Pop sensation Shawn Mendes again addressed those persistent gay rumors this week, speaking to Rolling Stone about the stress they continue to cause him.
“I’d like to say I don’t care about it, but that’s not true,” Mendes said.
So Todrick Hall took to Twitter to make a few Shawn Mendes gay jokes to his 300K+ followers.
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The since-deleted tweet didn’t go over so well.
“Shawn Mendes is not gay, or at least not yet,” the out musician and Drag Race judge wrote. “And he may never be…but one thing is for certain, if he EVER comes out. I’ve got dibs. Love you @ShawnMendes and your music! Hope to marry, sorry meet you someday.”
Todrick Hall may have deleted this cringeworthy and embarrassing tweet, but the internet never forgets. pic.twitter.com/lobA1IAIhY
— Blue Ivy's Au Pair (@MikeyTBH) November 26, 2018
Here’s some more of the internet not forgetting:
Another day where Lena Dunham and Todrick Hall both annoy the shit out of me.
— Brianna D Starbanks (@BStarsigns) November 26, 2018
The LGBTQ+ community has spent decades trying to educate people in the fact that sexuality is not a damn choice and Todrick Hall of all damn people makes a tasteless joke abouf Shawn Mendes not being gay “yet” i’m so sick
— daniel ? (@trbldsoul) November 27, 2018
"Not yet"? Youd think Todrick Hall, a member of the LGBT+ community would know you dont just suddenly BECOME gay.
— CJ ?Final Fantasy King? (@FfKing1140) November 27, 2018
i hope this means alyssa edwards gets to choreograph the season 12 dance challenge: she's better tv and better at choreography so it's really a no-brainer
— character actress georgie rae (@georgiemorvis) November 26, 2018
todrick hall really thought he did something with his tweet girl i…
— Chris (@emotwink666) November 26, 2018
Related: Shawn Mendes addresses gay rumors head-on
Hall later posted an apology:
Sorry about that tweet, I tweeted between scenes trying to be supportive, but realized it was problematic. Was not trying to be insensitive. I assumed the hate was coming from homophobic people and didn’t think before I posted. Huge fan of Shawn clearly, and didn’t mean any harm
— Todrick Hall (@todrick) November 26, 2018
Working on being more sensitive
— Todrick Hall (@todrick) November 26, 2018
Just one more case study in the importance of thinking before tweeting.
Donston
It was a lame tweet for a couple of reasons. It’s not Todrick’s place to say what Shawn is or isn’t. I’m sure he hasn’t had an in-depth conversation with Shawn about his sense of self. Also, the dude has made it apparent that the gay rumors, jokes and memes make him uncomfortable as well as all these thirsty tweets from faags. So, you ended your tweet by being another thirst bot.
I will say some of the reactions to his tweet are unnecessarily dramatic and self-righteous. As obsessed as people remain when it comes to trying to “prove” that orientation is not a choice (and it isn’t) fluidity does have some legitimacy for some people. And when you have any type dimension in your orientation romantically/sexually/sense of gender/relationship wise then you do have some “lifestyle” and identity choices as you suss out your sexual passions, romantic passions, general fulfillment and preferred long-term partnerships and contentment. So, he may indeed not be gay… yet.
Overall, once again, a decent percentage of “lgbtq social media” misses the mark.
thisisnotreal
I agree with you ln the first part, but on the second idk. Maybe I’m just lucky but I’ve known what the dimensions of my sexuality and attraction were since before I hit puberty and they haven’t changed since then and I’m assuming they will continue not to change at this rate. For Shawn to say that he’s flat out not gay and that the idea of people constantly assuming he is, or questioning his sexuality or orientation or romantic leanings etc that it bothers him and makes him uncomfortable and he doesn’t like it and wants it to stop, to me that sounds like a dude who If he isn’t completely hetero (if that’s even a thing) then he is VERY far in that direction on the Kinsey scale. I kinda know what Todrick prolly meant about Shawn not being gay “yet” he could have been referencing everyone’s journey of self discovery and how it can change along the way, or he could be one of those gays that thinks “your only straight cuz you haven’t been with me yet” but I still agree with what people posted and how it was worded very poorly.
Regardless of what he meant by “yet” there will be people out there who read that post and it will add fuel to either the “bi now gay later” debate or the idea that people aren’t born gay, they grow into it or choose it and that’s a fire I’m pretty sure every single gay out there wants to extinguish. I get that people think Shawn is hot and want their fantasy of him being gay to be real so they can feel like they have a shot with him or that we can add him to our roster for visibility, but the dude has said flat out he isn’t gay and wants the rumors and questions and comments to stop and the faags need to flat out respect that and stop. We have so many other attractive and appealing men out there who actually ARE on our team so we need to focus on them and leave Shawn alone.
