Ian McKellen: ‘I Am Sorry. Gandalf Doesn’t Do Weddings' (Video)

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 Ian McKellen: ‘I Am Sorry. Gandalf Doesn’t Do Weddings' 
The legendary out actor turned down $1.5 million to officiate at the wedding of the founder of Napster and a pop singer, because he'd have to appear as his character from The Hobbit films.
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Ian McKellen: ‘I Am Sorry. Gandalf Doesn’t Do Weddings'

The legendary out actor turned down $1.5 million to officiate at the wedding of the founder of Napster and a pop singer, because he'd have to appear as his character from The Hobbit films.

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The pollster expects the LGBTQ+ percentage to rise in the coming years as more members of Generation Z become adults.

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