2017 has been quite the whirlwind for Aaron Carter. In early August, he came out as bisexual. The next day, his girlfriend dumped him. Nevertheless, he claimed he was looking forward to the future. In fact, he was busy readying a performance at gay bar Hamburger Mary’s in his hometown of Brandon, Florida. During that show, he broke down and wept, extremely moved by everything.
Then, to demonstrate he’s genuinely bisexual and this wasn’t some publicity ploy, he hit on actress Chloë Grace Moretz. Twice.
Then? A mere week after he came out — only a week has passed — all of Carter’s social media pages went surreptitiously dark. His ex-girlfriend claimed she wasn’t homophobic and has lots of gay friends. But that’s when Carter turned around and said:
“When it comes down to it, really, I had an experience when I was 17 with a guy, but now as an almost 30-year-old man, I’m going to be pursuing relationships with women. I want to pursue a relationship with a woman.”
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So then? Well, he got on live TV and took an HIV test. During the broadcast, he revealed the depth of his substance abuse issues. Shortly after, police rushed to his home after reports that he was “on the verge of death.” That inspired him to enter rehab and kick each and every one of his demons to the curb. And then we went and did the same thing, just to make sure we were now totally demonless and on the exact same page as Aaron.
So then then? Well, after that, Carter — who weighed only 115 pounds in October — ate sandwiches and beefed up to 160 pounds.
Proud of the coup, he posted a before-and-after shot to Instagram along with a pertinent message to his followers:
Which shuttles us right through a time tunnel that places us smack dab in the present.
Hi there. So. Popping ’round the LGBTQ&A podcast this week, Carter said he’s now really ready to give bisexuality a go, but for real this time.
“I’m just still confused about it…about bisexuality,” he begins.
“I definitely embrace my bisexuality and, you know, it’s still new to me. I just started talking about it, really. I have my confusions and I’m still learning about the community.
Who knows what the future has to bring, whether it’s a relationship with a guy, I don’t have a problem with that. It’s something that I’ve already thought about for the album after this one. It’s already been thought through.”
And now? We brace ourselves for more developments in Aaron Carter’s life in 2018.
Who knows what the future has to bring?
Creamsicle
Sort your shit out in private and come back when you have your head on straight, Aaron. Coming out is a complicated, and often confusing process. Once you figure out what you want then you can finally feel comfortable in your own skin, but sorting all this shit out in public is not great for your own mental health. Take time away from the spotlight. Whether or not it’s still there when you’re ready for it should be secondary concern to getting into your first healthy relationship with yourself.
Donston
That’s pretty much my reaction to situations like this. Get the hell off of social media. Stop trying to constantly use your personal strife to sell stuff and hype future projects, which makes you look a scam artist. Stop contradicting yourself every week. Get whatever help you need and whatever internal insight you seek in private. There’s a lot of self-evaluating people need to do before they start straightforwardly talking about who they are publicly. Until you truly understand the dimensions and degrees of yourself and understand the things that motivate you and why you’re motivated by those things, gaining true self-understanding and self-comfort, having healthy relationships, having a healthy ego and being able to speak honestly about yourself are all impossible feats.
But Aaron’s issues seem to run deep, and constantly needing to get attention for whatever is one of his problems. So, he’ll be saying something else in another month. Plus, he’s thinking about dating a guy “for the next album”. He’s gonna “date” a dude to try and get some new material? Just messy.
SiamSam
@Creamsicle @Donston You don’t belong here. Your comments are far too sensible.
Heywood Jablowme
“Are men ready to date Aaron Carter? ”
If they’re into drugs, maybe.
Giandorko86
Whoa! That’s some serious comedy you got going on! Glad you took the time
GC1985
I would have to pass on him. Not my cup of tea.
Giandorko86
Funny you think he would even notice you. Somehow I don’t think so
Heywood Jablowme
There’s something off about gaining 45 pounds in only two months (or claiming to). That works out to over 5 & 1/2 pounds a WEEK, and about 2,800 extra calories a DAY – i.e. more than doubling an average young man’s usual calorie intake.
Hard to do in a logistical sense, and would entail additional health problems by itself. If true, he probably wouldn’t look very good in an “after” photo!
Giandorko86
Lots of deep thinking
Saps48
I’m glad he’s inching his way out of the closet. Rehab helps break down some of the walls and defenses we put up, so maybe he is finding or admitting his true self
tham
I’m not the “broken wing” kind of gay…I find it tiresome. But I’m sure there’s someone out there who’d like to mother him.
Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJXYMDu6dpY
Xzamilloh
Still not buying your ablum
Donston
So, are we gonna ignore that he pretty much exposed himself, almost bluntly saying he might “date” a guy for the sake of his music career? Can’t believe he was dumb enough to let that slip.
Xzamilloh
I’m ignoring him completely.
Donston
I was more so asking the people who “write” for this site.
Paco
I’m sure he will have no trouble finding someone as desperate as he is to go along with the farce. The whole 15 minutes of “infamy”.
BCbreeze
Girl Bye
Wolfie
How much does his PR person pay you Queerty?
DCguy
He got a few more articles written about him. Mission Accomplished.
Rex Huskey
didn’t he die or have a sex change or something??
Giandorko86
And if he did soo what! Bigot much?
Rex Huskey
Yo! dork: what was bigoted about that statement?? Butch it up a little…