Jonathan Bennett of Mean Girls/Finding Mr. Christmas

This week, Tommy is joined by actor Jonathan Bennett who became a household name playing the high school heartthrob Aaron Samuels in the cult classic film, Mean Girls. Since then he has gone on to star in, host and produce so many projects that bring audiences pure joy. He has been crowned as one of the reigning “Kings of Christmas” through his incredible work with the Hallmark network. Right now you can catch him hosting, “Finding Mr. Christmas” Season 2 on Hallmark and starring in his upcoming movie, “A Keller Christmas Vacation,” out November 9th. Today, Jonathan opens up about the strangest place someone quoted Mean Girls to him, if he felt like playing Aaron Samuels put him in a box for a while afterwards, what being a gay, closeted actor was like in the late 90’s/early 2000s, if he has had a serious conversation with Lindsay Lohan about a Mean Girls sequel, what his idea for that sequel is, how hard he really had to push Hallmark to embrace same sex love stories, the personal reasons he advocates for these stories, why Finding Mr. Christmas feels like his life’s work, his surprising revelation about Christmas, and so much more. Subscribe, rate, and leave a written review for this episode if you enjoyed this conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.