Interview with Will Conlon

Interview by Univers-L team on December 06th, 2010 for Univers-L.com

Do you think –as your character tries tactlessly to explain– that at the present time, homosexuality is one of the last taboos in society? [Moreover a fashionable taboo…]

I think there’s some truth to it although I hate to think of it as a taboo or anything unacceptable. There’s no reason a person should not be able to live his or her life the way she chooses. I do think there will be a day when a show like ours will not be necessary to do, but unfortunately, at the present time, our show and many others that have homosexuality as a theme is extremely necessary, especially with so many gay and lesbian teens feeling ashamed or even going so far as to commit suicide because they are afraid they wont be accepted anyway. It’s something that has to end and I love being part of something that might help eradicate homosexuality as a taboo at all.

Are you aware of contributing a role model to homosexuality’s acceptance? Do you consider this role to be important?

Yes I am aware of it and I would say this is very important. I would say being gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, transgendered or anything else is not something that should be what a person is all about. This is one aspect of someone’s personality and there is so much more to everyone than their sexual preference. It’s unfortunate that when someone is gay, lesbian or otherwise that that seems to be the predominant feature people like to talk about when discussing that person. Everyone has a vast personality and way of being and I’m hoping that is something people take away from watching Out With Dad.

What piece of advice would you give to a daddy, which would be in Nathan’s situation and which would not have a “Johnny” on hand to reassure and guide him?

Love your kid no matter what. NO MATTER WHAT!!. Being gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual or transgendered will not depict how they treat themselves and others around them, but how they are loved and how they are taught to love themselves and others will have the greatest impact on who they will become. Love and accept your children and they will love and accept themselves, you and everyone else. Besides, why would you not love and accept your child? Is there really a reason not to? I don’t think so.

If you were Nathan, would you like a Smartphone application program such as “How to know for sure if my daughter is a lesbian”?

Honestly, if I was a father and needed a smartphone to tell me anything about my daughter I would probably consider myself a bad father. But that’s just me. Haha. Also, I don’t think it matters to Nathan if Rose is gay or not. He just knows that being gay and coming out is a difficult process. It’s easy to see that when you look at the world around us. I think he might look into an APP that’s called “How to make your daughter’s coming out as easy as possible.”

Do you know even one single/widow father, who cook broccolis and courgettes for dinner?!

HAHA! Good question! Actually, I don’t know what my friends that are single fathers cook for their children, but I do know when my dad had my brother and I for dinner when we were younger, it was usually a trip to McDonald’s or Chinese food…which was great for us!

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