Jack McFarland is very mercurial and changes careers rapidly from cater waiter, Banana Republic and Barneys New York sales clerk, to acting teacher, to student nurse, to surfer, to back-up dancer for Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson.
21 Facts About Jack McFarland
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Jack McFarland's character is unashamedly vain and self-absorbed, and adores all gay icons, particularly Cher, of whom he has a rare doll.
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Jack McFarland is a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, particularly lesbian character Willow Rosenberg.
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Jack McFarland believes in gay rights, and is an LGBTQ advocate, but tends to lend his support to shallow causes, such as protesting NBC censoring a gay kiss on a television show.
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Jack McFarland was born February 16,1969, and was raised by his mother Judith and stepfather Daniel.
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Jack McFarland's mother did not know he was gay, and his stepfather was not close to him.
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Since the first season, Jack McFarland has established a close bond with alcoholic socialite Karen Walker, who works as Grace's secretary.
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In season three, Jack McFarland undertakes a search for his biological father, which ends when he discovers that his father died several years back.
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Jack McFarland does meet Elliot, his own biological son, whom he fathered by depositing at a sperm bank as a teenager so that he could buy a leather jacket.
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Jack McFarland later discovers that the boy's mother Bonnie is a lesbian; she was a nurse at the sperm bank who stole Jack's deposit and was inseminated with it.
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In season eight Jack McFarland loses his job at the network after he speaks out against the new right-wing ownership of the show, which has given him a conservative co-host named Amber Louise.
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Jack McFarland has a hard time finding work, and out of desperation auditions for a minor role on a television show.
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When Beverley dies after being swept off his balcony by a gust of wind, Jack McFarland is left with his money, which he shares with Karen.
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Jack McFarland is known for his several various flings throughout the show.
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The episode "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" reveals that Jack McFarland met Will at a party in 1985 and realized immediately that he was gay.
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Jack McFarland often calls Will "bald and fat", while Will makes fun of Jack McFarland's promiscuity, shallowness, and perpetual unemployment.
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Nevertheless, Will pays virtually all of Jack McFarland's bills, including half his rent.
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Jack McFarland has a similar reaction in an eighth-season episode when Will's boyfriend James accuses him of being jealous of their relationship.
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Jack McFarland initially has trouble adjusting to fatherhood, especially since Elliot's mother Bonnie dislikes him.
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Jack McFarland learns that Elliot has a son, Skip, who is presumed to be gay.
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Jack McFarland is horrified to learn that Elliot and his wife are sending Skip to "hetero camp", and follows the boy there to tell him that there is nothing wrong with him.