Nashville season fale rep and review: Gay wboys and strong feelgs.

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• COUNTRY SGER WILL LEXGTON GETS GAY-BASHED ON ABC'S "NASHVILLE"BUT WHY ISN'T HE PRSG CHARG?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SNICKSMARCH 24, 2016/5:28 PMBY SNICKSMARCH 24, 2016 / 5:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY SGER WILL LEXGTON GETS GAY-BASHED ON ABC'S \"NASHVILLE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-24T21:28:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-24T21:28:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN A ROUGH UPLE OF YEARS FOR WILL LEXGTON (CHRIS CARMACK) ON ABC'S NASHVILLE: THE ONCE-CLOSETED UNTRY SGER ME OUT PUBLICLY AT THE END OF SEASON 3 AND, THIS SEASON, HE'S WATCHED HIS REER FIZZLE AND HIS BOYIEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS SEEMED TO BE LOOKG UP ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, AS WILL'S IENDS GUNNAR AND SRLETT VED HIM TO PERFORM ON THEIR SHOW—SOMETHG WHICH ULD HELP HIM REBUILD HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WILL WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TERPTED BY A DNKEN HECKLER, WHO SHOUTED ANTI-GAY SLURS AND SCREAMED "GET OFF THE STAGE, QUEER!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL TRIED TO IGNORE AND RRY ON, BUT THE BIGOT THREW A BEER BOTTLE, HTG WILL THE FACE AND STUNNG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HECKLER WAS ARRTED, AND THE P TELLS WILL THAT HATE CRIME CHARG N BE ISSUED. BUT, AT THE STATN, HE HAS A CHANGE OF HEART AND CIS NOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS FURIAT GUNNAR, WHO ASKS WHY HE'S NOT PRSG CHARG. "QUEEN? QUEER? I HEARD EVERY WORD HE SAID AND 'S NOT THE LAST TIME I'M GOG TO HEAR THEM," RPONDS WILL. "BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M GOG TO SPEND EVERY NIGHT POST-SHOW FILG HATE-CRIME REPORTS WHEN 'S NOT GOG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNER SISTS HE N'T LET THE BASHER GET AWAY WH , TO WHICH WILL OMOLY RPONDS "TST ME, I WON'T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, WILL GO BACK TO THE BAR THE NEXT NIGHT, STG HIS R UNTIL HIS ATTACKER RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR AND SRLETT WORRY WILL WILL DO SOMETHG DRASTIC AND RACE TO THE CLUB. WHEN THEY GET THERE, THOUGH, THEY SEE WILL ON STAGE, GUAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S BOUGHT HIS ATTACKER A BEER, AND TELLS HIM (AND THE CROWD), "YOU DIDN'T GET TO FISH YOUR BEER LAST NIGHT. OF URSE, I DIDN'T GET TO FISH MY SONG." THE ATTACKER SPS OUT "I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT, GET OFF THE STAGE, YOU HOMO!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL LMLY RPONDS "NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUDDY. CSE A'T NOTHG OR NOBODY IS EVER GONNA KEEP ME OM SGG AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WH THAT, WILL LNCH TO "A'T IT BETIFUL," AS THE CROWD CHEERS AND THE ATTACKER AND HIS IENDS ARE RTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SEASON HAS SEEN WILL BISED AND BEATEN (FIGURATIVELY AND NOW LERALLY), BUT WEDNDAY'S EPISO WAS A BIG STEP FORWARD HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOPEFULLY, 'S NOT TOO LATE—NASHVILLE IS CURRENTLY ON THE BUBBLE, AND THE CHANC OF BEG RENEWED ARE IFFY. IF DO RETURN, 'LL BE THE HANDS OF NEW SHOWNNERS ED ZWICK AND MARSHALL HERSKOVZ, WHO GAVE THIRTYSOMETHG AND MY SO-CALLED LIFE. SO THEY KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• NASHVILLE SEASON FALE REP AND REVIEW: GAY WBOYS AND STRONG FEELGS.

