Gay pop-culture website AfterElton.com has a bone to pick with the writers of the hit new show ‘Heroes.’ The website spoke out against the show earlier this week, complaining over the de-gayifying of side-character Zach, Claire’s recently forgetful confidant. ‘Heroes’ creator, Tim Kring responded to the complaints by admitting that they may have misled viewers as to Zach's sexual orientation.
After the website posted an article complaining about the writers straightening out the teenager, Kring responded to the site via email, “It was certainly not our intention to confuse the issue of Zach’s character being gay. We have too much respect for our audience to do that intentionally. However, it has simply become too complicated behind the scenes to push this issue further with this particular character. We apologize for misleading the audience, and wish that we could have handled things better on our end.”
Kring also went on to say that there might be a gay character in the show somewhere down the line. Zach, however, will continue to be not-gay.
