If onlyWizards of Waverly Placeshowrunner Peter Murrieta had a magic wand.
Murrieta replied, “Disney Channel has had [LGBTQ] characters, and they did it.
At that time it wasn’t a thing.
Selena Gomez and Hayley Kiyoko on ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’.Adam Rose/Disney Channel via Getty
But we got as close as we could…
I mean, it was pretty close.”
He added, “That would have been great.”
(EW has reached out to Disney Channel for comment.)
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