Patrick both with limp wrists, foreshadowing this revelation by Nickelodeon. LGBTQ+ representation in children's media remains scarce, largely due to pushback from studios and parents who equate. Most people ask who is Carl, but few people have asked what happened to Carl. Rumor has it that Carl killed himself via overdose. No matter what happened for Carl, it should still be known that his life was indeed a tragic one.
Due in part to his close relationship with best friend Patrick Star, the internet had long ago decided that SpongeBob was indeed gay. But the show’s creator, Stephen Hillenburg, dismissed. For decades, queer people have claimed SpongeBob SquarePants, the titular talking sponge from Nickelodeon's long-running hit series, as one of our own. From his perpetually perky demeanor to his very close relationship with male best friend Patrick Star, SpongeBob has always exuded the essence of someone who fell comfortably in the middle of the Kinsey scale. Like The Babadook or Sesame Street 's Bert and Ernie , we've always read in between the lines to determine SpongeBob's queerness.
But as an adult, Patrick seems like an asexual platonic life-partner to SpongeBob. Which is still queer, despite him not wanting the sponge-D. How wholesome!. Patrick Star is a fictional character in Nickelodeon 's animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first appeared in the series' pilot episode " Help Wanted " on May 1,
After all, in , SpongeBob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg told Reuters, per People, that he never intended for SpongeBob or his best friend Patrick Starfish "to be gay." "I consider. A debate about whether straight actors should still be cast in gay roles has been simmering, and out actor Neil Patrick Harris is the latest entertainer to share his thoughts on the heated topic. He said if he were the one casting, he "would definitely want to hire the best actor. The director, Russell T Davies, creator of the British "Queer as Folk" series, made it a point to cast gay actors in gay roles for the new show.