Warning: major season 3 spoilers head!
Warning: major spoilers ahead for the season 3 finale of13 Reasons Why.
Read on at your own risk!
Credit: David Moir/Netflix
Season 3 of Netflixs controversial teen drama revealed that the homophobic, almost-sociopathic jock was actually closeted himself.
In a shocking twist, a flashback scene at a party showed Monty drunkenly hooking up with another guy.
He still refused to come out and call himself gay, though.
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Theres always a conversation with Yorkey, its not, This is where we want the character to go.
Its more [of] an open dialogue about whether or not we think its right for the character.
When you keep a secret like that its such a burden to yourself.
I found that it changed my relationships with the people around me on the show.
Coming in season 1, I was only supposed to be in three episodes as this bully jock guy.
But in the earlier seasons, I had to create a lot of the backstory.
A lot of questions were unanswered so I had to answer them.
Did you find it challenging not to judge or hate Monty after everything hes done?Absolutely.
Morally, hes so far from my understanding of what its like to be a human being.
[Laughs] The things he does are just so wrong.
But like you said, you have to be unbiased.
You have to approach it from the characters perspective and you have to understand why theyre doing that.
I was always so sad for the character.
They did not like me!
[Laughs] They did not like me and they let me know it.
If there wasnt that reaction, then I wouldnt have felt like I did my job properly.
Its an assurance that Im making the right decisions in my acting, I guess.
Its scary though, some of those tweets and being hated out there!
Im just sad to see that his story ended in that manner.
We never shot it.
What you see in that episode was what we were going with.
It added to the mystery of it, of how Monty gets pinned for everything.
Its also a bummer!
[Laughs] It was really a bummer, come on!
Historically thatisa pretty major part of this show.
Especially with this show.
Brian Yorkey is very excited about what hes got planned for the final season so well see.
I miss my friends up in the Bay Area!
Honestly, when I read that, I had gotten really angry actually.
It left a bad taste in my mouth.
Im legitimately frustrated with the other characters.
And then after I let that emotion process, I was like, hell yeah.
How awesome to be at the center of all this.
Im honored, really, in a weird way.
I hope that people can, not sympathize but maybe understand him a little more even after his death.
Just a little empathy towards the poor guy.
It was honestly so nice.
To look back on three seasons of this, its incredible to see his storyline and his character develop.
13 Reasons Whyseason 3 is now streaming in full on Netflix.
