Johnathon Schaech Talked About Being Ellen's Beard in the Nineties: 'It Was an Honor'Madeleine Davies4/04/16 8:00pm35514EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkDuring a Reddit AMA, actor Johnathan Schaech (Jimmy from That Thing You Do!) discussed the period in the mid nineties when he was rumored to be dating the then-closeted Ellen DeGeneres.