The first season of "Bridgerton" might have been all about Daphne's (Phoebe Dynevor) marriage to the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), but Benedict's (Luke Thompson) interest in a male artist (Julian Ovenden) didn't go unnoticed by the show's fans. It suggested that the second eldest Bridgerton might actually be gay — or, at the very least, bisexual.
So when the show's second season appeared to backtrack as the character explored a heterosexual relationship with Tessa (Emily Barber), a woman from art school, fans were predictably upset. And their anger seems well placed in light of showrunner Chris Van Dusen recently giving an interview and saying that the character's storyline in Season 1 was not meant to suggest he was gay and that it was a "conscious choice" not to have his sexuality be fluid in Season 2.
