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Australian soap character Charlie Buckton prepares to come outThis week, Australia's Herald Sun reported that Home and Away soap star Esther Anderson would be playing a lesbian next year. Apparently, her character, Charlie Buckton, is about to come out.
I don't know much about the Aussie soap, so I looked up Charlie Buckton's official profile on Home and Away to see if I could flesh out any hints that she might be a lesbian. It only took three seconds before my gaydar was going haywire. These are all direct quotes. Charlie Buckton is:
Do you need more evidence that she's a big, big gaymo? OK, how about some pictures. Buckton rocking the baseball cap:
Working the black tank top:
Playing stern in a uniform:
Enjoying a dyke-y sport:
Dorking around in a hoodie:
But StuntDouble, you're saying, you're lesbian profiling and exacerbating stereotypes! Yes, I am, and I rest my case. Submitted by on December 4, 2008 - 2:00pm. |
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I never got into that soap
I never got into that soap even when I was living over there, but thanks for the info. THIS would definitely make me tune in. Well, also depending on how they are handling things. How can anyone resist a gorgeous lady in a uniform? especially the ones that come with handcuffs :P
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Great
OH YES!!!!!!!!
Okay I actually nearly broke my computer chair from jumping up and down
I have looooved her since she first came on a couple of weeks ago, she is super hot in that uniform. But isn't she supposed to be in a relationship with Roman, so mmmm? how will that work?
Right I knw a lot about home and away, I'm an Irish student it's a rite of passage at half one everyday!!!
I thought about 6 or so
I thought about 6 or so years ago there was a girl who was a main character (can't remember her name, but she had red hair and was a bit of a "wild child"), came out and then promptly left the show.
Did that actually happen or did I make the whole thing up?
I think you are talking
I think you are talking about Gypsy, she was attracted to Shelly (Kirsty's mother) and she kissed another woman but soon after she got pregnant with Will's child and the left the show together.
In the mid to late nineties there was a lesbian relationship involving a student (played by Isla Fischer) and teacher, which amazingly ended with the couple leaving the bay together.
Yeah! Gypsy was the one I
Shannon (Isla Fisher)
I totally know what you mean, something happened with Shannon, she started wearing dungerees and cried in some womans trailor and then ran away to Paris with her, I was too young to cop it at the time but thinking about it now, it really does seem like they gayed her up! I hope someone knows what I'm talking about!!!
If she gets a girlfriend, I hope its Martha, she's a hottie!!!
Mandy & Shannon
I remember Shannon and Mandy clearly
I used to have it on tape, i was desperate for any gayness i could find!
Shannon (Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashes etc) and Mandy (Rachael Blake, Lantana, TV's Wildside and she did voiceovers for SBS for years).
The whole storyline was ridiculous. Shannon was still with that tall guy (lachie?) he proposed and she kept putting him off and he didn't know why and then he figured it out..... Because he saw Mandy one afternoon wearing some "political cartoon" t-shirt and then 1st thing the next morning he ran into Shannon wearing the same t-shirt!
Not once were the words gay or lesbian mentioned, Pippa (Shannons foster mum)told someone that she had concerns over Shannon spending time with Mandy, because she was "a woman of the world who had many different experiences".
Mandy said Shannon was her muse. They bonded over both being writers.
After the tall guy confronted Shannon about his proposal he warbled on about the T-shirts and said he know new why she turned him down etc.
Selena (Shannons best friend) confronted her about it also and said she didn't understand why she would not want to marry the Tall guy and run off to Paris with that weird woman. I can't remember Shannon's reply unfortunately, i think it was something along the lines of wanting to see the world and wanting to be around Mandy. I don't believe there was any mention of being in love, but perhaps that she loved her. Selena and Shannon made up before she left.
I might see if i can find the tape!
I love H&A
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Your Right
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Well this might actually get me watching the show again, because I stopped when Sally left. Plus the character/actress is hot as hell lol
YaY
I still love my Aussie soaps and she's a hottie! I wonder who she will like in it :/ my guess is Leah,just because i like her too :P i'm sorta fond of Kirsty also.
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The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you.
The earth turns, the sun burns, but I die, without you.
This brings back the memories
Yes.
Charlie and Martha
i used to watch this religiously
then it changed times and channel and I am hardly home to see it these days, but it would be great if they brought in another lesbian character rather than have one of the current female characters have a "lesbian phase" it just seems like lots of shows are doing this type of storyline and just thinking how many times can we see this happen? can't we have a story like peta and poppy in out of the blue? an establised couple or at least established gay characters.
suppose will have to see which way it pans out....
*balance and perservance*
um. whoah.
I never got into 'Home and
So stoked
This has made my day. Charlie is well HOT!
Hmmm now they just have to choose the right partner ... i think i shall hurry home tonight to catch it at 6 :)!! Whoop whoop.
i hope this is true! since i
omg!
Also long as its not Martha
Home and Away.
I have to confess I still regularly watch Home and Away, I love the dumb little fluffy soap. It used to be that I was more a fan of Neighbours but now I prefer Home and Away. Mind you I'm not a fan of Charlie, obsessing over Roman and generally being a controlling bitch. I guess she's improved slightly from the start, when she was horrid to her father, Morag and Ruby. During the whole internet chat business I was thinking it would be Ruby that would be gay out of that family.
I have a question to regular H&A viewers, I missed why she is staying with Leah. I know people in H&A just randomly move in with each other all the time but when she was looking for a place for her and Ross to stay why she didn't have her own place to begin with. I guess they are low on sets because I can't see why Morag would need to live with Roman and the brats(Nicole and Aiden).
