Mean Girls, the Lindsay Lohan-led warm blanket of a comfort movie that has helped many a queer kid get through life. Now a new fan theory posits one of the leading characters is actually a closet lesbian, and the internet is shook.
Could Regina George’s (Rachel McAdams) raging bitchiness stem from living in the closet?The theory began with TikTok user @lizzie.mchigher who makes note of the queerphobic language several characters use in the movie.
She notes that “queer panic is one of the driving plot forces” in the movie, and that uber-mean Regina seems to have an odd fascination with lesbians, and with her social rival Cady (Lohan).Related: ‘Mean Girls’ star Jonathan Bennett getting hitched, shares epic engagement vidShe also notes that.