Great American Family CEO: Candace Cameron Bure is ‘not speaking’ for the network
nypost.comgreat.Great American Family CEO Bill Abbott has claimed that while Candace Cameron Bure is a part of the media conglomerate, she does not speak for the entire network.
The “Full House” alum, 47, came on as the company’s chief content officer last year after her split from the Hallmark Channel.She then made some comments alluding to the GAF network keeping “traditional marriage at the core” of its original films and forgo LGBTQ romances.
Abbott, 61, said in a new interview with Variety that he does support Bure’s views, however, he’s not with her 100%.“It’s like the disclaimer you see at the end of a movie or a series that says, ‘The views reflected here are not necessarily those of the company,'” the executive said.He went on: “Candace has such a high profile that when she speaks, she’ll speak on a lot of topics, and she has a wonderful podcast that is fantastic.
But when she speaks on that, she’s not speaking on behalf of Great American Media.”But Abbott is still not keen on putting the LGBTQ community on screen just yet.
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