Jonathan Bennett on bringing gay representation to Hallmark in ‘The Christmas House’
Bennett hopes young people will watch this and.feel less scared and more seen this Christmas
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This Christmas House: Jonathan Bennett Photo: Allister Foster/Crown Media United States LLC
“It feels like I’m part of progress, and it feels good,” says Jonathan Bennett. “I can only imagine what younger me would have thought when he saw representation like this in a movie.”
Well-known for his role as high school crush Aaron Samuels in 2004’s
Mean Girls, as well as his gregarious Food Network bake-off hosting gigs, the 39-year-old LGBTQ actor is currently starring as half of a gay couple in Hallmark Channel’s