Neal Bledsoe Leaves GAC Family, Voices 'Unconditional' Support for LGBTQIA+ Community - TVLine

Neal Bledsoe (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Shameless) is stepping distant from GAC Family pursuing Candace Cameron Bure’s statements astir her tendency to support “traditional marriage” astatine the halfway of her Christmas movies.

“I privation to beryllium precise clear: my enactment for the LGBTQIA+ assemblage is unconditional — thing is worthy my soundlessness oregon their quality to unrecorded and emotion freely successful a satellite that we are fortunate capable to stock with them,” Bledsoe said successful a connection to our sister tract Variety.

The histrion revealed that helium didn’t beforehand his caller vacation movie — helium stars other Danica McKellar successful GAC’s Christmas astatine the Drive-In and The Winter Palace — due to the fact that helium couldn’t “take comfortableness from, nor volition I springiness refuge to, those who excuse exclusion and beforehand part successful immoderate way, shape, oregon form.”

“Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, and these are mine: The caller comments made by enactment astatine Great American Family are hurtful, incorrect and bespeak an ideology that prioritizes judgement implicit love,” helium added. “I was raised arsenic a Christian, and judge successful the indispensable connection of emotion and forgiveness. That said, I could ne'er forgive myself for continuing my narration with a web that actively chooses to exclude the LGBTQIA+ community.”

TVLine had reached retired to GAC Family for comment.

Bledsoe is the latest nationalist fig to measurement successful connected Bure’s comments. Former One Tree Hill prima Hilarie Burton called Bure a “bigot,” adding, “I don’t retrieve Jesus liking hypocrites similar Candy. But sure. Make your money, honey. You thrust that prejudice question each the mode to the bank.”

JoJo Siwa, who identifies arsenic queer, besides responded regarding Bure: “I can’t judge aft everything that went down conscionable a fewer months ago, that she would not lone make a movie with volition of excluding LGBTQIA+, but past besides speech astir it successful the press,” the So You Think You Can Dance justice wrote successful an Instagram post. “This is rude and hurtful to a full assemblage of people.”