Hayden Panettiere Lesbian Storyline On “Heroes” (Claire Bennet Gay)
Hayden Panettiere’s character will turn lesbian on NBC’s sci-fi drama Heroes next season, it has been rumored.
The 19-year-old Panettiere will see her screen alter ego, invincible cheerleader Claire Bennet, getting hot and heavy in a same sex romance with her college roommate when season 4 of the action-packed series hits the small screen this fall.
“It’s just girly fun at first,” a source told the Daily Star, “But it might progress into something more serious, it depends how viewers respond.”
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On July 7th 2009, justgroovy wrote:
I watched every show in season 1 and 2. I watched two shows last season. Anyone else have a similar response to a worn-out story line???
On July 7th 2009, equinto wrote:
I love heroes, I don’t understand why so many people think the storyline is worn out at all. What DOES bother me is the fact that nobody stays dead, except for nikki, but then she has a twin that she didn’t know about, so she really didn’t die, in a way. I was so upset when they killed off adam monroe because he could have been a great villian.
on clarie being les… NO F’N WAY!! I wouldn’t agree to it if I were hayden. I still want a peter/claire relationship, even though it isn’t possible. The end of season 3 really made me interested, when sylar brought up the fact they were both immortal so they should be together. that’s all I have to say about that..
On July 7th 2009, steve wrote:
Heroes has been SUPERB so far, but although this seems quite sexy to have this may just be taking this a bit too far. And i agree with equinto stated about Adam Monroe, I always thought of him as a funny character and he would have definately been a brilliant villian but it’s the way it goes.
I just hope that it doesn’t start to go downhill but the sylar and nathan mix up does seem pretty good although it is obvious he will soon discover what happened. So lets hope and pray…
On September 5th 2009, Wuddever wrote:
Heroes is crap, and this is exactly why. They focus too much on the character’s personal lives, instead of the action. As a result, they forget about the seemingly-genius plots. Whatever.
On September 28th 2009, Joe Boyd Morgan wrote:
I’m just looking forward to the hot sex.
On October 14th 2009, chickadee wrote:
I’ve never missed an episode of Heroes….up until now as I will no longer be tuning in. Why they have to ruin a perfectly good show, I don’t know…maybe they’re desperate for ratings or maybe it’s for the sake of being politically correct, who knows and who cares…They have lost me as a viewer. What a shame :(
On October 15th 2009, heroesfan wrote:
That’s great that Claire will be getting a girlfriend! This will technically make her bisexual… rad! I hope they make it real and believable, too… not just “gay in college” or have the sex scenes staged to look like all the fake “lesbian” porn out there. My hopes are probably too high, but this will be a great first step in prime-time, if it happens.
On October 18th 2009, LadyGalaxy wrote:
No way!It’s not like i have anything against lesbians or homosexuals,but i would prefer to see Claire hook up with Sylar than turn gay and i don’t even like him!This turn of events will ruin the show for me permanently.
On October 18th 2009, echospark wrote:
I see homophobia is alive and well in the 21st century – shame, since the core of the show seems to be accepting people who are different in some way. Obviously lost on the couch-potato generation…
I for one hope that Claire is not written as a lesbian but a bisexual. This would keep the possiblity of a Claire/Sylar relationship in the future open whilst still normalising same-sex relationships (providing it is well executed, of course, and not dropped at the slightest pressure from biggotted ‘fans’).
On October 18th 2009, Nokomis wrote:
Seriously? How homophobic can you be? I don’t know if you’ve read about this, equinto, but Hayden suggested the idea herself. :p
The main reason to stop watching Heroes is because of its predictability. Seems obvious that Gretchen and Claire are going to end up involved and Invisible Girl (can’t remember her name) is going to rip them apart somehow. I think it seems like a pretty natural progression for the character, because she’s never seemed particularly interested in boys.
Hope they do it well and don’t make a huge deal about it. Because it shouldn’t be. Like echospark said, the whole show is about acceptance and tolerance.
On October 26th 2009, heroesfan2 wrote:
On the topic of having Claire being gay, no way man. I will quit watching. I am fine homosexuality, but why is it necessary to have a gay person in every show? Take the coolest character in greys anatomy, Tores and turn her gay? There are tons of shows that feel they need to appeal to the gay community, and thats fine, but I think this is overdone. For me Im done if Claire goes gay.
On October 26th 2009, Anythingwill wrote:
It’s not about being homophobic, it’s about it turning too much into a soap opera!!!
Unless they can think of a REALLY good way of using this to advance the plot then it’s just pointless and stupid. As pointed out in someone’s comment, it will probably be the all too typical story where they get really close and then get split apart by some outside influence. Probably some part where one of them has to make a “hard decision” between the world and their partner…
On October 27th 2009, J wrote:
So if Claire has a lesbian relationship with Gretchen, that’s “soap opera”, but if she gets with Sylar that’s not?
And on the moral side of things- how laughable that you moralists would rather see Claire have a relationship with a depraved serial murderer and adulterer (taking over Parkman’s body to sleep with his wife), than with a sweet girl who genuinely seems to care about her. Gee, how terrible.
The sad thing I was thinking to myself as I noticed this storyline developing basically as soon as these two met, was that it also felt rather contrived to me- and the reason why it felt that way is because homosexuality is such a big “issue” that addressing the topic starts to seem like a way for a show to manufacture controversy- and it only seems this way because of the hypocritical mores of our supposedly “free” society.
On October 28th 2009, CasualViewer wrote:
J,
While I do agree with some of what you say, I will say that you should look at the messier side of society.
