Published 18:13 IST, January 27th 2021
'The Walking Dead' Twitter handle urges homophobic fans to "unfollow" them
The Walking Dead is here for LGBTQ+ representation. The show's Twitter handle urged its homophobic fans to unfollow them their content makes them angry.
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Walking De is here to support LGBTQ+ community. Recently, Walking De: World Beyond actor Jelani Allin spoke about playing a gay character on show and representing LGBTQ+ community on show. But Jelani’s interview video received some homophobic comments on YouTube. This led to Walking De’s Twitter handle making an official statement and asking homophobic fans to “unfollow” m. Find out more details about this story below.
Walking De’s Twitter urges homophobic fans to “unfollow” m
Walking De: World Beyond might soon premiere its second and final season. This TWD spin-off series was supposed to be a limited series from beginning. Walking De: World Beyond is set in Nebraska, ten years after zombie apocalypse. It revolves around its four teen les who are first generation to mature after apocalypse.
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Recently, Will Campbell a.k.a. Jelani Allin recently in an interview on Talk De to Me spoke about representing LGBTQ+ community on show. Jelani’s character Will is dating Nico Tortorella’s character Felix Carlucci on Walking De: World Beyond. But while many fans were happy to Jelani’s perspective on couple, some fans were quick to drop some homophobic comments on YouTube video of this interview.
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One fan wrote, “Can’t enjoy male gay TV show characters I’m sorry man I can’t do it”. Ar fan wrote, “Ewwwwww” on video, while a third fan wrote, “re are t many people left, how is that possible that this many characters are gay? n it just feels a little forced”. Soon a debate began in comment section about wher this character plot was worth it. Take a look at some of se comments here.
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Soon, Walking De’s Twitter handle took tice of this debate and issued a statement about same. official Twitter handle in its statement dressed its fans directly and said to unfollow m incase ir content makes m uncomfortable or angry. statement also pointed out that re is place for “hateful discrimination or willful igrance” in fandom. Take a look Walking De’s Twitter statement here.
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18:13 IST, January 27th 2021