Hilarie Burton Morgan Tells Candace Cameron Bure, “I Don’t Remember Jesus Liking Hypocrites,” Amid GAC Controversy

One Tree Hill alum Hilarie Burton Morgan has pushed back against Candace Cameron Bure’s latest comments about creating “family-friendly” and “traditional” programming on the broadcast network Great American Family.

While promoting her upcoming Great American Family movie A Christmas… Present, the Full House actor told The Wall Street Journal that her new projects with the conservative channel will differ from her past Christmas works at Hallmark, which has embraced a more progressive outlook and featured same-sex couples in its films over recent holiday seasons.

Proclaiming Great American Family content will put “Christianity back into Christmas movies” and “keep traditional marriage at the core,” Bure told the Journal gay couples will not be included in the network’s offerings.

Her quotes made their way back to Morgan, who took to Twitter to blast the “disgusting” interview today.

“Now they’re just openly admitting their bigotry. I called this shit out years ago when [Bill] Abbott was at Hallmark,” Morgan wrote, referring to the former President and CEO of Crown Media Family Networks, who is now leading GAC Media.

“Glad [Hallmark] dumped him. Being LGBTQ isn’t a ‘trend.’ That guy and his network are disgusting. You too Candy. There is nothing untraditional about same-sex couples,” added Morgan, who is known for White Collar, Grey’s Anatomy, and The Walking Dead, as well as the Lifetime drama Normal Adolescent Behavior.

She continued in a follow-up tweet, “Bigot. I don’t remember Jesus liking hypocrites like Candy. But sure. Make your money, honey. You ride that prejudice wave all the way to the bank.”

This isn’t the first time Morgan has spoken out against prejudice within the movie industry, specifically family-friendly content peddled by networks like the Hallmark Channel. Back in 2019, the actor alleged that she was “let go” from Hallmark (which, at the time, was under the control of the now-GAC CEO Abbott) after advocating for more diversity on set.

She recalled, “I had insisted on a LGBTQ character, an interracial couple and diverse casting. I was polite, direct and professional.” Morgan continued to say that “none of [her] requests were honored,” so she left the project and “would walk away again in a heartbeat.”