WATCH: ABC newsman Gio Benitez shares how his mom reacted when he came out as gay at age 24
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Out actor Jake Borelli celebrates the 400th episode of ABC’s long-running “Grey’s Anatomy”
Out actor Jake Borelli celebrates the 400th episode of ABC’s long-running “Grey’s Anatomy”
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Laura Dern opens up about industry blacklisting after playing a lesbian on ‘Ellen’
Laura Dern opens up about industry blacklisting after playing a lesbian on ‘Ellen’
Oscar-nominated actress Laura Dern has spoken out about the remarkable backlash she experienced following an appearance on the “coming out” episode of Ellen more than 20 years ago.
Dern appeared in the Emmy-winning “The Puppy Episode,” most notable for Ellen DeGeneres’ titular character coming out of the closet as gay. Dern played a lesbian in the episode that catches Ellen’s fancy and forces her to confront her own sexual orientation.
“I didn’t think twice about it. It was a great opportunity,” Dern tells New York Magazine. She also reveals that after taking the role, several gay friends warned her that the part could seriously harm her career. Dern didn’t take the warning seriously until police “swarmed” the stage during rehearsals.
“The first time I became aware was, Oprah and I were having a snack, and suddenly a flood of cops swarmed the set and the stage while we were rehearsing. They’re like, ‘There’s been a bomb threat, we’re sweeping the stage.’ And they start literally rushing us off the stage.”
Related: This lesbian proposal on Ellen’s show will make your day
Despite high ratings and critical praise for the show, Dern says her career came to a halt. “We all spent the next couple of years really struggling in work and safety,” she says. “It was radical to experience that. It was the only time I ever experienced having to have to have full security detail…[The backlash] was significant. It was significant because I was doing successful independent movies, and, only months before that, I was in Jurassic Park, the most successful movie ever. So it was like, you’re being offered this, you’re being offered that — and it just stopped. Which is kind of wild.”
ABC cancelled Ellen just a year after “The Puppy Episode” aired. Fortunately for DeGeneres and Dern, both their careers have recovered. DeGeneres went on to voice the popular character Dory in Finding Nemo and land her own talk show. Dern scored an Oscar nomination for her work in Wild and has earned critical acclaim for performances in Twin Peaks, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Big Little Lies.
Still, for all the trouble Dern suffered for her appearance on Ellen, she has no regrets. “But what was amazing, which I will never forget, that when she looked in my eyes, she said it was the first time she said ‘I’m gay’ out loud. We didn’t rehearse it, so when she said it to me, and was looking in my eyes and holding my hands and I felt her shaking … the gift — it makes me want to cry — the gift of that, the intimacy of what that means, was such insight for me. And I’ll carry it for the rest of my life.”
Must-See LGBTQ TV: The AMAs and The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Special!
Must-See LGBTQ TV: The AMAs and The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Special!
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Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
The American Music Awards will be held Sunday evening on ABC. The LGBTQ nominees include five nominations for Lil Nas X, including New Artist of the Year; three nominations for Halsey including Artist of the Year; three nominations for Panic! At the Disco; and two for Lady Gaga for A Star is Born. The American Music Awards: Sunday, 8pm on ABC.
On Friday, country singer Kacey Musgraves’ Christmas special will be released on Amazon on Friday. In addition to narration by out actor and writer Dan Levy, the special features out singer Troye Sivan performing new Christmas music with Musgraves. The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show: Friday on Amazon.
Sunday, November 24: 2019 American Music Awards (8pm, ABC); God Friended Me (8pm, CBS); The Walking Dead (9pm, AMC); Shameless (9pm, Showtime); Madam Secretary (10pm, CBS); Star Wars: Resistance (10pm, Disney Channel); Mr. Robot (10pm, USA); Mrs. Fletcher (10:30pm, HBO)
Monday: 9-1-1 (8pm, Fox); All American (8pm, The CW); All Rise (8pm, CBS); Black Lightning (9pm, The CW)
Tuesday: The Conners (8pm, ABC); Empire (9pm, Fox); Batwoman (9pm, The CW); NCIS: New Orleans (10pm, CBS); Ambitions (10pm, OWN)
Wednesday: S.W.A.T. (10pm, CBS)
Friday: The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (Amazon) American Housewife (8pm, ABC); Van Helsing (10pm, Syfy)
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Must See LGBTQ TV: ‘She-Ra and The Princesses of Power’ and ‘Let it Snow’ on Netflix, and premiere of ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”
Must See LGBTQ TV: ‘She-Ra and The Princesses of Power’ and ‘Let it Snow’ on Netflix, and premiere of ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”
Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights LGBTQ on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
On Tuesday, Netflix will released the fourth season of animated adventure series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. In addition to including several queer characters in the ensemble, season four will introduce Double Trouble, a non-binary shapeshifter played by non-binary actor Jacob Tobia. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Tuesday on Netflix.
