Norman Reedus Would Have "Rocked" Daryl's Gay Storyline On "The Walking Dead"
There was much speculation regarding Norman Reedus and the sexuality of his character, Daryl Dixon, on The Walking Dead before the second half of the show's fifth season premiered last month.
Though Reedus previously admitted series creator Frank Darrabont had toyed with the idea of making his character gay, the producers ultimately shelved that storyline and introduced a different gay character, Aaron, whose same-sex kiss two weeks ago marked a "first" for the series and an apocalypse for the haters.
Last night, Reedus told Conan O'Brien that he would have fully embraced a gay storyline for Daryl. "I was like, 'hell yeah, let's do it,'" he said. "If that was the story they gave me, I would rock that story. I'm not afraid of it."
Check out his interview below, where he also spills the tea on how the show's die-hard fans reacted to the early speculation:
