NPH Starring in Netflix's "Uncoupled," A Show about Single Gays in Middle Age

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Oh, thank God. It sucks ass!

He's got an annoyingly good body.

Love the show. Love Tisha Campbell the most in this. NPH is sort of the weak link here, playing the protagonist and being a total dick, because he got dumped (DUMPED!). But I thought the scene of the doctor trying to botox his ass was hilarious (like, WTF?). The two friends are great, too.

Wasn’t Looking about middle-aged gay men? I loved that show. Too bad about the homophobic backlash.

It looks like a show designed to appeal to FRAUS.

R6

Just who do you think is largely responsible for NPH's success and constant PR? Largely fraus, that's who.

Likely good majority of gay men don't give NPH a second thought. Not even Broadway/theatre/entertainment queens get much excited about NPH in huge numbers. But fraus just love NPH's whole story.

NPH is white bread/blonde-blue eyed boy next door who happens to be an attractive gay man. Fraus have watched him on television as young Doogie Howser, grow into a out gay man who married and had children. Fraus just cannot get enough of his story and NPH in general. Only Nate Berkus likely ranks on same popularity scale with that demographic.

Blond.

R7- I agree. I was going to say that too. He's the type of homosexual that FRAUS adore.

Is it out? Does it have a lot of sex scenes?

[quote] Fraus just cannot get enough of his story and NPH in general.

Same with Pete.

Guys, don't look down on Fraus as a viewership demographic. From Gays for Gays (only) entertainment is never successful. Shows that appeal to both Gays and Fraus are more likely to be successful. If you want someone to blame, blame the "just because it's gay doesn't mean I have to like and support it!" critics and haters. Their lack of support makes alternative support necessary.

People like them because they’re practically a-sexual. Harris or Pete came out very late in life. Pete especially. These are gay men who aren’t thrilled to be gay.

I’ve noticed that gays who are “asexual” are liked by the general public.

[quote] These are gay men who aren’t thrilled to be gay.

Euphemistically saying they were not sluts? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

But, tell guys, is the show any good? I'm thinking of watching it after Sandman.

I think the show is horrid...it's Dynasty with all cocks. Rich primarily white people in narcissistic angst. However, NPH is a draw on Broadway/theater and he is really quite good...He was fantastic in Assassins and Into The Woods (which basically has become a puff piece due to abhorrent direction). People keep talking about their feelings...

I'm torn over gay love scenes. On one hand, it's fine for two men to show affection. I'm as tolerant as the next person. On the other hand, in this day and age, with covid and monkey pox, the latter rampant within the homosexual lifestyle, I think it's irresponsible to show gay men being so promiscuous. I do like NPH, though. He is so cute and adorkable.

[quote]Euphemistically saying they were not sluts?

Why do people assume gay = slut? That’s so homophobic. Gay men who come out late have more psychological problems then promiscuity going on. There’s things going on with them that are much deeper.

Thank you r17

[Quote] .it's Dynasty with all cocks.

This sound delightful!

[Quote] fantastic in Assassins and Into The Woods

This killed my boner.

It's basically Sex in the City, but with Gays dealing with being single , middle-aged, and, for the most part, dating so-called lemons while the main cast seem, to put it nicely, rather flawed. It even features Sex & the City type of jazz jingles.

I enjoyed the scene where they play poker with that African American eldergay, who shares a nice story about dealing with a celebrity in his profession.

It's mildly funny, frau / gay entertainment. One episode shows off gay hardcore cartoon art in an art gallery.

I like the show. It's good, not great, but I identify with the storyline. My story is a bit different. I broke up with my ex after 13 years when I was in my mid-30s, not fortysomething like NPH's character. Having been coupled up since my early 20s, and not much experience before that, suddenly I was single. This was the early 2000s, so pre-apps. I had to navigate going back to the bars, online dating sites, the hookup culture, etc. It was a big adjustment.

I was into guys my age or older, but the majority of them were pining for younger men. Dating again reminded me how many wounded birds there were in our community. Getting hit on by younger men was flattering until I started to talk to them. There was such a wide gap in life experience I just felt nothing in common with them and always passed. Well, except that one time . . .

At least for me, sex is always better when I at least care about someone, but it's great when I'm in love. Hooking up every now and then always left me feeling like something was missing. I had a few guys I dated for a few months. After about nine years, I finally met my partner and we're getting married later this year.

