Overview
- Field, in a People interview published Sunday, said her son Sam has long joked that being an infant on the Steel Magnolias set is “probably why he’s gay.”
- She remembered bringing six-month-old Sam to work as her co-stars—Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah and Olympia Dukakis—looked after him while the tight-knit cast bonded off set.
- Sam Greisman is openly gay and now works as a writer and producer.
- In a 2023 essay, he said a candid talk about his queerness was used word-for-word in a scene on the TV drama Brothers & Sisters.
- Coverage of the new People interview spread Monday across entertainment outlets, pairing the joke with Field’s past LGBTQ+ allyship, including a 2012 Human Rights Campaign honor.