Rumors of Daryl Dixon’s homosexuality were (not-so) greatly exaggerated, but The Walking Dead‘s resident hillbilly badass could’ve been gay for all actor Norman Reedus cared.
On last night’s Conan, Reedus discussed how fans reacted once the rumor mill started churning:
I would go to these conventions, and you’d have these little kids — ‘Man, I don’t care what’s going on, you’re awesome!’ And then you’d have guys my age, or a bit older be like, ‘Uuuhhhhhhh.’ And then you’d have women, they were like, ‘You’d better not be!’ To tell you the truth, if that’s the story they gave me, I’d rock that story. I’m not afraid.
Well, co-star Steven Yeun told O’Brien last year that he’d be down for a Glenn/Daryl romance, so as long as we’ve got two willing actors, why not scandalize this post-zombie apocalyptic land with some good old-fashioned man-loving?
There’s at least already one gay couple to light the gay way.
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Check out Norman Reedus discussing Daryl’s sexuality on Conan:
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Ummmm Yeah
OH please Glenn. Clearly Daryl would go for Eugene. How is a gay redneck going to resist that mullet?
Cam
He would have been a great character to come out, a tough hillbilly hunter? Come on, that would have been a great storyline, especially if he was just accepting it himself.
Oh, and zombies!
NG22
It’s really gross that responses to the gay kiss were so homophobic. I guess that explains why they didn’t make Daryl gay. I would’ve really expected the writers if they had taken that risk.
NG22
It’s really gross that responses to the gay kiss were so homophobic. I guess that explains why they didn’t make Daryl gay. I would’ve really respected the writers if they had taken that risk.
MarionPaige
The Daryl character is not in the comic so there was leeway to make him gay. However, the Glenn character is in the comic. In my view, there is something revolting about sex scenes when everybody is infected with a mysterious virus.
Low Country Boy
@Ummmm Yeah: Lol! Great comment; however, the only person to rock a mullet was Billy Ray Cyrus back in the day.
Captain Obvious
Honestly they missed the chance for a gay Daryl when he had that cute relationship with the new kid who died the same episode he was introduced on. I was shipping them for all of 5 seconds.
startenout
@MarionPaige: I don’t know. In a show where everything is death, things like sex or having a child are an affirmation of human resiliency and life.