Danny Pintauro (1976 - )

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Danny Pintauro Interview

By David Bahr, Advocate

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Bahr:  A few years back, you did a Leeza show with Chastity Bono about coming out in Hollywood. You seemed extremely positive and happy. Yet those talk-show audiences can be like lynch mobs. Did anyone verbally attack you for being gay?

Pintauro:  Yeah. They edited [out] most of the comments from this black woman who went on and on against homosexuality, even during the commercial break. But the reason I can be so optimistic is because I recognize that in some ways I'm smarter than people like that, because I'm conscious of what is going on in the world. She didn't have her own opinion. Everything she believes is based on the Bible, and what does that say about her as a person? I could dismiss her. The only time I would be really frightened is if it were someone who was very conscious about what was happening in the world and then said those things. And then I'd look at what's really going on behind that. There's got to be something going on for that person to be capable of making such terrible comments. Sometimes it's that they're so closeted and fearful of being gay themselves that they can do nothing but bash other gay people. It's hard for me to have room in my life for people who don't look at themselves...

Danny Pintauro Filmography

The Official Danny Pintauro Fan Site

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In September 2000, Dan brought his aclaimed performance as Gary in the one man show "The Velocity of Gary, Not His Real Name" to The New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.

To coincide with the show, Dan also gave in a number of interviews including those in the San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area Reporter, Joey Magazine. the September 2000 issue of QSF, and a cover story in the 9/26 issue of The Advocate.

The show received great reviews from both fans and press alike.

In October, Dan took The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name) on the road, first to Theater!Theater! in Portland, Ore on Oct 4-7 (where The Oregonian caught up with him); then to The Duplex in New York on Oct. 14, 21 and 28...

Who's The Boss? Star Tells National Enquirer "I'm Proud to be Gay"

GLAAD congratulates Danny Pintauro

LOS ANGELES, JULY 5, 1997 -- Danny Pintauro, formerly Jonathan Bower of television's hit sitcom Who's the Boss? comes out of the closet in the July 7th issue of The National Enquirer. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) congratulates Mr. Pintauro for his courageous decision, and applauds the Enquirer for its fair and accurate article.

The Enquirer article relates the 21-year-old actor's "coming out" experience, including how he told his parents and his Who's the Boss? co-stars Judith Light and Tony Danza that he was gay. "I couldn't deny it anymore. It was just the right time to come out," he tells the Enquirer. The article includes a sidebar on the "coming out" process by GLAAD's Entertainment Media Director Chastity Bono.

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