{"id":34199,"date":"2025-07-30T20:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/34199\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:01:08","slug":"neal-mcdonough-says-hollywood-completely-turned-on-me-because-he-wouldnt-kiss-another-woman-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/34199\/","title":{"rendered":"Neal McDonough Says &#8220;Hollywood Completely Turned On Me&#8221; Because He &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t Kiss Another Woman On Screen&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/neal-mcdonough\/\" id=\"auto-tag_neal-mcdonough\" data-tag=\"neal-mcdonough\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neal McDonough<\/a> has one rule when taking on acting roles: he will not kiss another actor on-screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe actor who has had roles in shows like Desperate Housewives, Suits, Band of Brothers and The X-Files recently revealed that Hollywood \u201cturned\u201d on him for taking this stance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019d always had in my contracts I wouldn\u2019t kiss another woman on screen,\u201d McDonough said the Nothing Left Unsaid podcast, which <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/29\/neal-mcdonough-lost-everything-after-hollywood-turned-on-him\/\">TMZ<\/a> shared. \u201cMy wife didn\u2019t have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continued, \u201cWhen I couldn\u2019t do it, and they couldn\u2019t understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn\u2019t let me be part of the show anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDonough has been married to Ruv\u00e9 Robertson since 2003, and the couple has five children together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFor two years, I couldn\u2019t get a job and I lost everything you could possibly imagine,\u201d he said. \u201cNot just houses and material things, but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity\u2014everything. My identity was an actor, and a really good one. And once you don\u2019t have that identity, you\u2019re kind of lost in a tailspin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcDonough\u2019s other acting credits include\u00a0Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,\u00a0Agent Carter,\u00a0Arrow,\u00a0The Flash,\u00a0Legends of Tomorrow, and\u00a0Project Blue Book. More recently, the actor appeared on Yellowstone, Altered Carbon, The 100, and reprised his Marvel role of Timothy \u201cDum Dum\u201d Dugan in an episode of What If\u2026? on Disney+. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2021, McDonough starred in American Horror Story: Double Feature as Dwight D. Eisenhower and had a recurring role in 9-1-1: Lone Star. Last year, he reunited with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan for the second season of Tulsa King.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neal McDonough has one rule when taking on acting roles: he will not kiss another actor on-screen. 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