that God created him that way. ” But to…try to nvce him that he was gay and that God created him that way.
And then, further on the script, they had another scene where his (female) roommate — who knew that wasn’t his book, who knew that they bought for a iend of theirs and she was playg this game…to try to force his mom to prsure him to sayg that he was gay. Vega, I’m so surprised that you’re supportive of your son beg gay. ” And her son chim “But I’m not gay!