Neal Bledsoe received’t have one other Christmas on the Drive-In with Danica McKellar on Great American Family. The actor just lately announced his determination to depart the cable channel over feedback made by Candace Cameron Bure, its chief artistic officer, and Bill Abbott, its chief govt. But McKellar, his costar on this yr’s Christmas on the Drive-In, thinks he acquired Bure’s phrases fallacious.
“Neal is a wonderful person. He’s such a great actor, and I have enjoyed working with him so much. He and I both share our love and support of [the] LGBT community, for sure,” McKellar informed Fox News Digital on Saturday, December 10. “You know, I don’t agree with his interpretation of her comments. I just didn’t see them the same way.”
The feedback in query got here from Bure’s current Wall Street Journal interview, during which she mentioned that she didn’t anticipate Great American Family to characteristic same-sex {couples} because the leads of vacation films. “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core,” the Full House alum added.
In that very same profile, Abbott gave his ideas on the subject, saying, “It’s certainly the year 2022, so we’re aware of the trends. There’s no whiteboard that says, ‘Yes, this’ or ‘No, we’ll never go here.’”
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As a consequence, Bledsoe, who additionally appeared with McKellar within the 2021 Great American Family film The Winter Palace, informed Variety final week that he’s stepping away from the channel. “I hope GAF will change, but until everyone can be represented in their films with pride, my choice is clear. I look forward to working with creators who put no limits on the stories we tell and follow through on their message of values with open arms,” he mentioned partly. “My support for the LGBTQIA+ community is unconditional — nothing is worth my silence or their ability to live and love freely in a world that we are lucky enough to share with them. … The recent comments made by leadership at Great American Family are hurtful, wrong, and reflect an ideology that prioritizes judgment over love.”
On Saturday, nevertheless, McKellar defended Bure’s feedback. “When she was talking about the portrayal of heterosexual couples in the movies, she started the sentence with ‘I think,’ which is not definitive, and she ended it with ‘at its core,’ which doesn’t mean exclusively,” the Wonder Years alum mentioned. “But I love [Bledsoe] to death and wish him well.”