Interview: Chris McKenna talks current Y&R gig and his days as OLTL's Joey

[John]

http://www.serialscoop.com/2014/08/chris-mckenna-interview.html

[Mr. Vixen]

I like him but can't stand the character and he seems to have forgotten how to act.

[Khan]

I tell you, that crazy-as-hell pace that all soaps work at nowadays.... No one's acting skills can survive at that pace. No one's.

But, you know, I actually kinda, sorta dig Harding? On some level, he fascinates me. Then again, there was a time when I liked Stitch, too.

[NothinButAttitude]

I actually like him and wouldn't mind him sticking around. I just wish that he was paired with Sharon. She needs a man that isn't connected to the Newmans or Abbots.

[Vee]

I've always liked him when I've seen him on Y&R, although he's too good for that show.

I was a little shocked to hear him say he played a gay kiss at 14 onstage (in 1992!). They wrote for Joey at least as much as Billy Douglas during that story from the broad swaths I've seen of it, and he was so wonderful both then and later. In the last few years of OLTL I always wanted him to just come back. He superficially resembles Fillion and he's very good.

[Khan]

That girl has had enough dick to last her twenty lifetimes.

[NothinButAttitude]

I love you but....

Y'all gonna stop coming for Queen Sharon.

[Soapsuds]

Nooooo

They need to write the beyotch off the show. I am so sick of Sharon and Sharon Case...send her packing a la MM.

[NothinButAttitude]

[YRBB]

[Khan]

LOL!!!

It's insane how most of us (myself included) always want to "pair off" every soap character as if that's all they're good for. Does every character on a soap NEED to be paired with someone right away? What happened to characters having stories that didn't involve hooking up with somebody?

And y'all know damn well Harding belongs with Philip Chancellor III (hopefully recast with David Conrad).

[NothinButAttitude]

I don't need them paired up now but Sharon can make her way towards him in awhile after some deep therapy.

And you ought to know that Harding is going to be Kevin's lover if Steve Kent has anything to do with it.

SN: Is Chris McKenna gay IRL? I've been hearing that rumor for years. Anyone can confirm or deny. Me (personally), I hope it's true.

[Vee]

Since when were there rumors about Chris McKenna? He hasn't been on soaps since he was like 15.

[NothinButAttitude]

I've heard the rumor for years. And he hasn't just done soaps. He's done other forms of TV too. He was on 90210 (the reboot) for a stint.

[Mr. Vixen]

I liked him on 90210