Are stu and billy gay

Ahead of the new “Scream,” out Friday, openly gay screenwriter of the first “Scream," Kevin Williamson, has confirmed that Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), who are thought to be queer by many LGBTQ+ fan theorists, were based on infamous mass murderers Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, both of whom.

Lillard revealed that Billy and Stu were secretly an item during a panel appearance at Emerald City Comic Con (via Popverse). “Stu and Billy were definitely gay,” he declared.

Ahead of last year’s Scream () release, writer Kevin Williamson set the record straight and confirmed that the amorous relationship between Billy and Stu isn’t just meme-fodder. Williamson wrote the original script with real life gay killers Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb in mind.

I think the relationship between Billy and Stu is a little queer-coded but I don’t think either of them were actually gay.