[[File:Hetherington Piper Flair.jpg|thumb|Hetherington in 2013 with Ric Flair and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, whom he cast on ABC's ''Celebrity Wife Swap.'']] '''Sean Hetherington''' is an American casting director and reality TV producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2684516/|title=Sean Hetherington|publisher=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stmarysgeorgianews.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-lovetown-opportunity.html|title = St. Marys, Georgia News: Another LoveTown Opportunity|date = 14 February 2012}}</ref> He is a former stand-up comedian 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, MTV and E!
In 2008, Hetherington and his then boyfriend, Aaron Hartzler, founded the international volunteer movement Day Without A Gay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Prop-8-foes-set-Day-Without-a-Gay-boycott-3181158.php|title = Prop. 8 foes set 'Day Without a Gay' boycott| newspaper=Sfgate |date = 9 December 2008 | last1=King | first1=John }}</ref> 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 TLC's ''This is Life Live'', ABC's ''Celebrity Wife Swap'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2684516/|title=Sean Hetherington|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> Oxygen's ''Battle of the Ex Besties'', MTV's ''Real World'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Sean Hetherington | Biography and Filmography | date=23 January 2015 | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/sean-hetherington-58793946/ }}</ref> CBS' ''Undercover Boss,'' and E!'s ''Famously Single.''
Hetherington is an alumnus of Belmont University.
==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite news |first=Jim |last=Ratajczak |title=Folsom grad shows heart of a 'Gladiator' |url=http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/88650.html |date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=2008-07-17 }} * {{cite news |first=Michael |last= Jensen |title="American Gladiators"' First Gay Contender |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/6/seanhetherington |work=After Elton |date=June 29, 2008 |access-date=2008-07-17 }} * {{cite news|title=Gay American Gladiator|url=http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=1177|work=Outsports.com|access-date=2008-07-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716131226/http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=1177|archive-date=2008-07-16}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212071017/http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators/contestants/season_2/sean_hetherington.shtml American Gladiator] * [http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/6/seanhetherington Afterelton]
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