Said Payne to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s been so amazing to be a part of that community and to give visibility as a gay<\/a> character on one of the biggest television shows ever. It was an amazing responsibility, and I was happy to take it on. But I was disappointed it wasn\u2019t in there more. It wasn\u2019t ever even explicitly mentioned. [Jesus\u2019 sexual orientation] was just one scene with Lauren in season seven. The right people picked up on it; they did recognize it. But you can find people who still don\u2019t realize Jesus was gay<\/a>. I think they could have been a bit more up front about that. \u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhile you\u2019ve lost Jesus, you still have Aaron and Tara (Alanna Masterson), and now Magna (Nadia Hilker) and Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), so there\u2019s still representation on the show,\u201d Payne added. \u201cBut it\u2019s a shame. He was such a badass character. They could have made more of it. It\u2019s really Robert Kirkman who was so amazing to do it in the comic books. I was super excited to play that. I wish they made a bigger deal of it. But other storylines take precedent, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full interview at THR<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Tom Payne: \u2018I Was Disappointed\u2019 That \u2018Walking Dead\u2019 Producers Had Little Interest in Jesus\u2019s Homosexuality<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n