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New York Post
02-08-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Yellowstone' actor Neal McDonough walks back comment that Hollywood ‘turned' on him for refusing to kiss on-screen
Neal McDonough wants to stick with his band of brothers in Hollywood. In fact, the actor, 59, is taking back his previous remarks that the industry turned on him for refusing to kiss his co-stars. 'We want to say thank you, Hollywood,' McDonough's wife, Ruvé Robertson, said during a joint interview with TMZ on Thursday. 'I don't like how people are saying that Hollywood turned its back on Neal. No, it didn't. The right people found Neal and put him in the right place.' 10 Neal McDonough on the 'Nothing Left Unsaid' podcast. Nothing Left Unsaid/YouTube The producer added, 'We want to say thank you, Hollywood. We want to continue doing incredible films with Neal, giving the right messages. We don't want to say Hollywood turned. Guided us to where we are is what Hollywood did, and we want to say, 'Thank you, Hollywood.'' McDonough echoed his wife of 22 years' sentiments, telling the outlet, 'Everyone talks about that stuff that happened all those years ago.' 'If it weren't for that, we wouldn't be here,' the 'Yellowstone' alum explained. 'Those were stepping stones, and it made our relationship closer.' 10 Neal McDonough gets candid about Hollywood on a recent podcast. Nothing Left Unsaid/YouTube The couple, who share sons Morgan and James and daughters Catherine, London, and Clover, also touched on how their children would feel. 'If they were to see Dad kissing another woman, it would hurt them,' Robertson admitted. 'When Neal swears on film, which he rarely does, we would tell our kids when they were younger, 'Oh, no, that's a dub, that's a voiceover. Dad did not say S—T,' because we don't swear.' The mom of five also credited their fulfilled life to McDonough's time in showbiz. 10 Neal McDonough and Ruvé McDonough pose during 'The Last Rodeo' red carpet. Getty Images 'We cannot explain and express how blessed we are, how happy we are,' Robertson stressed. 'Everything that's going on, talking about how Hollywood dissed Neal and whatnot — no. Everything that's happened has brought us closer to where we are now.' Earlier in the week, McDonough had appeared on the 'Nothing Left Unsaid' podcast, where he shared his experience since breaking into the business in 2001. 'I always had in my contracts that I wouldn't kiss another woman on screen,' he revealed to hosts Tim Green and Troy Green. 'My wife didn't have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem. I was like, 'Yeah, I don't want to put you through it. I know we're going to start having kids, and I don't want to put my kids through it.'' 10 Neal McDonough and his wife at an Emmys after party in 2002. Kathryn Indiek/ImageDirect However, not everyone was understanding toward the 'Desperate Housewives' star. 'Intimacy is a whole different thing for me. When I wouldn't do it, and they couldn't understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me,' said McDonough. 'They wouldn't let me be part of the show anymore. And for two years, I couldn't get a job, and I lost everything you could possibly imagine. Not just houses and material things, but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity, everything.' The 'Shift' star even felt like he lost his identity as a performer. 10 Neal McDonough and Nicollette Sheridan in 'Desperate Housewives.' ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 10 Neal McDonough in 'Suits.' ©USA Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection 'My identity was an actor, and a really good one,' he stated, 'and once you don't have that identity, you're kind of in a tailspin. And I was in a big, ugly tailspin for a couple of years.' After the incident, McDonough – whose acting credits also include 'Band of Brothers,' 'Arrow,' 'Justified,' and 'Tulsa King' – started drinking more. 'I never drank during the set. I never drank during work because I love my craft and I take it with the utmost seriousness in everything I do,' he shared. 'But after work or days off or anything, I still feel like I wasn't a man. I didn't feel that I was doing the right things or some things just weren't clicking.' 10 Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri in the 2024 film 'Homestead.' Courtesy Everett Collection For McDonough, when he put down the bottle, 'everything just kind of changed.' 'Literally, the clouds parted. I was like, 'Oh. I don't need this crutch. Oh, people are calling me. Oh, I am successful. Oh, I do like myself again. Ok, I am God's child, and I have a job to do. Stop wallowing in self-pity. Dust yourself off and go hit it hard.'' McDonough, who tied the knot with the South African model in 2003, didn't name the show he was allegedly fired from. 10 Neal McDonough and his wife Ruve share a kiss. DMI Back in 2019, however, he did tell Closer Weekly that in 2010, he lost his role on the ABC drama 'Scoundrels' because of his no-sex-scene rule. 'It was a horrible situation for me,' confessed McDonough. 'After that, I couldn't get a job because everybody thought I was this religious zealot. I am very religious. I put God and family first, and me second. That's what I live by. It was hard for a few years.' Luckily, one of the 'Band of Brothers' producers helped the star revive his career. 10 Neal McDonough and his wife at the premiere of 'Minority Report.' 'Graham Yost called me and said, 'Hey, I want you to be the bad guy on Justified,'' McDonough recalled. 'I knew that was my shot back at the title.' These days, the Hollywood icon has also found a way around the no kissing on screen rule. In McDonough's 2025 feature film, 'The Last Rodeo,' Robertson portrayed his on-screen wife, and they shared a kiss. 10 Neal McDonough attends the world premiere of Disney's 'Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires.' Hollywood To You / BACKGRID 'She was so great in the movie, and to kiss my wife, my real-life wife, in a movie that I wrote and produced and gave glory to Him in,' McDonough gushed while on the 'Nothing Left Unsaid' podcast, adding that he couldn't picture 'anything really better than that in my life when it comes to my career because it's finally one of those things where I made it, and I did it our way.'
