Candace Cameron Bure Defended By GAF’s Danica McKellar After Controversial ‘Traditional Marriage’ Comment

After Candace Cameron Bure, 46, sparked controversy for her “traditional marriage” remark successful regards to the Great American Family network, Neal Bledsoe, 41, declared helium was leaving the network to enactment the LGBTQ+ community. But Danica McKellar, who has worked with Neal connected 3 films, felt otherwise astir the situation, arsenic she explained successful an interrogation with Fox News astatine ChristmasCon connected December 10.

“Neal is simply a fantastic person. He’s specified a large histrion and I person enjoyed moving with him truthful much,” The Wonder Years star, 47, said. “He and I some stock our emotion and enactment of the LGBT assemblage for sure. I don’t hold with his mentation of her comments. I conscionable didn’t spot them the aforesaid way,” she added.

Candace Cameron Bure; Danica McKellar (Photo: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock / AFF-USA/Shutterstock)

Despite being friends, Neal and Danica aren’t connected the aforesaid leafage astir Candace’s remark that sparked contention successful Hollywood. The Full House alum told the Wall Street Journal in November that she near the Hallmark Channel for the Great American Family web due to the fact that she believes the web “will support accepted matrimony astatine the core.” Candace besides said she does not judge the web has plans to constitute cheery leads into their films.

After receiving backlash, Candace released a connection successful which she said she was heartbroken to perceive that people deliberation she’s a bigot. “All of you who cognize me, cognize beyond question that I person large emotion and affection for each people. It perfectly breaks my bosom that anyone would ever deliberation I intentionally would privation to offend and wounded anyone,” she said on Instagram. “To everyone speechmaking this, of immoderate race, creed, sexuality, oregon governmental party, including those who person tried to bully maine with name-calling, I emotion you.”

Stars similar JoJo Siwa and Hilarie Burton person slammed Candace for dissing the LGBTQ+ assemblage successful the WSJ interview. GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis even released a connection criticizing Candace. “It’s irresponsible and hurtful for Candace Cameron Bure to usage contented arsenic a guise for exclusion,” she said successful the statement, per Just Jared. “I’d emotion to person a speech with Bure astir my wife, our kids, and our family’s traditions. As the company’s Chief Creative Officer, her connection is harmful and insulting to LGBTQ employees, arsenic good arsenic employees with LGBTQ friends and family.”

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