 Although Karofsky begins the second season as an ordinary jock bully , Murphy hinted to Adler that there would be more in store for the character . According to Adler , Murphy approached him at the second season premiere and said , " ' we just wrote some really good stuff for you for episode six ' . " The actor recalls , " I had no idea what that meant , until I read it ! " Adler had long wondered why his character behaved the way he did : " I thought there 's got to be a reason why he 's so angry , why he 's such a bully , why he 's going out of his way to make other people 's lives a living hell " . Although he had considered various ideas for Karofsky — " maybe he was jealous of the glee club , maybe he was gay , maybe a million different things " — when he got the script for that episode he " was just as shocked as anybody else " when his character kissed Kurt , though he " thought it was so awesome that they would allow this character to go there . " 
