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Billy Baldwin sat down with Advocate.com to talk about rumors that ABC is "de-gaying" its lineup Your relationship with Candis Cayne on the show has been a groundbreaking story line, but at the same time, ABC has come under fire for firing Brooke Smith at Grey's Anatomy. She was playing a lesbian character, and there are accusations that ABC has "de-gayed" that show. Do you know anything about that? No, but I know Brooke pretty well and love her, and her mother, Lois, used to be my publicist. I did see something pop up on the Internet about it and I wasn't sure what it was about. I mean, ABC has been better than all the other networks to the LGBT audience, by a considerable margin. If there's pressure behind the scenes, I haven't heard if that's true and where it might be coming from. I can't imagine that the network's going in and cleaning stuff up -- I think pushing the envelope and being racy in that way has worked to their advantage and I don't know why they wouldn't continue to do that. With Grey's Anatomy, had you heard about any religious groups that were protesting the network or something? I haven't, but I know people were confused by how abrupt Brooke's firing was. What words did they put out on the street about it? They said the character had run its course, but then Brooke gave an interview saying it came out of nowhere and they only told her she'd be let go just before she was about to shoot what became her final episode. Wow. My friendship with her is such that we bump into each other at restaurants, but I'm curious to know what happened, what her take on it is. So you never felt any network interference with your story line? No. I've read production drafts that weren't released to the actors yet that were sent to the network for notes, and I've seen the differences between drafts after their notes, and I didn't notice any significant difference in my story line. Sometimes when I saw a production draft, I wouldn't even read the whole script, I'd just read the scene I was in, so I don't know if there were changes with other story lines, but if they were going to change any of them it would probably be mine. And I didn't notice any significant changes at all. === So ... no. Thanks 4 the headline tho, Advocate! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
