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

Contents:

• 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
• DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• IS THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL GAY OR STRAIGHT? THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T KNOW YET
• WATCH: ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR NORMAN RES IS ‘NOT AAID’ TO PLAY DARYL GAY
• THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

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

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

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? 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.

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

"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.

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?

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

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).

WATCH: ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR NORMAN RES IS ‘NOT AAID’ TO PLAY DARYL GAY

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. "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.

" That left fans to speculate over whether there might be some big reveal that nfirmed that Daryl is gay. Also, Gimple nfirms that there's gog to be a gay male character the seri at some got the update om Stt Gimple, which follows up on Robert Kirkman's ments, which addrs the mystery that is Daryl's sexualy. But om what Gimple says, there will be a gay male character troduced at some pot the seri.

THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

“The Walkg Dead” star Norman Res weighed on the possibily of his character, Daryl Dixon, beg gay a “Conan” terview on Tuday. Res said he discsed the ia of Daryl beg gay early on wh then-executive producer Frank Darabont, who exed the show after season one. When asked if the character might be gay, Kirkman rpond that the storyle has been talked about.

He later clarified on “Talkg Dead”: “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.

While ’s always possible that the producers uld change their mds ( seems as though Darabont might have pursued that storyle had he stayed wh the seri), the show has recently troduced s first two openly gay characters, Aaron (Ross Marquand) and Eric (Jordan Woods-Robson), after butg lbian character Tara (Alanna Masterson) last season. Do you thk should be revealed that Daryl is gay on the show?