Is Frank Ocean a top or a bottom? You know you wanna know!
During the third episode of Blonded Radio, a new podcast on Apple Music’s Beats 1 hosted by Frank Ocean, a skit featuring the 29-year-old singer and his mother was played. The topic of conversation: anal sex.
In the voyeuristic skit, Ocean cracks a joke about the forbidden act to his mother.
“I don’t really have a [bleep] in my [bleep],” he says, alluding to bottoming.
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Mama Ocean is shocked. Apparently, she doesn’t appreciate hearing about her son joke about his sexual escapades. And, honestly, we can’t say we blame her. That is her child, after all.
“Even joking about it, that something is wrong!” she scolds. “Is that what you’re saying you want? Oh my Lord! Is that something you’re saying you would like to experience? There’s nothing funny about it.”
“I was just playing,” Ocean laughs. “I wasn’t even talking about myself. I was talking about someone else.”
Riiiight.
Honestly, we’re not sure what to make of the conversation. Was it really just a skit? Or was it for real? Was Ocean referring to himself? Or was he talking about someone else?
The whole thing, like the bisexual singer himself, is a bit ambiguous.
Listen, below.
https://youtu.be/V26yAlVSH60
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Donston
Yeah, I appreciate Frank’s music (though I don’t especially enjoy much of it or find much of it engaging). But his vagueness, how he completely rings out any hint of homo-relationship or homo-eroticism in his music, how unabashed he is when discussing big issues yet is quiet about homophobia besides his essay post Orlando- it all leaves me a bit uncomfortable. And I don’t think he’s ever “identified” as anything. So, calling him bi is a bit disingenuous.
On another note, Queerty sure loves picking up stories two or three days after they’ve been stories.
An0nnn
Lol wut? Frank is very reclusive full stop. Therefore, in my opinion his essay post about Orlando and his numerous hints to a ‘homo-relationship’ in blonde and new released singles and ‘homo-eroticism’ in endless (I’m guessing you don’t really listen to him) Is quite a bit, regarding a man who never outright identified as anything. I’m struggling to see how any of what you said is uncomfortable, he’s actually not obliged to anything, regardless if he’s LGBT or not. if he wants to keep his ‘homo-relationship’ out of his music, he has every right to (which he hasn’t). I haven’t seen him talk about any big issue more than the other, when he mentions LGBT once or twice, i see him only mention all other big issues… once or twice!
Donston
Actually, he’s very vocal and relentless when speaking of racism and women’s rights, speaking of each on social media or in interviews at least several times over the past five years.
I actually have listened to all his music. (Blonde is probably my favorite of his). I find it somewhat odd that today someone who makes music that is almost exclusively about romantic relationships and writes music that is extremely personal still seems to go out of their way to make the same-sex relationships they’re write about sound as “ambiguously gay” as possible.
But no one’s trying to shame him or “gay-i-fy” him or his music. It’s just because he still seems uncomfortable with some stuff it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Shitty journalism. Or rather shitty copy & pasting (or maybe it’s good C&P.?? NVM). Anyhow it’s NOT Frank mom and it’s not Frank and it’s not hard to find this info if you cared about accuracy instead aforementioned shitty journalism/serviceable adequate copypasta churnalism
(It’s Frank’s friend and his friends mom — who also features on both albums)
Donston
Fact-checking is not this site’s specialty as well as a list of other things.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Anyone whose interested I’d recommend the r/frankocean Reddit sub for a extremely welcoming and inclusive community. Not for the unwavy
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“My guy is pretty like a girl…”
Is the first line of his last single but one. THE FIRST LINE.
Hopefully that should shut up these overopiniated knownothings who pontificate on Frank’s supposed reluctance to speak about his sexuality — or not enough to THEIR satisfaction.
Shut up about the importance of “gay culture” and role models, and go back to diva-worshiping these silly women pandering for your pink dollar and who give not one actual fück about you or your actual culture.
Donston
If that was who I was I wouldn’t have made the comments I did. I still support the dude and like his music.
I’m not looking for role models. And to be frank, I found that line problematic. Like a lot of men in gay relationships, particularly black men, Ocean still seems obsessed with hetero-normalcy and hyper-masculinity. And I say that as a fellow black male. And he seems to have no problem speaking unabashedly and frequently about a lot of issues despite being so recluse. These are just things I have observed over the years. But it does seem as if he’s getting more and more comfortable with truly being direct in his music and image.
RIGay
I just cannot get tired of that adorable blog photo of Frank Ocean. Great expression!
jasentylar
What’s hypermasculine about not fighting someone when you’ve been attacked? Chris Brown attacked him and he let it go. I think you have an idea of Frank that hasn’t caught up with the reality.
OzJosh
If the “we can’t say we blame her” tone of this article isn’t bottom-shaming, then what the hell is? Queerty really needs to update it’s sensibilities and edge toward joining the 21st century.