{"id":1782620,"date":"2022-12-21T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782620"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:19:37","slug":"yellowstone-actor-neal-mcdonough-reveals-he-was-blacklisted-from-hollywood-for-refusing-to-do-sex-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-actor-neal-mcdonough-reveals-he-was-blacklisted-from-hollywood-for-refusing-to-do-sex-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYellowstone\u201d Actor Neal McDonough Reveals He Was Blacklisted From Hollywood for Refusing to Do Sex Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyellowstone-actor-neal-mcdonough-reveals-he-was-blacklisted-from-hollywood-for-refusing-to-do-sex-scenes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hollywood actor Neal McDonough \u2014 known for such roles as Timothy \u2018Dum Dum\u2019 Dugan in <em>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em>, Malcolm Beck in <em>Yellowstone<\/em>, and most recently General James Harding in <em>Project Blue Book<\/em> \u2014 has recently revealed that being ostracised by Hollywood led him to launch his own film company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608-1340x670-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608-768x384-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.24-boundingintocomics-63a0c88889608-480x240-1.png 480w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malcolm Beck (Neal McDonough) promises to take everything away from John Dutton in Yellowstone Season 2 Episode 8 \u2018Behind Us Only Grey\u2019 (2019) via Paramount Network<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/09\/16\/norm-macdonald-once-destroyed-a-comic-for-a-bad-harry-potter-christianity-joke\/\">Norm Macdonald Once Destroyed A Comic For A Bad Harry Potter Christianity Joke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A devout Christian, the <em>Yellowstone<\/em> actor has revealed that he was blacklisted from Hollywood in 2010 after being fired from ABC\u2019s <em>Scoundrels<\/em> TV show over his refusal go against his faith and do certain scenes \u2013 namely kissing and sex scenes \u2014 and \u201clost basically everything\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n<p>During this rough patch in his professional life, the actor said that his faith kept his spirits up, recalling, \u201cI remember falling to my knees and saying, \u2018God, why have you forgotten about me? Why am I being punished so much?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as soon as those words came out of my mouth, I realized what self-absorbed questions those were,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/neal-mcdonough-boon-faith-blacklisted-hollywood\">a humble McDonough admitted<\/a>. \u201cGod has given me so much. We all experience challenges in our lives. I should be grateful \u2013 and thankful \u2013 for all the blessings I\u2019m given.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08acfd6e34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08acfd6e34.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08acfd6e34-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08acfd6e34-1340x553-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08acfd6e34-768x317-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gordon \u2018Fletch\u2019 Fletcher (Neal McDonough) attempts to persuade Precrime Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise) not to resist the arrest in Minority Report (2002), 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/05\/17\/academy-award-winning-actor-jon-voight-weighs-in-on-the-current-state-of-the-world-asserts-the-power-of-god-will-bring-back-light-justice-and-morals\/\">Academy Award-Winning Actor Jon Voight Weighs In On The Current State Of The World, Asserts The Power Of God Will Bring Back \u201cLight, Justice, And Morals\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is far from the first time McDonough has spoken about his refusal to compromise his faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t mention the Lord\u2019s name in vain, and then I won\u2019t kiss another woman,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/project-blue-book-neal-mcdonough-faith-no-sex-scenes\">McDonough told Fox News<\/a> in January of 2020. \u201cSex scenes aren\u2019t in it for me. And I think, gosh, there\u2019s enough sex scenes out there and me being in my fifties I\u2019m not sure if anyone wants to see me doing that stuff anyway, but it\u2019s a comfort level. I\u2019m not very comfortable doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193614\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.20-05.58-boundingintocomics-63a14f1de34f7.png\" alt=\"Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman), Reverse-Flash (Matt Letscher) and Damien Dahrk (Neal McDonough) have a plan to stop the Black Flash in DC&#039;s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 10 \" The Legion of Doom \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman), Reverse-Flash (Matt Letscher) and Damien Dahrk (Neal McDonough) have a plan to stop the Black Flash in DC\u2019s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 10 \u201cThe Legion of Doom\u201d (2017), The CW via YouTube<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Christian actor also disclosed that one of the reasons he likes playing the villain is because those type of characters take him out of his comfort zone, which given he takes as a personal challenge given his personal passion for acting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I guess that\u2019s probably why I play so many villainous characters, because I love acting, and I\u2019m really good at it,\u201d he declared. \u201cIt\u2019s a God-given talent, so for me to have a career, I have to figure out creatively and smartly and wisely how I can keep doing what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193470\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.42-boundingintocomics-63a0ccc370b20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.42-boundingintocomics-63a0ccc370b20.