Yellowstone alumnus Neal McDonough has revealed the generosity he received from Luke Perry when his fortunes were at a low ebb.
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Yellowstone Star Shares Luke Perrys Kind Gesture
Yellowstone alumnus Neal McDonough has revealed the generosity he received from Luke Perry when his fortunes were at a low ebb.McDonough has acted on such shows...
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McDonough has acted on such shows as Justified, Arrow, Tulsa King and Desperate Housewives as well as in films like Captain America: The First Avenger.
However he has now alleged that at one point in his career, he was fired from a series because he .
His reason for doing so was his devotion to his wife Ruve, whom he has been married to since 2003 and with whom he now shares five children.
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In his telling, he was regarded as an un-hirable 'religious nut bag' and was so distraught over the damage to his career that he sought comfort in the bottle.
As a result he 'lost the house, lost the cars, lost everything' - leading his old friend Perry to leap to his rescue, he told Page Six.
Yellowstone alumnus Neal McDonough, pictured on the Taylor Sheridan series, has revealed the generosity he received from Luke Perry when his fortunes were at a low ebb
Perry, who shot to fame on Beverly Hills, 90210 in the 1990s and died in 2019 of a stroke at the age of just 52, is pictured in 2017 in Los Angeles
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After McDonough and his family lost their house, Perry welcomed them into his home and allowed them to live there while they attempted to get back on their feet.
McDonough laid bare the self-destructive downturn he spiraled into after his no-kissing policy led him to allegedly be jettisoned from a TV series he left unnamed.
McDonough said he was fired from a show because he refused to kiss a female co-star out of devotion to his wife Ruve, whom he is pictured with earlier this month
McDonough has acted on variety of beloved television series including Desperate Housewives, which he is pictured on alongside Nicollette Sheridan
McDonough (left) is pictured in the 2002 Steven Spielberg film Minority Report, in which he appeared the year after he featured in the Spielberg series Band of Brothers
'I lost all the beautiful things that were the shiny widgets that I had accumulated, were all taken away from me. And that crucifixion caused me so much inner pain because I made it all about me. How could I let the team down?'
His wife ultimately 'grabbed me and says, it’s us or the bottle, you choose,' whereupon he quit drinking and 'never looked back.'
He was able to wrench himself out of his low point by dedicating his life to the service of God 'rather than serving me,' he explained.
McDonough's work since then has included Yellowstone and Tulsa King, as well as shots on shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Suits, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Van Helsing, American Horror Story and 9-1-1: Lone Star.
His upcoming projects include the Jimmy Stewart biopic Jimmy, starring KJ Apa as the title character and McDonough as his father Alexander.
McDonough, who met Ruve Robertson in 2000 and began dating her in 2001, raved about his relationship with his wife of nearly a quarter-century.
'It’s just a cold, hard fact that God gave me an amazing, incredible, most amazing woman that I’ve ever met,' he rhapsodized.
'I can talk forever about it, but she’s my good luck charm, and she got through me hell, and now here I am, in a fantastic place in life that we’re producing movies together. And I can’t tell you how amazing that feels.'
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