In news that will hardly surprise Queerty readers, Colton Haynes suggests that maybe he hasn’t been hiding his gay life at all. A Tumblr user named PornandMariah posted a note that read “When I found out Colton Haynes had a secret gay past, I got so excited even though i know it makes absolutely no difference in my life.” Rather than ignore or rebut it, The Arrow actor reposted it on his own verified Tumblr account with a very specific statement. See below.
Well-played. Some people just don’t feel the need for a lot of fanfare or to pose for the cover of People magazine when acknowledging they’re not heterosexual, and it appears Haynes is one of them. If you’re like us, you think his Instagram account has been a tip off all along, whether it’s posting photos from gay piano bars or soaking in a bubble bath with a towel wrapped around your head or dressing up as your favorite Disney villainess. It’s 2016 and the times have changed so live your life and be free, Colton Haynes. Maybe one day soon you’ll address this.
Related: Twelve Other Times Colton Haynes Has Been Absolutely Fabulous
In the meantime, just keep showing off your pierced nipple.
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Bruce Dillon
Happy New Queer!
L(*;*()VE
Eric Kamm
I don’t care. He should just be happy and healthy and live a good life – and yeah, act.
Robert Hillyer
Not the Colton I was hoping for…..
http://www.queerty.com/5-gay-porn-stars-who-use-their-mouths-for-other-things-like-singing-20090818/6
Amaurys Arias
Coming out would help with his anxiety
Clark Leazier
Deon Summerville !!!!
Alex Kyle-Thundershield Simmons
I love Colton whether he’s family or not…but he seems to not care whether people are aware of it or not…odds are he is, but doesnt label himself 🙂 either he’s an awesome guy
mz.sam
I care less what team Colton plays for, as long as I can play pitcher and catcher in his bubble bath. Oh yes, he can remedy his anxiety attack disorder by checking out the newly released ‘Steel’.
Jose Luis Pino López
Alberto Zancajo Garcia
Captain Obvious
No it really wasn’t a goddamned secret but is this bitch really going to act like his lawyer wasn’t sending out legal threats to anyone who mentioned it? I know MTV was behind that but really Colty don’t act like you didn’t hide it.
Anyway, congratulations, welcome to the club. Your gift basket of designer hand soaps and glitter are in the mail.
Now he better hope no one finds out about that high end escorting.
Captain Obvious
I forgot to add that I can’t wait for all the people who hounded the rest of us for saying he was gay for all these years to post something about how they already knew. Have a seat on a cactus.
Ozzy Ramirez
Be who u want to be Colton. Live life to the fullest as a human being because thsts who we r. Gay, straight whatever we r human. Just be proud in ur own skin n be happy. Live n Love.
Rob Sandoval
Who cares, live your life Colton Haynes , straight, bi, gay whatever. Happy New Year.
Mark Tik Noijan
Ya think
Michael Spike Vincent
Let’s call out BS when there is BS. The “secret” is when 6 years ago Colton and his agent said they would sue anyone who posted his old gay loving A&F pictures. Then for the next couple of years on Teen Wolf he acted like he was not gay. so yes…there was no SECRET about him being gay and there was no secret about him being an ass about “not” being gay
asby
Damn….he should leave that hairy chest alone
Dusty Lee
Jesus, the “writers” at queerty are obsessed with this person. Is there really nothing else to write about other than colt on Haynes? Who even is this person?
DarkZephyr
@Michael Spike Vincent: I think you mean XY and not A&F.
Dan Griffith
I always thought this guy is gay.What’s the big deal?
Milton Appleby
This is sad and desperate on behalf of the gay media.
Jaden Birns
I don’t think he’s been keeping it a secret. He’s just doesn’t care about labels too much and fitting in that he’s doing his own thing. Hopefully an interviewer can ask him face to face *cough* Ellen *cough* and ask him.
