Josh Gad in the Beauty And The Beast live-action remake

Eight years on from the release of Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty And The Beast, actor Josh Gad is reflecting on the controversy surrounding the film’s so-called “exclusively gay moment”.

In his memoir In Gad We Trust, Josh brushed off the implication that the 2017 film was intended to feature Disney’s “first-ever gay character” despite a brief scene in which his character, LeFou, was seen dancing with another man.

“I, for one, certainly didn’t exactly feel like LeFou was who the queer community had been wistfully waiting for,” the actor wrote in an excerpt of the book published in Entertainment Weekly.

He continued: “I can’t quite imagine a Pride celebration in honor of the ‘cinematic watershed moment’ involving a quasi-villainous Disney sidekick dancing with a man for half a second. I mean, if I were gay, I’m sure I’d be pissed.”

Josh also noted that he “never once discussed” LeFou’s sexuality with the movie’s creative team, and described the much-buzzed-about dancing scene as “harmless” and “a fun blink-and-you’ll-miss-it little beat”.

“It was both too little and not enough to be anything more than it was,” he wrote.

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