The walking dead is daryl gay

When The Walking Dead Almost Made Daryl Dixon Gay Revealed

Speculation has run rampant about the character's sexual orientation since August, prior to season five's premiere, but fans finally got an answer from comic book creator Robert Kirkman on Talking Dead after Sunday's midseason finale. He's a very introverted character and I think that's some of his appeal," Kirkman said.

Like Kirkman said, speculation about Daryl's sexual orientation began after he was asked about it in the letter section of the The Walking Dead comic book issue No. He then added, "We have very specific ideas about Daryl's sexuality or the seeming lack thereofand if there's ever a quiet period in the show where he's not consistently distracted by crossbowing Kirkman did reveal that a "very prominent gay character from the comics" will be introduced in the second half of the fifth season.

Fans of the character have often "shipped" him with Carol Melissa McBridewhom he struck up a friendship with in season one, and then Beth Emily Kinneywho got closer to the guarded Daryl in season four. However, spoiler alert: that ship hit rock bottom in the midseason finale.

Reedus sounded off on the speculation surrounding his fan-favorite character's sexuality in an interview with GQreferencing a conversation he had with the series' original showrunner Frank Darabont. I remember Frank Darabont, after the first season we were at a party in L. He said, 'I've got an idea for Daryl.

He's gay. Would you be interested in that? And the Daryl and Carol fans go wild! Of course, this lead to a massive online reaction. One Kirkman was quite aware of.