Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson has ignited an internet frenzy after posting a video to YouTube hinting that she might be queer.
The Captain Marvel star, 31, posted a video about taking online quizzes to her personal channel. In it, Larson takes a series of online quizzes. One of the questions: “You’re 10 years old, how do you spend an hour of recess?”
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Larson’s cryptic answer: “I’d probably be on the computer library researching ‘how do I know if I’m gay?’”
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The actress is notoriously private when it comes to her personal life, though it is known that she dated Phantom Planet singer Alex Greenwald in the past. The couple was engaged from 2016 to 2019 before breaking up.
Nevertheless, Larson’s fans blew up Twitter over the video with rampant speculation about her sexuality, not to mention another “is she or isn’t she” celebrity, Taylor Swift.
Larson has yet to respond, though in the past she has shown herself to be an advocate for LGBTQ people after helping a gay couple get engaged at a comic book convention appearance.
In the meantime, we’re feasting on the Twitter storm…
Brie Larson: i'm dropping hints that I'm gay
Brie Larson: https://t.co/5YhocKFzYE— fuck your god. (@kenobeavfd) January 14, 2021
brie larson at 10 years old in the school library searching “how do i know if im gay” pic.twitter.com/IADrTE8zAj
— mollie (@earpscorp) January 14, 2021
#BrieLarson ??? things that make you go hmmm? https://t.co/Xb48eLX7Z6 pic.twitter.com/OQ8e004LvY
— ???????g??q????ƒ????¢??????? (@sophismyhero) January 15, 2021
BRIE LARSON GAY pic.twitter.com/dDeM9YpInu
— léa’s media (@pxulsonnfr) January 15, 2021
brie larson and taylor swift world dominationpic.twitter.com/BxujbRYx6s
— ema | women ? (@marvelsbian) January 15, 2021
young brie larson searching " how do I know if I'm gay ? " pic.twitter.com/fARVbmttXA
— ema | women ? (@marvelsbian) January 14, 2021
@brielarson SWEETIE https://t.co/P6Wr3K2OXZ
— Cheka ???? (@antoinedaboi) January 15, 2021
cuteguy
Calm down ppl. It’s her business and it’s up to her if and when she wants to disclose anything personal
Cam
I’d say posting it to an account with millions of followers is disclosing it.
Donston
Even most people on social media realizes that a joke about wondering if you’re “gay” at ten years old shouldn’t be taken seriously.
In general, I’m done with speculating about public figures’ personal lives. I just assume that around 50% of entertainers are probably “queer” in whatever ways and to whatever extent. And whatever they want to present is what they want to present. I’m just about making sure sociology, industry pressures, fandoms and/or insecurities do not dictate.
TheMarc
SOME gay media outlets are the worst when it comes to these types of stories. If you have to ask “DID they just come out?” then they didn’t. The importance of representation is not lost on any older LGBT person who had so few public figures to choose from as role models or just simply famous LGBT people; but categorizing EVERY SINGLE offhand comment as a coming out declaration is silly and irresponsible, at best. Mostly, these types of stories are only clickbait.
Jack Meoff
When are these comments going to stop sending people into a frenzy and just become a statement of fact rather than titillating comment.
Donston
Perhaps never. Probably never in fact. People joke about their sexuality all the time or joke about the assumptions people make concerning them. That’s not gonna stop. Public figures also continue to use sex appeal and sexuality to sell themselves and for attention. That’s not gonna end. While folks continue to use public figures’ identities or behaviors to validate themselves or to tigger their own fantasies. And hetero pressures, insecurities, internalized phobias, money, sociology, fluidity and the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotional, commitment spectrum- these will always complicate things.
So, why I’d love for shit to become entirely casual and for folks to stop making a big deal out of everything these celebs do and say, I don’t really see it happening.
Jake123
Why do I think she’s gay baiting to the extreme. I find her really disingenuous….
Res1
Shes a YouTube so her job is to bait. All the youtubers do it.
Jake123
@Res1 but she also represents Marvel and Disney as a whole who have a habit of making a huge deal about LGBT inclusion and representation but then when push comes to shove their is a blink and you’ll miss it moment of queerness eg. Rise of Skywalker. I feel like this is another gesture from Disney with literally no substance.
JustLarry
She is absolutely disingenuous. SIgns on to a big Marvel Universe and doesn’t even pretend to be know anything about it. Miserable throughout all her interviews.
Donston
It really isn’t that serious. Is it “baiting”? Perhaps. But at least it’s done with a wink. If we want this stuff to be less serious then we need to stop treating every damn thing so seriously. She can joke about her own sexuality if she wants that’s allowed. All a certain point, people just need to stop being so easily triggered. This is nothing here to be upset about. Y’all really coming at her for one offhanded joke about own her own sexuality, identity, orientation?
Jake123
@Donston haha I’m not angry in the slightest. She can do whatever she wants. Doesn’t mean I can’t roll my eyes and find her annoying though.
Donston
You turned her silly comment into a rant about Marvel and Disney and “baiting”. At the very least, you were being melodramatic and overreaching.
Jake123
@Donston have you been on this site lately?? People lose their minds over far sillier things than this. Haha let me have my rant and move on.
Donston
You can rant. But you also need to be prepared for a rebuttal, especially if your rant is clearly instigated by projection and you’re completely unfounded in going in on that person.
Jake123
@Donston whatever man you do you. No skin off my back. Just like I’d say my opinion of Brie is no skin off hers.