Kevin Keller

"I love a good closet case. So, let's start with skinny-dipping, and then see what happens?"

- Kevin to Moose

Kevin Keller is a recurring character on Riverdale. He is portrayed by Casey Cott.

Kevin is an openly gay student at Riverdale High School and the best friend of Betty Cooper.

Early life
Kevin presumably grew up in Riverdale, along side Betty Cooper, his closest friend. There is nothing known on his home life, beyond the fact that his father is the sheriff of Riverdale.

Season 1
Kevin assisted Betty, while she prepared for her outing with Archie, in which she would finally reveal her true feelings towards him. He reminded Betty that whiles nerves are acceptable, she must follow through. Just as Kevin looked out Betty's window, he made a shocking discovery, "Archie got hot", he proclaimed. The next day, at school, he was introduced to Veronica Lodge, it was then that he informed her on the social scene of Riverdale. Upon being propositioned in the bathroom by Moose Mason at the Semiformal, Kevin immediately alerted Betty. As the two of them arrived on scene of Sweetwater River, Moose made it known that he was not gay. They decided on skinny-dipping first, and moving on from there, however, they never even made it to the water, as Kevin stumbled upon the body of Jason Blossom. He was shot in the head.

Now that Archie and Betty as a couple is no longer an option, Kevin wanted to revisit his theory of Archie being gay, no straight man has that type of body. The conversation then shifted to the topic of another body, Jason's. Kevin's fine, if anything, he was more traumatized from having to explain to his father why he and Moose were out at the river. Moose volunteered in class to pair up with Kevin, as they needed to talk. He was hoping that the two of them could arrange another get-together, however, Kevin declined his offer, but not before acknowledging how attractive Moose is, yet they cannot be together, as Moose had too many demons, Kevin told him it's better if Moose stick with what he knows best, which is girls.

After discovering that Archie was at Sweetwater River on July 4th, Veronica wondered if he was being considered a suspect. According to Kevin, all of them are suspects in the murder of Jason Blossom, even him, at least that's what he was told by his father. All the talk about death led to his next suggestion, of binge watching "" on "". Unfortunately, Betty has to work on the paper, and Veronica has a date. He was shocked to discover that she was going out with Chuck Clayton. He's one of the hottest students in school, and the varsity football coach's sun. In Riverdale, that's the equivalent of dating a Kennedy. Succeeding Veronica's date, Kevin could hardly withstand asking her how it went, then almost immediately receiving a notification on his phone, it's a post of Veronica and Chuck, he claimed to have given her a Sticky Maple, which is a slut-shaming thing in Riverdale. With the help of Trev Brown, Kevin, Veronica, Betty, Ethel, and Cheryl managed to sneak into the school after hours, and find the team's "Playbook".

At the diner, Kevin, Betty and Veronica sat quietly as Jughead ranted and raved about the demolition of the Twilight Drive-In. It seemed Jughead could go on for hours, so Kevin stopped him, demanding that he desists with the references. He then pointed out the oddity of Archie, Fred Andrews, and Ms. Grundy as they entered the diner together. The following day, in the student lounge, Kevin was notably depressed as he didn't have a date for the drive-in, making out with your boy or girlfriend at the movies is in some way, a right of passage. He accepted Veronica's offer for to two of them to go together, but he wasn't too thrilled.

Back at his house, Kevin asked his father if he could use to truck for the night, before handing him the keys, Kevin's father instructed him to stay in the truck, due to all the dangers associated with that side of town. At the drive-in, Kevin and Veronica, sat in the back of the pick-up, cuddled up together as the movie played, to their surprise, Cheryl arrived shortly after, she joined them in the truck. Kevin then ran into a Southside Serpents as he left the snack stand, the same serpent that he had previously made eye contact with. It's wasn't long before he and Joaquin were making out in the back ally, Kevin gave him his number, however, Joaquin was startled to learn that he was the Sheriff's son, but the two of them agreed to keep it a secret. Kevin returned home, with his father to discover that the house had been broken into, and all the details of Jason Blossom's murder had been destroyed.

Personality
Kevin is shown to be a very outgoing, charismatic student who knows the social scene of Riverdale very well.

Relationships

 * Kevin and Moose
 * Veronica and Kevin
 * Betty and Kevin
 * Kevin and Joaquin

Trivia

 * The only recurring character to get a Promotional Image.