lmao! Well, he may or he may not, idk, but the spokesperson did mention "all is not as it seems"...lol take that as u will. Nonetheless, with a picture like that...if Dredd isn't flaming, than his fanboys are definitely looking to flame the writers for this one lol.
The story is actually that a gay club has opened, where patrons roleplay as either Dredd or a perp. Perp does something 'illegal,' the Dredd 'captures' them, then, well, I'm sure you've read fanfics ^^
"Then he finds himself in a Dredd-themed underground gay club, where everyone dresses either as Dredd or as a perp, Dredd being the ultimate symbol of macho, leather-clad repression in this city. It's kind of a Village People deal turned up to 100 in a Mega-City One style. And then the real Dredd arrives."
I think it'll end up being a dream sequence that kid is having about Dredd. It simply isn't in Dredd's personality to run up and kiss anyone in public, let alone some random teenage boy that he doesn't even know.
That's likely what this statement from the article is alluding to:
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