Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3, episode 4!The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon stars Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride clarify Daryl and Carol’s relationship status after season 3’s latest episode. During Daryl Dixon season 3, episode 4, Valentina makes the assumption that the core duo are romantically involved. However, both deny it in a somewhat comedic moment about their deep, long-standing connection to one another.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Reedus and McBride clarified the truth behind Daryl and Carol’s relationship in The Walking Dead. The actors explained how their characters aren’t in a romantic relationship, the scene reflecting fan expectations given how close they are. However, McBride cheekily adds it’s “still a little ambiguous” how true their denial is. Check out what they said below:

Melissa McBride: It’s kind of a big move on [showrunner] David Zabel’s part to bring that up in some way or another. It’s fodder for all kinds of things online.

Norman Reedus: We’ve never implied that we were a couple in 16 years. You have fans who just want to see this one thing, and if you give it to them, it’s done forever. We’ve really tried our hardest to take this show and make it original and make it less about zombie jump scares and who’s going to hook up with who. You can’t really write for YouTube comments. You just can’t. There are also other YouTube comments that are like, ‘When’s Daryl gonna find Rick?’ Like, I don’t know! But if I knew, I wouldn’t tell you!

That character of Valentina, she’s very sexually free. She assumes everybody’s hooking up…. It was fun to play that. I wanted to be lighthearted with it, but I wanted to definitely have an exclamation point.

Melissa McBride: I think we both got a kick out of that scene, and I think it was handled well. It was light, it was fun, it was unexpected. And still, if I may say, there’s something still a little ambiguous about it.

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