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Former child star Danny Pintauro returns to Hollywood with a fitness glow-up that’s the boss
A post shared by Danny Pintauro (@dannypintauro)After decades away from Hollywood, former child star Danny Pintauro has been working on his fitness and is ready to reignite his acting career.The 48-year-old rose to fame as a child actor in the 1983 horror film Cujo and as the adorable son of Judith Light in the long-running ’80s TV series Who’s the Boss.Starting at the age of eight, Pintauro played Jonathan Bowers opposite Light, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano and the late Katherine Helmond for the show’s entire eight-season run that ended in 1992.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.They grow up so fast!?Danny Pintauro turns 48 today pic.twitter.com/8q4fN1AgykA post shared by Danny Pintauro (@dannypintauro)Following the show’s end, Pintauro attended Stanford University and soon found his life turned upside down when the National Enquirer outed him just after graduating in 1997.While he tried to get back into acting, the homophobic climate at the time didn’t offer many roles to someone who was out. So he left Hollywood.“It didn’t work.