Eric Stonestreet, who played the lovable and flamboyant Cameron Tucker, is not gay in real life. However, he has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and has been commended for his portrayal of a gay character on the show. It seems like over the past couple of years there has been significant backlash about actors from what I can tell, mostly straight, white actors? Do you think it is likely that we will see a straight actor playing gay again, or is it something that is becoming akin to blackface or other such outdated, offensive relics of the past? The OP opens this up to just more than gay actors.
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While Eric Stonestreet has been confirmed to be straight, his Modern Family co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is actually gay. Ferguson is married to his same-sex partner, Justin Mikita, and they have been together for quite some time. Eric Stonestreet may not have known anyone who was openly gay during his adolescent years in Kansas, but his Emmy-winning "Modern Family" turn quickly changed all of that. The year-old actor, who is straight, told HuffPost Live in an interview this week that he feels "more on the front lines of what it means to stand up for people's equality" after playing Cameron Tucker on "Modern Family," which was just renewed for a seventh season. Stonestreet also opened up about some early concerns he had over tackling the role, and said that he felt particularly protective of his co-star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson , who is openly gay, noting, "I was worried from the beginning that I was going to be part of a gay bashing of sorts.
If you only know Eric Stonestreet for his role as Cam Tucker in "Modern Family," you might be surprised to learn that the actor is not gay in real life. Stonestreet told Chris Stigall on Talk Radio WPHT that he's never approached the role with an agenda and just wanted to develop an well rounded character. When the guys created the show, they knew they couldn't do a show called 'Modern Family' and not include a gay couple and it's just the lay of the land right now and will always be. We wanted to create a couple characters that people could relate to and enjoy watching and the agenda has never been to do anything other than make people laugh.