Fox News
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'Yellowstone' star Neal McDonough says Hollywood blackballed him due to his no-kissing rule
Actor Neal McDonough got candid about the moral line he refused to cross that ultimately led him to be "blackballed" in Hollywood. On a recent episode of the "Nothing Left Unsaid" podcast, "The Last Rodeo" star revealed the career-altering reason he was blacklisted from acting gigs – he refused to kiss anyone but his wife on-screen. The podcast host asked, "Can you go into a little more detail for people that… don't know about what got you blackballed?" "I had always had in my contracts that I wouldn't kiss another woman on-screen," McDonough shared. "It was me, really, who had a problem. I was like, 'Yeah, I don't want to put you through it. I know we're going to start having kids, and I don't want to put my kids through it.'" McDonough, 59, continued to open up about how his personal boundaries didn't seem to sit well with people in Hollywood, and how the issue impacted his livelihood. "Hollywood just completely turned on me," he said. "I lost everything you could possibly imagine." "Not just houses and material things. But your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity, everything. My identity was an actor, and a really good one. And once you don't have that identity, you're kind of lost in a tailspin." While McDonough admitted he spiraled for years, he said his turning point was when he gave up drinking. The Hollywood actor was then able to realign his sense of purpose. "I stopped drinking and everything just kind of changed. Literally, the clouds parted," McDonough explained. "'Oh. I don't need this crutch. Oh, people are calling me. Oh, I am successful. Oh, I do like myself again. OK, I am God's child, and I have a job to do. Stop wallowing in self-pity. Dust yourself off and go hit it hard.'" McDonough's commitment to his wife, Ruvé, was the driving force behind the no-kissing clause — a rule he stands by to this day. "That's the other thing. You know, she's a good-looking woman, and everything else pales compared to my wife Ruvé," he remarked. "But in all seriousness, it was just something I was never comfortable doing." In May, McDonough shared how he broke his no-kissing rule for his movie, "The Last Rodeo." McDonough spoke to Fox News Digital about how it felt to get back in the saddle after starring in Western projects, including "Yellowstone," as well as finally being able to "kiss the girl in the end." WATCH: NEAL MCDONOUGH FINALLY GETS HIS ON-SCREEN KISS IN 'THE LAST RODEO' "I've been riding horses my whole life, so to jump into this saddle is different because I've never really been in this type of saddle before," McDonough said. "I've not been the hero of the movie. I've never been in the position where I get to kiss the girl in the end because, as everyone knows, I won't kiss another woman on screen." McDonough added it took a bit of persuasion to have Ruvé, who helped produce "The Last Rodeo" and starred as his on-screen wife, on board, especially during their romantic scenes. "I convinced my wife, Ruvé. I said, 'Honey, you have to be in the film because I have to kiss the girl in the end.' She's like, 'I don't know how to act.' I'm like, 'Well, you do now.'" Directed by his longtime friend and filmmaker Jon Avnet, the moment wasn't just a cinematic kiss to McDonough, he explained, but the culmination of years of faith and dedication toward his marriage that has withstood the pressures of Hollywood.
