{"id":1974742,"date":"2025-08-22T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974742"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:43:24","slug":"golden-girls-writer-reveals-he-got-death-threats-for-this-controversial-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/golden-girls-writer-reveals-he-got-death-threats-for-this-controversial-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Golden Girls\u2019 Writer Reveals He Got Death Threats For This Controversial Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It may have been a half-hour comedy, but in its seven years on the air, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/team-behind-golden-girls-reveal-155546375.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Golden Girls;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>The Golden Girls<\/em> <\/a>tackled many controversial issues, including racism, depression and addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But one episode went too far, <strong>Marc Cherry<\/strong>, who wrote for the 37-time Emmy-winning show, revealed on the Tuesday, August 19 episode of the <em>Soapy<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K6lIb6ruBHo&amp;list=PLBS34APvqtnGaFngNh7AZDbIH3PIcudw0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">TV Land\/YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the 1991 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZLtSCTxUi2w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:episode;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">episode<\/a>, \u201cSister of the Bride,\u201d Blanche\u2019s (<strong>Rue McClanahan<\/strong>) gay brother Clayton (<strong>Monte Markham<\/strong>) announces he and his boyfriend are throwing a non-legally binding wedding ceremony even though \u201cgay marriage was still very much illegal,\u201d Cherry, 63, noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Days after the Season 6 episode, in which Blanche is forced to face her homophobia, aired, \u201cthey called us up to the office and they said, \u2018Um, so you guys are getting death threats,\u2019\u201d Cherry revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey literally showed us a letter that was written \u2018to those f**king Jew producers of <em>Golden Girls<\/em>.\u2019 To which I responded, \u2018That\u2019s weird. I\u2019m not Jewish,\u2019 \u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backlash was so bad, they had to unlist their phone numbers, Cherry added, but another writer got\u00a0 \u201ca phone call from someone who said horrible things to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Image Press Agency&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/fUxlpXSOQqPAXrO85_OhKQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_examiner_239\/52a4e17ba0022b71a3fc65ced8d70dad\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Press Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo sometimes the progress comes at a little bit of a cost to those who do it,\u201d Cherry, who also created <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>, pointed out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0 a privilege to be in this business and to be a part of those things,\u201d he added, \u201cwith the occasional death threat thrown in just for fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have been a half-hour comedy, but in its seven years on the air, The Golden Girls tackled many controversial issues, including racism, depression and addiction. 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