EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has dismissed viewer complaints about an episode of Doctor Who featuring a historic gay kiss between Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff.
Two disgruntled audience members took issue with the “inappropriate sexual innuendo” that developed between Gatwa’s Period Lord and Groff’s bounty hunter, Rogue, in a Bridgerton-inspired story.
The viewers said the Season 14 episode, titled ‘Rogue,’ featured content that was “unsuitable for children.” One person added that the speed of the Doctor and Rogue’s connection was “concerning.”
“The ECU considered the sexual innuendo to be towards the mildest end of the spectrum and in any case likely to go over the heads of children,” the ECU said.
“The development of the relationship served the needs of a fast-moving plot and was unlikely to strike viewers of any age as a model for interpersonal relationships outside this particular unreal context.”
The Doctor Who episode, put in the British Regency period of 1813 and first broadcast on June 8, made history after featuring the first ever explicitly romantic same-sex touch on screen.
Mischievously flirting throughout the episode, shocking the other guests at the Reg
Luke Thompson Opens Up About Filming Bridgerton’s Sexiest Scene Yet
Luke Thompson admits he doesn’t quite grasp what to make of Benedict Bridgerton’s purpose in life.
For three seasons on Netflix’s Regency-era intimate drama Bridgerton, Thompson has brought a charming mix of heart and humor to the role of the second-born son of a well-to-do, aristocratic family, whose position as the so-called spare to the heir (older brother Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey) has left him with a lack of responsibility. But that considerable freedom is as much a blessing as it is a curse; over the years, Benedict has experimented—with art, with women, with opium—in search of his true calling in life.
“What’s interesting with Benedict is that he’s very competent at a lot of things. The struggle is more inner,” Thompson tells Harper’s Bazaar on a recent Friday afternoon in New York City. “The issue is more like: What does he want to do? Where does he want to go? He’s socially adept at doing the whole ton thing; he’s actually good at it. It’s just that he’s not quite sure if that’s what he wants.”
Benedict opens himself up to a new world of pleasure in the second
The B in 'Bridgerton' actually stands for bisexual
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season three of "Bridgerton."
Dearest readers, rejoice: Benedict Bridgerton is finally bisexual.
Until season three, none of the Bridgerton siblings were officially queer. The illustrate had featured a few queer characters — an artist in season one, Queen Charlotte's footman Brimsley in her spinoff series — but never one of the show's eventual leads. And for those keeping score at home, Benedict isn't the only apparently bisexual character on the show now: his sister Francesca likely is, too, based on that major book modify in the finale.
Benedict's bisexuality isn't coming from the void. The show has long been building a queer storyline for him, and this is the moment that's finally coalesced.
"Benedict's fluidity is something we've been talking about from Season 1, which is why I think viewers own picked up on it," showrunner Jess Brownell told the Los Angeles Times. "We wanted to do that storyline justice, and it felt like season three was a good place to do that to make sense of some of the threads we've seen with him before."
'Bridgerton' has been hinting a
Is Benedict Gay Or Pansexual In Bridgerton? His Season 3 Storyline Explained
23 July 2024, 15:02
By Sam Prance
Bridgerton season 3 explores Benedict's sexuality in further depth than ever before. Here's how it differs to the books.
Bridgerton fans have long wondered if Benedict is same-sex attracted or bisexual and season 3 has left viewers with even more questions.
Ever since Benedict Bridgerton befriended Sir Henry Granville in season 1, there contain been theories that he is queer. While Benedict doesn't have any lgbtq+ sexual relationships in the first two seasons of the show, he does witness two men having sex with each other at one of Granville's private parties and appears to show some interest in it.
In Bridgerton season 3, Benedict meets a brand new character named Paul Suarez leading to more speculation about his sexuality. Is Benedict male lover or bisexual though? Here's a break down of what happens in season 3, who Benedict ends up with in the Bridgerton books and what Luke Thompson has said about how his ethics identifies.