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13 gay male celebs who have talked openly about being on the apps

By Editors June 27, 2023 at 12:00pm · Updated on January 26, 2024

It’s a small world when it comes to avoiding your ex, but sometimes it feels like you’re suddenly swimming in an endless ocean of red flags, rejection, or missed connections when trying to find the next one. It’s hard not to imagine landing dates and finding love must be significantly easier for celebrities.

For that reason, we’re grateful for the A-listers willing to admit the grass doesn’t come with fewer f**k boys in Hollywood. Still, you might not expect the rich and famous to search for companionship like the rest of us: on the apps!

Hate or love it, online culture facilitates finding that big D energy in the haystack of America. So next time you’re scrolling through bodies, consider one of them might belong to a famous face.

Until ChatGTP learns the algorithm to find a compatible partner emotionally available a few hundred feet away, here are 13 gay male celebs who admitted you could’ve matched with them on a dating app.

Adam Lambert

Meeting the one sometimes feels like you’re mining for them, and singer Adam Lamber revealed dating isn’t as glamorous as you’d imagine for a pop star sensation. He confessed on KISS FM’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show that life on the road made it difficult to form meaningful connections, which pushed him to try Raya. He said nothing came out of it at the time, but we’re hopeful that’s changed for the artist since then.

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen is no stranger to dating apps, including getting kicked off them. Grindr is apparently Ok with anonymous torsos, but they put their foot down when a celebrity tries to show their face! But the Watch What Happens Live! host hasn’t let that deter his quest for Daddy #2 (his son’s request) and admitted during a panel at Bravocon, “I’m on Raya. I’m on Tinder; I’m ready to go!” Kudos for keeping it real.

Graham Norton

There’s no shortage of people with baggage to be found dating online (mostly ours), and BBC host Graham Norton no longer wants anything to do with it. But that was after Norton had a taste. He said, “There’s a law of diminishing returns on Tinder. I met a few people and thought, ‘God, there are a lot of broken people in the world, and I don’t really need to meet them.’” Tell us how you really feel!

All is fair in love and the Internet

Although dating apps were once the face of innovation, they now feel as dated as 3-month-old poppers. Sure, it gets the job done – kind of – but that powerful rush we used to get is gone.

But in a world crowded with straight bodies, we’re thankful for the ability to filter for just the gay ones and find connection through the convenience of our iPhones.

And knowing there’s that slight possibility we could swipe our way into the hearts of our favorite stars puts an extra pep in our step to find someone to call ours.

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14 Comments*

  • humancobras666

    Zzzzzzzzzz who cares?

    • Pietro D

      I’ll second that!
      I’m so sick of hearing
      and seeing all this shit!
      Pretty nauseating!

    • Rikki Roze

      Thank you hc666 for telling Queerty once again that so many of its readers really do not care about all this trivial boring xhit that it keeps giving us.

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  • ZzBomb

    Can we be real here for a minute:
    They’re all headless torsos that likely will chat with you on these platforms but ultimately not go anywhere b/c of 2 reasons:
    1. fanatical fan boys who become stalkers
    2. they only hook up with other celebrities and rich people.

    The day I see any one of these A-gays actually step outside their gated communities in the hills to associate w/ us common folk in the community is the day I die of shock.

    • nebskram

      jealous much?

  • bachy

    I once encountered Elijah Wood on OKCupid.

  • G R

    SO many of these queens in some sort of pearls/necklace, the gays are some of the biggest fashion followers out there. Copycats one after another. Yawn.

  • GayEGO

    We used to go to gay bars to meet other gay guys. I met my husband at a gay bar when I was in the Navy in Boston 1st Naval District Band as a (tee hee) flute player in 1962. I introduced him as my roommate for years. We were together for 57 years, married the last 15 years, until he passed away, now I am a widower!

    • Mr.Gavin Elster

      Hey GayEgo: I’d MUCH rather see a more detailed Queerty story about your meaningful, loving long-term relationship, and marriage than a lot of this “thirst trap” social-media junk. You have lived, and experienced TRUE gay history. I am sorry for the loss of your spouse, and thank you for your service in the Navy, I can almost hear that “Village People” song!

  • banditboy

    Qweerty’s definition of “celebrity” leaves a love to be desired. Very few of them live up to the definition of celebrity. Yawn!

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    Adam Rippon and Joel Kim Booster are ridiculous.

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