Sean hayes is gay
Sean Hayes is one of those actors who does an amazing job at making us laugh both on and off screen. He&#;s provided giggles galore for over 20 years now on Will & Grace as one of the biggest and foremost sidekicks to ever show on our television screens: Jack McFarland. The Chicago native has also excelled in other mediums prefer filling in for Ellen DeGeneres on her long-running talk show and earning a Tony nomination for his work in the play Promises, Promises.
He also had a pretty absorbing upbringing before becoming the A-list star that he is today. Sean talked about that while sitting down with Seth Rudetsky on his podcast Back to School, where the Broadway mainstay interviews celebs on their high institution experiences and how those continue to shape who they are today. Other big names he has interviewed so far involve Ugly Betty alum Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie as well as the one and only Tina Fey.
One of the funnier moments discussed during the interview was how something went truly terrible for Sean while he worked backstage on a producti
Sean Hayes comes out gay on 'Advocate' cover
As The Advocate puts it, it's the interview you've waited 12 years to read: Sean Hayes confirms he's gay.
But Hayes appears to disagree, saying he was "never in." Whomever you believe, it's there. Hayes has publicly confirmed he's gay.
"Really? You're gonna blast the gay guy down? I never have had a problem saying who I am," Hayes says in the April cover story.
"I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never," he insists, adding that he never faked a direct relationship.
Hayes, who played campy Jack McFarland on NBC's Will and Grace for eight years, though, is defiant about the idea that he is somehow obligated to unveil his sexual orientation: "Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your original self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?"
And Hayes tells the gay glossy that he lives his life rather plainly: "I spend moment with a extraordinary someone in my life. That's all I need … I don't accomplish a lot. I live my animation like a
Before Modern Family depicted a legally married gay couple attempting to get their adopted daughter into an elite pre-school, there was another kind of gay family on TV—the chosen one formed by the characters on the Emmy-winning series Will & Grace.
The landmark sitcom that embraced gay characters and put LGBT culture front and center—whether America was ready or not in —changed the lives of LGBT people across the world, including Sean Hayes, who played the unapologetically flamboyant Jack McFarland.
“I’ll never forget this one letter from this woman. She said, ‘I think the show is horrible. I think gay people should go to hell. I contemplate what you’re doing is terrible, and by the way, it’s the funniest show on TV, and I never miss an episode,’” Hayes recalls.
In addition to that letter, there were also death threats and the pressure to “come out” publicly when he’d been living out-and-proud since his teens.
“I got Will & Grace, and I thought, ‘Oh, this is diverse. I don’t know how to handle this. I’m not shiny enough, I’m not quick enough, I don’t have the DN
Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes said this week he wishes he had appear out as gay sooner to the public.
“Looking assist at my choice to stay silent, I'm ashamed and embarrassed. What was I thinking? As if any of you had any doubts,” Hayes said to the Outfest Legacy Awards audience Sunday in Los Angeles as he accepted the Trailblazer Award.
Hayes, 46, revealed his sexuality in a interview with The Advocate magazine, four years after the cease of his sitcom “Will and Grace.” Hayes played openly gay actor Jack McFarland on the long-running NBC show.
“At the period (of ‘Will and Grace'), I was a adolescent, closeted actor having his first taste of a little success. And unfortunately, in my mind, my lucky break was inextricably tied to me thinking that I had to stay in the closet in order to maintain moving forward,” Hayes said.
Hayes, who attended Illinois Articulate University, recently played God in the play “An Act of God.” He is married to harmony producer Scott Icenogle.