Our readers are pretty much split in the middle over this whole imminent lesbian coupling on 90210. If you're somehow out of the loop, Gia, played by guest star Rumer Willis, is set to have a something-something with wounded Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes). 90210 showrunner Rebecca Sinclair insists that the pairing isn't a cheap stunt to attract viewers, but a genuine exploration of a valid teenage issue.
"This isn't a fling," she tells Entertainment Weekly. "We're coming at this [relationship] from a genuine place and not going, 'Let's do a titillating story that will grab some promotion.' This is a real aspect of teenager life that's interesting."
Ade, of course, is coming out of a terrible breakup with Navid (Michael Steger) while his relationship with
90210 newcomer Teddy (Trevor Donovan) didn't even take flight. Is this the "genuine place" Sinclair is talking about? Might promote a negative stereotype of bisexuality/homosexuality as an option for the disgruntled, wouldn't you say?
"The breakup certainly shook her up and made her sort of more open to the possibilities of what will make her happy. But this isn't a direct rebound like, "Oh, I'm going to go be with a girl now."
There is currently an ongoing lesbian storyline on
Grey's Anatomy, and while Sinclair admits that these kinds of things have become dime a dozen in primetime, she swears that Gia-Adrianna is the real deal, primarily because there has been a "real void" in the
90210 universe in terms of gay and bisexual characters.
Is a gay male character in the horizon too for
90210, then? "I would love to have a gay guy [on the show]. It's a huge part of what high school is," she says.
- Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff ColumnistSource:
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