The show is very Sex-and-the-City-esque. I like the actors who play his two best friends. There are a lot of scenes where I just think, yeah, I remember going through something similar. I assume at least one of the writers of the show is pulling from personal experience.

The Black Eldergay is Andre De Shields. He was great in that small part. Did not realize he was such an accomplished actor, besides choreographing two of Bette Midler's shows.

Without potbellies and meth slamming, this has little basis in reality.

R17 This is a gay forum dumb frau cunt. You aren't welcomed here.

R14 Yup. How do you think Heartstopper became so popular. The show is about horny gay teenage lads who never have sex and the show is praised and popular. Mind boggles. I hated that teenage shit show. I prefer Elite where the gays actually get to have sex, you know, like normal teenagers.

[quote] It's basically Sex in the City, but with Gays

That must've been the pitch at the studio meeting. Good one. If i were the Hollywood empty suit, I'd bite too.

Is this a Ryan Murphy thing?

R25, the popularity of Heartstopper isn’t because of how much sex they have. It’s because the characters are charming and it’s all very sweet.

If Uncoupled had an ounce of that magic (and people to root for), I’d give it another try. Alas…

R20 and R26 it's created by Darren Starr so the obvious similarities to Sex and The City are unavoidable.

Darren Starr is a great drag name. Ive always pictured him as a cross between Madame and Chi Chi LaRue.

I haven't seen this show, but he was fine in the farce "How I Met Your Mother."

[quote] Why do people assume gay = slut? That’s so homophobic

Why do people assume gay = slut? That's so homophobic, yet undeniably true.

Tisha Campbell is working the talk show circuit promoting her latest gig.

Miss Girl's hook is that she can relate to "Uncoupling" due her divorce....

On "Live With Kelly and Ryan"...

R27 It's "sweet", yet the teenagers aren't allowed to have sex. They are asexual. Just as always on tv. It's offensive and homophobic. Gay male characters on tv are not allowed to have sex, especially in America. I know it's different in foreign countries. Thank god for shows like Elite where the gays are treated the same as the straights when it comes to sex. Oh, and btw, it is possible to make the gays have sex and still do it right, sweet as you said. Elite is an excellent example. The gay sex scene was excellent, the nerves of the first time, the "messing up", the guidance from the more experienced guy yet they had chemistry and passion. Very well done.

It’s following the blueprint of YA novels.

Just because they didn’t have sex in season one doesn’t make it homophobic. That’s such an overreaction.

NPH needs to address fact his forehead is taking up ever increasing amount of facial real estate.

NPH has zilch sex appeal.

That said, men are the sexiest in their forties and fifties.

NPH has acknowledged his five-head so he is aware of what you think about his appearance.

I’m not a fan of his but I took a chance on the show and I liked it overall. I like Sex and the City and I’m an urban elder gay so I’m the target audience. I did get distracted by the poor-man’s Nathan Lane but he’s much better than Jai from Queer Eye. And there is no way that NPH’s cock looks like the one in the pic flashed onscreen—we’re not that stupid.

I hope that the show gets a second season.

[quote] It's "sweet", yet the teenagers aren't allowed to have sex. They are asexual. Just as always on tv. It's offensive and homophobic.

Why is it offensive and homophobic? It's just entertainment. Not all entertainment is aimed at you and your likes and dislikes.

Lifetime and Hallmark don't show straight romantic relationships in a sexual way, either. Are they offensive and heterophobic because of that?

Some people like so-called wholesome entertainment. Some may call it family friendly entertainment, some age appropriate entertainment.

There are plenty of options for wholesome entertainment like Heartstopper, as there are plenty of options for more mature and edgier entertainment like Elite or HBO's Euphoria.

NPH has nice nips.

[quote]Some people like so-called wholesome entertainment. Some may call it family friendly entertainment, some age appropriate entertainment.

I just call it entertainment.

Which can have sex or not.

R38, NPH was not claiming it was his dick pic. He said they took one from the internet.

I'm really waiting for someone - maybe Andy Cohen - to do "Chemsex and the City".

The "Brian Kinney" of the friend group is so not hot. The idea that every 25 and under bottom in NYC is chasing this guy just because he's a TV weatherman...I didn't buy it at all.

Was there not a single HOT available middle-aged black actor in all of NYC? Did no one call J August Richards?

Just started it. It's kind of tacky but what the hell.

The real estate is the star of the show. Everyone seems to live in a $2million+ apt and only go to dinners/events at the most glamorous places in the city.

I only saw 3 eps so far. Tuc Watkins character seems like a huge asshole.

