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Mary: Emily Nardo Todd: Andrew Cohen Nightly News Todd: Hello and welcome back to action news. Just a reminder, I’m Todd Mary: And I’m Mary, and we’re here to give you the most important local news of the day T: Thanks Mary, the Philadelphia zoo has suffered a dramatic loss of its most important attraction, yes, the beloved corneous dogious, or as it was affectionately known, Corn Dog suffered a massive heart attacked today and was pronounced dead on the… you know, I can’t do this anymore M: Todd what is it? T: Mary I’ve been hiding something about myself from the world for a long time, and seeing how quickly life can be taken away, I, I feel the need to share it. M: Well, if you need to, go ahead Todd. I’m sure no one at the network minds you taking up valuable, on air time for your personal needs T: Yeah, I didn’t think so either. Philly, I’ve been at this station for over 13 years, and I know that all of you watching care deeply about the relationship we’ve established over these few… M: Oh my God. I am soooooooooooooooooo sorry for your loss, I can’t believe, I just can’t, I can’t even T: No…no one’s dead Mary. This is about how I, Todd D. Stevens have been hiding the fact that I…am gay. Now I know that all of you… M: (outside of a chipotle) Excuse me, Excuse me, I’m Mary Rice and here, live, talking to the general public about Todd Stevens

groundbreaking announcement on his recently decided homosessuality. (Man walks by) Excuse me, sir, what do you think about Todd’s newly acquired sexuality? Man: Well, first I gotta say, Hi grandma, Hi grandma, told you I’d make it on television, HA, HA, see who’s laughing at whose life choices now…also, so happy for Tass! M: Um…it’s Todd, but thank you for your stunning commentary, here’s another ma… T: I’m, I’m just gonna cut in here…Mary…how the hell did you get to chipotle that fast…the nearest one is 13 miles away… M: Todd, I don’t know what you’re talking about, this has been planned for two weeks… T: (Andrew in studio trying to move on…) Anyway, I just feel that this is something everyone should know, and even if you don’t me… this is just who… Jesus Mary when did you get back here?!?!?!?! M: (Mary, dressed in something that can only be described as “pride”) Todd, I’ve been here for you the WHOLE time T: When…wait…when did you get those chips and Guac then? M: (Crunches chip in mouth) Todd, chips and Guac are bae, the sooner you realize that, the sooner you’ll realize that society is. Moving. On. T: Exactly, society is moving on, and I hope that all of you can be as ive as Mary here, who has somehow found, not only true love in chips, but 2 gay pride flags and a Hashtag pride teeshirt all within 4 minutes of me announcing I’m gay

M: I’m just sooooooo happy for you Todd, you don’t even know…I’ve wanted a GBF for the LONGEST time… you don’t even know the struggle of picking out clothes without a GBF input! T: Okay, first off Mary, I hate shopping. Secondly, you’ve hated me for the past 2 years we’ve been working together, you tried to spill coffee on me this morning… M: Well, that was before I knew! Here, I re-wrote Love is an open door from frozen to be You are my gay best friend. (Tries to sing a few notes) T: Mary, this is getting out of hand…I’m g off. (Looking at camera). This is Todd Stevens M: And this is Mary Rice, reppin’ local news since 2k13. Who dat, Who dat M-A-R-Y out motha f**kers. L: CUT, CUT! That’s a wrap people. Todd, I need to talk to you… preferably in private. T: Well, I don’t think Mary’s going to leave me alone from now on, so I guess you can say it infront of her… L: Todd…I’m sorry to say that, you’re fired. (Chewing Gum) You’ve been…so…unprofessional lately, it’s just getting out of hand…you need to be more like Mary here (Cuts to Mary “Blowing out a gun”, white girl peace on eyes) T: Wait, that?! That’s not professional at ALL, this is because I’m gay isn’t it? L: WHAT?! NO?! Look, we here at channel 6 news have always been ive of homosexuality, and, on a personal note my second cousin’s aunts mom’s brother is gay, so, I get the struggle! T: No, I don’t think you do, this is something that needs to be addressed, it’s clear I’m way more professional than Mary and the only reason you’re letting me go is my sexuality. I can’t stand for this anymore, I’ll

leave this time, but…but…I’m gonna prove that just because I’m gay doesn’t define who I am in any other aspect. M: Kay, see ya todd. Oh Bee Tee Dubs, can you follow me on insta, I’ve been taking a hella-lotta selfies lately. (Mary looks at camera and winks) L: Well, Mary, the rest of the broadcast is yours I guess…and 4

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M: Welcome back to action news, I’m hella hyped about this. Okay, so first, shoutout to producer L-dog, you the real EM VEE PEE. Anyway onto todays stories….so tiffany was like, talking smack about John, and I was like, yo, what are you even doing John is your BFF.... (Trails off as the news cast zooms out to logo). **********************************************************

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