20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn’t Know About Family Guy

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2. Seth MacFarlane Has Actaully Confirmed That Stewie Is Gay

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Once his matricidal tendencies had been fully explored, Stewie's defining trait has been his emergent homosexuality. From one-shot jokes in cutaways to essentially winking at the audience, it's become a strong recurring joke. It's funny because it's so unsubtle, yet never actually fully stated, making its dominance of the characterisation not too much of a problem.

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The veil of ambiguity was, however, destroyed when Seth MacFarlane outed the one year old in Playboy magazine, a totally unnecessary reveal. Still, it's quite interesting to learn; throughout the series the audience has been to hell and back over whether this is definitive, or just a bit of fun.