Abigail Cowen Talks Delilah's Queer Identity In 'Every Year After'

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Every Year After expands the character of Delilah in so many ways from Carley Fortune’s book Every Summer After. For one, there’s her fling with Charlie, which is a big new twist on its own, but even that is further complicated by an unexplored connection with her childhood friend Jordie. That love triangle gets even messier in Season 1’s finale, when Delilah is briefly shown kissing a woman during a Halloween party. While the show has yet to really delve into Delilah’s apparent queer identity, that kiss was very illuminating for Abigail Cowen.

The actor tells Elite Daily that she was initially thrown for a loop by Delilah hooking up with a woman following her divorce, but after reflecting on it, all the pieces came together. “It was a surprise, but also, not really,” Cowen says. “It kind of made sense, because although she was a free spirit when she was young, she was also ...