{"id":397086,"date":"2026-01-09T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397086\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:05:11","slug":"9-1-1s-oliver-stark-on-bucks-bi-love-triangle-buddie-shippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397086\/","title":{"rendered":"‘9-1-1’s Oliver Stark On Buck’s Bi Love Triangle, ‘Buddie’ Shippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILERS: This post contains details about the 9-1-1<\/a>, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\n\tWith almost nine seasons of playing fun-loving fireman Buck under his belt, Oliver Stark<\/a> is growing with his 9-1-1<\/a> character.<\/p>\n

\n\tAhead of this week\u2019s episode \u2018Secrets\u2019, the actor spoke to Deadline about the character\u2019s unexpected bisexual love triangle with a married couple he meets during a night out, who happened to be played by \u201ca real husband and wife,\u201d Dean Geyer and Jillian Murray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt made it a little awkward, I can\u2019t lie,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it didn\u2019t feel awkward until we were shooting the intimate scenes, and I was like, \u2018oh, that\u2019s your real-life husband right there,\u2019 or, \u2018oh, that\u2019s your real life wife right there.\u2019 But they were so great and coaching each other, like, \u2018Do this a little bit more, arch a little bit more.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Wow, I wish I had that, somebody to like coach me through this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStark\u2019s behind-the-scenes experience came as Buck begins to realize \u201che just wants his person\u201d and that his wild life is \u201cnot always that fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe sees that around him, right? He has Hen and Karen, his sister Maddie and Chimney. They have such great relationships, they have their person, they know they\u2019re safe with them,\u201d explained Stark. \u201cAnd so, while this wild life may seem appealing, I think at the end of the day, what you want is to go home and have your safety there, the person that sees you and understands you. So, I think that\u2019s what this teaches Buck, is that he needs to find his way to that, some way, somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, two seasons after Buck came out as bisexual, Stark is fully aware of social media\u2019s devoted \u2018Buddie\u2019 shippers and understands why fans want to see the character end up with Ryan Guzman<\/a>\u2018s Eddie, who remains Buck\u2019s best friend after returning to Los Angeles and the 118. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTim Minear<\/a>, who writes the show, said in an interview a few days ago, he\u2019s actively a fan of the ship of Buddie, and he understands it and roots for it, and doesn\u2019t not like the idea of it, which, I get it as well,\u201d admitted Stark. \u201cI\u2019ve spoken about it in interviews. I say happily that I see the moments that other people see, and you see fan edits and there\u2019s nice romantic music playing over the top of it or whatever it is, and you go, \u2018Oh yeah, those do feel like charged moments.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Oliver<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tOliver Stark<\/a> in the \u20189-1-1\u2019, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaymond Liu\/Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on about Buck\u2019s growth on 9-1-1, how Bobby\u2019s death has affected him and the upcoming 9-1-1: Nashville<\/a> crossover.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Buck came out a couple seasons ago. What\u2019s the LGBTQ<\/a> fan response been since that?<\/p>\n

\n\tOLIVER STARK: You know, it was so overwhelmingly lovely when that storyline first came around, and I spoke about it a bit at the time, but it\u2019s always nice to look back on it because it really struck me how overwhelmingly positive it was, and I didn\u2019t know how it would go down. You never know what the audience of the show is, demographically, and how they\u2019re going to react to something, and it was just overwhelmingly positive. I think that is probably because that is the theme of the show. So much is about inclusivity, and there\u2019s so much positive representation across the show already, that I think the fan base in general was one that understood and was built around love. So, it was really an honor to get to be a part of it and to get to tell this story, and I\u2019ve really loved being able to continue to do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Ryan<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tRyan Guzman, Oliver Stark and Anirudh Pisharody in the \u20189-1-1\u2019, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Willard\/Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: This week\u2019s episode is very fun for Buck because he has multiple partners, and he gets to explore his bisexuality. But by the end of it, he\u2019s turning down the whole situation, and it almost feels somewhat out of character for Buck to turn down something like that. But at the same time, I feel like he\u2019s grown a lot since the first season. What is it he\u2019s kind of looking for in life at this point?