Kathleen Turner says she would now refuse role of trans parent on Friends
The character was the target of several transphobic jokes during the show’s run. Kathleen Turner has said that if she was offered the role of Chandler’s parent today, she would now turn it down. During the run of Friends, Kathleen played Helena Handbasket, Chandler Bing’s parent. The character was a trans woman, and was the butt of many transphobic jokes, with Chandler refusing to accept her gender identity, deadnaming her, and pretending to physically wretch when she performed as a drag queen on stage. In an episode of Watch What…
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