Will Truman: Last News

Eric McCormack is the latest star to weigh in on the debate on whether or not straight actors should play gay characters.

Eric McCormack and his estranged wife, Janet Leigh Holden, were spotted together at the Elton John AIDS Foundation 2024 Oscars viewing party — months after she filed for divorce in November 2023. The “Will & Grace” star, 60, wore a simple tux, while Holden donned a silver dress with matching evening gloves in LA on Sunday. They were also spotted holding hands.

TMZ, who broke the shocking news on Wednesday. McCormack, 60, is most famous for playing dashing gay lawyer Will Truman on the beloved NBC sitcom, which ran from 1998 to 2006. McCormack and Holden, who both hail from Canada, wed in August 1997, after meeting three years prior on the set of the Western series “Lonesome Dove.”According to TMZ, Holden is seeking spousal support.The couple has one child, 21-year-old son Finnigan.

“Just Jack & Will.”McCormack, who played gay lawyer Will Truman, and Hayes discussed the early days of filming the comedy.“In the summer, people were finally checking out the show, and our ratings kept going up and up and up. And I think they realized they had a hit on their hands,” McCormack said, according to People.He added that Sassa took the men out for lunch one day following the conclusion of the premiere season and they walked through a parking lot where they saw “Porsches with ribbons on them.”“Scott went, ‘Anyway, we just want to say thank you,’ ” he said.However, the “Perception” star explained that “Sean leaned over to me — I don’t make this up — and said, ‘Is it expensive to insure a Porsche?’ ““Cause I literally can’t pay rent right now,” he recalled Hayes saying to him.

center a storyline on LGBTQ men.However, there was one episode that never made it to air due to its risqué content.New York City’s Paley Center for Media hosted a “Magic of Will & Grace” retrospective panel on Monday night and star Eric McCormack divulged what went down.The 60-year-old Canadian actor disclosed that there was an episode in the show’s second season where his role of Will Truman, a homosexual lawyer, meets Sean Hayes’ character, Jack McFarland, at the gym.“He was being particularly gay,” McCormack said of Jack’s constant flashy persona. “And I called him the F-word.

Ellen DeGeneres became the first mainstream character to proclaim the words “I’m gay” on her sitcom, Ellen.Since then, more LGBTQ characters have graced the small screen — even receiving Emmy recognition for their storylines. Will & Grace introduced neurotic lawyer Will Truman to audiences in 1998.Although the character was gay, actor Eric McCormack identifies as straight.

Will & Grace stars Eric McCormack and Debra Messing thanked fans as they waved goodbye to the revived sitcom following its final episode.

Will & Grace is saying goodbye. Again.