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Mexican influencer and aspiring singer Juan de Dios Pantoja has over 19 million YouTube followers, 13 million Instagram followers, and 3 million Twitter followers. But nobody can acquire that many fans without picking up a few enemies along the way.
The 24-year-old recently found himself at the center of false gay rumors after someone began circulating an alleged sex tape featuring him and another man.
In a video posted to his YouTube channel this week, Pantoja, who is married to a woman and has a kid, insists that he’s not gay and that he is the victim of an attempted smear campaign.
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“I have nothing against gay people, but I am not gay,” he says. “I do not like men. If I liked them, I think now would be the perfect time to say it.”
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He goes on to say that anyone who thinks the guy in the video is him clearly isn’t very observant. If they were, they’d notice he has completely different tattoos than Pantoja.
“The video is manipulated to make people believe that it is me,” he explains. “The guy in that video has a tattoo here [points to his arm] … and besides he is dark. They put a filter on him to make him look whiter, and, boom! Juan de Dios Pantoja.”
In a follow up tweet, Pantoja explained: “The video they uploaded brought him very close so that the tattoos are not seen and people think it is me.” And in another tweet, he said, “You will never see a video of me with another man.”
Pantoja’s fake sex tape comes on the heels of a real sex tape featuring him and a woman other than his wife that leaked last week.
After the real tape hit the internet, Pantoja issued an apology to his wife and said he’s working to repair their relationship.
In the video posted on YouTube this week, he says all of this sex tape nonsense has him rethinking his entire career.
“I am seriously thinking about retiring from this,” he laments. “I know that at this point everyone wants me to do it, and I am possibly going to do it. I am fed up, I am tired of so much nonsense.”
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I will save many of ya some time …
if you search for the sex tape here is the message:.
“Error Page Not Found
We’re sorry, but the requested page is all tied up at the moment, and cannot be found.”
Kangol2
Um, are you sure? I found several, including the one with him & the woman, with a simple search. But you may have to search in Spanish.
Black Pegasus
Gwarl that photo of you says GAY af….
Anyway, it ain’t none of my business.
linx1240
Totally agree!!
Harley
I would totally click off that video. This guy is UGLY!
linx1240
I f he’s not Gay, neither am I!! LOLOL and who really cares????
Gary Q VV
Who is this dude anyway? Millions of followers all of which are most likely Mexican teens – good luck, Senior.
startenout
Quite possibly since the world exists outside of English only USA
Troysky
@startenout …..self-righteous.
armandov
I hate the word “Influencer” which is used to describe annoying tweens and 22-year-olds who provide stories about their gangbangs and make-up tips. Why can’t more intellectual and enlightened people be deemed “influencers”?
Troysky
@armandov I’m with you, but…because if it’s not National Enquirer-type clickbait, people aren’t interested ….sad but generally true.
TheMarc
Not surprised that so many of these catty comments are going after the victim as if he done something wrong by not coming out; despite the fact that he is by all accounts straight AND the video was a fake. What is actually problematic about this situation is that calling or implying that someone is gay is still viewed as a viable smear tactic. Hopefully, we will evolve to the point where, globally, this type of tactic will be deemed “silly” and nonsensical.
MrMichaelJ
Give me a break. The guy is gay as f8ck. You can marry whatever woman you want but there ain’t no hiding THAT.
mecmass
Heck no, it’s not him in the sex video. The guy in the video is much better looking.
Bob LaBlah
Ok, let me admit I have NO idea who this kid is but I congratulate him on selling 100 million records. In todays world where just about no American musicians are able to sell one million records anymore that is something to be proud of at the young age of twenty-four. However were I him I would fire the publicists for putting that video of him and that woman having sex on youtube (Youtube took it down but that is where I saw it and it is available on some latin queens twitter account but not the gay movie). To show that degree of desperation is a clear sign he has something to hide. There is a pic that’s suppose to be him in a 6-9 position but the tattoos are missing and to be honest, it looks nothing like him. The gay video has vanished into cyber thin air and the only thing we can hope is to run across it somehow on xtube or xhamster once his popularity has wained and he is ready to come out and needs it to boost his standing amongst young latin males.