If Lacey Chabert is the Queen of Hallmark Christmas, and he or she positively is, then Jonathan Bennett is the King. He’s been showing within the community’s films since 2010 and made historical past starring within the community’s first-eve gay-led vacation movie. Bennett positively eats, sleeps and breathes Christmas throughout filming. Nonetheless, because it seems, he isn’t one to really beautify his home across the vacation season, and his reasoning is smart.
Throughout an interview with Us Weekly, the Christmas Film King confessed that he has no plans to brighten his own residence for the vacations. I’ll admit that after I first heard that, I used to be dissatisfied. I imply, how may somebody who brings a lot pleasure to my vacation celebrations by means of his films be in opposition to adorning them for himself? However, after listening to his reasoning, chances are you’ll perceive it like I do now:
By the point Christmas will get right here [this year], I [will] have shot Discovering Mr. Christmas, Christmas on Cherry Lane, a sequel to a different Christmas film I can’t discuss, and a Christmas film for subsequent 12 months. I’ve been coated in tinsel for six months out of the 12 months!
Being surrounded by Christmas 24/7 for six months may look like a dream at first, however even I can admit that it might take away a few of the magic the season brings. Nonetheless, the considered the Imply Women star celebrating the vacation with out a lot as a bit of tinsel round him is miserable. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like Bennett is totally bought on the entire Grinch-like mentality.
Whereas speaking about internet hosting Hallmark’s first vacation actuality TV sequence, Discovering Mr. Christmas, which sees ten males competing in opposition to one another in festive challenges for the possibility of staring in their very own Hallmark unique film, Bennett had an epiphany:
I’ve ten elves that may come over and beautify for me!
The actor joked that he’d flip adorning his house for himself and his husband, Jaymes Vaughan, right into a enjoyable problem for the contestants on the present. After all, the competitors would wish an added plot twist, which Bennett — who serves as an government producer on the present — has additionally considered. Stated twist thought is that the contestants must full the job in half-hour or much less.
Whereas I haven’t seen Discovering Mr. Christmas but since I don’t have a Hallmark+ subscription, that concept does look like it might be completely consistent with such a holiday-centric present. The theoretical goal in all probability received’t make it onto this season of the fact present however, if the community decides to carry it again subsequent 12 months, I can completely see the host advocating so as to add it down the highway.
Till then, Jonathan Bennett’s home will stay undecorated for Christmas, although, as he prefers it. On the very least, let’s simply hope the star and his hubby have a Hallmark+ subscription since his upcoming Hallmark vacation movie, Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane, is streaming completely on the brand new service.