Riverdale once again slayed our screens with another epic musical episode, but it wouldn’t
be Riverdale if there weren't some unexpected surprises right?
Well fans got the ultimate surprise when Casey Cott aka Kevin Keller kissed KJ Apa aka Archie
Andrews during the latest episode.
What’s up guys?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. back here with Clevver News bringing you all the news updates from
my Clevver home studio and in case you missed it, the characters of Riverdale took on the
musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
There have been other musical episodes like when they did their take on Carrie and Heathers,
but the latest Hedwig episode might be their best musical yet.
And there were multiple unexpected kisses between cast members in the episode.
Don’t worry we’ll get to all of that, but first, be sure to subscribe to Clevver
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Ok so, the idea behind the episode was that Kevin, Casey Cott’s character, was putting
on a variety show.
But he was forced into a rebellion when Principal Honey refused to let him perform a song from
Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
So Kevin decided to perform a song in the hallway, while Cheryl and Toni performed at
Pop's, and other cast members were just sort of randomly singing in their bedrooms, but
all in all it was great.
Meanwhile, while all of that was going down, Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead were
dealing with some struggles of their own.
Betty wanted Jughead to study so he could graduate with her, because in case you forgot,
he got a little behind when he was quote un quote "dead.”
But Jughead was in detective mode and all he wanted to do was investigate the video
tapes that Riverdale residents were still receiving.
And Veronica also was upset with Archie for not taking her dad's illness seriously…
though let’s be real, we never really know if we should be taking Hiram Lodge seriously
about anything.
Anyway, all of this tension pushed Archie and Betty together for another kiss, though
this time, they weren't faking it.
It was the real thing.
And Barchie fans nearly lost it.
Obviously Bughead and Varchie fans were not here for this moment, so much so that Lili
Reinhart actually took to Twitter to defend her character.
She wrote quote, “Some food for thought- You don’t have to agree or support Betty’s
choices, but she’s a young girl.
And she’s figuring herself out, just like everyone else in the world.
And sometimes people do bad things.
#riverdale”
Where do you guys stand on this?
Do you ship Betty and Archie or Betty and Jughead?
Let me know who your Riverdale endgame couples are down in the comments below and get the
conversation started.
OH don’t you turn the channel, we haven’t even gotten to the best part yet, Archie and
Kevin’s Kiss!
Interestingly enough though, this Betty/Archie kiss was actually the 2nd most unexpected
kiss in the episode.
The first goes to Kevin Keller and Archie.
Yeah, I guess it’s safe to say that Archie was having a good week.
When Kevin was performing “Tear Me Down” in the music room, planted a big ol’ kiss
on Archie!
And guess what you guys... it turns out, the kiss wasn’t even planned so this reaction
from Archie/KJ is 100% genuine.
Ok that might just have been one of the best unexpected Riverdale surprises ever.
Can we get a slo-mo!
And Casey told Entertainment Tonight how he came up with the impromptu idea.
He said quote, “So that, actually, was not in the script, but it is in the script of
Hedwig the musical.
There’s a moment where Hedwig is in the audience and just picks an audience member
and plants one on them.
So we were doing ‘Tear Me Down’ and there was no kiss in the script or anything.”
And as surprised as KJ was by the kiss, he actually loved it as much as the rest of us.
Casey explained to ET that quote, “So I came through the audience and I planted one
on KJ’s cheek and I had all this lipstick on, so he had lipstick all over his face — and
he loved it!
And after I went back in on the next take through, I went to plant one on his cheek
and he turned his mouth and just laid it right onto me!”
Casey went on to say that it “was a 50/50 kiss — he definitely leaned into it.
But after we got it, we went back and we just had so much fun and I was so excited that
that happened.
It’s kind of a nod to the musical, so I thought that was awesome.
KJ is totally game and he’s the best.
He’s the ultimate improvisor, so he’s hilarious and he’s awesome.”
And this was a kiss that fans were completely undivided on, everyone was so here for it.
One person wrote quote, “casey kissing kj unscripted is sending me i love how comfortable
the cast is with each other”
Another said quote, “OMG!!!!
Kevin kissed Archie while singing with a shirtless fangs all my dreams have come true.”
And another shared this GIF and wrote quote, “that Archie and Kevin kiss”
And as always, the episode wasn’t all kisses and music, it’s Riverdale so it has to end
with a pretty intense cliff hanger.
At the end of the episode, Jughead was back watching videotape footage and he ended up
watching a mask of Betty killing a mask of Jughead with a rock, then staring into the
camera.
And Casey teased what’s to come in the upcoming episodes.
He said quote, “The only thing I can tease about that is that it gets very out of hand
very quickly very soon.
So stay tuned for that.
That will blow some minds."
And we are always here for it!
Riverdale never ceases to keep us on our toes.
And if you still want more Riverdale kissing news, we’ve got more of that for you right
over here.
I'm Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, bye guys!