{"id":149964,"date":"2022-12-06T18:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/great-american-familys-neal-bledsoe-exits-after-candace-cameron-uproar\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:04:20","slug":"great-american-familys-neal-bledsoe-exits-after-candace-cameron-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/great-american-familys-neal-bledsoe-exits-after-candace-cameron-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Great American Family’s Neal Bledsoe exits after Candace Cameron uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Great American Family actor Neal Bledsoe announced he’s leaving the network in a long statement voicing support for the LGBTQIA+ community following Candace Cameron Bure’s comments about \u201ctraditional marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy life wouldn’t be where it is today without the love, support, and guidance of the LGBTQIA+ community,\u201d Bledsoe told Variety in a statement Monday. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my mentors in college, to the myriad of agents and managers, writers and directors, teachers and colleagues, and, of course, my dear friends and family, who have all touched my life, I owe them a great debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bledsoe, 41, said it was \u201ctheir community\u201d who helped him navigate \u201csociety’s extremely narrow definition of masculinity\u201d by providing him \u201crefuge and a guiding light.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now, if I cannot stand up for that community in their time of need, my debt to them means nothing,\u201d Bledsoe continued. <\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, I want to be very clear: my support for the LGBTQIA+ community is unconditional \u2013 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cWinter Palace\u201d star acknowledged he had been quiet in terms of promotion for his forthcoming movie on the network, \u201cChristmas at the Drive-In,\u201d and said it was because he couldn’t continue \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d at Great American Family where the leadership would make comments that are \u201churtful, wrong, and reflect an ideology that prioritizes judgement over love.\u201d<\/p>\n

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