Music producer Mark Ronson made headlines last week when he went on Good Morning Britain and said, “I feel like I identify as sapiosexual.”
Ronson’s self-revelation came after author Nichi Hodgson appeared on the show earlier in the hour, where she explained the term to audiences.
“The definition of sapiosexuality means intelligence first,” Hodgson said. “I have dated men, women, transmen, transwomen, and across the gender spectrum and identify now as bisexual. The thing that has linked all these people has been their brains.”
44-year-old Ronson, who co-wrote Lady Gaga‘s hit “Shallow,” heard Hodgson as he waiting backstage. When it was his turn to be interviewed, he told the show’s hosts that he’d never heard the term “sapiosexuality” before, and that learning about it sparked a revelation within himself.
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The hosts responded by applauding Ronson for being “out and proud.”
Soon, headlines like Mark Ronson Courageously Comes Out Of The Closet As Sapiosexual and Mark Ronson Identifies as Sapiosexual: ‘I Didn’t Know There Was a Word For It’ began flooding the internet.
But folks on Twitter haven’t quite as moved by Ronson’s on-air revelation…
Mark Ronson is sapiosexual which means he’s attracted to people for their intellect. Which is cool. And I’m glad he’s found so many beautiful women under 35 whose intellect he’s attracted to x
— shon faye. (@shonfaye) September 20, 2019
I’m not sure claiming that you won’t fuck an idiot makes you queer, you guys
— Tyler Coates (@tylercoates) September 19, 2019
Sapiosexual Mark Ronson has been unlucky only to ever find intelligence in very beautiful young women. Not a wizened old man or nondescript middle aged person among his partners.
— Michael Hann (@MichaelAHann) September 20, 2019
can't believe out dot com claimed mark ronson as queer bc he said he was a sapiosexual when the only people who say that are straight men who cum on their bookshelves
— jared richards (@jrdjms) September 20, 2019
Proud to announce that I’m coming out as incredibly annoyed. https://t.co/jwrck0Xvyx
— Daniel Summers (@WFKARS) September 19, 2019
“I like a girl who reads” -mark ronson
— molly (@sansjunperos) September 19, 2019
mark ronson didn’t even “come out as sapiosexual” he was talking to the producers of gma about finding himself attracted to smart ppl & they said “you are sapiosexual” and he was like “yeah, I didn’t know that there was a word for it” ?
— Sofi the gemini ? (@drugsbalIads) September 19, 2019
mark ronson sneaking into the library, finding a book and pinching its tiddy
— Deirdre (@figgled) September 21, 2019
According to Psychology Today, a sapiosexual is a person who “finds intelligence and the human mind to be the most sexually attractive feature for a potential sexual relationship.”
As far as we know, Ronson has only ever been romantically linked with cisgender women. He was married to French model Joséphine de La Baume for six years. Prior to that, he was with actress Rashida Jones. And last February, he attended the Academy Awards with SNL talent executive Rebecca Schwartz.
Ronson has not issued any further comment since “coming out” last week.
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Cam
It’s so typical that all of these people claiming they’re only attracted to the person’s spirit of intelligence, also seem to only date hot young people. (Eye Roll)
Chrisk
Yeah, funny after looking at all his GF’s you wouldn’t ever accuse them of being members of Mensa. Just a bunch of hot clones.
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broadshoulder
The man is an embarassment
Donston
Mark is definitely a douche and his douche-i-ness was well known before this moment. It was an incredibly insensitive, mocking thing to do. But this is the ramifications of there needing to be a name for every idiosyncrasy and with us giving so much power to identity.
UlfRaynor
OMG Donston, are we actually agreeing about something?
Quick, pass me the smelling salts, I got’s the vapors….
derek mcgillicuddy
Would a “sapiosexual” find him attractive?
Wicked Dickie
THAT is the optimal question, isn’t it?
Cam
LOL!!!!!
Heywood Jablowme
Hey, nobody thinks it’s strange when a man is only attracted to UNINTELLIGENT hot young people!
lord.krath
If this wasn’t said in the spirit of levity, then most certainly it was a comment on the ridiculousness we have taken sexuality. FFS. Who even cares?
Brian
The criticism here goes beyond that first moment. The hosts supported him without irony. Dozens of writers and editors are calling him brave. All of these people are being mocked now, and rightly so.
Josh447
The only thing he is “coming out” of is an interview where the interviewer deemed him coming out as sapiosexual. He himself didn’t “come out” as anything, at all.
Albeit. He got alot of free press over this. Makes me wonder if it was planned. Duh.
Otherwise, just another everyday interview.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
He is sounding like a dumb fcuk with that statement…..
Hussain-TheCanadian
Are we going to add another letter to our name?? This is annoying, why are straight people creating these f*cked up categories of sexuality?
queerty02
Sapiosexual means you like smart people, not that you look past their gender/etc. Dumb.
Aires the Ram
A new made-up “word” for an attention seeking whore. I’m calling bullshit on this whole thing.
TheMarc
He deserves every single eye roll and groan he’s getting. As many pointed out, his dating history would definitely suggest otherwise.
But he’s not the sole cause of the press for this “coming out.” Gay media outlets definitely deserve some ire for their overly enthusiastic rush to “claim” him as a member of the LGBT community. And to his credit, I don’t think Mark ever insinuated that he was attracted to all genders/gender identities so long as they were intelligent. That, again, was an insinuation pushed by gay media in an effort to yet again add a celebrity to our community.
Ironically, so many gay media outlets spend a good portion of their time and coverage on straight identifying celebrities; yet are happy to add anyone to the “family” at the slightest hint of a queer identity. If they’re really so pro-gay, why not spend some of the energy and content space on actually openly LGBT celebrities??
inbama
So, what’s his pronoun choice?
drmiller
Who is Mark Ronson? Don’t care. Next.
just me
This is such a mind f*ck…
Goforit
Um, is there a name for the opposite? I find myself attracted to men with a less than “Mensa” IQ. Besides them generally having a sweet innocence that I find incredibly hot; I also do not have to compete with them intellectually. lol Besides, Mensa members may be intelligent but they are not necessarily smart. I once dated one for several years that wound up marrying another Mensa member. Of course he just happened to be a lifer in Folsom prison for murdering his wife while he was high on LSD. Hey, no judgment. Just saying.
AmblinGuy
Just a point of clarification – Twitter is not “the internet” – not even close. It’s only an app that is (by comparison in users) a minuscule subset of “the internet.” Way too much credence appears to be given to such an empirically tiny population.
opinion2020
The real issue I have is everyone seeming to filter how other’s sexuality should be based on their own sexual feelings. I was sad for the apology simply because he currently is in a heterosexual relationship does not his deny his sapiosexuallity. It’s Just now with a woman. Personally, I’m gay. I exclusively am attracted to men – although once I met a fascinating, brilliant drag queen whose intellect was immensely attractive. We had a short relationship before I ended it bc I had into guys. But she was brilliant. it’s was not a huge leap for me to realize intellectual attraction cum relationship is real and valid.