The queer internet let out a collective and justifiably offended “duh” this week when photos of former antigay GOP Congressman Aaron Schock living his best gay life at Coachella began making the rounds online.
Then Queerty obtained a photo allegedly showing Schock in full liplock with another man, Schock’s hand searching for something down the front of the man’s pants.
Related: Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock spotted at Coachella making out with a guy
And while the world may never know what exactly he found down there (although we have a few educated guesses), our source has followed through on the promise that the photo was taken from a video recording.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
We’ve now seen that video and have decided to let you see it, too.
Related: Twitter responds to those pics of Aaron Schock with his hand down another dude’s pants at Coachella
This is not meant to sex shame. This is not meant to embarrass.
What we hope this does is to encourage Schock, who made his career in politics about actively fighting against LGBTQ causes, to deal with the harm he did before he enjoys the freedoms he has so clearly embraced for himself.
We’re still waiting.
In the meantime, here’s the video:
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iamru2
I’m wondering what people want at this point? We know he’s a hypocrite and a bit of a coward and has caused many people grief but he’s no longer in office thankfully so time to move on!
Brian
It’s only been a few days. Let people have their fun.
armandov
Considering he has a political background, he could now use his skills to advocate for the gay community instead of fighting against the gay community as he did for so many years.
man5996853
There’s no guarantee, now that the charges have been dropped, that he won’t run again. Hopefully, this video will help insure that he doesn’t.
I don’t think that calling attention to his hypocrisy is problematic. The damage he helped do to the gay community is incalculable so why does he get off so easily now that he is a private citizen, one who has done absolutely nothing to right his wrongs? He deserves his comeuppance.
Doug
What do I want? I want to see this man publically humiliated for the hypocrite that he is. I want to see his weak, lame response to these photos and the video, after he’s voted against gays having rights to do what he arrogantly does in public. He’s another Milo Yiannopoulos.
dwes09
What people want at this point runs the gamut from hearing him apologize for the damage he tried to do to LGBT people, to seeing him seriously humiliated and shunned.
Why exactly is it “time to move on” in your mind? There is no reason to ever forgive and forget if someone does not apologize for wrongs done to others. That is essentially rewarding selfishness, cynicism and sociopathy.
DCguy
Oh look, the right wing account that always defends bigots and people who want to harm LGBTs is upset that an anti-LGBT Republican has been exposed as an evil self hating closet case.
Juanjo
He is a lying hypocrite who has indicated he would like to run for public office again. He is a lying hypocrite who has never admitted his acts or his actual orientation publicly. A hypocrite who has never apologized to the gay community for his actions.
As for moving on, people had until he crawled out from under a rock and decided to act like he was just one of the boys.
Hdtex
Blood. I want blood. He voted against my rights for years….And he’s promised a political comeback.
CruisingXXX
Unfortunately I was born & raised in congressional district once represented by Aaron Schock. After graduating from high school & getting my college degree there I could not get out of central Illinois fast enough & I never looked back! You want to visit a part of the USA where LGBTQ community is despised & hated but it is okay to be a life-long child pedophile (my mother’s second husband was confirmed pedophile with dishonorable discharge from the Navy. Our natural father died before we started school)! The sleazy pedophile sexually molested my sisters on a daily basis & beat me up so bad my mother had to lie to grandparents telling them I fell down stairs!?! Meanwhile family & community knew what was going on & said NOTHING and did NOTHING! A pox on downstate Illinois and all its bigoted citizens!
gingered1970
I don’t know who’s the worst at petty revenge. The President of some of us.
Email_is_also_fake
@Gingered1970
Since your so eager to defend him.
Read his Wikipedia page.
In February 2015, The Washington Post reported that Schock’s congressional offices had been lavishly redecorated in a style inspired by the aristocratic homes in the television show Downton Abbey.[134][135][136] In response to that story, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint alleging Schock could have received an improper gift. CREW’s executive director, Anne Weismann, stated, “Again and again, Rep. Schock’s seeming obsession with his image impedes his ability to conduct himself in [an] ethical manner.”[137] Schock dismissed the criticism with the statement “Haters gonna hate”, which was in turn criticized for its apparent flippancy.[111][138] Schock later stated he intended to pay the decorator.[139] Another investigation had discovered he had spent campaign money on workout DVDs.[137]
Further media scrutiny of congressional expenditure reports showed that Schock had spent over $100,000 in government funds on office decorating and renovations between January 2009 and late 2014, mostly during his first term.[140] Other media[clarification needed] reported Schock had charged thousands of dollars for private flights, legal expenses, new cars, tickets to the Super Bowl and Country Music Awards,[141] as well as cufflinks, massage, “gold equipment” and cigars[142] to his government-funded office account. The Associated Press accessed the location metadata on Schock’s Instagram photos and correlated it with private flight records to identify flights that did not correspond to his campaign finance disclosures.[143] In response, Schock’s office stated it had begun an internal review of the reimbursements.[141]
that’s just the first two paragraphs, also he served the minimum 6 years to receive retirement pay from Congress.
