‘The Walking Dead’: Daryl and Connie Pairing Gets an Official Name

If Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Connie (Lauren Ridloff) emerge as the newest item on The Walking Dead, the couple has an official ship name: Donnie.

The official AMC Walking Dead account dubs the currently platonic duo “Donnie” ahead of their mission against Beta (Ryan Hurst) and a pack of Whisperers, who are in pursuit of Henry (Matt Lintz) and Lydia (Cassady McClincy), stolen daughter of Whisperer leader Alpha (Samantha Morton).

A subset of fans began calling for a Daryl-Connie coupling in the wake of episode 911, ‘Bounty,’ which first teamed Connie and Daryl when saving a discarded Whisperer baby from approaching walkers. The pair then set out with Dog to retrieve Henry and will next plot to ward off the pursuing Whisperers.

Though official word has yet to be handed down on Donnie turning romantic, Reedus retweeted a “love interest theory” shared by The Hollywood Reporter — fueling speculation Daryl could soon receive his first love interest.

“He’s like a flamingo or a penguin, I think if he’s gonna find it he’s gonna stick with it,” Reedus recently The IMDb Show.

“There’s a lot of nookie going on in our show, and I’m not in any of it. I did kind of convince everybody that I was kind of a virgin and kind of a loner early on in the seasons, and I think they kind of ran with it for a while. I feel like Daryl doesn’t really have game.”

The potential Daryl and Connie relationship has since seen some pushback from ‘Caryl’ supporters — fans long hoping for a romantic pairing between Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride), who is now happily married to King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) — as calls for Donnie continue to grow:

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