Friends chandler gay

Showrunners came this close to making the Chandler character gay, only pulling back after they cast Matthew Perry. I wonder, looking back now, if they had allowed Chandler to be gay — or bi, or any other flavor of queer — would that have been better? Or would it have been a huge mess?

That Gay Episode: ‘Friends’ Sidestepped Diversity By Making Chandler Straight

Chandler clears up anything Lowell might have heard from Shelly, and Lowell played by straight actor Stuart Fratkin says that he tried to tell Shelly that she was wrong. Gay panic becomes a go-to theme for Friends time and time again. He owns multiple copies of the Annie soundtrack!

Matthew Perry’s Chandler Did More for Queerness Than We Give Him Credit For

In a interview with Entertainment Weekly during Season 2, co-creator and executive producer David Crane dismissed such arguments. And he happens not to be. Many fans, however, remained unconvinced. For two decades, HuffPost has been fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth.

The Straightening of Chandler Bing

Ultimately, Chandler wound up being persistently heterosexual. But if he had been gay … would that have been better? But when she came out in , the show showed a warm, supportive, congratulatory response. Gay episodes that followed on other shows seemed to take the cue, and queerness was suddenly a cause for celebration on TV instead of agitation.