[QUOTE=Lochdale]
I doubt Phil is gay. Would be a needless plot-twist. He’s a homophobic killer but I think he hates Vito as much because he is with NJ as he does because he is gay. I think this was all a pretext to start a war with NJ.
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Well, before this whole thing came out (pun unintended), Vito was Phil’s go-to guy/mole in Jersey, and fed him the ideas of grandeur in order to cause a bit of friction within the famiily, so it’s really just homophobia/family “honor” that drove him to kill Vito.