“I plan to pick up the show, hopefully in a season 2, in the exact second we left off,” Janetti says of the moment when George’s butler sees the missed call from his boss.
But fortunately, I haven’t been aware of that.”Īt the end of the day, when it comes to what he’s created with Instagram and now the series, “It’s a space that I’ve enjoyed being in,” Janetti says.Īnd given that The Prince ends with a post-credit cliffhanger - a very Dynasty moment - he’s already thinking about what happens if the series gets renewed. “Many people have reached out to me through Instagram,” he says, adding, “I’m sure there are people who feel the other way as well. While there has been some pushback on the series by those who think The Prince goes too far with some of its jokes about the royal family, Janetti says the reaction that he’s been getting is from people who are really enjoying it. “I’m not someone who wants to poke fun at anyone normally, but this was so clever, witty and affectionately done,” the actor told The Hollywood Reporter, with Janetti going on Watch What Happens Live in August to say that the actor told Harry about the series and that “he seemed to have a good sense of humor about it.” If there was anyone on the show who had the most to worry about, it was Bloom, who is neighbors with Prince Harry. That everything about the show was meant with affection and was this ridiculous and silly alternate world,” he adds. Insinuating that Prince George is gay is just the kind of homophobia you’d be outraged by if it was you, tweets one user. And more importantly, “everybody understood the humor. Gay men connecting this photograph of Prince George with their childhood memories has been met with a predictable level of scorn. When it comes to the cast, Janetti says they’re “all wonderful and bring something really unique” to the series. Online fans of Meghan Markle used widely disseminated images of 4-year-old Prince Louis, thumbing his nose at his mother, Kate Middleton, and otherwise getting rambunctious at Sunday’s pageant.
The rest of the cast includes Orlando Bloom as Prince Harry, Alan Cumming as George’s butler, Owen, Frances de la Tour as Queen Elizabeth, Lucy Punch as Kate Middleton, Condola Rashad as Meghan Markle, Iwan Rheon as Prince William and Dan Stevens as Prince Charles. Let’s just say the young prince looks great in violet gingham and appears to be a happy child.Turner, of course, is not the only A-list star lending her voice to the series. While the effeminate-gay equation was offensive to many, there is a point to made that being gay itself should never be taken as an insult. i like this photo because i see my young self in it- Baudi Moovan Updates July 24, 2017 It's not really homophobic if i think being gay & camp is positive. Still, some queer men defended the joke, arguing that Prince George’s happy, campy look reminds them of themselves at a young age. This has annoyed me all weekend and I've even reported a few tweets. Many queer Twitter users criticized the joke right away, pointing out its homophobic and transmisogynistic leanings. Gender expression isn’t inherently linked to sexual expression. And some masculine men are gay, while some feminine men are straight.
For example, some expressive men are bisexual, not gay. Linking gender expression with sexuality reinforces gender roles that are damaging to the queer community because it forces people into stereotypes that may not conform with reality. Straight, gay, and bisexual men express themselves in a variety of ways, as do young boys and girls. Calling Prince George a “gay icon” suggests that any form of expression from a boy that is “feminine” connotates that they are gay. Prince George went viral over the weekend after a photo surfaced of the young prince on a helicopter, looking joyfully at another helicopter. Bent at the knees and leaning over with his hands on his face, the 4-year-old looks happy and expressive in the photo, leading many in the queer community to playfully dub him a “gay icon.”Įxcept there’s one problem: Equating femininity with homosexuality is both homophobic and misogynistic.