From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

You know, it's in the show, like running from who you are as hard, especially if you have a limp.

Like, I really believe that.

Like, you can't, honey.

Like, cerebral palsy will always catch up.

She's slow, but she gets there.

For years, Ryan O'Connell was in the closet, not because he's gay, which he is, but because he was ashamed of having cerebral palsy.

His cover, he'd been hit by a car, which was true. But eventually, that lie took a toll.

O'Connell, who's written for TV shows, including Will & Grace and MTV's Awkward, tells us about

the four-year struggle to find a home for his autobiographical comedy series special,

and why an extraordinary sex scene in the show was so important to him.

But first on the news banter, it is on.

WGA sees the talent agencies in court.

Stay tuned, it's the business from KCRW.

There's an answer back. Court. Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my co-conspirator and banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter. Hello, Matt.

Hi there. Well, so we've talked about this before, but now it's happened. The Writers Guild has sued the Big Four Talent agencies, WM, CAA, ICM, UTA, over the longstanding practice of collecting packaging fees. They allege that this is illegal under California and federal

law. This is a breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition. And several very high-profile

writers have their names on this lawsuit, among them David Simon, creator of the Wire and more recently the Deuce.

And Meredith Steam, who created Cold Case, Madam Secretary-creator Barbara Hall, they all spoke at a press conference and talked about in some cases how much money agencies were making.

They said in some cases that they didn't really know about. Meredith

Steam said CAA had put her in a package without her consent, that as the show was in success,

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