Sean Hayes Recalls “Will & Grace” Cast Receiving ‘Death Threats’ and Hate Mail — Even from 1 Fan Who Loved the Show

The Emmy winner mentioned he and his costars acquired a letter from a girl who claimed they “needs to be ashamed for placing this on tv,” however later admitted in her notice, “I like the present”

is trying again on the distressing messages he and his costars used to obtain when the present was on the air.

In the course of the Could 27 episode of Hayes’ podcast with co-hosts and , the star, 53, revealed to Bateman, Arnett and visitor that he and his former sitcom castmates would obtain loss of life threats at the beginning of the sequence.

The Emmy-winning sitcom first premiered in 1998 on NBC and targeted on friendships between a bunch of 4 associates — which included two homosexual males, as Will Truman and Hayes as Jack McFarland. The 2 starred alongside (who performed Grace Adler) and (who performed Karen Walker).

“On the start of Will & Grace, we used to get loss of life threats on a regular basis,” Hayes revealed on the podcast, which led Arnett, 54, to jokingly ask if the threats had been because of the “s—ty jokes or…?”

Hayes immediately burst into laughter after which recognized one explicit uncommon letter the solid had acquired, noting the way it was “one of many biggest letters we ever acquired,” and rapidly clarified for his co-hosts that it wasn’t a loss of life menace.

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“This lady wrote in to Will & Grace, took the time, acquired a pen, paper, wrote it, acquired a stamp, mailed it. Bear in mind this was earlier than the web and all the things. It’s a variety of effort to actually share with somebody how a lot you hate them,” Hayes started.

“This one lady wrote in and she or he mentioned, ‘You’re all going to hell. You have to be ashamed for placing this on tv. You’re all horrible folks. However I like the present, I simply don’t like what it’s about,’” he recalled.

Bateman, 55, then joked, “And will you ship me an 8 x 10?” with Arnett including, “Can I get some tickets for the April 12 present?”

“It was the craziest factor,” Hayes mentioned, as Arnett added, “That’s so f—ing loopy.”

The Could 27 episode was not the primary time Hayes revealed that the NBC solid acquired alarming mail.

“We’d get loss of life threats to the present and I used to be scared,” he advised in 2018. “I didn’t have the instruments at such a younger age to take care of the ramifications of popping out as homosexual in an enormous public approach.”