Daryl Dixon Was Almost The Walkg Dead's First Gay Character

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY
• WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS THEY MAY MAKE DARYL GAY ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’
• IS DARYL DIXON GAY? SEXUALY AND PARTNER
• IS THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL GAY OR STRAIGHT? THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T KNOW YET

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

One of The Walkg Dead's biggt mysteri is one that hasn't actually ever been addrsed on the AMC h seri: is Daryl Dixon (Norman Res) gay? "I do have to clear somethg up, though: the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay. Kirkman did reveal that a "very proment gay character om the ics" will be troduced the send half of the fifth Page/AMCFans of the character have often "shipped" him wh Carol (Melissa McBri), whom he stck up a iendship wh season one, and then Beth (Ey Kney), who got closer to the guard Daryl season four.

He's gay.

THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY

"He said, 'Well, he's prison gay—like, you'll tch him lookg at a member of the same sex, but if you mentn to him, he'll jt stab you and be like what the f--k? As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em.

In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened.

On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him.

WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER

So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri. The qutn of whether or not The Walkg Dead's Daryl is gay has been a topic of tert among some fans, due large part to ments ma by seri creator Robert Kirkman earlier this year regardg the character's sexualy, which has remaed unaddrsed on the seri. In The Walkg Dead letters lumn the old ic book that I do, there was a qutn that ma me mentn that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay and ed que a hubbub onle.

WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER

I n make official, Daryl Dixon is actually Kirkman went on to nfirm that they'll be troducg a very proment gay character om the ics durg the send half of the that answers that. Daryl is not gay.

"The topic me up aga when Norman Res did an terview talkg about how he reacted when origal TWD shownner Frank Darabont brought up the ia of Daryl beg gay, which got the topic circulatg 's been a nversatn for a few months now, and given the populary of the character and the close nnectns Daryl formed wh some of the female characters the seri -- maly Beth and Carol -- 's unrstandable that people might wonr why we haven't seen Daryl volved a romantic arc wh any other character, male or female.

“In the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon’s character gay, ” Kirkman explaed. Daryl’s now-nfirmed heterosexualy asi, Kirkman also revealed on Talkg Dead that a “proment” gay character om the ic books will appear the send half of the show’s fifth season.

DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

So, which gay character is makg the leap om page to screen? And which gay character do you predict will soon be fightg alongsi the survivors?

The AMC's The Walkg Dead is no stranger to cludg homosexual characters such as Tara Chambler (played by Alanna Masterson), Aaron (Ross Marquand), and Eric (Jordan Woods-Robson). In an terview wh Mirror Onle, actor Norman Res stated that when The Walkg Dead's origal shownner Frank Darabont was still holdg the res, he was told Daryl Dixon was gog to be gay—and the first gay character portrayed on the show.

ROBERT KIRKMAN SAYS THEY MAY MAKE DARYL GAY ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’

"There was a time on the show where Frank [Darabont] was gog to have me be gay, but he won't adm , " Res said. He referred to as 'prison gay, ' and I didn't know what that meant.

"We were there [at a party for the film The Fighter] and he said 'what do you thk if we ma Daryl gay? While Daryl's sexualy has not been explicly talked about on the show, and the aforementned nversatn didn't e to un when Darabont parted om the seri, Res said that he wouldn't be opposed to Daryl beg gay.

IS DARYL DIXON GAY? SEXUALY AND PARTNER

Norman Res’ Daryl Dixon is one of the most beloved characters on AMC’s The Walkg Dead, so should e as no surprise to women that he might be gay.

In a recent terview wh, seri creator Robert Kirkman said that they’ve discsed his sexualy and would not say no to makg him a homosexual. “All I n say is that ’s been discsed, ” he said when asked by if Daryl beg gay “had been nsired.

IS THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL GAY OR STRAIGHT? THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T KNOW YET

When asked if AMC would let them make Daryl gay, he said “they absolutely would.