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neal McDonough Says ‘Hollywood Turned on Me' After ‘I Wouldn't Kiss Another Woman On-Screen': ‘I Couldn't Get a Job and I Lost Everything'
Neal McDonough, the veteran character actor who has appeared in everything from 'Band of Brothers' to 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Minority Report,' 'American Horror Story,' 'Suits' and more, revealed during an interview on the 'Nothing Left Unsaid' podcast (exclusive shared by TMZ) that Hollywood shut him out when he refused to kiss other actors on screen. McDonough has been married to Ruvé Robertson since 2003. The couple has five children together. 'I'd always had in my contracts I wouldn't kiss another woman on-screen,' McDonough said. 'My wife didn't have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem with it. When I couldn't do it, and they couldn't understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn't let me be part of the show anymore.' More from Variety 'Guns & Moses' Review: Rabbi Meets Revolver in an Offbeat and Occasionally Awkward Thriller 'The Last Rodeo' Review: Neal McDonough Anchors a Familiar but Affecting Drama About a Bull Rider's Risky Comeback 'Homestead' Trailer: 'Tulsa King's' Neal McDonough Stars in a Survivalist Drama About America Under Attack 'For two years, I couldn't get a job and I lost everything you could possibly imagine,' McDonough added. 'Not just houses and material things, but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity—everything. My identity was an actor, and a really good one. And once you don't have that identity, you're kind of lost in a tailspin.' McDonough has been acting since 1990 and just headlined the Angel Studios drama film 'The Last Rodeo,' in which he played a former bull-riding world champion who returns to the rodeo later in life in order to win money for his grandson's brain tumor surgery. The film opened in theaters in late May and grossed $15 million on a production budget in the $8 million range. In recent years, McDonough has been more known for his television work. He appeared on six episodes of 'Yellowstone' as Malcolm Beck and on seven episodes of '9-1-1: Lone Star' as Sergeant Ty O'Brien. He reunited with 'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan for a series regular role opposite Sylvester Stallone on the second season of 'Tulsa King,' which streams on Paramount+. Best of Variety What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
Yahoo
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Guns & Moses' Review: Rabbi Meets Revolver in an Offbeat and Occasionally Awkward Thriller
The pistol-packin' padre is not an unknown figure in Westerns — particularly 1960s European 'spaghetti' Westerns — but you'd be hard-pressed to name movies which cast their rabbinical brethren in a similar action-figure mode. 'Guns & Moses' exploits just that novelty as its primary hook, complete with an advertising image of the bearded, fedora-topped hero brandishing firepower over the slogan 'May God and Your Glock Protect You.' Punning title aside, Salvador Litvak's film promises a serious look at antisemitic violence, inspired by the 2019 shooting (which killed one person and injured three more) at Chabad of Poway Synagogue in San Diego County. Alas, the convoluted screenplay written by the director and spouse Nina Litvak bears little resemblance to that real-world incident, locates the criminal motivation well outside the realm of antisemitism, and somewhat awkwardly attempts to balance straight suspense with a persistent comedic streak. More from Variety 'The Last Rodeo' Review: Neal McDonough Anchors a Familiar but Affecting Drama About a Bull Rider's Risky Comeback 'Homestead' Trailer: 'Tulsa King's' Neal McDonough Stars in a Survivalist Drama About America Under Attack 'Tulsa King' Adds Neal McDonough as Season 2 Series Regular (EXCLUSIVE) The enterprising indie production entertains even as it sends some very mixed messages, not least in a parting direct-camera address during the closing credits, where the Chilean-born writer-director-producer manages to tie together gun advocacy, the October 7 Hamas attacks and a pitch for viewers to promote his project. 'Guns & Moses' can be accused of implausibility, tonal missteps and sporadic heavy-handedness — but you can't say it lacks chutzpah. Outside a fictitious Southern California town, the High Desert Jewish Center is hosting its annual gala, a deluxe affair gathering leaders of the substantial local Orthodox Jewish population. With Mayor Kirk (Neal McDonough) in attendance, Center founder Rabbi Mo Zaltzman (Mark Feuerstein) introduces the evening's principal honoree: Alan Rosner (Dermot Mulroney), whose vast solar energy farm is the area's biggest industry. He's also this community's biggest benefactor and uses his podium moment to announce a further gift that might give the Center (currently housed in a strip mall) a permanent home. But just then gunshots ring out, throwing the tent-full of high-ticket dinner patrons diving for cover. Amidst general mayhem, only one life is claimed, which raises the question of whether this was an act of indiscriminate antisemitic terrorism or a targeted assassination. Local law enforcement (notably police detectives played by Zach Villa and Ed Quinn) show no doubt on the matter. They promptly arrest 19-year-old Clay Gibbons (Jackson A. Dunn), whose car was seen speeding from the scene, and who'd previously spewed Holocaust-denying bigotry at community members. Still, he and his father (Jake Busey) claim they were at home together when the shooting occurred. And Rabbi Mo, having already had a tense yet tentatively bridge-building interaction with Clay, thinks the kid is merely a 'troubled teen' whose flirtation with local white power groups wouldn't have led to murder. That doubt prompts Mo to do some investigating on his