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: I think it\u2019s a case of, this wild, free life is nice in theory, but it\u2019s not always that fulfilling when it comes to it. And I think this situation teaches him that more than anything, he just wants his person. He sees that around him, right? He has Hen and Karen, his sister Maddie and Chimney. They have such great relationships, they have their person, they know they\u2019re safe with them. And so, while this wild life may seem appealing, I think at the end of the day, what you want is to go home and have your safety there, the person that sees you and understands you. So, I think that\u2019s what this teaches Buck, is that he needs to find his way to that, some way, somehow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Dean Geyer and Ryan Guzman look so much alike, I\u2019m wondering if that was a conscious choice to cast someone who kind of looks like Eddie, almost like that\u2019s Buck\u2019s type.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: I don\u2019t believe so, no. I don\u2019t know, actually. So, did you know that that is a real husband and wife?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Oh, really?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Yeah. I don\u2019t know about this, this is what I heard, that they were cast completely independently of each other, and they just turned out to be real husband and wife. That feels a little too coincidental, but that\u2019s the story I was told. So, I don\u2019t think it had anything to do with that. I just think that this casting lined up and they both were great for their roles and got the jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Dean<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tDean Geyer and Jillian Murray in the \u20189-1-1\u2019, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaymond Liu\/Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: That\u2019s funny. I love that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: It made it a little awkward, I can\u2019t lie. And it didn\u2019t feel awkward until we were shooting the intimate scenes, and I was like, \u201coh, that\u2019s your real-life husband right there,\u201d or, \u201coh, that\u2019s your real life wife right there.\u201d But they were so great and coaching each other, like, \u201cDo this a little bit more, arch a little bit more.\u201d And I was like, \u201cWow, I wish I had that, somebody to like coach me through this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: That\u2019s so funny. That\u2019s goals right there. Of course, I asked about Eddie because all the fans have been shipping Buck and Eddie, even long before Buck came out. And I\u2019m curious if that\u2019s something that you think the writers will ever entertain or do you think it\u2019s maybe a little too unrealistic?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Honestly, and this is may be a little of a cop out, but I don\u2019t know. I do know, however, that Tim Minear, who writes the show, said in an interview a few days ago, he\u2019s actively a fan of the ship of Buddie, and he understands it and roots for it, and doesn\u2019t not like the idea of it, which, I get it as well. I\u2019ve spoken about it in interviews. I say happily that I see the moments that other people see, and you see fan edits and there\u2019s nice romantic music playing over the top of it or whatever it is, and you go, \u201cOh yeah, those do feel like charged moments.\u201d So yeah, I\u2019m just happy to keep telling the story of these characters, and if that\u2019s the way that, authentically, Tim decides the story goes, then I think that\u2019s beautiful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: And beyond the Buck romance storyline of this episode, one part that was hilarious was the chastity belt scene. There\u2019s been a lot of crazy stuff like that on this show, what would you say has been the craziest call or scene for you to shoot?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: There\u2019s crazy in different ways on this show. In some respects, the first thing that flashes into my head is way back in Season 1, where I pulled a tapeworm out of a guy\u2019s ass. That was pretty crazy, just in terms of the quirkiness of it, and I loved that when we did that, Buck was just into it. That\u2019s just a great one. It was so free and easygoing. Then obviously, there\u2019s crazy in terms of scale, when you look at space or a tsunami or whatever it is, and then crazy in terms of the peril that it puts us in. Some of my favorite moments aren\u2019t necessarily the biggest spectacle emergencies, but they\u2019re the ones I had a fire truck dumped on my leg, or Eddie got shot, the ones that really put our characters that we\u2019ve come to know and love right at the edge. I think those are probably the most meaningful ones and feel the most epic to shoot, because it feels like one of our own, and over the years, we have genuinely become a family. So, it\u2019s very easy to bring the urgency and feel that in those moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Anirudh<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tAnirudh Pisharody, Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman in the \u20189-1-1\u2019, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Willard\/Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Yeah, I was gonna say, like the time Buck got electro\u2014or almost electrocuted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Yeah\u2014oh no, I did in fact, I believe I was dead for a few minutes. I think I died for a few minutes, but they brought me back.