“A sitting Member of Congress earns a salary of $174,000/year. That ends when he or she is no longer in office. But, depending on when the Member was elected, that person does receive a pension, access to a 401(k)-like retirement account at age 62 if they’ve served five years or more. (They are eligible at earlier ages with more years of service.)”
so congrats on defending a bigot who’s retirement salary YOU are paying.
zachthevegan
(I know this was a year ago, but considering he just came out back in March) I think Aaron was just insecure about being gay and being in an openly anti-gay political party that shares some of his views. I think the insecurity got to him in Congress and he became a self-hating gay person; now, without being around homophobes, he supports the LGBTQ+ community. It just takes patience and adaptation. Like, when I became vegan and an animal rights advocate, I became misanthropic and didn’t care about human rights until animal rights was achieved. Now, I care for both equally, though my misanthropy has yet to go away. Of course, I’m not a conservative, but still, similar thing. He was insecure and uncomfortable being a minority in the Republican Party, and I am part of the Vegan community, which is only like 75.3 million or about 1% of the human population.
Apolodorus
That’s an interesting way to come out of the closet. I’m wondering if it’s not intentional. I would not be caught shirtless, wearing booty shorts and jacking off a guy in the middle of a much photographed music festival if I wanted to remain in the closet.
Apolodorus
Ah, my husband just gave me another option – he might have been really high.
Brian
He’s not in politics anymore, so I wonder if he really even cares about still being closeted.
dcbanks
Looks like MDMA.
ElPillo
Apolodorus, you say he may have been high. So he suddenly was higher and his first thought was to go to a gay event and pick up a guy?
And we are all bitching about his hypocrisy yet that is another gay guy who seems to have no problem f*ckin him.
Apolodorus
@brian – I understand why people are interested. It’s because of his actions before coming out of the closet. No one forced him to vote like he did. He chose to do so.
@elpillo – When I said he may have been high, I did not mean that he might not like men. I meant that it would explain the public nature of his actions, after years of being in the closet.
gingered1970
Before you condemn anyone for that. Keep in mind of the pressure and fear they grow up with.
Mpo2411
Was there any part of that video where I was supposed to actually recognize who was involved? All I saw were 2 hunky guys in a lip-lock, grinding against each other out of focus and dimly lit. Is that Bigfoot on a UFO in the background?
Dashing Partycrasher
LOL! I thought the same thing. And if Bigfoot was really there, I’d bet he’d be popular. You know what they say about dudes with big feet…
dwes09
It is obvious from still pix on other articles (making the rounds in other papers, so one would expect a response from Schock at some point) that it was him at Coachella, but it is not at all clear if he is in that video or not. I assume it was obvious to the person with the camera as two men groping and kissing otherwise is not of much intrinsic interest in 2019.
AgainNagain
Has any one of us never been caught in a weak moment when we did something that disgraced ourselves and betrayed our true nature? Could it be that someone spiked his drinks to cause him to behave in such an irrational manner?
startenout
Oh Aaron is that you? You seem full of so many bull**** explanations and justifications about this even going to the desperate “I was SOOOOO drunk” defense.
Dashing Partycrasher
Doubt anyone spiked his drink — he probably just had too much of his gayness bottled up inside for so many years, and just got carried away in the heat of the moment. But whatever the case, yes, a lot of us have “been there, done that” in one way or another. Oh, to be young and impulsive again…
Hussain-TheCanadian
@ AgainNagain
Dammit Queen, I know you want to gobble up his schlong but dayum control yourself.
dwes09
His “true nature” is better illustrated by the effort he put into making life difficult for LGBT people as well as the corrupt and self serving nature he demonstrated while in office.
Why exactly do regressive-minded dullards like you cut slack for the people who work against us, while disparaging those who devote energy to social progress? What is wrong with you?
Even if he has decided to come out as gay, he needs to express contrition for what he has tried to do to all of us in the past. Those who are seen with him are either, stupid, unaware of who he is, or as mired in self hatred as he likely is.
