{"id":2607849,"date":"2026-05-28T12:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-tv-star-says-hollywood-turned-on-him-for-protecting-his-marriage\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:36:03","slug":"veteran-tv-star-says-hollywood-turned-on-him-for-protecting-his-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veteran-tv-star-says-hollywood-turned-on-him-for-protecting-his-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran TV Star Says Hollywood Turned on Him for Protecting His Marriage"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fveteran-tv-star-says-hollywood-turned-on-him-for-protecting-his-marriage%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=2607849&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>Neal McDonough says Hollywood nearly derailed his life after he refused to kiss a co-star and perform sex scenes. in a 2019 interview, he claimed ABC removed him from *Scoundrels* because he wouldn\u2019t do those on-screen acts, adding that he had contract language stating he wouldn\u2019t kiss another woman. He says this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-going-on-with-supreme-court-chief-justice-john-roberts-even-soros-cheered-roberts-at-davos\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Going on with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts? Even Soros Cheered Roberts at Davos\">decision led<\/a> to people labeling him as a \u201creligious nut,\u201d leaving him unable to find work.<\/p>\n<p>McDonough admits he was drinking heavily at the time, describing a downward spiral that cost him his house, cars, and \u201ceverything.\u201d He also credits actor Luke Perry with allowing McDonough and his family to live in Perry\u2019s home when they lost theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, McDonough returned to acting and later rebuilt his life. He says his wife drew a line between \u201cus or the bottle,\u201d and he never <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lv-all-the-best-commercials\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LV: All The Best Commercials\">looked back<\/a>.McDonough and his wife now co-produce projects together, including *Boon*, *The Warrant: Breaker\u2019s Law*, *Homestead*, and *The Last Rodeo*.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As he leaves behind the shadows for a return to the limelight, actor Neal McDonough said that when Hollywood kicked him to the curb, it almost destroyed him.<\/p>\n<p>In a January 2019 interview, McDonough said ABC booted him from \u201cScoundrels\u201d because he would not kiss his co-star and perform sex scenes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/05\/26\/neal-mcdonough-luke-perry-house-beverly-hills-90210\/90263427007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t kiss any other woman because these lips are meant for one woman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McDonough has been married to his wife, Ruve, since 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d always had in my contracts I wouldn\u2019t kiss another woman on-screen,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/us\/903934\/neal-mcdonough-lost-everything-refusing-to-kiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-first-lady-reportedly-boot-bbc-tv-crew-from-pub-garden-take-their-table\/\" title=\"Biden, First Lady Reportedly Boot BBC TV Crew From Pub Garden, Take Their Table\">wife didn\u2019<\/a>t have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I couldn\u2019t do it, and they couldn\u2019t understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn\u2019t let me be part of the show anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The result was disastrous, the 60-year-old actor who appears in the Jimmy Stewart bio pic \u201cJimmy,\u201d said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/neal-mcdonough-says-hollywood-labeled-religious-nut-cost-career-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat time is the bar open? That was generally my thought process back then,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was, you know, fired from a show because I wouldn\u2019t kiss a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one would hire me because they thought I was this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >religious nut bag<\/a>, which is that I love my wife so much. And no one can understand it, no one could understand it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting he \u201cwas always a drinker,\u201d he said \u201cit became a bad problem\u201d to the point where \u201cI lost the house, lost the cars, lost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/luke-perry\">Luke Perry<\/a> let McDonough and his family to live in his home once theirs was gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Justified\u2019 was just coming out, but I still didn\u2019t think I was worth anything because I failed to my family,\u201d he said, referring to the show that was his first step back into action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI failed Ruve, my five kids, that I lost our house. I lost all the beautiful things that were the shiny widgets that I had accumulated, were all taken away from me. And that crucifixion caused me so much inner pain because I made it all about me. How could I let the team down?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said his wife one day had enough of his freefall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe grabbed me and says, it\u2019s us or the bottle, you choose,\u201d he said, adding he \u201cnever looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a cold, hard fact that God gave me an amazing, incredible, most amazing woman that I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can talk forever about it, but she\u2019s my good luck charm, and she got through me hell, and now here I am, in a fantastic place in life that we\u2019re producing movies together. 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