Everything’s Gonna Be Okay is coming to an end!
The Freeform series, created by and starring Josh Thomas, will not be moving forward after just two seasons on the network.
Maeve Press, Kayla Cromer and Adam Faison also starred in the half-hour comedy.
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Josh Thomas is sharing what he thinks about criticism of his Freeform series Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.
The 33-year-old created and stars in the show, and opened up about facing criticism.
Josh, who recently revealed he is autistic, and his co-star Kayla Cromer is autistic in real life and on the show, and he was asked, “Being one of the only shows representing that community, you open yourself up to criticism about getting it right. How cautious are you in how you tell those stories?”
“We don’t want to tell safe stories, right? If you’re telling a new story, you don’t know how people are going to react,” he told THR. “It’s a constant state of not really knowing. So what I do is … I don’t give a f–k. People are going to react how they’re going to react.”
If he does get criticism, he said, “You cannot live your life worrying about what people are going to think.”
Josh also talked about the sex on the show and whether Freeform has asked that it be toned down or altered.
“They like it being gay, and they’re pretty sex positive. Look, I don’t get a lot of notes about the gay stuff,” he shared. “You don’t want to be on the other end of a Zoom call with me noting intimacy scenes. No one wants to ruin their day like that. I don’t have kids. I have nowhere to be. So I’ll stay on the phone. I’ll send emails. I’ll call around the network. If you want to change a gay sex scene, you’re going to have a bad weekend.”
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay premieres it’s second season TONIGHT (April 8) on Freeform!
Jacob Elordi shows off his mustache while attending the G’Day USA 2020 | Standing Together Dinner held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday (January 25) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 22-year-old actor was joined by fellow Australians Brenton Thwaites and Dacre Montgomery, with girlfriend Liv Pollock.
Also in attendance were Dancing With The Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd, Sharna Burgess, and Keo Motsepe, as well as Danielle Macdonald, 5 Seconds of Summer and Everything’s Gonna Be Okay‘s Josh Thomas.
“It was a bittersweet feeling at our @gdayusa benefit last night,” Peta wrote on Instagram.
“The generosity from my new home (the USA) overwhelmed me and moved me to tears. Each video shown was a knife to the heart, our country, our beautiful land has been utterly destroyed, millions of animals perished and lives were lost,” she added. “It’s quite traumatizing to watch, and I can’t quite fully comprehend the magnitude of devastation. I also can’t imagine what our brave firefighters and volunteers have had to see and endure.”
The cast of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay pose for a cast photo at the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour held at The Langham Huntington on Friday (January 17) in Pasadena, Calif.
The night before, the co-stars – Adam Faison, Kayla Cromer, Maeve Press, and Josh Thomas – attended a special screening and Q&A in New York, in partnership with GLAAD.
At the TCA press tour, it was announced that the pilot episode will have a special re-airing on FX on Wednesday (January 22) at 10 pm ET.
Kayla recently opened up about how her autism helps her performance in the series.
Kayla Cromer looks lovely in a pink velvet dress during her appearance on Build Series with her Everything’s Gonna Be Okay cast in New York City on Wednesday afternoon (January 15).
The up and coming actress, Josh Thomas, Maeve Press and Adam Faison stopped by the show to chat about the new Freeform series.
“Matilda is learning to navigate life in a neurotypical world. She is inexperienced in dating and relationships. She is more open with her autism, where I was still learning to advocate for myself,” Kayla spoke to The Hill about her character on the series. “She gets overwhelmed in situations with crowds and noises, or confusing moments.” By contrast, “I wasn’t coddled, I was put into situations and learned to adapt.”
Despite their differences, Kayla says, they’re both “quirky and hilarious, without knowing it.”
Kayla also shared that her different way of thinking has helped her give the best performance possible.
“Being on the spectrum and having other learning differences, I am used to working harder and have a great drive to succeed. I interpret things differently, which helps with analyzing scripts, engulfing myself into roles, to achieve realism,” she shared. “[It] also drives me to make strong choices.”
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay premieres TONIGHT on Freeform. Stay tuned for a sneak peek!
