Colombian sensation Maluma has responded to public speculation around his sexuality, calling those who spread rumors he’s gay “stupid.”
The 26-year-old “Corazón” singer was participating in a fan Q&A on Instagram when the topic was brought up.
“People are stupid, aren’t they?” he said. “Yes, that is, how can they say I’m gay?”
“If I were gay, I would have already spoken about it”, he reasoned.
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And leaning into his sex symbol status, he added: “The one who said that I am gay, lend me your girlfriend to see how gay I am.”
Maluma has teamed up in the past with out singer Ricky Martin and gay icon Madonna on “No Se Me Quita” and “Medellín,” respectively.
And here’s another Ricky Martin/Maluma collaboration, 2016’s “Vente Pa’ Ca”:
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Donston
Honestly, his response is hella problematic. Don’t create “what if” situations. If you were “gay” you don’t know how your life would be or what you’d be willing to expose. Public figures have been saying “if I were gay I’d be out” for many years. Justin Timberlake said the exact same thing ten years ago. It was a dumb thing to say then. It’s a dumb thing to say now.
The “send your gf over to see how gay I am” response to rumors has got to go as well. It’s borderline misogynistic. You’re suggesting using women as props to “prove” your sexuality. It’s really gross. It also suggest that sexual behaviors are the be all when it comes to orientation. That undermines the complexity of sexuality, the possibility of fluidity and the romantic, sexual, affection, emotional investment, relationship contentment spectrum. If this is how you respond to certain rumors you’re better off not responding at all.
Donston
A lot of men from 100% hetero to 100% homo get caught in using women to show how “not gay” they are. And it has to stop. It highlights the insecurities of so many men and how much so many guys’ egos are attached to sex. Sexually engaging with someone is not going to prove anything. It doesn’t prove your orientation or your preferences. It doesn’t prove where you are within the romantic, sexual, affection, emotional, relationship spectrum. It’s nothing but sexual behaviors.
domilove
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jayceecook
One of the times I actually agree with you wholeheartedly.
Smith David
I wish I didn’t click on this or commented. I’m so annoyed with myself sometimes.
LARRY
hehehehe….right there with ya love! 🙂
am
Of course he’s not gay. He doesn’t look like one, he’s a typical Latino macho.
Ricky Martin wasn’t gay either at the same stage of his career. And look what’s happened once his records stopped enter the charts.
Den
His records never stopped “enter the charts”, except perhaps in the US, one specific market. His career started in Spanish speaking markets and only later crossed over. He has had a pretty constant stream of albums and tours as well as roles in TV, film an d theater.
He has always been popular in Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rican communities on the mainland, as well as many Spanish speaking countries.
I suspect he came out when he no longer cared what effect it might have on his career.
Donston
Ricky did wait to “come out” when he was no longer an international superstar. That’s for certain. He still did decent in certain markets. But his hey-day had long past. Ricky definitely contended with the hetero pressures of the industry. And when you’re dependent on your looks and sex appeal and your “ladies man” image it’s even more difficult to express homosexuality or being really into guys. I also suspect that he contended with certain degrees of fluidity and confusions. However, not being able to express your passions and affections and not being able to have non-closeted same-sex love and commitment is not worth it after many years. Especially when you’re no longer at a certain status.
jaleoman
It’s amazing when some Americans that don’t know much about Ricky and the rest of the world feel the need to talk about something they don’t know. Ricky Martin is abs always has been an international superstar, he is is a global Icon in Latin America, Europe, Middle Eastern, U.S Largest minority group ( Hispanics) . Ricky has
Not stopped and when he came out he still a huge Icon and one of the hottest Latin artist in the world. Get out of that cave.
jaleoman
Donston educate yourself man, you are extremely ignorant, decent in some markets? Ricky is a living legend and when he came out he still one of the hottest Latin artist in the world : Latin America, Europe, Middle Eastern, Asia, U.S Latin communities.STFU man you don’t know anything about Ricky Martin or the rest of the world
jaleoman
Thank you Den! Amazed me the level of ignorance of some people on here.
am
@Den @jaleoman Ricky is a non-entity in Europe. I doubt people even know he exists. His last “big” international hit was 15 years ago, his last US hit was like 20 years ago. He can sell sh*tload of records in Latin America, but it’s North American and European markets that count. Once you exit them you can do what you want be who you want. No one cares anymore.
msfrost
That is nonsense.
batesmotel
Ricky Martin came out when more and more people were coming out. The last number of years it’s been easier for people to come out because more people are also accepting of gays. When Ellen Degeneres came out, now that was brave and done during a time when it wasn’t accepted and she paid for that initially.
Chrisk
Wow. Another self important attention whore.
People will say anything these days. The fact that he cares so much is very telling
Den
What part of “participating in a fan Q&A on Instagram when the topic was brought up,” is so hard for you to understand?
How does answering a question specifically asked of him in an interview make him an “attention whore?”
