Oliver Stark has some choice words for any homophobes mad about his gay kiss on ‘9-1-1’
9-1-1 was a milestone one. Celebrating its 100th, the series featured a splashy crossover with reality romance favorite The Bachelor and gave the long-presumed-straight character Buck (Oliver Stark) a surprise gay kiss.Guess which of these two plot developments certain “fans” of the show were more upset about…Titled “Buck, Bothered And Bewildered,” the episode devoted a fair amount of screen time to Buck’s growing jealousy over all the time his longtime BFF Eddie (Ryan Guzman) was spending with their former colleague Tommy (Louis Ferrigno Jr.).
After finally working up the courage to confront Tommy, the two have a heartfelt conversation—leading up to one hot firefighter-on-firefighter smooch!Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Now, we called it a “surprise” kiss earlier, but as Stark so thoughtfully explained in a number of recent interviews, it wasn’t exactly out of nowhere.
Though initially introduced as a bit of a womanizing playboy, 9-1-1 has been subtly hinting that something‘s been off for Buck lately, that he’s been searching for a missing piece of himself.
A post shared by Oliver Stark (@oliverstarkk)Did he find that missing something in Tommy? Well, that remains to be seen, but Stark assures fans upcoming episodes will find him coming to terms with his bisexuality in a very honest, impactful way.
