The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman Says Daryl Dixon is Straight

“We play Daryl Dixon as being somewhat asexual on the show. He’s a very introverted character and I think that’s some of his appeal,” Kirkman said. “I do have to clear something up, though: in the letter column of the comic book that I do, I mentioned that there was a possibility early on about making Daryl Dixon’s character gay. It caused quite a hubbub online and I just wanted to clarify that the possibility is there and that I would have been fine with it, the network would have been fine with it, but we ultimately didn’t do that. I can make it official: Daryl Dixon is straight.”

He added that in the second half of the season, the show will be debuting a “very prominent gay character from the comics,” likely Paul “Jesus” Monroe or Aaron.

Of course, with the death of Beth and the revelation that he’s definitely straight, expect a solid wall of Daryl/Carol shippers making some noise online tonight…!