Family Guy is phasing out gay jokes

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Executive producer Rich Appel tells TVLine it's not that they were pressured to change when it comes to gay jokes -- it's that "we’ve changed too. The climate is different, the culture is different and our views are different. They’ve been shaped by the reality around us, so I think the show has to shift and evolve in a lot of different ways.” Fellow executive producer Alec Sulkin says: “If you look at a show from 2005 or 2006 and put it side by side with a show from 2018 or 2019, they’re going to have a few differences. Some of the things we felt comfortable saying and joking about back then, we now understand is not acceptable.”