Given the dearth of overtly LGBTQ+ athletes in skilled sports activities, Bennett felt he would “supply aspiration and hope” to followers by making Danny a Major League Baseball participant.
“We need to ensure that after we inform tales, whether or not it is a vacation story or a marriage story, there’s at all times a seat on the desk for everybody,” she mentioned.
With 4 years of Hallmark expertise underneath his belt, Bennett can be excited to mentor aspiring heartthrobs because the host of Finding Mr. Christmas. Airing Thursday, the competitors sequence options 10 actors vying to be the lead in an upcoming Hallmark Christmas film. Good daysstarring Jessica Lowndes and out December twenty first.
“My dream for the present is for it to be just like the early days American Idolthe place everybody gathers collectively in entrance of the TV through the holidays, and everybody has their favorites that they root for,” Bennett mentioned. As for what makes the best Hallmark vacation heartthrob, he famous: “They have a spirit and a kindness in the direction of them. They have numerous coronary heart and charisma popping out of their ears. And, in fact, they appear good in a Christmas sweater.”
