Disney Channel's 'Andi Mack' Ends With Channel's First Same-Sex Teen Couple
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | July 31, 2019
The series finale of Andi Mack made history by including the Disney Channel's first-ever same-sex teen couple.
Andi Mack follows the lives of 13-year-old title character Andi (played by Peyton Elizabeth), her family and her two best friends: Cyrus Goodman (Joshua Rush) and Buffy Driscoll (Sofia Wylie).
The episode, which aired on Friday, ended with 13-year-old Cyrus and Thelonious “TJ” Kippen (Luke Mullen) holding hands on a bench.
In the show's second season premiere, Cyrus came out gay to this friends.
Mullen confirmed that his character ended up with Cyrus. “TYRUS [TJ + Cyrus] IS. ENDGAME,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Honored to be a part of such a groundbreaking show,” he tweeted separately. “I hope my character can inspire people to be proud of who they are and love who they love.”