The One With The Hot Guy From Mean Girls with Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett played Aaron Samuels, the hot guy in one of THE most iconic movies of our teenage generation, Mean Girls. In 2017, Jonathan publicly came out as gay, perhaps crushing those teenage crushes we all had on him, but making the teenage dreams of many LGBT youth come true. Johnny has more recently starred as the lead in Hallmark’s history-making first Christmas movie featuring a gay lead character during the holiday season the whole world needed hope the most, 2020.   In this episode we dive into what it was like trying to step out of a classic character like Aaron Samuels shoes; why he chose to step back into them for his Burn Cookbook and Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank You, Next’ video; and his experience coming out privately versus publicly. We also get his two cents on representation, fictional portrayal being accurate to someone’s non-fiction life experience and advice for young people listening or parents/friends/employers listening on creating a safe, accepting environment for people to be confident and comfortable being themselves. Get 15% of Ned products by visiting helloned.com/UNZIPPED with promo code UNZIPPED Produced by Dear Media

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Hosts Shenae and Annalynne, met in the most famous zip code in the world. They spent 5 years and countless hours acting together on teen drama, 90210 and just as many navigating personal drama behind-the-scenes. After nearly a decade apart, they’re back, more fired up than ever and ready to unzip all that baggage as they reunite to tackle poignant conversations covering everything from pop culture to mental health, social issues to parenting and more. After spending a lifetime in the public eye being told what to say and do, these two are ready to let it all hang out. While Shenae and AnnaLynne’s outspoken personalities have clashed over the years, they have an unbreakable bond and they’re inviting you into their friendship every week. They wear their hearts on their sleeve, are curious as hell and you best believe they are bold enough to ask questions and challenge norms that society often accepts at face value. Get that bleeper button ready, sound guy. These two are uncensored and they’ve got a whole lot to say!