Lvng1Tor
If he is gay is would be great for him to come out. It may not matter to people on this feed but every queer person who comes out makes huge difference in the lives of young people struggling in an area that there are no real lgbtq+ role models to see in their day to day. While every person who comes out makes a difference, not all of us have the reach and influence of someone like him. You also can’t argue the impact on our overall support for rights that people like Ellen Degeneres, Neil Patrick Harris and Laverne Cox have had on public opinion of us.
moldisdelicious
I like the hypocrisy I see on here. Let him be a young black gay guy and folks would be completely unforgiving and ready to shit on him. Folks are way too ready to give someone the benefit of the doubt over shit that shouldn’t even matter in the first place. I understand the difficulty in coming out as I am currently going through that process. However, dude made a hell of an effort to disassociate himself with being gay where he was doing a cease and assist when his photos leaked. Dude literally didn’t want to have shit to do with gay people. So for folks to suddenly embrace him and go like…. “all is forgiven” is ridiculous.
tricky ricky
he has lovely green eyes.
Mark Sebens
Who cares? I’ll stick with obsessing over Steve Grand. Cuter and more talented!
Aromaeus
Lol girl bye. You can’t change history. He or his agent were quick to shut down those gay rumors when he was on teen wolf. Good for him I guess.
Pistolo
Meh, he didn’t explicitly say he actually had a gay past wherein he was involved in gay relations…I mean, what constitutes a “secret gay past”? A bunch of photo shoots where he kissed a guy? Because that’s what it seems to be to me. He’s like a lot of actors, he’s being purposefully elusive and vague to generate interest. Let’s not handle him a medal just yet- he didn’t actually say much of anything.
Daniel L Hatchett
Umm…he’s gay. So what?
Xzamilio
@Lvng1Tor: Yeah… but Colton Haynes is no Ellen Degeneress, Neil Patrick Harris, or Laverne Cox. He’s more like Aaron Schock… protecting the worst kept secret in the world, and then pretending like “Girl, I’ve always been out.” Not that Aaron Schock is out, though… or is he? Eh, I don’t give a shit.
Xzamilio
Fuck all of this. More vague wishy washy BS that doesn’t even constitute a coming out because the answer was specific to the question, not a coming out. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but where are the Tom Daley articles?? Or is it because he’s in a stable relationship that he’s not a hot commodity?
Captain Obvious
@moldisdelicious: You are right about that. He didn’t get dragged like that boxer despite the fact that he had lawyers coming at us for posting pics, constantly denied being gay, beard girlfriends, etc.
All that said Colton was just so obvious though. I find it more funny that certain posters who always denied he was gay are suddenly silent about admitting that.
Cause you know all of us desperate gays just want every guy in Hollywood to be gay.
redzebra1
@Daniel L Hatchett: He didn’t say he is.
D P
COLTON HAYNES is GAY?!?
I had no idea. Luv the darlin’ anyway.
Some of you b*tchy queens, not so much.
Ta!
Brian
This the advice I would give to Colton Haynes:
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Brian
This the advice I would give to Colton Haynes:
****Do NOT declare your sexuality. Don’t identify as either gay or straight or anything in-between. As a man, you are at your strongest when you don’t utter a single word which puts you into a box.
Once you put yourself into a box, you will become the possession of “the community”. “The community” will chew you up and spit you out. You will be their poster-child-du-jour and then, after they’ve had their fill of you, you will be nothing.****
Daniel-Reader
More likely than not… he is straight and since he was a model hired to kiss another guy, it is what it was (can we say 90% of adult actors kissing guys are straight in any given project – photo, tv, or film?). And because Colton has a gay brother and brother-in-law – both of whom he is obivously close to – it does not phase him that he did the shoot but hollywood being what it is, did its normal PR stifling bit at the start of his acting career, as it has done forever to max its clients’ earning potential. Having a gay brother no doubt means he hung out with lots of gay and gay-friendly folks in his life, so he does what he wants, dresses up as he wants, and so forth because he wants to.
QJ201
Any “straight” dude with a nipple ring is halfway to gay town
moldisdelicious
@D P:
It’s usually “bitch queens” calling other people “bitchy queens” though. Projecting much?
moldisdelicious
@Captain Obvious:
Nobody but him knows if he’s gay or not. Assumptions are usually projections on the behalf of others or guesses. Regardless, I don’t see why any gay guy would be supportive of someone who went out their way to not want shit to do with them. It’s pitiful. It’s crazy the level of disrespect that many gay guys are willing to tolerate from straight guys but when it comes to their own, they are way too quick to shit on them without even thinking twice with the exception of it being someone they wanna sleep with. What type of ass backwards mentality is that? That’s why I often get frustrated because folks are on some other shit altogether.
