He has said AIDS stems from a lack of self-esteem, and that SARS (at the very time it had killed more than 200 in Toronto alone, the city where he then lived) was a trumped up вЂњmedia disease.вЂќ He has a long history of untoward comments. government was complicit in the 9/11 attacks, and brought down one tower in a controlled explosion) has made nasty remarks about many people and things.

HeвЂ™s obviously the вЂњinsiderвЂќ you cite.ДЄs a matter of fact, Sparks (a вЂњtrutherвЂќ who believes the U.S. Sparks has been nasty about Randy Harrison too. To wit: he is not loved by the eternally jealous Hal Sparks, the only cast member who has ever said a negative word about him, or any of the others. How about getting off Gale HaroldвЂ™s back? No, Harold is not вЂњuniversally lovedвЂќ among the cast.

The event will go on anyway-вЂќThis is still is a QAF convention, and not a Gale Harold convention,вЂќ said one insider-and perhaps itвЂ™s better off without him: One QAF actor indicated Harold was not universally loved among the cast and predicted вЂњa different actorвЂќ might play Brian in any reunion show. The only no-show? Gale Harold, who, in a very Brian Kinney-esque move, cancelled his appearance at the last minute due to вЂњa wonderful work opportunity has only recently come my way.вЂќ In what promoters are hailing as вЂњThe greatest reunification in Germany,вЂќ the cast of Queer As Folk is coming together in Cologne this weekend for RiseвЂ™n Shine 2012, a dream-come-true convention for the showвЂ™s legion of international fans.ДЄlmost the entire cast will be there-Hal Sparks (Michael), Randy Harrison (Justin), Sharon Gless (Deborah), Peter Paige (Emmett), Scott Lowell (Ted), Robert Gant (Ben), Michelle Clunie (Melanie) and Thea Gill (Lindsay)-marking the first time since QAFвЂs original run that the gang has been brought together.

Hal sparks queer as folk