We love a good April Fools’ Day joke. Who doesn’t?
Similarly, our friends over at PinkNews tricked folks into thinking Disney’s new live-action remake of The Lion King would feature a gay Simba.
Most people picked up on the joke. But there were some who were genuinely upset about the idea of Simba the lion being a homosexual. Naturally, they took to Twitter to express their outrage. Some people continued tweeting about it days after it was revealed to be a joke.
Let’s take a looksy…
Simba better not be gay in the lion king cause he wasn't gay before. Nothing against gays but thats unnecessary
— Ortiz?? (@ortiz_S3) April 1, 2017
I will be pissed if Disney makes Simba gay and rerelease Lion King. At this point, trans and homosexuality is being forced.
— SYD? (@_lilsyd) April 2, 2017
So why is Simba gay in the New lion king movie ??????????like c'mon gay ppl ? yall ass Tweakin now, Lion King don't got shit to do wit y'all
— RACKZ?? (@marieon_) April 3, 2017
Bruh they are really making the lion king gay. I don't understand.
— ?? Plutonian™ (@RetroSpacely) April 4, 2017
Simba gay now. Who fuckin idea was this. Ruining one of the greatest movies of all time. Soooooooooooooooo shook.
— Jason (@Jsports_47) April 1, 2017
I'd hate to see Simba gay but hey, I won't watch it and I won't show it to my kids.
— Nna Anyi AdaNwaAda (@cremechic11) April 2, 2017
of all the Disney movies, y'all make Lion King gay?? like do animals even have sexual orientation. Bruh c'mon.
— Benzo (@yungkenzo) April 3, 2017
They making simba gay in the new lion king? Always knew that movie was trash
— NORBECKMEECH (@DBolt301) April 4, 2017
Personal opinion, if they make Simba in the new Lion King gay I'll be highly upset. Simba mates with Nala and becomes king. It's simple.
— Benihana (@BenForgas) April 1, 2017
Let them make #Simba #Gay in the #LionKing I'm be so mad and never support #Disney again stop making everything gay it's hella annoying
— Pharaoh Ortega (@king_ali_kyrow) April 4, 2017
For the record: Simba will not be gay in the upcoming live action remake of The Lion King. Honestly, there’s no need for any additional gay subplots. He already has two adoptive gay dads, Pumbaa and Timon.
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Hussain-TheCanadian
Jesus Christ people, the Lion King is a cartoon, not a documentary, get a frikkin grip – Maybe people need to put their energy into activism, fighting for universal health care….you know just a thought, rather than raging if a cartoon lion is gay or not.
Besides, don’t people know that Lions in the wild have gay sex on regular basis?
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SumSay
Talk about a case of super-triggered. Wow. The hate was just rampant, and all over some completely false news. LOL
corktownboy
…did anyone notice that 99% of the hateful people posting are black?
Kroy
Oh you mean the 99% that you lazily observed only on this website or did you actually take to social media to count all the posts that were anti-gay Simba and submitted by African Americans? Inquiring minds would like to know…