As for drugs he may or may not have been given, who cares what your imagination tells you child!
AgainNagain
Hussain, stop being so crass. Nobody is coveting any part of this guy. You watch your language.
dwes09
Watch his language! He said nothing that wasn’t warranted. Defending someone who was an undeniable enemy of gay people and has not expressed contrition at all is in fact damnable. Quite damnable, as it demonstrates a willful submission to an assumed superior oppressor.
Hussain-TheCanadian
As dwes said, if you find my remark crass and offensive, how do you think the rest of us find your marks?
I’ve been reading your responses for the last two days now, and all I see is you defending, making excuses, and figuratively bending over to our enemies – How am I supposed to respect that? You need to wake up.
DCguy
That depends, have any of “US” voted to allow LGBT people to be fired from their jobs just because they’re LGBT? Have any of “US” voted against Same Sex Marriage? Have any of “US” stolen hundreds of thousand of tax dollars from his constituents? Have any of “US” taken an illegal bribe of hundreds of thousands of dollars?
You know, as long as you’re asking….
Hdtex
Bullshit.
Matthew Rettenmund
More likely that someone drank his spike.
EdgarCarpenter
Honey, voting against LGBT people in Congress does not count as “being caught in a weak moment when we did something that disgraced ourselves”.
Those were not weak moments, and no one spiked his drink to make him vote those ways. Those were hypocritical evil acts carried out for political reasons. And he has not even obliquely expressed any regret for harming so many LGBT people.
BGinBigD
Poor thang, you a FOO! No reasoning with an idiot.
deacon
How could tell it was him….
Doug
Don’t be surprised if that’s the excuse he’ll use to worm out of this.
dwes09
The still photos are quite obviously him and tell us all we need to know about him as a cynical self serving hypocrite. He is one tiny step above those evangelical types who rail against homosexuality and then get caught in bathroom stalls giving blow jobs, or in hotel rooms with underage boys or girls.
And on the integrity scale that is pretty effing low.
Rock-N-RollHS
Are some of the commenters on this site either old ladies or conversion therapy “survivors”? What’s so, ahem, shocking, here? Who hasn’t done this at a circuit party? If not, so sorry for you.
Sort of hot video!
dwes09
What is shocking is not the pictures, but who is in them. You are clearly unaware of who Aaron Schock is and why this is so controversial. Or perhaps you are one of the tiny group of right wing folk here who always support those who work against us for some truly ungodly reason.
DCguy
Queerty, it is VERY easy to see who the anti-LGBT Republican trolls are. They’re the ones that will ALWAYS defend the people like Schock who vote to harm us.
Herman75
But these not-so-young circuit party queens think the world wants to watch them behave like this at Coachella?
He’s way more pathetic than pretty.
Tombear
Maybe he will eventually have a revelation and come out!
Tombear
You’ve had worse things in your mouth!
breal
He could work in porn now? Not necessarily redemption but he has options
GorgeousNotGeorge
Since his case was not pursued, he was actually set or at least free to go back to Politics, he just had to pay the money back that he used from the campaign. This might be him telling everyone, nah. I will just be some lobbyist.
Wicked Dickie
Is he giving him a hand job? Oh wow.
Geeker
F**k him and his trashy Instahoe friends, no one should let him or anyone he hangs out with forget all the misery he has helped to bring upon the gay community.
am
It’s a nice video. He could make his living as a pornstar. There is a lot of f*cked up right-wing idiots in the porn.
WindsorOntario
At 37, he’s too old & hardly any porn studio would use anyone over 30.
dr35
I mean, I’m gonna be gross here and admit it…. I’d let him grab my junk. Seriously, why are we all STILL so bitter and whiny? YES, Schock’s political agenda and voting patterns were horrid, but the man isn’t in office. He’s clearly exploring something we all knew has been lingering for years.
SO LET HIM.
If he eyes a return to the political realm as people claim he is, then shouldn’t we see what his new politics have to say before we keep throwing stones. People change……… everyone’s journey is different. It’s easy for us to label him a hypocrite, and yes, he’s definitely guilty of it….. but are we any better if we Preach tolerance and acceptance and equality, but can’t get past someone’s ourselves?