Morals are more of a subjective matter. This series only began being interesting to with the recent episodes and I don’t mind Claire being gay. I seriously don’t care. I was surprised at first because Claire struck me as the good girl, straight up, good daughter type person but my jaw dropped at the kiss. It was awesome and that’s what I like about this show. If people make a show according to what the mass audience feels is right, then what’s keeping the show from being too predictable. I’d rather the show not listen to these drama queens up top.
On another note..
When you say “free” society, you also have to count social dynamics. Unless the entire society’s physical lives change, things outside the box will generally be rejected.
Lets imagine a future generation of a diversified human race. They will still need commonality in order to communicate. This commonality will be considered as the standard and any deviations or anything that seems to conflict with it, will still generally be rejected.
It is because of this commonality that homosexuality is being rejected.
Take a homosexual in a group of straights. The common relationships and social interactions change among the group. The implications of the homosexuality within the group itself changes the whole interaction of either male or female.
One cannot simply relate to them in the same way as others of the same gender.
For men, this creates an especially bad friction. Since men are more than likely to be angry or physical in their rejection and things that “insult” a man is when the existence of someone undermines their self-image of what a man is.
Society’s mores are very specific. People either agree or disagree on any definition of free but ultimately, these definitions are controlled by such commonalities.
On October 29th 2009, Jae wrote:
“On the topic of having Claire being gay, no way man. I will quit watching. I am fine homosexuality, but why is it necessary to have a gay person in every show? Take the coolest character in greys anatomy, Tores and turn her gay? There are tons of shows that feel they need to appeal to the gay community, and thats fine, but I think this is overdone. For me Im done if Claire goes gay.”
….Wow…you know what’s overdone? Straight romances. Because guess what? They’ve been done on every show, book and video game since god knows how long. You guys look at this as a gay plotline and such. How about you look at it as a romance? Because quite frankly…that’s what it is. Why is it that people never have a fuss about gays until it’s in their entertainment? We see straight characters all the time, do we complain that there should be less of them? No, we say nothing and hope that there will at some point be a gay character on the show. We get 1 gay character if we’re lucky and then people complain that the shows being ruined. Guess what? There are gay people in real life, I bet every one of you knows a gay person. Do you look at them and say, “You’re ruining my life by being there.” No, you don’t. Unless you are a completely uncouth being that is. Anyways, the fact is, we’re people too. But when it comes to being shown as real people, we get flack. Put yourselves in our shoes. What if we were getting upset about Claire suddenly being straight? You’d feel cornered, bullied. I understand that you guys are upset because this is out of left field but really…are you going to take away us being recognized? And hell! This is only a bisexual character and you’re freaking out. She’s not even gay! You guys might say you’re not homophobic but you know what?
You sure do seem like it.
On October 29th 2009, MNW wrote:
Why does it even matter if Claire has a same-sex relationship? Obviously most of the viewers are not getting the point of the show-to accept those who are different! How about you try being a little less homophobic and a little more open-minded? If you’re going to stop watching one of your favorites shows just because you disagree with a minor plot line, you must not have been too dedicated to it before. You don’t stop watching your favorite series just because suddenly there’s a small possibility of a bisexual main character. It’s laughable that so many Americans even think that this is a big deal. I thought we were all about change and being more open-minded from now on. Or have we forgotten about all of that now? Are we reverting back to our self-destructive and conservative ways?
Attention: Heroes is not going to be ruined as a result of a bisexual/gay plotline! It will still be the same amazing show-if not better! I look more forward to watching the series after Monday’s episode!
On November 2nd 2009, FTW wrote:
Homophobes, grow up. I think it’ll be interesting, I can’t wait to see it! Everything I was going to say has already been said, so I’ll leave it as that.
On November 10th 2009, Derek wrote:
Seems like a desperate move for ratings considering magical switches don’t turn on in peoples’ heads where they decide they are lesbian one day.
This is no reason to stop watching it of course. It’s still an amazing series. The story never specified that it would be people saving other peoples’ lives, though some of them do.
I personally do not care if she’s lesbian, but it’s just not logical for her to magically turn lesbian after being interest in boys and only boys her whole life. The story could have stayed the same without her friend kissing Claire, therefore I call this a desperate move for ratings.
On November 11th 2009, Christian_fan wrote:
Why??? Those of you in the gay/lesbian community have the right to your ‘open minded’ opinion but as soon as anyone disagrees with you they must be ‘closed minded.’ I am so sick and tired of this new thought process and how it is infiltrating every aspect of society.
Here it is – we ALL get to form our own opinions as individuals. So why am I to be ashamed of my opinion? I do not dislike the people of the gay/lesbian community. I do however disagree with their lifestyle. Under that personal opinion I do not surround myself with those who are gay/lesbian. I also chose by my own free will to not watch shows, movies, or other media which ‘normalizes’ those relationships. So I get a label ‘closed minded’ or ‘homophobe’ hmmm this is of concern because I fear next I could be labeled for my opinion of where I CHOOSE to live. Am I a ’suburbiphobe’? I also don’t like cable, uh-oh I am one those ‘cableiphobes.’ I have know some people who don’t like dogs, you know the type ‘canineiphobes’. Sorry that probably gets my point across and I know some of those phobias are real although I did not look for the proper terms.
So can we all please just stop with the ‘you must be a homophobe’ crap. We have opinions have opinions that differ and that is our right as individual humans. Personaly I think life in general on this earth would suck if we thought the same things.
Anyhow just take minute and think about why those of us who disagree should be labeled as the ‘closed minded’.
Thanks for listening.
James