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.42-boundingintocomics-63a0ccc370b20-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.42-boundingintocomics-63a0ccc370b20-1340x635-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-08.42-boundingintocomics-63a0ccc370b20-768x364-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General James Harding (Neal McDonough) questions the testimony of Doctor J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen) in Project Blue Book Season 1 Episode 10 \u201cThe Washington Merry-Go-Round\u201d via History Channel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/02\/18\/mark-wahlberg-talks-about-his-faith-whilst-promoting-his-first-christian-film-i-need-to-stop-focusing-so-much-on-mark-and-start-doing-much-more-work-for-god\/\">Mark Wahlberg Talks About His Faith Whilst Promoting His First Christian Film: \u201cI Need To Stop Focusing So Much On Mark And Start Doing Much More Work For God\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, McDonough would further explain to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/hollywood-villain-neal-mcdonough-launching-film-company-to-glorify-god.html\">The Christian Post<\/a> that in light of his unwillingness to do sex scenes, he makes it a point to ensure he remains memorable through his villainous performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard because I\u2019ve done so many different characters and done so many things, and in some of them, I play horrible villains in a lot of the things that I do, and I won\u2019t do kissing scenes, so I have to be the best villain out there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ac8065f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ac8065f1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ac8065f1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ac8065f1-1340x740-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ac8065f1-768x424-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) instructs his men to follow John Diggle (David Ramsey) in Arrow Season 4 Episode 20 \u2018Genesis\u2019 (2016) via Warner Bros. Television<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/11\/10\/chris-pratt-refuses-to-bend-the-knee-to-the-woke-cancel-culture-mob-says-his-christian-faith-helps-him-overcome-social-media-backlash\/\">Chris Pratt Refuses To Bend The Knee To The Woke Cancel Culture Mob, Says His Christian Faith Helps Him Overcome Social Media Backlash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McDonough disclosed that his wife of almost 20 years, Ruv\u00e9, is the main reason why he refuses to kiss his co-stars, confessing, \u201cthese lips are meant for one woman,\u201d and adding that kissing scenes will no longer be a concern now that the couple has launched their movie-making endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I have that opportunity because Ruv\u00e9 and I are doing it ourselves, and are so blessed to have companies that support us and back us and want to make more films and TV shows, or reality shows or any kind of show that gives glory to [God],\u201d the actor announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot just to make a movie, but to do a movie that actually gives Him glory \u2014 that\u2019s our goal,\u201d he elaborated, And that\u2019s what we\u2019re after, and we\u2019re very fortunate to be able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_193428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193428\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ad750db9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ad750db9.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ad750db9-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ad750db9-1340x553-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-04.01-boundingintocomics-63a08ad750db9-768x317-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-193428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothy \u2018Dum DUm\u2019 Dugan squares off against a Hydra soldier in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Marvel Entertainment via Blu-ray<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Regarding the actor\u2019s current projects, on the 13th of December Neal McDonough appeared alongside Broadway singer and actress Megan Hilty to celebrate the spirit of the upcoming Christian holiday by hosting PBS\u2019 annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y2IYH1FwDxo\">Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further, McDonough is also set to star in devout Christian actor-turned-director Kevin Sorbo\u2019s <em>Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist<\/em> \u2014 the latest entry in the <em>Left Behind<\/em> series of films based on the Christian novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins \u2014\u00a0 which currently on track to hit theatres on the 26th of January, 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/12\/06\/the-walt-disney-company-attacks-christianity-rejects-the-divinity-of-christ-by-radically-altering-epcot-international-festival-of-the-holidays-candlelight-processional\/\">The Walt Disney Company Attacks Christianity, Rejects The Divinity Of Christ By Radically Altering EPCOT International Festival Of The Holidays \u2013 Candlelight Processional<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood actor Neal McDonough \u2014 known for such roles as Timothy \u2018Dum Dum\u2019 Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger, Malcolm Beck in Yellowstone, and most recently General James Harding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1782623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7426,9369,6962,6107,7019,5458,3668,4361,7422,7423,7397,3819,5114,7827,7937,10844],"class_list":["post-1782620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-yellowstone","tag-for","tag-the","tag-actor","tag-blacklisted","tag-bongino","tag-from","tag-hollywood","tag-mcdonough","tag-neal","tag-refusing","tag-report","tag-reveals","tag-scenes","tag-sex","tag-was"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}