One unseen person can be heard in the video asking, “Where’d that come from?”
But after a long pause, Collins’ intent became clear when he said, “I’m all three.”
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“See, it would have been weird if I’d just said, ‘by a show of hands, how many bisexuals are in the audience?’ but I fettered it into another question there so it’s more acceptable,” Collins continued before swiftly moving onto the next topic.
The actor is perhaps best known for playing the gay angel Castiel on Supernatural, which ended in 2020 on what was perhaps the most comically homophobic note possible. After 12 seasons of supposedly teasing a relationship between Castiel and protagonist Dean Winchester a.k.a. “Destiel,” the show kind of confirmed that Destiel was canon in at least a one-sided way in one of its final episodes. Castiel tells Dean that he loves him and then immediately is sent to what fans (and haters) dubbed “Super Hell.”
The context here is that Castiel apparently had made some kind of deal with an entity to sacrifice himself to save Dean, and that in a separate promise, he had also pledged that he could only die after experiencing true happiness. So, in order to experience true happiness, Castiel confessed his true feelings to Dean, and was immediately killed, in an example of the “Bury Your Gays” trope that would be almost parodic if that wasn’t what literally happened in the show. Don’t worry though; in the season finale, Dean dies and is reunited with … his car. All cars go to heaven, but gay angels burn forever in Super Hell!
But if there’s one thing you have to hand to Collins, it’s that he’s always been an advocate for queer readings of the show, unlike some other actors. While some attempted to read Destiel as a bromance even to the bitter end, Collins confirmed in 2020 that Castiel’s words were a “homosexual declaration of love,” while also acknowledging that the ending played “into a timeless Hollywood trope of ‘kill the gays.’”
Ultimately though, Collins as a person is so much more than his role on “Supernatural.” Although we sadly couldn’t officially welcome his character to the family for too long, Collins is already receiving a warm welcome from enthusiastic fans.
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