As Paramount+ prepares for the release of the new, CGI-rebooted version of Rugrats, word has emerged in Hollywood that the iconic twins Phil & Lil will have a gay mom.
The AV Club reports that openly-queer actress Natalie Morales will voice the role of Betty, Phil & Lil’s mom. In an interview with the outlet, Morales has also revealed that the character will be queer as well.
“Betty is a single mom with her own business who has twins and still has time to hang out with her friends and her community,” Morales said, “and I think it’s just so great because examples of living your life happily and healthily as an out queer person is just such a beacon for young queer people who may not have examples of that.”
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Morales then added: “And yeah, Betty is a fictional cartoon, but even cartoons were hugely influential for me as a kid and if I’d been watching Rugrats and seen Betty casually talking about her ex-girlfriend, I think at least a part of me would have felt like things might be okay in the future.”
The original Rugrats portrayed Betty as an ardent feminist and businesswoman who had parlayed a successful wrestling career into a coffee house business. She was married to Howard, a rather dull and nerdish man. The new series will portray her as a single mother, a lover of football and a woman unafraid to poke fun at her own relationship history.
Sqwoah
sounds boring
Mr. Stadnick
Will they address “Angelica Theory”?
iminheatlikeacat
So…no comment on how the CGI on the reboot manages to look cheap, hilarious and terrifying all at the same time?