Veteran TV Star Says Hollywood Turned on Him for Protecting His Marriage

Veteran TV Star Says Hollywood Turned on Him for Protecting His Marriage


As he leaves behind the shadows for a return to the limelight, actor Neal McDonough said that when Hollywood kicked him to the curb, it almost destroyed him.

In a January 2019 interview, McDonough said ABC booted him from “Scoundrels” because he would not kiss his co-star and perform sex scenes, according to USA Today.

“I won’t kiss any other woman because these lips are meant for one woman,” he said.

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McDonough has been married to his wife, Ruve, since 2003.

“I’d always had in my contracts I wouldn’t kiss another woman on-screen,” he said, according to Hello.

“My wife didn’t have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem with it.”

“When I couldn’t do it, and they couldn’t understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn’t let me be part of the show anymore,” he said.

The result was disastrous, the 60-year-old

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