Is jack from will and grace gay in real life
Will and Grace Actor Confirms He’s Gay
Yup, he's gay in real life, too.
Sean Hayes, who played flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC's Will and Grace for eight years, has publicly confirmed his sexuality for the first time.
The resolutely private actor recently gave his first interview to queer newsmagazine The Advocate after many denied requests.
The Advocate and other media had long criticized Hayes, 39, for not confirming what many have called the "open secret" of his sexual orientation.
"Really? You're gonna fire the gay guy down? I never have had a problem saying who I am," Hayes says in the new cover story.
"I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never," he states.
The star, about to celestial body in the Broadway musical Promises, Promises with Kristen Chenowith, still bristles at the idea that he was somehow obligated to show up out earlier. "Nobody owes anything to anybody," he says. "You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't understand somebody, then why would you illustrate to them how you live your life?"
The star of the popular, Emmy-winning gay sitcom adds, "I feel fancy I've contributed monumentally to the triumph
‘Will & Grace’ Star Eric McCormack Says Straight Actors Playing Homosexual Characters Is “Part of the Gig”
Eric McCormack doesn’t believe an actor’s sexuality should get in the way of the characters they play onscreen. The Will & Grace star said this week he feels “the top person for the role” should be cast in all projects, regardless of the actor’s personal identity.
McCormack, who is straight, played protagonist Will, who is gay, on NBC’s beloved Will & Grace. The player said during a Monday appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain reported by Out magazine that “I didn’t become an player so that I could engage an actor.”
“There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not,” McCormack continued. “It’s part of the gig. And I’ve always said, if gay actors weren’t allowed to play unbent actors, Broadway would be over.”
He added, “So this is what we do. I’d like to think that I represent it well. I came from the theater, and one of my best friends was a gay man. So I th
‘Will & Grace’ Star Eric McCormack On Straight Actors Playing Gay Roles: “I Didn’t Become An Performer So That I Could Play An Actor”
Eric McCormack identifies as heterosexual and played the role of a gay man on Will & Grace across 11 seasons, eight in its original run and three in its revival.
The actor recently was interviewed on the UK’s ITV, where he was asked about the debate of a straight player taking on a queer role.
“That’s a tough one for me because I didn’t become an actor so that I could play an actor,” McCormack said on Good Morning Britain. “There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig.”
He continued: “If same-sex attracted actors weren’t allowed to play straight actors, Broadway would be over. So this is what we do.”
McCormack noted that he wants to think that he represented the LGBTQ+ community adv, noting: “I came from the theater, and every one of my leading friends was a male lover man. So I reflect I took their liveliness and their message in what was otherwise just a sitcom and represented, I
'Will and Grace' luminary Sean Hayes opens up about coming out
Jack McFarland has kicked the door open and dramatically slid right assist into our hearts with the Will and Grace revival. Now in a recent interview with People, the man behind "Just Jack", Sean Hayes, has opened up about his past and struggles coming out.
While the ethics he plays is louder-than-life and the embodiment of living a proud being, Hayes struggled with coming to terms with his sexuality, even down to his early interests in theatre.
"I kept it hidden, the fact that I was in tall school plays, from my brothers and my family," Hayes explained. "This is 1986, I associated, like society taught me, that theatre was for gays and sissies, things you were taught to be ashamed of."
Hayes came out to his family when he was 18-years-old at Thanksgiving. "My mum said I needed to depart see a therapist," the 47-year-old revealed before saying she also wrote him a 10-page letter saying his sexuality was "not what God intended".
Still, Hayes' managed to gain support from his family in subtle ways. When one of his brothers discovered he