What happens when one of the funniest and most outspoken stars from Sex and the City sits down with one of television’s original openly gay entertainment journalists?

In this deeply funny, brutally honest, and surprisingly emotional episode of STILL HERE HOLLYWOOD, Mario Cantone opens up to Steve Kmetko about fame, fear, gay representation in Hollywood, censorship, aging, Broadway, comedy, family, and the legacy of Anthony Marentino from Sex and the City and And Just Like That....

Mario reveals:

Why Johnny Carson canceled his appearance

The truth about working with the cast of Sex and the City

What really happened after Willie Garson passed away

His thoughts on Kim Cattrall not returning

Why he believes AIDS set gay progress back decades

The line from Sex and the City he still gets recognized for

His emotional meeting with Carol Burnett

Why he thinks comedians can’t say what they want anymore

The conversation also dives into growing up gay in the 70s, Broadway, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, surviving Hollywood, and the cultural impact of Sex and the City.

Funny, raw, emotional, and wildly entertaining, this is Mario Cantone like you’ve never seen him before.

00:00 Intro

00:47 Mario Cantone joins the show

01:44 Johnny Carson canceled Mario over “gay material”

04:52 Becoming Anthony on Sex and the City

06:45 Why And Just Like That ending hurt

07:01 Mario reads every comment online

08:46 The explosion of Sex and the City fame

10:07 Michael Patrick King directing Mario

11:24 Willie Garson’s death changed everything

12:35 Was Mario typecast?

14:49 Fear of being openly gay in comedy clubs

17:47 Anthony & Stanford’s relationship

19:48 Will & Grace vs Sex and the City representation

21:20 Lines Mario couldn’t believe he got to say

24:14 Most iconic Anthony scenes

25:38 Steve Kmetko opens up about coming out

28:52 Being bullied as a kid

30:08 How AIDS changed gay progress

32:06 Steve reveals his father married him to a woman

34:02 Mario says he never hid who he was

35:32 George Clooney reaction to People magazine article

36:40 Straight actors playing gay characters

39:40 Chris Noth controversy

40:38 Kim Cattrall not returning

41:50 Getting in shape for nude scenes

42:35 Willie Garson storyline discussion

45:12 Mario loves cooking and baking bread

47:29 Celebrity Autobiography on Broadway

49:20 Discovering Judy Garland at age 2

50:45 Steve’s Barbra Streisand story

52:54 Mario cries meeting Carol Burnett

54:11 Mario reflects on his cultural impact

55:27 Will Sex and the City ever return?

Show Credits

Host/Producer: Steve Kmetko

All things technical: Justin Zangerle

Executive Producer: Jim Lichtenstein

Music by: Brian Sanyshyn

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