COUNTRY SGER WILL LEXGTON GETS GAY-BASHED ON ABC'S "NASHVILLE"BUT WHY ISN'T HE PRSG CHARG?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SNICKSMARCH 24, 2016/5:28 PMBY SNICKSMARCH 24, 2016 / 5:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY SGER WILL LEXGTON GETS GAY-BASHED ON ABC'S \"NASHVILLE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-24T21:28:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-24T21:28:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN A ROUGH UPLE OF YEARS FOR WILL LEXGTON (CHRIS CARMACK) ON ABC'S NASHVILLE: THE ONCE-CLOSETED UNTRY SGER ME OUT PUBLICLY AT THE END OF SEASON 3 AND, THIS SEASON, HE'S WATCHED HIS REER FIZZLE AND HIS BOYIEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS SEEMED TO BE LOOKG UP ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, AS WILL'S IENDS GUNNAR AND SRLETT VED HIM TO PERFORM ON THEIR SHOW—SOMETHG WHICH ULD HELP HIM REBUILD HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WILL WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TERPTED BY A DNKEN HECKLER, WHO SHOUTED ANTI-GAY SLURS AND SCREAMED "GET OFF THE STAGE, QUEER!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL TRIED TO IGNORE AND RRY ON, BUT THE BIGOT THREW A BEER BOTTLE, HTG WILL THE FACE AND STUNNG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HECKLER WAS ARRTED, AND THE P TELLS WILL THAT HATE CRIME CHARG N BE ISSUED. BUT, AT THE STATN, HE HAS A CHANGE OF HEART AND CIS NOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS FURIAT GUNNAR, WHO ASKS WHY HE'S NOT PRSG CHARG. "QUEEN? QUEER? I HEARD EVERY WORD HE SAID AND 'S NOT THE LAST TIME I'M GOG TO HEAR THEM," RPONDS WILL. "BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M GOG TO SPEND EVERY NIGHT POST-SHOW FILG HATE-CRIME REPORTS WHEN 'S NOT GOG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNER SISTS HE N'T LET THE BASHER GET AWAY WH , TO WHICH WILL OMOLY RPONDS "TST ME, I WON'T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, WILL GO BACK TO THE BAR THE NEXT NIGHT, STG HIS R UNTIL HIS ATTACKER RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR AND SRLETT WORRY WILL WILL DO SOMETHG DRASTIC AND RACE TO THE CLUB. WHEN THEY GET THERE, THOUGH, THEY SEE WILL ON STAGE, GUAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE'S BOUGHT HIS ATTACKER A BEER, AND TELLS HIM (AND THE CROWD), "YOU DIDN'T GET TO FISH YOUR BEER LAST NIGHT. OF URSE, I DIDN'T GET TO FISH MY SONG." THE ATTACKER SPS OUT "I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT, GET OFF THE STAGE, YOU HOMO!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL LMLY RPONDS "NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUDDY. CSE A'T NOTHG OR NOBODY IS EVER GONNA KEEP ME OM SGG AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WH THAT, WILL LNCH TO "A'T IT BETIFUL," AS THE CROWD CHEERS AND THE ATTACKER AND HIS IENDS ARE RTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SEASON HAS SEEN WILL BISED AND BEATEN (FIGURATIVELY AND NOW LERALLY), BUT WEDNDAY'S EPISO WAS A BIG STEP FORWARD HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOPEFULLY, 'S NOT TOO LATE—NASHVILLE IS CURRENTLY ON THE BUBBLE, AND THE CHANC OF BEG RENEWED ARE IFFY. IF DO RETURN, 'LL BE THE HANDS OF NEW SHOWNNERS ED ZWICK AND MARSHALL HERSKOVZ, WHO GAVE THIRTYSOMETHG AND MY SO-CALLED LIFE. SO THEY KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

9) episo of 'Nashville' on ABC found closeted gay untry sger Will on stage at the Wildhorse Saloon sgg 'What if I Was Willg' to a crowd that clud Gunnar Stt (actor Sam Pallad), his iend and the man he tried to put a move on before Season 1 wrapped May.

So far, the rponse to Carmack's character and mic has been posive, he says, pecially om the gay muny, who are grateful he took a role that many actors would turn down. ' Everybody wants to say, 'Oh, you're the gay wboy, ' and not wh any risn, but wh excement … but people are sred to say .

Known to "Nashville" fans as gay untry sger Will Lexgton on "Nashville, " Chris Carmack wasted no time landg his next role as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Is Will actually gay? Is he gay or is there more to the story?

NASHVILLE SEASON FALE REP AND REVIEW: GAY WBOYS AND STRONG FEELGS.

TVF: Country mic isn’t necsarily known for havg a lot of gay sgers or out performers.