Is bridgerton gay
Even though I kind of enjoyed Bridgerton Season 1 for what it was, I have to disclose I wouldn&#;t have considered watching the latest Netflix series if it wasn&#;t for the queerbait in the promotional material.
This article contains certain spoilers for Bridgerton Season 1. You have been warned.
I fell for the queerbait. I can&#;t deny it. I fell for it so hard I ended up watching the entire eight episodes making up Bridgerton Season 1. I should have known better.
If the promotional team for Bridgerton hadn&#;t made sure to add a quick scene showing a queer gentleman hooking up with another dude, I wouldn&#;t hold considered watching this show.
Set during the Regency, I was interested in seeing how such a series would handle queer characters. Also, it was a Netflix show by Shondaland. There had to be at least one lgbtq+ supporting character if not one in the main cast, right?
Wrong!
Turns out that the queer man the trailer made sure to include was nothing more than a minor personality who debuts during the third episode. He&#;s an artist named Henry Granville (Julian Ovenden) who strikes a friendship with one of the main cast members named Benedict Bridgerton (Lu
So What Exactly Is the Deal With Benedict’s Sexuality on &#;Bridgerton&#;?
The Netflix adaptation of Bridgerton—soon to be counting three seasons—has made quite a bit of changes from Julia Quinn’s original period romance novels, as pretty much all adaptations are bound to do when bringing a story from one medium to another.
Story beats have been shuffled around, new characters have been added, and the instruction in which each Bridgerton sibling finds their happily ever after has been altered.
By now it’s skillfully known that Colin and Penelope’s story, the subject of season 3, actually happens a lot later in the Bridgerton novels—and that after Daphne and Anthony, Benedict is the one who takes center stage to pursue his own love story in An Offer from a Gentleman. To quickly sum it up without giving too much of the plot away, he has a Cinderella-type romance with a mysterious woman named Sophie, whom he meets during a masquerade ball and whose identity remains hidden for quite some time.
The show, however, takes a bit of a different approach when it comes to the second eldest of the Bridgerton clan. Benedict begins season 1 feeling aimless and out of place among his famil
&#;Bridgerton&#; reveals surprising gender non-conforming lead ahead of Season 4
There’s a curveball shaking up the ton.
“Bridgerton” just confirmed that not one but two of the main characters are lgbtq+, in a surprise twist.
Spoilers ahead for Season 3 Part 2.
In author Julia Quinn’s books on which the hit Netflix illustrate “Bridgerton” is based, all of the characters are straight — but the show made a huge change and revealed some queer main characters in Season 3.
Now streaming on Netflix, the second half of “Bridgerton” Season 3 confirmed that Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) likes men as well as women. It also may have confirmed a woman as Francesca Bridgerton&#;s (Hannah Dodd) like interest.
Set in Regency-era England, the show follows various members of the Bridgerton family as they find love. Season 3 has followed Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) — but in the background, Benedict has had his own sexual awakening and Francesca has had her own love story, too.
In Season 3, Benedict had a fling with a worldly widow, Lady Tilley Arnold (Hannah New, “Black Sails”). One night, Lady Tilley invites her other friend, Paul
Who is Michaela Stirling, Francesca’s Unexpected New Love Interest in Bridgerton?
Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton season 3.
Shonda Rhimes heard it was Lgbtq+ fest Month. Among the many revelations in Bridgerton season 3 part 2, released June 13, are Benedict Bridgerton’s newly canonized bisexuality; Eloise Bridgerton’s upcoming discoveries in Scotland; and—well, stay a second, what is that look on Francesca Bridgerton’s face?
Ah, yes, silly me: That’s the face of a lady who just realized she’s attracted to her unused husband’s cousin. Whoops!
To further complicate matters, that husband’s cousin is also a woman. (Apparently, Bridgerton executive producer Rhimes heardyourcomplaints and replied, “Bring in the gay ladies.”) Played by the Noughts + Crosses actress Masali Baduza, Michaela Stirling introduces herself to Francesca with a tease: “I caution you, every sordid detail John has spoken about me is a lie. The authenticity is far worse.”
The truth is that this “Michaela” will arrive as something of a shock to most of the Bridgerton fandom. Leading up to part 2’s free, the courtship between Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and John Kilmartin (Victor Alli) was leading exactly
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