Oliver Stark commemorated Bisexual Day of Visibility by paying tribute to his 9-1-1 character, Evan “Buck” Buckley.
“Good morning. I simply wished to return on right here and make a fast video as a result of it’s Bisexual Day of Visibility,” Stark stated in a Tuesday, September 23, Instagram Story video. “And one in every of my greatest joys of taking part in Buck over the previous eight/9 seasons is getting to inform the story of him discovering his bisexuality. And I hope, actually, that we now have supplied up some form of constructive illustration.”
Noting that he’s “tremendous pleased with attending to be part of this storyline,” Stark stated, “I do know there are lots of people that suppose issues like, ‘Bisexual males are simply too scared to return out as homosexual,’ or no matter it’s, and clearly, that’s not the case. And I actually hope that we get to hammer house that time this season.”
Stark concluded his message by sharing his pleasure over diving “deeper” into Buck’s bisexual id within the present’s upcoming season. “It’s simply such an honor to get to be part of telling this story, so thanks guys,” he stated.
Stark has portrayed the fan-favorite firefighter since 9-1-1 premiered on Fox in 2018. In the course of the present’s seventh season (its first on ABC), Buck got here out as bisexual after catching emotions for Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.), a former member of the 118 and the ex-fiancé of Buck’s ex-girlfriend Abby (Connie Britton).
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Shortly after Buck’s love life improvement, Stark took to social media to defend his character from critics. “In case you are one of many smaller group of individuals commenting on my posts about how this has ruined the present. I would love you to know that I really don’t care,” Stark wrote by way of his Instagram Story in April 2024. “It is a present about love and inclusion. It’s featured queer relationships from the very starting together with a good looking Black lesbian marriage performed out by two of the most effective actresses I’ve ever watched.”
He added, “If one character discovering a brand new side to his sexuality and realising his bisexuality is your deal breaker – I really feel you’ve missed all the level of the present. You aren’t required to announce your departure.”
Regardless of one post-split hookup, Buck and Tommy finally referred to as it quits in Season 8. Stark beforehand opened as much as Swooon about what he thinks the newly single Buck ought to search for in a Season 9 love curiosity.
“I need Buck to make his romantic choices from a way more well-considered place, not as a result of he’s feeling upset about one thing else or no matter it’s,” Stark shared in Might. “I need him to be answerable for the choices he makes greater than something.”
Aisha Hinds, a.ok.a. Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, agreed with Stark, telling Swooon that very same month, “I might truly like to see Buck grounded in a relationship and experiencing it within the fullest approach, somebody who would in all probability extract that finest facet of him like an Abby, however with the liberty that he now needs to be the fullest model of himself with a Tommy.”
9-1-1, Season 9 Premiere, Thursday, October 9, 8/7c, ABC