If you only get fifteen minutes of fame, you might as well bask in them…naked.
At least that’s the strategy rugby star Keegan Hirst is going with.
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“The only time I felt free of the torment was when I stepped on the rugby pitch,” he admitted, adding “Now I feel free.”
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Well he certainly looks “free” in the left half of the below photo, as he and another player engage in a little handball for the camera.
We aren’t mad:
RIGay
Wow! Nice balls!
Sammy Schlipshit
A little context surrounding that photo would be helpful and enlightening.
I wish the guy all the goodness and happiness he should ever desire.
Billy Budd
Who is the glbt athlete? The one on the right or the one on the left?
SteveDenver
I saw that photo yesterday when I checked out the website for the Batley Bulldogs to see if they had any shirts or kit for sale supporting the team. Surprise: the home page is splashed with a large photo of Keegan and when one scrolls down there is the photo with an announcement that the team catalog is available: http://www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/
Billy Budd
Yes, the photo is official. It is on the front page of the calendar.
Markajv
Hey world! I am gay! Now I can be naked in public all the time. What a cliche’ thing to have done. Really dude? Enforcing the “Stereotype”? ….. Yawn.
Markajv
@Markajv: I am replying to my own comment. I was actually putting down this “Site” – Seems like the FOX N&^S of gay sites. Now if you would have said this was the team calendar then,,,welllll.,,I guess no one would have clicked on the story. Really I was not putting this man down.
nmharleyrider
so many teasing photos. if you are gonna show it, show it all. we can see this much at any beach in the US
mujerado
@Markajv: Yeah, yeah, yeah! If a gay guy, or a straight guy, wants to get naked for a camera, who else’s business is it? If you don’t want to see it, don’t click. It’s really pretty easy.
Markajv
@mujerado: I take it you did not read the reply to myself? Wow what a way to just jump on the “Assume” wagon. Man!
woodroad34
I’d love to see the two of those guys make some purty babies….
BJ McFrisky
Way to keep it classy, Keegan.
Kieran Schreiber
I just died.
Daveliam
My first thought: “Well that didn’t take long…..”
My thought after reading the context: “Queerty strikes again. It’s part of a naked calendar (like many MANY European sports teams do) and the pictures were taken way before he came out.”
Chris
@Daveliam: THAT was exactly my first thought as well. LOL
Billy Sims
Get ya kit offfffff lol
Luke Sims
My new obsession lol
Gary_Gans
@Billy Budd: on the left.
NoCagada
@Markajv: So when Britney Spears and Paris Hilton were flashing beavers, it was because they were gay?
Markajv
@NoCagada: WTF are you talking about?? If you are going to reply to a comment at least explain where it’s coming from. You sound like a lunatic.
RushtyCrush
The only thing worse than an armband tattoo or a tribal tattoo is an armband-tribal tattoo.
sportyguy1983
Someone is trying to extend his 15 minutes of fame.
silveroracle
Mmm. He can warm my bed any day.
maxdadmark
@Markajv: The responses that you are getting are entirely of your own doing. You posted a bitchy remark, attempted to “amend” it by posting to yourself, so don’t be surprised and try to rationalize it. Accept that people didn’t like your reaction and move on.
Markajv
@maxdadmark: You are an asshat! If I had the ability to edit it you wouldn’t be such a troll. People like you should open the black out curtains in your Mom’s basement, wipe the Cheeto dust off your keyboard and go outside and get some Vitamin “D” – ANYONE who thinks they know the “Inflection: in someones thoughts and what they type is an idiot. Hide behind your keyboard; kike a coward and assume you know exactly what typed words on a screen actually mean. My remark was “Bitchy”? Pffft. You are not worth the shit on my shoe for being so presumptuous. WOW. and I thought YouTube was bad.
Cagnazzo82
Neither are my type. But yes, if you must come out as gay, you come out when you’re well-established in your career. That’s the logical way of doing it.
Now coming out as gay and immediately taking nude pics… I’m not so sure about that :S
Kangol
One name: David Denson.
The clock is ticking, Queerty. Come on, get on it!
Nice photo, BTW.
Clark35
@Markajv: Exactly. Next thing you know he’ll be doing actual hardcore porn instead of just softcore nude pics.
Mark Anthony Arnaldo
can i saw it..;)
Kieran
@Markajv: If this is a gay stereotype all I can say is…..ENFORCE IT, ENFORCE IT. I can live with that.
da90027
is that Herpes on his ass?
lessthan
This article is drastically and desperately misleading. All of you judging him need to do some research. This picture is from the annual calendar that the team puts out. It has NOTHING to do with him coming out. In fact, this picture is so old, they don’t have any of the calendars left! Way to be click-baiting!
OhHellNo
So he’s gay AND classless? Thanks for the heads up.
Jasper Sims
Nice!
jwtraveler
@Billy Budd: Here’s a suggestion: Read the article!
jwtraveler
From the little I’ve learned about rugby in the last year or so, it seems that the players like to spend a lot of time naked.
Sameer Nurani
Now those are some ‘Big Balls’!
Stephen Mole
Happy that he, like we the unfamous, can now live his life in the way that feels right for him. But without according blame, I can’t help feeling sorry for all those wives who have loved a lie. Mrs Hirst, Mrs Jenner… The men are feted and celebrated whilst the women are just left behind. Somewhere along the line these women must and rightly feel ill-used.
Kieran
@Stephen Mole: I can’t help but feel sorry for the gay men who’ve been told they should marry and have kids in a world chock filled with homophobes.
SportGuy
Very sexy masculine guy! Glad he is living openly now.
Texan78730
@Billy Budd: The caption says “…….. in the left half of the below photo”