I've watched a few eps at Oz pace and I love psycho Melody. I'm waiting for a giant bitch fight between her and Nicole.
BTW - Who hates Martha, I have to turn the channel over as soon as I see her dumb horsey mouth on my screen. Cannot stand.
Oh no
I like Martha, she used to annoy but there's something cute about her big horsey mouth!! I can't remember her moving in with Leah, but the story line moves so fast in home and away that if you miss an episode someone has usually died or gotten married.
I wouldn't be getting all ye're little lesbian hearts up that there's going to be some long term relationship because knowing home and away it'll be all over in a few episodes....
Martha
I know, right. This storyline will last a week at most. You all recall the Shannon plotline. I don't even remember Gypsy because well I wasn't watching the show at that time.
I hate to say it but Geoff/Nicole are my favourite Home and Away couple.
I used to like Martha when she wasn't with Jack and whinying. Remember she was kinda dykey when she first arrived, she was a electrician and all. Now she works as a bar maid and is married to the tool of the known world, Jack Holden. I think Martha went downhill for me when she first married Jack and then became the most annoying clingy wife in human history. She had a total personality transplant overnight. Then she got her teeth done and became part horse.
Haha
I loved how she couldn't
I loved how she couldn't just be pregnant but pregnant to a unkown father and have cancer at the same time. The best was Cassie having HIV and being pregnant as well. Class. Martha gets too many storyline, I almost felt sorry for her when everyone was on their high horse about her being a stripper but then she started to annoy me.
This should be interesting
This should be interesting to see how they handle the story but knowing home and away it'll be over before it begins!
i agree with you oscartg martha is so annoying! i don't think i've ever watched a show in which a character gets a terminal illness and i actually hope they die! ha that makes me sound so bad but for some reason i can't stand her!
But she won't die, she will
But she won't die, she will linger on and on and on. Just so more horrible things can befall her. I can't believe that Roman is supposed to be still in love with that horse faced irritant.
Yay Charlie
I don't really watch H+A unless my crazy aunt bribes me with food, but I always had my eye on Charlie. Who doesn't love a hot cop?
I wonder if this will cause as much of a fuss as when Skye kissed that American chick on Neighbours? My grandma stopped watching because of that storyline.
As for Martha (eugh), I thought the actress playing her had left the show? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. Or just wishful thinking.
Charlie maybe gay, yay
This might sound sad, but I do actually watch Home & Away avidly, and have done since Neighbours moved to Channel 5. If Neighbours had remained on BBC1, then I probably wouldn’t have bothered watching it again.
If this news about Charlie becoming gay next year becomes true, then 2009 is going to be a great ‘soap year’ for me indeed.
The character that she plays doesn’t have such a desirable personality but the actual actress who plays the character of Charlie Buckton is an absolute HOTTIE. She’s got lovely red hair, a gorgeous face with a nice bone structure, and well, did I mention she was gorgeous.
If they do make her character a ‘coming out’ lesbian and handle the story line in a good way, then I’m going to be smiling from Monday through to Friday next year.
Is Charlie going to date
Is Charlie going to date the new female cop that seems to be on screen alot these days? I'm glad that Charlie didn't hesitate to go with the evidence that Angelo killed Jack and set his dumb ass up. Jack was right after all. I'm hoping that he's going to be out of the show soon.
Oh by the way can someone slap Belle because she's really getting on my last nerve at the moment. I find her more irritating than Martha at this point and thats saying something.
If anyone is still reading
If anyone is still reading this thread...
I'm pretty sure the actress who plays Charlie is also in a Jim Beam advert playing a lesbian. She is gorgeous!
Loved the 'Dorking around in a hoodie' comment. Genius =:)
Do you
know if there's anywhere to view this advert?
Jim Beam ad
this is the one they're talking about - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4H7YHptSkU
It looks like Esther Anderson, but it's hard to tell with those gorgeous model types sometimes :D
Looks like Charlie will be
ITA - maybe about a 6 or 7
ITA - maybe about a 6 or 7 year age difference between them (20-27ish).
Could be an intersting story line, but what is it with H&A and lesbian story lines. Seems to me the last one was Shannon (Isla Fisher) and Mandy way, way, back in the early 90's. Mandy was a lot older then Shannon. I know sopies like recycling old storyliens but serioulsy....
Front page of our newspaper???
im all for lesbians being brought into the show.. (i dont watch it though)
BUT today this made the front page of our paper in Mebourne!? The heading was something like "channel 7 is shocking fans with a lesbian romance" or something like that.. it was sooo frustrating! i mean there are so many bad things and more important things happening in the world rather then a new lesbian romance! WHY did it make the newspaper.. arg!
yay for them though!
Front page news
Whoa, slow news day today I guess... but lesbianism must sell papers, cos for a while there that whole Ruby Rose/Veronicas thing was front page every day at the Tele. I mean, the Tele is a sad excuse for a newspaper, but still.
I posted this in another thread today, but the Herald ran an article about the upcoming relationship, or whatever it will be, too. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25168796-5006022,00.html It's a bit sad our only lesbian characters are now on Home and Away, but I think that says more about the state of Aussie television than the lack of representation.
Herald Sun
Bit sad that its front page news in a Melbourne paper. I was suprised when i saw it this morning, of course there is nothing better to write about, why not write about family groups being outraged!
Did have a bit of a snicker at 'Summer Bay Goes Gay' tho...
The headlines from
The headlines from newspapers are a riot to read. I think one newspaper had 'Home and a Gay' ...
Class
My personal favourite was a headline in the UK about a gay storyline in Eastender....the headline read "EastBenders"