D Dipasupil/FilmMagic via Getty Images Josh Gad is opening up about the public response to his portrayal of LeFou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast film. In the actor’s new memoir, In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some, he writes about the public backlash he received after his character danced with a man during a musical number in the 2017 film. According to Entertainment Weekly, Gad wrote he “never once” played LeFou as a gay character, and a “swe…

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Josh Gad says he 'never once' played LeFou as gay in 'Beauty and the Beast'

The actor said ‘it was both too little and not enough to be anything more than it was’

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Eight years after the live-action Beauty and the Beast's gay LeFou controversy, Josh Gad provides an in-depth explanation for the situation.

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Beauty & The Beast's 2017 Gay LeFou Controversy Gets In-Depth Explanation From Josh Gad: "If I Were Gay, I'm Sure I'd Be Pissed"

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Frozen star Josh Gad has reflected on the controversy surrounding his role as LeFou in 2017’s Beauty and the Beast live action remake, stating that he “never once” intended to play the character as gay. The film, which saw Emma Watson and queer actor Luke Evans in lead roles as Belle and the Beast, caught major flak for seemingly positioning the Beast’s assistant LeFou, played by Gad, as Disney’s first LGBTQ+ character. The film makes no explici…

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Josh Gad 'never' intended to play Beauty and the Beast's LeFou as gay

A scene from the 2017 reboot in which Gad's character briefly dances with another man ignited controversy upon the film's release.Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Josh Gad at the 'Beauty and the Beast' premiere in 2017Josh Gad is ready to give his side of the story.In his new memoir, In Gad We Trust, the Frozen actor opens up about the challenging period following the release of the 2017 Beauty and the Beast reboot. A brief shot of Gad's character…

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Josh Gad says he 'never once' played his 'Beauty and the Beast' character as gay

Josh Gad is opening about about that controversial “exclusively gay moment” in 2017′s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast If you forgot, the 43-year-old actor played Gaston’s (Luke Evans) faithful friend LeFou in the movie, which starred Emma Watson. In the leadup to the movie’s release, director Bill Condon teased that the movie would be one of the first from Disney to feature a queer moment. However, it wound up being a fleeting sce…

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Josh Gad says he 'never once' played LeFou as gay in 'Beauty and the Beast'

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