Holiday film Let it Snow will be released on Netflix this Friday. The film follows love stories of several teenagers in a snowy town including a queer love story between to women, played by non-binary actor Liv Hewson and bi actress Anna Akana. Let it Snow: Friday on Netflix.
Disney+’s upcoming series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will air it’s premiere on ABC this Friday. The show follows a group of high school students staging a production of High School Musical. In it, the lead, Nini, has two moms and hopefully there will be LGBTQ students in the school as well. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: Friday, 8pm on ABC.
Sunday, November 3: Batwoman (8pm, The CW); Supergirl (9pm, The CW); The Walking Dead (9pm, AMC); The Affair (9pm, Showtime); Star Wars: Resistance (10pm, Disney Channel); Why We Hate (10pm, Discovery); Mr. Robot (10pm, USA); Mrs. Fletcher (10:30pm, HBO)
Monday: 9-1-1 (8pm, Fox); All Rise (9pm, CBS)
Tuesday: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix); The End of the F**king World (Netflix); This Is Us (9pm, NBC); Empire (9pm, Fox); Arrow (9pm, The CW); NCIS: New Orleans (10pm, CBS); New Amsterdam (10pm, NBC); Greenleaf (10pm, OWN)
Wednesday: Riverdale (8pm, The CW); Chicago Med (8pm, NBC); Modern Family (9pm, ABC); Chicago Fire (9pm, NBC); Single Parents (9:30pm, ABC); Stumptown (10pm, ABC); S.W.A.T. (10pm, CBS); American Horror Story: 1984 (10pm, FX); It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (10pm, FXX)
Thursday: Grey’s Anatomy (8pm, ABC); Superstore (8pm, NBC); A Million Little Things (9pm, ABC); The Good Place (9pm, NBC); Carol’s Second Act (9:30pm, CBS); Will & Grace (9:30pm, NBC); How to Get Away with Murder (10pm, ABC)
Friday: Let it Snow (Netflix); High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (8pm, ABC); American Housewife (8pm, ABC); Charmed (8pm, The CW); Dynasty (9pm, The CW); Van Helsing (10pm, Syfy); The Read (11pm, Fuse)
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Karamo Brown from “Queer Eye” thinks Trump’s lying former press secretary is “nice” & “very sweet”
Karamo Brown from “Queer Eye” thinks Trump’s lying former press secretary is “nice” & “very sweet”
Sean Spicer, the lackey who used to regularly spread Trump’s lies to the American public while serving as his White House Press Secretary, is going to be on the upcoming season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. In a recent interview with Access Hollywood, his co-“star” Karamo Brown said he considered the liar “a good guy, a really sweet guy.”
Yeah, sweet like a kick to the throat.
Related: Karamo Brown reveals major drama with “Queer Eye” castmate Antoni: “Girl, don’t come near me”
When asked who he thought his biggest competition is, Brown answered:
“Actually, no lemme tell you something. Um, Sean Spicer and I have been talking. Yeah, like, literally, I was most excited to meet him because, like the thing is that people would look at us and think that we’re polar opposites but I’m a big believer that if you can talk to someone and meet in the middle that you can learn about each other and help each other both grow. So we have been chatting all day today. Like, he’s a good guy, a really sweet guy. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Karamo from Queer Eye saying Sean Spicer is a nice guy. I know. I know.”
Well at least Brown knows, girl.
Brown should also know:
Spicer lied to the press about the circumstances surrounding the firing of then-national security adviser Michael Flynn and the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. On the very network that airs “Dancing with the Stars,” Spicer defended Trump’s baseless and frankly racist lie that three to five million people voted illegally in the November election.
Trump uses Spicer’s lies to help obstruct an investigation into Russia’s role into helping get him elected and to start a Voter Fraud Commission that meant to suppress voting amongst Democrats and people of color. He also lied about a bunch of other hateful stuff too.
“A good guy, a really sweet guy.”
When called out by disappointed fans for his help in rehabilitating Spicer’s well-deserved infamy, Brown responded in some now-deleted tweets:
“First, I have no say who is on the cast and didn’t find out till this morning that he is on! But I’ll tell you this… I’m excited to sit down w/ him and engage in a respectful conversations. Only way things get better is if we try to educate those who have different POV than us.”
In another tweet, Brown also expressed how he “can’t stand people” who post things “just to flame the fire and get a reaction. We fight harder than your ass ever has for people of color and members of the LGBTQIA community” after someone else called him out.
Here’s video of Brown talking about how “nice” Spicer is:
Who gave you permission, haters? #QueerEye‘s @Karamo is defending his fellow #DWTS contestant Sean Spicer: “He’s a good guy.” ??? pic.twitter.com/A1wDdFFZi2
— Access (@accessonline) August 21, 2019
As The Cut points out, Dancing With the Stars has featured right-wing political figures before including grifty Tom DeLay, white supremacist Tucker Carlson, Alaska Moose-mom Bristol Palin and Rick Perry before he became our Secretary of Energy. We assume it’s just a bid by ABC to get conservative viewers. Blecccch.