DANNY PINTAURO (on Who's the Boss, Alyssa Milano, Oprah, Ryan Murphy & Gay Hollywood) - II

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Society & Culture, News, Tv & Film, Entertainment News

4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Danny Pintauro steps Behind The Rope. Danny is here to mention it all. Danny starts at the beginning, his freshman film in Stephen King’s Cujo when he was only seven years old. The convo quickly turns to Danny’s break out role as Jonathan Bower for eight years in the mega hit Who's The Boss. Danny discusses this experience, co-stars Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Tony Danza and Katherine Helmond, what life was like during the eighties at the height of his fame and life after. Danny opens up about what it was like to be outed by The National Enquirer in a phone call that changed his life, the advice Judith Light gave him after the Enquirer forced him out and low life changed thereafter. Danny also opens up about what it was like to sit down with Oprah no last name needed and reveal that he was living with HIV, formerly addicted to meth and all and everything else that only the great O can you to open up about. Finally Danny talks about his recent move back to LA, married life with husband Will and his new Lifetime Christmas movie, “ A Country Christmas Harmony”. @dannypintauro @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope BROUGHT TO YOU BY: INNOVATIVE EXTRACTS - www.ie-cbd.com (Use Promo Code VELVET for 40% Off Your First Order) MTV’s “THE REAL FRIENDS OF WEHO” (Do Not Miss The Premiere This Friday, January 20th at 9/8 Central on MTV, After RuPaul’s Drag Race) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact [email protected] MERCH Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.1	Welcome back to our part two chat with the one and the only Danny Pintaro.
0:55.1	And if you haven't heard part one, check it out.
0:57.8	It'll make much more sense if you listen to that first.
1:00.2	We talk all about his background,
1:02.4	Pujo at eight, seven, who's the boss, the beginning,
1:06.6	what it was like working as a child actor with a list of Milano and Judith Light and Tony Danza.
1:11.6	We talk about it all.
1:12.6	And now we can be in gay and Hollywood coming out.
1:15.7	Now we continue this conversation.
1:17.7	We've got so much to cover with the one, the only Danny Pintaro.
1:23.1	So then I mean, I know you were, I remember, you know, because we're around the same age,
1:27.7	you know, like when the national enquire broke this story,
1:31.4	like how did that go down and like, who then, I mean, a list I guess didn't,
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