Granted his answer was in bad form, but so is your bizarre comment. It’s as if you assume that anyone not popular here cannot be well known. Between Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela there is a market of 100,000,000 people with a culture and history quite independent of ours.
succubus
rarely agree with you Miss ChrissyK buy I do here.
pscheck2
This is the standard response of those who are suspected of dipping their toes in ‘Dorothy’s Pond!’ Need I mention one celeb. who denied he was gay for years, and came out in 2019? WENTWORTH MILLER!
jayceecook
Erm. He actually came out in 2013. Yes he denied it to InStyle magazine like around the late 2000s. However, he also attempted suicide more than once before coming out because of his battle to accept his sexuality. Obviously that man wasn’t in the right mental state to be waving the rainbow flag and declaring his love of penis.
cthomas59
1st of all it is Colombian …. he is from Colombia…. and str8 or gay.. like his music…..and is hot
ShiningSex
1st of all, he’s not hot. He’s boring. 2nd his music is foul. 3rd, he’s SO GAY!
jaleoman
Shinning Maluma is not hot according to you, he is perhaps the hottest young male artist out there. Do you even speak Spanish ?
JED08
He’s not just hot, he’s extremely hot, and is currently enjoying superstar status. That is the reason that he doesn’t want to come out. He’s done multiple tours here, always sold out. I think he’s on a European tour right now, or it’s about to start. He’s also super nice.
LilMesican
“… lend me your girlfriend to see how gay I am.” Things a closeted guy would say. In my head, I’m pretty sure he’s at least played.
JED08
Yeah, I’d say that he plays weekly. You know how Taylor Swift has a squad that she sleeps with? Maluma has a squad too.
ShiningSex
One who screams too much is probably gay.
The fact that he had to say “bring me your girlfriend”. LOL. I bet he’s a bore in bed to begin with. No decent person would say such a foul response to rumors. Sounds like another Ricky Martin.
jaleoman
Ricky Martin never denied that he is gay, he just did not want to answer that question, 2 completely different example and Ricky even became a allied for the LGBT community defending our rights.
jaleoman
You should educate yourself before talking.
boymikefl
Having gay feelings found out is a man’s biggest fear. Once the genie is out of the bottle, gives trolls & religious hypocrites ammo. They can all suck my ?
MetaMichael
I thought he was gay. So what, he’s not. Still sexy AF.
JED08
You were right, he’s still gay.
msfrost
Damn straight, if I was 30 ago years, I’d go for him.
avesraggiana
Who?
Donston
Y’all Ricky Martin fanboys need to chill out. He did come out quite a while after he reached his peak of world wide success. That doesn’t mean he became irrelevant. I am well aware of Ricky’s career before he broke through in the states and after. And while he never denied being “gay” it’s clearly something he was not trying to reveal. And that’s okay. According to Ricky’s own words he is not homosexual, and he sexually engaged with women even after coming out as “gay”. However, he considers himself “gay” because he has greater romantic affections, fascination, emotional fulfillment, relationship contentment/ambition towards males. When you’re dealing with that level of confusion and fluidity and fame and hetero pressures people can’t hate on you for not being “out”. However, Ricky never said anything douche-y and ignorant like Maluma said here.
frapachino
Hard pass on that look!
batesmotel
A waste that he’s not gay, but the only reason some have said he is is because he’s worked with gay or gay friendly entertainers like Ricky Martin and Madonna. He did say if he were gay he would say so, which means he has no problem with it. He’s Columbian so I’m sure he swings. He gives off that vibe that he’ll sleep with anybody.
MrMichaelJ
I don’t care if he’s straight or gay, I’d still f8ck the living crap out of him.
nitejonboy
who?
TomG
Why do people care anymore? There’s nothing wrong with being gay just as there’s nothing wrtong with being straight. People just are.
Donston
Well, there are still many homophobes and anti gay people out here. There’s religious persecution. Many don’t want their fav celebs to be “gay”. There’s still a fair amount of hetero pressures in the entertainment industry for males who depend on their looks and sex appeal. And there are many people who have a difficult time being “out” or a difficult understanding themselves or what they want. These are issues that will likely never fully dissipate. But most people seem to be responding to this article due to his basic, jackass-y response to a question he could have skipped past.
jayceecook
I never really wondered if Maluma was gay or cared enough to do a deep dive into his music and life to find out. He just never gave out those vibes. Bad Bunny on the other hand…
SarcasaticMisanthrope
Who is he?
JED08
He’s a Columbian singer.
Miles Crown
Let’s try this instead. I’ll lend you my boyfriend to see how gay I you aren’t.
Even if he were, he can’t be gay—or even gay hinty—because the preponderance of his fan base is in the Latin American countries where conservative super macho attitudes prevail.
JED08
You’re right. He thinks it would damage his career.
justgeo
Why do We care?
whitakerk861
Sad that Ricky is only gay when it doesn’t hurt his wallet. Watching these two videos you’d think he’s still in the closet. Not asking for much here Ricky but a same sex couple in your videos would be nice. Guess you still hate yourself.
RCS
As I posted previously on Towleroad:
Gay or straight, Maluma is a beautiful man.
One can see that in an early video “La Curiosidad” when he was a teenager:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t7eMteW-Tc
It can, also, be seen in “El Prestamo:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQJo3vK8O8
Or in his duet with Shakira “Clandestino:”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DhA69K3fZ4
lord.krath
He has to respond because people won’t stop harassing him about it. Whose f’ing business is it? If and when he is ready, he will come out. It doesn’t matter what we say or think.
For the record, though, I think the chances are high and that it perhaps it may be latent and emerging. Or maybe he really is a super comfortable straight man that leapt at the opportunity to sing with Ricky and Madonna. HAH.
Inspector 57
Such a sensible comment.