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Bobby\u2019s death is obviously such a big moment for the show in general, but how would you say that\u2019s affected Buck when it\u2019s someone who really saw the potential in him from the beginning?<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Yeah, I think it\u2019s really interesting this season to explore the way grief comes in waves. Some episodes, you don\u2019t see it in the characters at all, and then there will suddenly be an episode where he is brought up, and this feeling rushes over them. Or we had this Halloween episode earlier in the season, where Buck thought that Bobby was trying to communicate to him. So, I think it\u2019s nice the way that character will continue to literally haunt the narrative. And he was such a grounding figure for Buck, that when you remove that piece, you\u2019re left with a choice of, do you revert back to your old ways because the thing that was keeping you steady is gone, or do you learn to be that grounding piece for yourself? And I think we\u2019ve actually seen Buck really step up, through his mentorship of the Harry character as well. He\u2019s almost getting to be what Bobby was for him. He\u2019s getting to be that for Harry. And so, I think he\u2019s continuing that legacy in a really positive and lovely, fulfilling way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Do you and the cast still talk to Peter much?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Yeah. Listen, after eight years of this show\u2014and I know every show is obviously an intense experience\u2014but I do feel like there have been things that we\u2019ve gone through as a cast that have particularly bonded us, just time spent. And it\u2019s not like we speak every day anymore, but over Christmas, we spoke, and New Year\u2019s. We still have a group chat with all of us, and seeing his name pop up in it is always lovely. He\u2019s spoken about on set a lot and missed. We just shot something earlier today from episode 10 with this little kid, and he came up to me. He\u2019s a kid in the emergency, and he said, \u201cCan I ask you a question? Do you miss Bobby?\u201d And I say, \u201cYeah, we all miss him.\u201d He will always be missed. He was such a big part of the show, and it\u2019s about finding ways to move forward without him on screen, but also off screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Oliver<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tOliver Stark and Anirudh Pisharody in the \u20189-1-1\u2019, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Willard\/Disney<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Being on the show since the beginning, for nine seasons, Buck has changed on so many levels. Can you tell me anything about what the future holds for Buck or what you hope to see for Buck?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: It\u2019s funny you say that, because yes, it has been a long time, and so we\u2019ve watched Buck grow up a little bit, which is something that as we move deeper into the season, he\u2019s going to start to erestle with a little bit, that he\u2019s not the young guy anymore and maybe he doesn\u2019t bounce back from things so fast as he moves into his mid-30s, into late 30s. He doesn\u2019t feel the same way that he was feeling in Season 1, and we do have other people around us that are young and spright, and that\u2019s going to be an adjustment of identity for Buck that he\u2019s going to have to deal with as we go forward. And I like that because I think that\u2019s part of the journey to maturing and understanding that it\u2019s OK to not still be the 20-year old version of yourself, and so I look forward to continuing that story and watching him grow into this current form.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Also I\u2019ve been watching 9-1-1: Nashville, and I\u2019m curious what\u2019s to come with the upcoming crossover.<\/p>\n

\n\tSTARK: Buck\u2019s going. Buck and Eddie are going, we\u2019ll actually be there for episode 12. I can say that much. Oh yeah, we\u2019re going. I can\u2019t tell you why we\u2019re going. But it\u2019s a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILERS: This post contains details about the 9-1-1, Season 9 episode \u2018Secrets\u2019 With almost nine seasons of playing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[36125,1855,88,3026,119524,92],"class_list":["post-397086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-9-1-1","tag-abc","tag-entertainment","tag-lgbtq","tag-oliver-stark","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}