NPH seems like he's playing the version of himself he's trying to project to the public.

NPH fucking a poc? Not even a tiny bit believable shitflix.

R44, he's hot enough. BBC and a nice living goes a long way if you want vapid twinks.

R44 He’s plenty hot. Watch him in a low-budget sequel to Deep Blue Sea, Deep Blue Sea 3. It’s not a very good movie, but Emerson Brooks is quite butch and his muscled, tattooed physique as well as martial arts skills are on full display. He’s really tamped-down, covered-up, and made-up in the NPH show. But he’s really quite stunning.

I looked on his IG R48 and he does have a good bod, that the show never even hints at.

The show was just like...yes this guy with a massive fivehead and bug eyes is the biggest stud in NYC

He and Carrie Bradshaw are the two most magically gorgeous people on the island of Manhattan. It’s the funhouse mirror version.

I didn’t think I’d enjoy this at all, and although it’s certainly no masterpiece it has been a nice, undemanding diversion, with some amusing moments and sadly all too relatable.

He dumps the dermatologist because his dick was TOO BIG?? WTF?

Would you get your asshole Botoxed?

Would he also take the role of daddy and nurture a young boy into manhood?

[quote]NPH fucking a poc? Not even a tiny bit believable shitflix.

When did he do that? unless you're counting the Italian businessman POC?

He and the black weather guy hooked up, and stayed friends.

Oh right.... I forgot about that...... it happened before the show began like 20 years ago. Sorry!

Marcia gay harden is usually very good but I think her character type has become such a cliche that it needed the actress to provide a little more zest and oomph to make it funny. Harden couldn't manage that.

"... and he has to reenter the dating world"

No.

[quote]It's basically Sex in the City, but with Gays dealing with being single , middle-aged, and, for the most part, dating so-called lemons while the main cast seem, to put it nicely, rather flawed. It even features Sex & the City type of jazz jingles.

Isn’t this just a ripoff of West 40s?

NPH and his 3 sidesho... er... friends are the least enjoyable parts of this show. Really it's best to watch on mute and enjoy the sporadic bits of eye candy from the random hot extras and guest actors who pop up, and the nice interiors of meticulously decorated lavish apartments

Right, r60. As if two stories about forty- and fiftysomething gay men in New York can't exist simultaneously.

Will the show have any twink for NPH to fuck?

R63 he seems to be going for age-appropriate men. His bug-eyed friend with the fivehead is the chickenhawk

Melrose Place (Season 2 onwards) is still to this day Darren Star's greatest achievement. SatC is infuriatingly annoying sometimes, as is this show. Emily in Paris is just an embarassing joke, and the less said about abominations like And Just Like That the better.

I liked Melrose Place, but SATC has some outstanding episodes that are still watchable. With Melrose, I watched it once.

It is Ghey Sex and City, no?

To be fair, Darren has nothing to do with AJLT. That blame belongs to MPK

AJLT was so depressing for me, I watched all of SATC again.

AJLT is depressing, because it's about old people dealing with being outdated, out of touch, struggling to adjust, ... being old.

For a lot of people, nothing is worse than to feel old. And how could you not feel old when your idols from your favorite show, Sex and the City, are now old?

Because, they exaggerated the oldness in AJLT. Maybe it's because I live in CA, but men aren't wearing hearing aids and acting like buffoons at 60 for starters.

And Che. Ruined what could have been a decent show.

Watch three episode.....It was meh. I am trying to think what genre this show belongs to. It is not a comedy and not a soap opera.

I'm loving this show. I binged the entire series last weekend. It was addictive. I just couldn't stop watching. AND I WANT MORE!!! NPH is really aging well. He's like fine wine. The body is 100% on point, and he's so damn handsome. I love his sidekicks, so funny, and I thought Marcia Gay Harden was just terrific. Honestly, if you guys haven't seen it yet, you should really watch it. Again, totally addictive, and you can't just stop at one episode. Waiting with baited breath for season 2.

LGBT content on streaming services is generally unwatchable but I thought this was pretty good. Could have been better - they never really unpack why they broke up except that NPH’s character talks too much. Which is a reason why relationships don’t start but not really why they fall apart after a few decades.

^^Yes, the show explains why the couple broke up and it has nothing to do with talking too much. Pay attention.

r73 It is not getting renewed

r76 liar liar pants on fire. It's a huge hit for NF, and a personal triumph for NPH, and will most certainly be getting a second season.

