{"id":545425,"date":"2021-05-29T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=545425"},"modified":"2021-05-29T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T20:06:20","slug":"rugrats-reboot-to-feature-single-lesbian-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rugrats-reboot-to-feature-single-lesbian-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rugrats\u2019 Reboot To Feature Single Lesbian Mom"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frugrats-reboot-to-feature-single-lesbian-mom%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=545425&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-104818430.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The reboot of the classic Nickelodeon children\u2019s cartoon \u201cRugrats\u201d will reimagine one of the characters as a single lesbian mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRugrats,\u201d which ran throughout the 1990s until 2004,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickpress.com\/press-releases\/2021\/02\/24\/nickelodeons-all-new-animated-rugrats-reunites-members-of-the-original-voice-cast-to-reprise-roles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched<\/a> Thursday as a new series of the same name on the streaming service Paramount Plus, which is owned by ViacomCBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNickelodeon is reuniting members of the original voice cast behind iconic toddlers Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael and Phil and Lil DeVille in the upcoming all-new <em>Rugrats <\/em>animated series,\u201d read a press release from Nickelodeon.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the characters will be the same as they were in the original series, though Betty, who is the mother of twins Phil and Lil, is now a single lesbian mom. Natalie Morales, who is openly queer, voices the character, and recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/betty-is-going-to-be-gay-in-the-rugrats-paramount-plus-1846973879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a> to entertainment website the A.V. Club how she wishes there had been more gay characters in cartoons when she was growing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetty is a single mom with her own business who has twins and still has time to hang out with her friends and her community, and I think it\u2019s just so great because examples of living your life happily and healthily as an out queer person is just such a beacon for young queer people who may not have examples of that,\u201d Morales said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yeah, Betty is a fictional cartoon, but even cartoons were hugely influential for me as a kid and if I\u2019d been watching \u2018Rugrats\u2019 and seen Betty casually talking about her ex-girlfriend, I think at least a part of me would have felt like things might be okay in the future,\u201d Morales added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome things to know about this updated version of Betty: She loves football, owns a caf\u00e9 called Betty\u2019s Beans, and she cracks jokes about her ex-girlfriends,\u201d the A.V. Club further reported. \u201cNow all we need is to know her thoughts on sharing a name with Taylor Swift\u2019s gayest song. We\u2019ll get to find out more about this new version of Betty when the show premieres May 27 on Paramount+.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More and more children\u2019s programming has been getting LGBT representation. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-rolling-out-childrens-cartoon-featuring-14-year-old-activist-with-interracial-gay-dads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> about an upcoming reboot of a Disney cartoon from the 1990s:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.304029304029\">\n<p><em>Disney is revamping&nbsp;\u201cThe Proud Family,\u201d a 20-year-old cartoon sitcom about an African American family, and will be featuring a cast that includes two interracial gay dads whose adopted daughter is a teenage racial activist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Actors Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter, both of whom are gay, will be playing Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins, respectively, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/first-look-zachary-quinto-billy-porter-the-proud-family-louder-and-prouder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> (EW). The two are a couple and mixed-race adoptive parents to Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, a 14-year-old black activist voiced by Keke Palmer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-rolling-out-childrens-cartoon-featuring-14-year-old-activist-with-interracial-gay-dads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney Rolling Out Children\u2019s Cartoon Featuring 14-Year-Old Activist With Interracial Gay Dads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transgender-nickelodeon-star-urges-children-to-cheer-on-trans-friends-as-they-express-themselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transgender Nickelodeon Star Urges Children To \u2018Cheer On\u2019 Trans Friends \u2018As They Express Themselves\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reboot of the classic Nickelodeon children\u2019s cartoon \u201cRugrats\u201d will reimagine one of the characters as a single lesbian mother.\u201cRugrats,\u201d which ran throughout the 1990s until 2004,\u00a0launched Thursday as a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893670,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/545425","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=545425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}