Jonathan Bennett has a lot to cheer about this winter. The “Mean Girls” actor and Food Network Canada’s “Halloween Wars” host stars in Hallmark’s upcoming “The Christmas House”.
Set to premiere on W Network on Dec. 5, the holly jolly movie is not only part of Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” programming block on W, but features its first same-sex couple as the lead characters.
Bennett, who is openly gay, says this eye towards inclusion makes him “feel like I am part of progress.” “I imagine what this would have meant to younger me, to see two men who are in a loving relationship, going through the process of adopting a baby to start a family of their own… that is such a great story of unconditional love,” Bennett tells ET Canada. “And