Michael “Mikey” Sam and fiancé pal Vito Cammisano have an important message for queer youth: they know what it’s like to have been bullied as kids and they got through it. To commemorate GLAAD’s Spirit Day campaign, the guys filmed a video to help spread the word and encourage people to wear purple to show their support for bullied queer people.
“I support spirit day because it is very important,” Sam says. “As some one who was once bullied, I think its very important we tackle this issue.”
Cammisano adds: ” I support spirit day because I was bullied in middle school a lot and I never want any young person to feel like they can not be comfortable being who they are.”
So slip on something purple and watch the two men share their message below.
anphantom
First of all, this is a great message and I doing want to take away from that! But was anyone else distracted by the fact that Vito is mouthing all of Michael’s lines as he says them? Lol
Kangol
A great message. Are they back together? I thought Michael Sam was dating (semi-secretly) that cutie Jussie Smollett?
bicurious
I’ve noticed a trend with younger gays, at least ones in the reality t.v. sort of orbit, to have blindingly white teeth like Vito has. Gage Edward on Flipping Out also has similarly blindingly white teeth. I assume this isn’t natural…..is it achieved through extreme bleaching? It can’t be healthy for the tooth enamel……
Xzamilio
@anphantom: Nope… I see theater actors do this all the time… they just don’t make it so obvious. Plus it helps them to remember their cue. It was weird though to see it up close like that
Blackceo
@Kangol:
It is a great message. I’ve got my purple on today. As for Michael Sam dating Jussie Smollett. The streets are talking and saying that Jussie is low key dating his Empire boo in real life, Rafael de la Fuente, but Rafael is still not out and so they are keeping it of the low.
Cam
@bicurious:
There was a guy named Madison on Million Dollar Listing whose teeth were so white it was actually creepy.
Arcamenel
@Blackceo: That is one sexy couple if it’s true.
Blackceo
@Arcamenel:
Yes….very sexy. If you look at their Instagram stuff they spend a good bit of time off set together. From the beginning they have been good friends and so while not confirmed they are dating, I hope it’s true.
Back to Michael and Vito I am glad to see they are at least friends or friendly cuz they both seemed to have deleted all or most of their social media stuff after word of their break up.
MarionPaige
I keep thinking about these people with nudes of Cammisano still waiting for there to be a buyer for nudes / sex tapes of Vito. It shows, really shows what an idiot Sam was. He as a Black man thought he was embracing this “gay community” when White Gays “apparently” only saw him as something to use. And,
Yes, it is a little creepy to see Vito mouthing the words Sam is saying.
Ogre Magi
So which one is the top?
Giancarlo85
@MarionPaige: Of course. You need to bring up sex tapes and race. That’s typical of your trolling ways. And it’s almost funny seeing you basically say black gay men should only date black gay men. Maybe you’re jealous a bit.
Tackle
Cute…
Kangol
@Blackceo: Jussie Smollett and Rafael de la Fuente do make a hot couple. I hope Michael Sam finds someone who can ground him, though. He needs support and good friends. Jussie seems like he could provide a little of both.
alphacentauri
@MarionPaige: I’m not surprised they made sex tapes/took nudes but why did they or someone else try to sell them, or was it Vito or Sam’s ex the guy that did BB/raw porn that tried to do this?
alphacentauri
@Ogre Magi: Not Sam, that’s for sure. 😉
@MarionPaige: I have gay black men who are friends and they’ve dated men of all races but tend to prefer black and latino men since in their opinion black and latino men are far less likely to want them only because they’re black or for r@c!st stereotypes the way some white gay and Asian men do.
robho3
Not a fan of Michael Sam. And who is that goof ball Vito???
Brian
One minute, the message from the GLBT community is that everybody’s the same. The next, it’s that everybody’s different. Will the GLBT community make up its mind??
Cam
@Brian:
Oh look, the right wing supporter has a huge problem with a message against bullying.
Giancarlo85
@Brian: You really fail at trolling, Jason smeds. Maybe you should try something different.
MarionPaige
correct me if I’m wrong butt,
weren’t all of the gay bloggers who jumped on the Vito’s ex boyfriend was a gay pornstar story White? And,
Wasn’t it less than 24 hours after Sam was out on national tv that Gay White Bloggers jumped at the chance to get some extra pagesviews at Sam’s expense?
I’m sure that every successful Black Celebrity knows that “GAY” ain’t about Black People.
Cam
@MarionPaige:
Oh Look, Marion went from attacking gays, to trying to take a page out of NOM’s old playbook and try to stir up black/gay trouble.
This was old news when NOM tried to do it after Prop 8, shame on you for being boring enough to try it this late in the game.
Giancarlo85
@MarionPaige: And again you have to make ra*c*i*st attacks on others because your crush Michael Sam went with a white guy. must have really pissed you off didn’t it?