TrueWords
Yes, more visibility is a good thing however at 47 (happily married and well adjusted) I have learned that the Hollywood machine has done more damage and stalling of people’s lives than any other…in order to make that money you have to “play” a game and that game is based on lies and deception because the public enjoys a good secret and this fuels many of their careers…this is nothing new and it will not change:
1. Ryan Secreast (when you fuck him you have to sign a non-disclosure statement)
2. Tyler Perry
3. Bradley Cooper (1st hand knowledge as we dated for about 5 months sort of a isolationist )
4. Queen Latifah
5. Taylor Lautner
6. Kevin Spacey (but we all know)
7. Bruno Mars
8. Sean William Scott (personal experience as we dated for 3 years)
9. Joe Simpson
10. John Travolta (but we all know)
11. and the list goes on and on…
Lvng1Tor
@Xzamilio: Yeah but…no one is allowed to grow or change? We should all be held to mistakes we made when we were younger and always judged by them? It may not matter to you and sure at this point in his life he is no Neil Patrick Harris…but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t go on to help kids in the future. Hell, if he is (wink, wink) and he tells his story about how I’m sure he was pressured into staying in the closet to have a career took it’s toll and how much better it is now that he doesn’t have to hide…could resonate with a lot of people out here. Plus, aren’t we all always saying it’s no ones business to force other people out of the closet and they get to do it their way? Good would still come of him being out…no matter how he does it. None of us on this feed know what it’s like to be in the spotlight like he is.
jrh311
Is it possible he’s just referring to the XY stuff? The comment was about an allegedly secret PAST. “No regrets,” in my opinion, is the kind of comment you make about the past as opposed to one about your present life. I need more than circumstantial evidence to fully embrace him as being gay. I could see him as one of those “straight, not narrow” guys. This reminds me of people insisting Hugh Jackman is gay because he does broadway. Gay guys love to speculate about hot celebrities.
jrh311
@TrueWords: Do you have any pictures of you and your celebrity boyfriends together?
Xzamilio
@Lvng1Tor: Yeah, okay. I really just don’t care. Sorry to bother you.
Xzamilio
@Lvng1Tor: About this article I mean. That’s not a dig at you.
NoCagada
@Captain Obvious: ” Have a seat on a cactus.”
How did this become about your sexual activities?
Padi Kay
Who is he?
Brian
@TrueWords: Interesting tid-bits about Ryan Seacrest and Bradley Cooper. Keep in mind that Hollywood is based on marketing romance to women and heroism to men. Men who have sex with men tend to offend a woman and her sense of being romanced by a man over whom she will be able to exert almost total sexual control. He is a very powerful man, something women can’t cope with.
moldisdelicious
@Lvng1Tor:
You mean that it’s okay for some people to grow and change because I know for a fact that some people you guys never let their past go. I guess dude is forgivable to the eyes of some of you guys because he’s cute to ya’ll.
CWM85
He’s a good looking guy who is probably pan sexual. I think he was very cautious about coming out for career but to be honest there is no career besides his instagram account.
Violent Rainbow
What a joke, why does he always dance around and never give a conclusive answer? Are you gay or not? Yes or no? It’s that simple Colton.
Daggerman
…Colton’s so hot and cute he needs locking up! Or do I? I mean if I saw him in the street I’d probably faint from homosexualism!!!
Daggerman
…and another thing, I would hate the idea of him having a bf because the jealousy within me would be too overwhelming…
Hu7w
We must understand that, generally, the bisexual men don’t feel, conceive and perceive the (their) homosexuality like us (monosexual gay men). The most of them self-identify as heterosexual though they have gay sex or, at least, gay feelings. Their gay experiences, for them, are only a trivial fun.
The bisexual men only come out if they have a long-term gay relationship.