Dan Levy demanded answers after queer content was cut from ‘Schitt’s Creek.’ He just got them.

British TV network 4Music has responded after editing queer content out of Schitt’s Creek, chalking it up to human error, not homophobia.

Last month, a Twitter user alerted series creator/star Dan Levy that dialogue between Levy’s character David and his on-screen boyfriend Patrick (Noah Reid) had mysteriously vanished from the 4Music broadcast.

“4Music showed Schitt’s Creek with cut dialogue between David and Patrick. “…to sleep with me or whatever” is just missing,” they tweeted. “But their kiss is there. And episodes earlier talk of Moira sleeping with Roland remains.”

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That prompted a response — and threat to continue raising hell — from Levy:

“Is this true, @4Music? Censoring kissing and intimate dialogue?” Levy tweeted, adding: “Also, I will be retweeting this every day until I get a response. So…”

The network’s official Twitter account quickly responded, calling it “100% human error.”

“We do often edit shows for different time slots and David’s kiss with Jake was….

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