Watch: 'Walking Dead' Star Suggests His Character is Gay

[Editor's note: This story contains slight spoilers about "The Walking Dead" TV show along with the comics.]

in an interview with The Huffington Post Tuesday, Tom Payne, who plays Paul "Jesus" Rovia on "The Walking Dead," suggested his character is gay.

Based on Robert Kirkman's comics of the same name, "TWD" showrunners sometimes change details and plots for the TV show. But one thing they're apparently not changing is Jesus' sexuality. Though it's not been mentioned on the show yet, HuffPo asked Payne if fans can expect to see anything regarding Jesus' love life.

"I think that would be amazing," he said. Recalling Kirkman's comments about the character's sexuality, Payne added: "Yeah, who cares? He's a badass and he happens to be gay."

"I think that's one of the strongest things about Robert [Kirkman] and how he writes the comic books," Payne went on to say. "Why wouldn't he be? And I see no reason why that would be different in the show."

Back in 2014, in a Reddit interview, Kirkman commented on Jesus being gay.

"In my opinion there should be more awesome gay people in fiction because there are plenty of awesome gay people in real life," he said. "I want Jesus to be a character where his sexuality is as unimportant as Rick or other heterosexual characters. So we won't focus on it constantly and it won't be the focus of any big storylines for him...

"But he'll make it with a dude every now and then... before going out and drop kicking zombies. He's one of my current favorite characters," he added.

"TWD" has proven to have one of the most diverse casts on TV, featuring LGBT characters. Nevertheless, the show's fans have a complicated relationship when it comes to its LGBT characters. Back in 2015, when a gay character locked lips with his partner, fans freaked, spewing gay slurs on social media to describe the tender moment.

Earlier this year, however, "TWD," came under fire after the series, along with a few other shows, killed off their LGBT characters.

Watch Payne's HuffPo interview below.