Every episode seems like an individual story. Every story is NPH fucking a new guy. There isn't main plot in the entire season.

Will they talk about meeting on Grindr for poppers and fisting at the Days Inn?

Another show about old people dating. Such a TV cliché. Is this needed? How about a TV show about a gay couple that's been together for 20 years? I feel like I've *never* seen that show before.

Why there isn't a rebound twink in the show. Most old gays I met would fuck some twink after breaking up a long relationship.

Also, NPH character is bad. Saying he just break up a long term relationship and was lost, then proceed to fuck new guy ever episode.

I'm in love with this show. I live a pretty cool urban NYC life myself, so I can identify with the characters and their storylines. As gay men we should be supporting gay-themed series and out, proud, monogamous (and handsome!) gay men, not bashing them. Looking forward to season 2. Can't come soon enough for me.

NPH does not fuck a guy in every episode. There were 2, the hot guy from the SATC movie and a guy he dates for a week. All the other attempts, something went wrong including the doctor that wanted to Botox his asshole.

Not crazy about NPH but still enjoying the show. Maybe his character annoys me because I’ve known so many men who are just like him. Understandable that his partner left him but confused as to why he stuck around for 17 years. Andre deShields is lovely as the neighbor. Stephanie Faracy as the mom should get an award for aging naturally and GASP having wrinkles! And I love anything filmed in nyc and happy they made it a maskless nyc. NPH is worried about catching STDs but Covid doesn’t exist.

Loving this show. NPH is terrific and looking as handsome as ever. Tuc is delicious looking. The supporting cast is really great. David Burtka was terrific in his guest starring role. The writing is spot-on. I'm so in love with this show that I've already watched it twice. With today's gloomy weather, I think I'm going to roll up on the couch and watch it for a third time. If you haven't caught it, I suggest you run, not walk, to your computer, head over to netflix and stream this asap. I promise you will not be disappointed!

NPH shaves his pits?

NPH character is annoying. He kept mentioning he left a 17 year relationship at every chance he had as if we all should feel sorry for him. On the other hand, dude made out with a new guy every episode. LOL.

Mrs NPH was awful. He was playing to the balcony.

Stanley announces he has breast cancer at a friends wedding? Deja Vu.

NPH's impending divorce is just life imitating "art".

It’s fucking dreadful.

You drink a lot, don't you r85?

As a recently separated guy coming out of a long marriage, I find this to be escapist fantasy for straight women, and completely unrealistic. They might as well be shopping for Manolos.

I just watched the series then, due to a mate of mine telling me just to give it a go. I wasn't going to, because all I had seen on here was people complaining about it.

I thought it was fine! I laughed quite a bit. This isn't my type of show normally, I will be honest, but I just went along with it like the other current Darren Star show, Emily in Paris, and I had a fun time. I enjoyed the characters, particularly Suzanne. I am actually surprised in some ways that more DL-ers didn't like it just because it was a bit more "we can make jokes about everyone" in style rather than trying to be too "unproblematic". And without getting bitter and "kids these days" about it either. They made fun of nonbinary people for heaven's sakes, I thought that would be catnip here, haha. It made fun but wasn't judgy about age-gap relationships or anything like that either. I find this less lecturing comedy easier to take.

The only characters I weren't so keen on were the two Jonathons whom I found to be a bit insufferable, but that's probably just because I could imagine being at an event and chatting to all the other characters, but those two came across like those gay men you meet at a dinner party who won't talk to you because they don't know you, and then after you've met them seven times they still don't remember you, haha.

I dunno, it was gentle and sweet, and I thought the scene of NPH with the bisexual Italian was actually pretty hot, especially when he's helping NPH get hard for a dick pic. I'm 41, so I guess in the same age bracket as his character and single too, so it was interesting to watch from that perspective for me. Haha, and like Michael, I would also greet "we don't need to use condoms" with "what about chlamydia? herpes? warts?" like he did.

It's not that I don't have some criticisms (storylines for the two gay mates came too late in the season and if it doesn't get picked up for a second season then it feels way too rushed, NPH picks up a different hot guy every episode while complaining his ex is the one moving on), but I'm honestly not fussed. Fluff can be good sometimes. I do totally respect others in their opinions they don't like it, but I guess I just was much more pleasantly surprised than expected.

^Oh, and it was a show about gay men, not queer people, which is pretty rare these days and I figured more people on here would like.

Tisha Campbell reminds me of LaToya Jackson.

What's up with André De Shields' cheeks?