Sean Hetherington is an American casting director and

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producer. He is a former

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who was a contestant in the second season of NBC's American Gladiators on their Weight Loss Survivors episode. In 2008, Hetherington was cast on the Extreme Weight-Loss edition of American Gladiators. After his appearance, he gained media attention in the pages of Us Weekly, AfterElton, Sirius Satellite Radio,

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and E! In 2008, Hetherington and his then boyfriend, Aaron Hartzler, founded the international volunteer movement Day Without A Gay. LGBT people were asked to call in "gay for the day" and spend the day volunteering as a form of peaceful protest. Day Without A Gay was covered in '' The New York Times'', CNN, and '' The Wall Street Journal''. Since 2010, Hetherington has served as casting director and producer on

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's ''This is Life Live'', ABC's '' Celebrity Wife Swap'', Oxygen's ''

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'', MTV's ''Real World'',http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/sean-hetherington-58793946/ CBS' '' Undercover Boss,'' and E!'s '' Famously Single.'' Hetherington is an alumnus of Belmont University.

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{https://web.archive.org/web/20081212071017/http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators/contestants/season_2/sean_hetherington.shtml American Gladiator]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hetherington, Sean 1970s births 21st-century American comedians American LGBT comedians American LGBT rights activists American male comedians American gay entertainers Belmont University alumni Contestants on American game shows Gay comedians LGBTQ television directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)