Hallmark Cancelled Finding Mr. Christmas. Jonathan Bennett Wants It Back.

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Hallmark Cancelled Finding Mr. Christmas. Jonathan Bennett Wants It Back.

Hallmark has cancelled Finding Mr. Christmas after two seasons — but Jonathan Bennett is not ready to close the Christmas cabin door.

The reality competition, hosted by Bennett, brought ten hopefuls together each season to compete for the chance to become Hallmark’s next leading man.

The winners went on to star in Hallmark holiday movies.

Bennett told EntertainmentNow that show business can be unpredictable and that sometimes a programme is cancelled seemingly without warning. But he is still hoping Finding Mr. Christmas might return in a year or two.

More than a competition

The show had a simple format: ten men, Christmas-themed challenges and the promise of a leading role in a holiday movie.

But the contestants also built a genuine community. Bennett says they are still friends, and two of them became fathers within weeks of each other. Viewers even held parties around the country to watch the episodes.

That is part of what made the show feel different. It was not only a search for Hallmark’s next handsome leading man. It was a group of men being ambitious, vulnerable, silly and supportive while the cameras were rolling.

Still hoping for a return

Bennett has not given up on the idea that the series could find a new home. The show had received a GLAAD Award nomination, and its contestants went on to become part of Hallmark’s wider Christmas universe.

For viewers, the appeal was not difficult to understand: attractive men in festive clothes, a little competition and a host who made the whole thing feel welcoming.

Hallmark may have cancelled Finding Mr. Christmas. But the friendships, the watch parties and the Christmas spirit are still very much alive.

📷 Hallmark Media / Jonathan Bennett

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A Councillor Has a Grindr Profile. Why Should That Be a Scandal?

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A Councillor Has a Grindr Profile. Why Should That Be a Scandal?

Paul John O’Neill is a Labour councillor for North Heywood. He is also a gay man with a dating life — a fact some people apparently considered grounds for demanding his resignation.

Images and details from O’Neill’s Grindr profile were shared online, accompanied by comments suggesting that a public figure should be more discreet and calls for him to quit ( PinkNews ).

O’Neill responded with a photograph of himself holding a pint of Murphy’s and a joke about being “not bitter.” He said people had created accounts on the dating app to find his profile, screenshot it and circulate it with unpleasant comments.

His position was straightforward: he is not ashamed of having a social and dating life, and it has no bearing on the work he does for his ward.

Private life is not a qualification test

This is not a story about outing someone who was hiding his sexuality. O’Neill is openly gay. It is a story about people treating a gay man’s private dating life as if it were evidence that he is unfit for public office.

That standard makes no sense. Councillors can be judged on their decisions, their responsiveness and the way they serve their communities. A profile on a dating app tells voters none of those things.

O’Neill also said he is single and joked that the episode might result in a date or two. The humour is welcome, but the underlying point matters more: gay men should not have to make themselves invisible to be treated as serious professionals.

A refusal to be shamed

Supporters, including fellow councillors and members of the public, pushed back against the attempt to turn ordinary private life into a political weapon.

O’Neill’s pint-and-boundary response lands because it refuses the premise. There is no apology needed for being gay, having a dating life or expecting basic privacy.

📷 Paul John O’Neill / Facebook

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Rob Jetten Visits Stonewall Inn as the Netherlands’ First Openly Gay Prime Minister

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Rob Jetten Visits Stonewall Inn as the Netherlands’ First Openly Gay Prime Minister

Rob Jetten visited the Stonewall Inn in New York this week — not simply as a politician, but as the Netherlands’ first openly gay prime minister.

Jetten was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly when he stopped at the historic Greenwich Village bar.

A place that changed history

Stonewall is not just a gay bar. The 1969 uprising following a police raid helped spark a global movement for LGBTQ+ rights and liberation.

Jetten described the site as an important symbol of that history and said the Netherlands stands alongside the Stonewall community and everyone’s right to live openly, safely and with pride.

There is a particular power in seeing an openly gay head of government standing inside the place where so many queer people once fought simply to be left alone.

Progress is not the end of the story

The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Jetten’s presence at Stonewall is part of that longer story of progress.

But he also warned that LGBTQ+ rights remain under pressure around the world. He has said that acceptance is declining in the Netherlands as well, and that younger people need to hear that they are still allowed to be themselves.

Rob Jetten with fiancé Nico Keenan
Rob Jetten with fiancé Nico Keenan

That makes the visit more than a ceremonial photograph.

It is a reminder of how far the movement has come — and that history still needs people willing to stand visibly inside it.

📷 @jettenrob

Sources: NL Times.

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Neil Patrick Harris Says Wrestling Should Have Been His First Clue

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Neil Patrick Harris Says Wrestling Should Have Been His First Clue

Neil Patrick Harris has looked back on his childhood WWE obsession — and decided it probably should have told him something.

Speaking with Sam Roberts, the openly gay actor remembered secretly liking professional wrestling when he was younger.

His explanation was wonderfully specific: tight shorts, oiled-up bodies and grappling.

Looking back, Harris said it was “kind of a tell” that he was going to be gay.

The clues were apparently everywhere

Harris also remembered being fascinated by the extremely muscular Masters of the Universe figures.

Of course, liking wrestling or He-Man does not determine anyone’s sexuality. That is not the point of the story.

The funny part is the hindsight. Many gay men have looked back at childhood interests and understood them differently years later: the heroes who seemed especially compelling, the hobbies we assumed everyone else enjoyed in exactly the same way, or the things we kept slightly more private than we realised.

Harris’s story works because it is both very personal and instantly recognisable.

Sometimes the clue was not hidden at all.

We just needed a few more years to understand what we were looking at.

Via The Sam Roberts Show on SiriusXM.

📷 @nph (with hubby David Burtka)

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People Say They Like Bi Men. Dating Data Tells a Different Story.

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People Say They Like Bi Men. Dating Data Tells a Different Story.

Are attitudes toward bisexual men changing?

New data suggests the answer is partly yes — but the picture becomes more complicated when acceptance moves from theory into dating.

Positive views are becoming more common

A YouGov survey of Britons found that 48% have a positive view of bisexual men. Just 8% said they viewed bi men negatively, while 44% described their view as neutral.

That sounds like progress. But the dating figures tell a different story.

Only 19% of straight women surveyed said they would be willing to date a bisexual man. Sixty-six percent said they would not.

Among bisexual women, 82% said they would be willing to date a bi man, while 10% said they would not.

Acceptance gets harder when it becomes personal

The gap suggests that people may be more comfortable expressing general support for bisexual men than imagining one as a romantic partner.

Old stereotypes still connect bi men with dishonesty, confusion, secrecy, promiscuity or a hidden gay identity.

But bisexuality is not the same as being “down low,” and a man’s sexuality does not tell you whether he is trustworthy, faithful or emotionally available.

There is also no obligation to date someone whose identity or relationship style does not work for you. The problem is treating bisexuality itself as evidence of bad character.

Visibility is helping — but not enough

More people are identifying as bisexual, and more bisexual men are speaking openly about their lives. That visibility can challenge the idea that bisexuality is merely a phase, a performance or a stop on the way to identifying as gay.

But the survey shows that public acceptance and private openness are not the same thing.

Attitudes may be moving forward. The dating world still has some catching up to do.

📷 AI

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