Donston
Well, I had no attractions or arousals towards females from my late teens to mid twenties. Though as you know I consider myself “gay”, and my sustained passions and contentment are same-sex, and I don’t see myself ever having a legit relationship with a female again. My cousin lived a strict lesbian lifestyle for eight years then claimed she wasn’t all that into chicks and married a dude. A close male friend said he genuinely didn’t realize that he had same-sex romantic preferences until his late twenties, though he says he’s always known he had some sexual attractions towards guys. My aunt says she started to have some attractions towards females in her 40’s, though she says isn’t interested in romantically or sexually engaging with women. Everyone has their own journey and their own little thing going on.
You’re obsessed with pushing identity and socio-political narratives and trying to fit people into categories (like too much the lgbtq “community”). I just care about people living in their truth, tackling whatever struggles they have and being genuinely self-comfortable. And just because you can’t relate to something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. There’s a lot of stuff going on out here. All you have to do is engage with people outside of your small circle.
I do agree that the constant social media thirsting after guys who show no real interests in guys, the fawning over any dude who will admit to not being 100% heterosexual and the hetero/straight/bi identifying guy worship is pathetic and sometimes mentally/romantically disabling for gays. But there is a decent amount of women who indulge that when it comes to gay-identifying male celebs, though with them it tends to be mostly playful.
SteveGreen
@Donston Sir, you are missleaded. Forgive me for gramatical errors, they are not important. Most of the input you are getting is from the sources that are these days, no matter how hard it is to believe, potentionally corrupted or on purpose changed. The reason why is happening like that, is irrelevant, and can only lead you to confusion. Most of the men tend to ask themselves why, before they indulge into reasonable dialog, if one is stating something, one must give reasonable explanation, that can not lead ad hock to a misleading narrative. Fortunately, the experience of the men, gave us a method to understand the time of our lives, and to honour our privilidges to be even mislead. I felt the need to respond to you, in a similar matter you wrote, yet I do not feel the shame or disturbance by your words. We men, and history remembers that, fight. But I will not fight you. In the time of need, the answer is already there. And it is not the intention to put wrongly accused labels, and names, and titules, and stuff. It is a game. But it hurt? Let me rephrase, and by that, state the honour of rightfulness of yours words. It is about emotions. We have collected enough of the words of those who lived before, and after us. The mind of homosexual men is not a mess. Let me repeat, the mind of homosexual men is not a mess. They live the way they wanna live. The parents live in a fear, they enjoy, proving to themselves the lie they did not want that. Children of those who came the stage, children of those who came the stage… those who came on stage… the stage…the stage… who is on the stage? whose light shine above us? Is it your shine? COuld it be, you are misleaded? Could it be yours demons? Are they in time, or the need to put up the test of your peace of mind? When is enough? One day, my friend returned to me. He said, I failed. I wanted all, I needed all, I gave myself, I gave you, I did it, I loose. How come other successed, but I didn’t? I asked him, are you broke?No, he said. Go buy a drink.
I will continue…
Brian
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jamih
Well I agree with you, the mind of homosexual men is not a mess. Unfortunately one can’t say the same about yours.
Chevelter
I will assume that English is not your primary language because it’s better than assuming the alternative.
SteveGreen
it could be. what do you have to offer?
Hussain-TheCanadian
It better be your second language, your butchering of our language isnt exactly pleasant.
DHT
Is it still okay for someone to lust in their heart as long as you don’t tweet about it?
SteveGreen
give me an example. and don’t say it is about energy.
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SteveGreen
There is no single parents, who will accept a gay child. None. Why should they?
QueerTruth
Dude, I was raised by a single straight father. I’m gay. He accepted me. In fact, it was never an issue. Working full time and being a sing;e father was his challenge and sometimes mine.
So whatever you are babbling about, clearly you are wrong.
Perhaps this website isn’t for you? Your narrow minded incorrect comments are certainly not welcome.
Donston
This “SteveGreen” is clearly a troll or just really high.
Black Pegasus
I don’t even know who this little queen is. Either I’m just old or he is simply irrelevant…….
…..or perhaps both. I don’t care.
jamih
Mostly the latter, I’m not quite sure who the hell he is either he’s one of those gay celebs you only notice when they do something annoying.
Lacuevaman
who is this idiot…? isn’t this a repeat post?
ocahan
“…or at least not yet” could be interpreted as not out.
Miffopro
Jeeeesus, I spend a few years away from the gay community, and now Todrick Hall – Todrick – Frickin – Hall – has to snowflake and APOLOGISE for being “problematic” and “insensitive” just because he showed some thirst for one of the objectively hottest men in showbiz?? Where have we ended up, is this really where we wanted to be..? I think I’m going back to the real world now.
ShowMeGuy
**cringeworthy and embarrassing** Not even. As an attempt to occupy some social media time in the spotlight….Todrick’s post about Shawn wasn’t even worth the effort to post it.