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Is peacemaker gay
James Gunn confirms that Peacemaker isn't straight and that the idea to open up the character's sexual orientation actually came from John Cena. After first appearing in last summer's The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, aka Christopher Smith (Cena), got his own spinoff show on HBO Max.
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James Gunn confirms that Peacemaker isn't straight and that the idea to open up the character's sexual orientation actually came from John Cena. Having aired seven episodes thus far out of the first season's total of eight, the series has been a massive hit, reportedly earning a spot as the most-watched streaming series in the world last month.
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Peacemaker's line in The Suicide Squad does a lot more than confirm he is comfortable in his masculinity; it is actually the first subtle confirmation of his bisexual orientation. This is a detail that is revisited again in his own TV show, most notably in Episode 1.
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During their violent confrontation, Chris is forced to make peace with the fact his father is not a good person and never has been. Not only did Auggie enable the "boxing" match that resulted in his brother Keith's death when he was just a young boy, but Chris himself was subjected to his father's merciless abuse from a young age, which continued well into adulthood.
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HBO Max's Peacemaker just confirmed that Christopher Smith is bisexual, and James Gunn has credited John Cena for making that decision about his character.
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Warning: Spoilers for the first season of Peacemaker ahead! While Christopher Smith's sexuality was never explicitly discussed in the comics, director James Gunn says that his version of Peacemaker was "always" bisexual.
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One of the most surprising revelations across the show’s first season was that Peacemaker is bisexual, which was revealed in the fight in the penultimate episode between him and his father.
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The show picks up where The Suicide Squad left off, with Peacemaker in the hospital after an injury caused by questionable heroics. The team recruits Peacemaker to help eliminate a new threat: the mysterious Butterflies.
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Gunn compares Peacemaker to Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks), the show's only other openly queer character – and one of three total LGBTQIA+ characters currently in the DCEU.
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