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‘Chucky’ TV Show Airs Its First-Ever Gay Kiss 

Chucky the TV show has aired its first-ever gay kiss in its first season. 
Credit: NBC Universal via Youtube

Chucky the TV show has aired its first-ever gay kiss in its first season. 

The creepy doll’s owner, 14-year-old Jake, is showing getting close to his friend Devon in the fifth episode of the series and at one point, the pair share an intimate moment after thinking they’ve saved the town.

The horror programme’s creator, Don Mancini, who is gay himself, recently opened up about LGBTQ+ representation within the franchise.

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Jake shared the kiss with his friend Devon. Credit: NBC Universal via YouTube

In a chat with SFX, he said: “Ever since Bride Of Chucky is when I started deliberately injecting specific gay content into the franchise. And with each successive film, I’ve sort of ramped it up more and more.” 

The 58-year-old also opened up about getting ‘more personal’ and ‘autobiographical’ with Jake‘s character.

He continued: “So taking it into the medium of TV and having so much more storytelling space at my disposal, which necessarily means so much more opportunity to explore character relationships.

“I realised that it gave me an opportunity to really be more personal, and even autobiographical than I’ve ever been before.

“So the character Jake, played by Zach Arthur, there are a lot of autobiographical elements for me in that character.”

The kiss between the young boy and his friend follows a conversation where they both appear to be nervous. 

Jake asks: “What are you thinking Devon?”

To which, Devon says: “I’m thinking, this is a problem we can solve together.” 

The 14-year-old then awkwardly giggles and says ‘okay’ before they lean in for a quick kiss on the lips.

After this, they both smile at each other, laughing, and go in for another kiss.

Later on in the episode, it is confirmed that Chucky is alive after transferring his body into a new doll, so it’s likely that more chaos is on its way.

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Written by Aimee Walker

Aimee is a senior content editor at IGV who specialises in finding the best original stories, trending topics and entertainment news. She graduated from Birmingham City University with a degree in Media and Communications.