AgainNagain
Finally another sensible voice rises to the occasion and speaks like our future president Mayor Pete. Good for you dr35! I’ve always been aware that most gays on this comment section are known for their unreasonable anger and deep-rooted bitterness. I suspect that most of them have no faith in their personal life and are sadly nonspiritual. Forgiveness is a very foreign concept to them.
spacecadet
You’re right, it is totally gross. And no, tolerance doesn’t extend to someone who has not in any way apologized or explained his past detrimental actions against LGBT people. Why would anyone trust someone like this to go back into politics when he couldn’t be honest with himself and instead actively worked against people that were just like him. And also aside from that, why would anyone want him back in politics when he defrauded the government and taxpayers all so he could lead a lavish lifestyle all on other people’s dime and show it off on Instagram. Finally, no, he’s not just now exploring “something” that’s “been lingering for years.” He’s been in gay relationships and having gay sex since while he was in office. It was just never photographed or videotaped. He had to be discreet about it. So stop trying to give the closet case an excuse for his behavior. He’s only being caught in an open lie now simply because he was forced to resign from office. If not, he’d still be the same closet-case anti-gay Republican in power.
This guy is the polar opposite of Pete Buttigieg, someone who is open and honest about himself and makes it plain to the public. Not someone living a double life nor using his political power to hurt LGBT people but to champion them.
Hdtex
Blood. I want blood. He voted against my rights for years….And he’s promised a political comeback.
DCguy
@AgainNagain
Sweetie, if you’re going to create a sock puppet account to also defend anti-LGBT bigot and self hating closet case Aaron Schock, you may want to wait more than a tic before responding to your other account backing it up. I mean come on, please tell your managers over at the RNC to at least send us smart trolls, this is just insulting.
DK
Nope, that tolerance trap bs as a manipulation tool to silence historically marginalized groups won’t work. The victims of oppression have ZERO obligation to “tolerate and accept” the perpetrators and enablers of that oppression, and as a matter of fact, they should be actively intolerant and unaccepting. Ergo, battered wives should not tolerate their abusive husbands. Jews should not accept Nazis or former Nazis. And the gays whose lives Aaron Schock helped make worse should not tolerate or accept him. Are the wives, Jews, and gays in this scenario better than the abusive husbands, and homophobic politicians? If you think that’s a serious question, you’re an idiot. Grow up and get real.
Schock had no problem throwing stones at the LGBT community for decades, not only that, he’s now almost 40, it’s 2019, and he’s still done exactly NOTHING to show regret or remorse, or to make amends. THAT is what shows change. There’s no evidence he’s changed; he still appears to be a self-absorbed, self-serving hypocrite. Gays are clearly reacting to his unbelievable selfishness and hypocrisy.
SO LET THEM.
greybat
I don’t think I’d like to have an evil person “grabbing my junk”.\
Miles
He is so hot!
Kangol
As a raging Dumpster fire!
BGinBigD
Bless your superficial heart!
Ashke113
And pretty soon he will have his email or phone “hacked” and his d**k pics will be released and every homo will become his fan as is the progress of every closet case and their haters……stop giving the loser attention or he’ll wind up becoming another 15min figure skater Adam what’s his name was it?
tjr101
Queerty sure has a lot of gay republicans that defend any and everything.
mz.sam
Wow! Schock needs to do a bb scene with Lucas Entertainment…before he runs for Congress again in 2020.
SportGuy
He is such a self hating nazi pig.
omacdonald
OK, curiosity got the best of me and I clicked the video. And I know it is a short video but I got the same sickening feeling as watching 2 guys 1 horse, kids in a sandbox, or 2 girls 1 cup. I was just curious wondering about the fuss but felt like upchucking thinking this guy voted against the rights of gays while he himself seems to be enjoying those same rights here. This hypocritical guy is a waste of skin and shame on those gay people that continue to associate with this a-hole.
dkyles
Who cares if it is him. Good for him for embracing who he is. Not everyone comes out waving a rainbow flag. It’s his process. #aaronschock you go for it!
BGinBigD
Honey, you’re beyond help! There is no amount of evidence that will change your pea-pickin brain. Have a charmed delusional life. And, by the way, Miss Aaron will never “go for it” (meaning yourself) as you seem to suggest.
Miles
I think it was really tacky to put that video on the internet. No gay or bi man deserves that no matter what they have done.
Aaron may end up riding on a float at the West Hollywood Gay Parade if he plays his cards right.
rsb56
“I am Schocked, Schocked to find gambling going on in here.”
Miles
It looks like the guys in the video are wearing different pants than the guys in the photo.
mz.sam
Yeah baby, I’d like to feel this hypocrite’s Coachella too!