Harry Connick Jr leaving "Will and Grace" (from alt.showbiz.gossip)
kh
Deseret Morning News
If Grace Adler, like the actress who plays her, becomes pregnant on
"Will & Grace," she's going to be a single mother. Harry Connick Jr., who
plays
Grace's husband, isn't going to be around much longer.
"I only have a couple of shows left, and those won't happen until the
end
of the season, probably," Connick said. And there's no chance he's going to
sign on for more episodes.
"I can't," he insisted, pointing to the need to spend time promoting
both
his new Christmas album and another album scheduled for release on Feb. 14.
"No
matter how well you're doing, you've got to get out there and promote,
because
if you don't you won't have the opportunity to perform or sell the records
that
you'd like to.
Debra Messing, Harry Connick Jr.
NBC/Chris Haston
" 'Will & Grace' is great, it's just that when I'm there I can't do
anything else."
Connick plays Leo, the nice-guy doctor Grace (Debra Messing) married.
His
long absences have been explained by sending Leo on charity missions to
other
countries. And his current stint in Cambodia came in handy when Messing was
unable to appear in last week's episode due to her pregnancy, so Grace was
sent
to Southeast Asia to visit her husband.
Messing and her real husband, Daniel Zelman, are expecting their first
child in July, approximately three months after she tapes the last episode
of
"Will & Grace" for this season. And, even if she starts looking pregnant
before
the production schedule ends in April, they could always dress her in baggy
clothes and put her behind counters or whatever.
Will Grace get pregnant? What will happen to Leo? Connick doesn't
know.
"If I knew, I would tell you. I have no idea," he said. "Now, with
Debra
being pregnant in real life, I don't know how they're going to resolve this
thing. . . . They're going to have to figure some stuff out."
Connick would prefer, however, that his character doesn't abandon a
pregnant wife.
"That would suck," he said.
Connick doesn't want people to think that he's suddenly abandoning
"Will
& Grace."
"It was supposed to be six shows, and it ended up being about 20. I
just
had a great time and they seemed to enjoy having me on the show so I did a
bunch more. But it has to end somehow. I'm glad I don't have to write it
because I don't know how I'd get out of it."
Neither do the writers, apparently.
"I know that they had a bunch of episodes written in advance and they
were very proud of the fact that they were ahead of schedule," Connick said.
"And then when we found out Debra was pregnant, it was kind of like, 'Oh my
(gosh)!'"
Even when he's done with "Will & Grace," he won't be done with TV. He
has
a Christmas special scheduled to air on NBC on Thanksgiving, and he's
talking
to the network about starring in his own sitcom.
And, while he doesn't know how Leo will leave Grace behind, there is
one
thing he'd like to avoid.
"Well, I hope he doesn't die. Everything I do, I always die," he said.
"It would be nice to live for once."
Candide
Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but this was reported on "TV
Guide" television earlier today.
There also may be a chance that "Grace" will be expecting on the show,
as is a future episode which shows Will putting the finishing touches on
a cradle he as "made" for Grace.
Will (sanding cradle) Grace is going to love this, I did it myself, just
like the kitchen.
Jack - So you started it and paid someone else to come in and finish
it?!
Will - ahh that's right.
If this is true it just stinks, and probably will be the shark jumping
of W&G. Every other white, upper middle class gay male is "marrying"
another man and having babies; Will has one with his "hag", for make no
mistake about it the show would be "Uncle" Will and Grace.
Candide
"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's
cheaper."
Quentin Crisp 1908 - 1999
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Kelly
> like the kitchen.
>
> Jack - So you started it and paid someone else to come in and finish
> it?!
>
Look at: Ep #5.03
"The Kid Stays Out of The Picture"
http://www.durfee.net/will/scripts/s0503.htm
john j
relationship with a straight man . She will always run back to the
saftey of Gay's
jcoulter
2172.public.lawson.webtv.net:
> Grace is a Fag Hag thats what she is.She will never have a good
> relationship with a straight man . She will always run back to the
> saftey of Gay's
>
>
NO! tell us something we haven't known since season one. there is some hop
for her, but it has been well established that she is bound to Will.
LadySycamore
Which IMO is sad, but that's what the show is based on right? Wow, I was
almost like that (bound to my gay man). *shaking head*
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~LadySycamore~
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