Given the shortage of overtly LGBTQ+ athletes in skilled sports activities, Bennett felt he would “provide aspiration and hope” to followers by making Danny a Main League Baseball participant.
“We wish to be sure after we’re telling tales ― whether or not it’s a vacation story or a marriage story ― that there’s at all times a seat on the desk for everybody,” he stated.
With 4 years of Hallmark expertise underneath his belt, Bennett can be thrilled to be mentoring would-be heartthrobs because the host of Finding Mr. Christmas. Airing Thursdays, the competitors sequence finds 10 actors vying to be the main man in an upcoming Hallmark Christmas film, Happy Howlidays, starring Jessica Lowndes and due out Dec. 21.
“My dream for the present is for it to be just like the early days of American Idol, the place everybody gathers across the TV collectively on the holidays, and all people has their favorites that they’re rooting for,” Bennett stated. As to what makes the perfect Hallmark vacation heartthrob, he famous: “They’ve a wit and a kindness to them. They’ve a complete lot of coronary heart and charisma popping out of their ears. And, in fact, they give the impression of being good in a Christmas sweater.”