own. He soon uncovers no end of complicating intel: of Alan's more ruthless, enemy-generating business practices, which estranged his brother (Michael B. Silver) and ruined the career of an academic ecologist (Paulo Costanzo); his Israeli second wife's (Mercedes Mason) past espionage ties; plus 'Chinatown'-like skullduggery involving government contracts and lucrative land rights. Other major figures in play include Mo's supportive wife (Alona Tal), the security hire (Gabrielle Ruiz) who convinces them both to spend time at the rifle range, Alan's erstwhile investment partner (Craig Sheffer) and everybody's many children and step-children. Some of these figures find themselves on the wrong end of a bullet's trajectory long before the rabbi, his entire family and a few remaining allies must barricade themselves against a climactic siege — one orchestrated by those they'd assumed could be trusted to uphold the law. By then, it's all too clear that this whole morass is 'not about Jew hatred, it's about money,' as Mo puts it. That twist might be more shocking if Litvak's script wasn't quite so overloaded with intrigue, or if both dialogue and direction didn't land quite so cumbersomely on lessons to be learned. The single most on-the-nose sequence — though there are many — has an unrestrained Christopher Lloyd as a Holocaust survivor conveniently situated to lecture young Clay about the genocidal reality of his experience. 'Guns & Moses' is technically proficient, with solid contributions from cinematographer Ricardo Jacques Gale and editor Peter Marshall Smithy maintaining a brisk overall pace, as well as reasonable excitement during the few action setpieces. But those sequences are compromised to an extent by Feuerstein's amiable if tension-dispelling insistence on his character's shambling, humorous demeanor. And the climax gets a bit ridick, as it requires we believe an assembly of mostly rank amateurs might successfully overpower pitiless, heavily armed invading paramilitary types. Such contradictions don't make 'Moses' less enjoyable as a hybrid genre effort selling familiar tropes to an audience that rarely sees itself represented in violent thriller narratives. But they do make it hard to take seriously in the end. The material's comingled yoks and moralizing, family values and flying bullets, melodramatic contrivance and vague ripped-from-headlines relevancy never coalesce into a coherent statement. It's already asking a lot for viewers to ignore the very knotty political reality the film (which premiered on the festival circuit more than a year ago) is now being released into. That context encompasses all Gaza bloodshed, as well as the way claims of antisemitism have come to be weaponized. Those are matters beyond this movie's purview. But its often oil-and-water-like mix of the sincere and cartoonish nonetheless makes their absence felt. One factor that does serve to lend a veneer of playful irony to the film's contrary elements is Aaron Gilhuis' original score. Alongside some like-minded tracks by Calexico and other bands, it provides a quasi-old school, rocked-up 'Western' flavor to proceedings before eventually heading toward more conventional thriller terrain. 'God & Moses' opens in limited release on July 18. Best of Variety The Best Albums of the Decade Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neal McDonough Says ‘Hollywood Turned on Me' After ‘I Wouldn't Kiss Another Woman On-Screen': ‘I Couldn't Get a Job and I Lost Everything'
Neal McDonough, the veteran character actor who has appeared in everything from 'Band of Brothers' to 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Minority Report,' 'American Horror Story,' 'Suits' and more, revealed during an interview on the 'Nothing Left Unsaid' podcast (exclusive shared by TMZ) that Hollywood shut him out when he refused to kiss other actors on screen. McDonough has been married to Ruvé Robertson since 2003. The couple has five children together. 'I'd always had in my contracts I wouldn't kiss another woman on-screen,' McDonough said. 'My wife didn't have any problem with it. It was me, really, who had a problem with it. When I couldn't do it, and they couldn't understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn't let me be part of the show anymore.' More from Variety 'Guns & Moses' Review: Rabbi Meets Revolver in an Offbeat and Occasionally Awkward Thriller 'The Last Rodeo' Review: Neal McDonough Anchors a Familiar but Affecting Drama About a Bull Rider's Risky Comeback 'Homestead' Trailer: 'Tulsa King's' Neal McDonough Stars in a Survivalist Drama About America Under Attack 'For two years, I couldn't get a job and I lost everything you could possibly imagine,' McDonough added. 'Not just houses and material things, but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity—everything. My identity was an actor, and a really good one. And once you don't have that identity, you're kind of lost in a tailspin.' McDonough has been acting since 1990 and just headlined the Angel Studios drama film 'The Last Rodeo,' in which he played a former bull-riding world champion who returns to the rodeo later in life in order to win money for his grandson's brain tumor surgery. The film opened in theaters in late May and grossed $15 million on a production budget in the $8 million range. In recent years, McDonough has been more known for his television work. He appeared on six episodes of 'Yellowstone' as Malcolm Beck and on seven episodes of '9-1-1: Lone Star' as Sergeant Ty O'Brien. He reunited with 'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan for a series regular role opposite Sylvester Stallone on the second season of 'Tulsa King,' which streams on Paramount+. Best of Variety What's Coming to Disney+ in August 2025 What's Coming to Netflix in August 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Solve the daily Crossword
