Boone Was Not Gay

The producers of ABC's hit drama "LOST" have set the record straight. Literally. Ian Sommerhalder's character Boone who appeared in a recent flashback story of Nikki and Paulo was not gay as some of us had suspected. Bummer.

The confusion over the character's sexuality began when a part of the Internet community (yours truly included) misinterpreted Boone's half-sister Shannon's line in the said flashback: "If you quit flirting with random guys maybe we could actually get on the plane."

The line could have of course been intended as a joke, after all Shannon had already referred to Locke, whom Boone befriended in season one prior to his tragic death, as his boyfriend. Perish the thought.

The reason people speculated about the significance of Shannon's seemingly inconspicuous statement was that the producers announced in an official podcast that streamed prior to the broadcast of the "Expose" episode that they would be revealing a gay character.

What does that mean? Is someone else who appeared in the episode gay? Or have the producers backpedaled on the original idea? One thing is for sure, neither Paulo nor Boone are gay, and both Nikki and Paulo are dead and won't be coming back. Amen.

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BOONE IS BACK ON LOST

Ian Somerhalder is returning to Lost.

The actor who stars in a new mini-series "Marco Polo" in which he plays the famous explorer is scheduled to re-appear on Lost on the October 11 episode entitled "Further Instructions".

Although being killed off in late season one, Somerhalder was back on "Lost" last season in a flashback sequence about his sister Shannon (Maggie Grace).

After Shannon was killed off herself, some fans had given up on hope of seeing Somerhalder back on the show. Now it seems he may be linked to another character.

The second episode of the third season will focus on what happened to Locke, Desmond and Eko following the explosion at the hatch.

The season premiere episode which airs a week earlier focuses on the fate of Jack, Kate and Sawyer and gives the viewers more insight into the mysterious Others.