‘The Walking Dead’: Steven Yeun Speaks Out (Finally)!

“The Walking Dead’s” Steven Yeun has broken his silence. 

(Spoiler Alert! This story contains details about Sunday night’s “The Walking Dead.”) 

The actor appeared live via satellite on Sunday night’s “Talking Dead,” where he was finally able to speak freely following the big reveal on Sunday’s “The Walking Dead,” that Glenn Rhee survived falling into a crowd of walkers. (He crawled to safety under the dumpster.)

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“I feel relieved, I feel very grateful, I feel so amazed at the response,” Steven told show host Chris Hardwick, when asked how he feels now. “I feel bad that I couldn’t say anything to everyone, and family and friends. … But yeah… I mean, it’s kind of been overwhelming. I didn’t even know how to really take it all.” 

Steven suggested he’s been a bit of a recluse since the third episode of the season, where his character’s fate was left up in the air, played out on AMC four weeks ago.

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“I have not been out much. I frequent a lot of take-out,” he said. “My apartment looks like a hoarder’s house.” 

There has been plenty of online chatter and debate since the “Thank You,” episode of “TWD” aired. Asked for his take on what Glenn’s survival symbolizes, Steven said it was something positive. 

“I think it proves that this world still can take that story of the good guy winning sometimes,” he said. “I really like the fact that it’s not this, you know, bent of always seeking out something miserable happening on television or something terrible, and sulking on that and rather just really accepting the fact that sometimes good guys survive.” 

“TWD” showrunner and Executive Producer Scott Gimple appeared alongside Steven on the satellite feed, and he explained why they left what happened to Glenn a mystery for a short while.

“The story we were telling was one of uncertainty,” he said. “When people leave the walls, in this case of Alexandria, they don’t have cell phones, they aren’t rocking ’80s beepers, you don’t know what happens, you have no idea. When they leave, that could be the last time you ever see them and I think it was important to do a story this year about uncertainty and that the audience would share that uncertainty that the characters had, like in Episode 5. Maggie didn’t know what happened to Glenn and I wanted the audience to be exactly where she was, to feel the exact same way.” 

Steven also went on Twitter on Sunday night, a site he hasn’t posted on since “Thank You” aired. There, he offered his own thanks, writing, “A much delayed thank you for all the Glenn love. big love to you all.”

https://twitter.com/steveyeun/status/668650598657564672

“The Walking Dead” midseason finale airs next Sunday night at 9 PM ET/PT on AMC.

— Jolie Lash