The Walkg Dead star says gay romance happened off screen

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR DANIEL NEWMAN PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY: ‘IT WAS JT TIME’ (VIO)
• 'WALKG DEAD' STAR ROSS MARQUAND TALKS ABOUT THE SHOW'S FIRST GAY MALE RELATNSHIP
• THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE HAPPENED OFF SCREEN

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 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. "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.

‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR DANIEL NEWMAN PUBLICLY COM OUT AS GAY: ‘IT WAS JT TIME’ (VIO)

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.

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 Walkg Dead is takg aim at homophobia, as well as a small, but vol segment of viewers rpond negatively to the cln of a gay uple the sp-off seri The Walkg Dead: World Beyond, the anchise rpond om s official Twter acunt.

'WALKG DEAD' STAR ROSS MARQUAND TALKS ABOUT THE SHOW'S FIRST GAY MALE RELATNSHIP

”Jelani Allad and Ni Tortorella portray a gay uple 'The Walkg Dead: World Beyond' (Photo Cred: Mall Polay/AMC)Premierg last October, World Beyond was a teen-centric variatn on The Walkg Dead, followg four adolcents who are among the first generatn to grow up a world populated by bra-eatg monsters. Oh we n’t fd a character for you, screw you’re gay wh this guy.

“The Walkg Dead” and “Vampire Diari” star Daniel Newman publicly me out as gay on Thursday a YouTube vio and on Twter, sayg was his way of standg up for the LGBTQ muny. “I grew up an Irish Catholic fay, a farm town Geia the South, and wasn’t even about homophobia or anythg; you jt keep your private life private, ” he said.

There’s no gay or bi leadg men, no actn hero, your reer’s gog to be over. Hey Daniel I tell my son that every day, be proud of who you are, y my 18 yr old son is gay,. Ross Marquand, who plays Aaron, stopped by Entertament Weekly Rad (SiriXM, channel 105) this morng to chat wh Jsi Shaw and yours tly about his character’s dietary preferenc, that big scene the barn, and the show’s first gay male relatnship.

THE WALKG DEAD STAR SAYS GAY ROMANCE HAPPENED OFF SCREEN

Let’s talk about Aaron’s relatnship wh Eric, bee this is the first male gay uple we’ve seen on the show. We jt thought that was a stronger way to go bee mt be such a hard thg as a gay man or a lbian to fd someone that environment where everythg is stretched pletely.