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Tyler the Creator publicly responds to his ‘boyfriend’ Jaden Smith

You’ve no doubt heard by now that Jaden Smith and Tyler the Creator are boyfriends. The 20-year-old performer made the big announcement during a recent show, although judging by his delivery and Tyler’s reaction, we’re guessing the gesture was more symbolic than literal.

“I just want to say Tyler the Creator is the best friend in the whole world and I love him so f*cking much,” Smith said. “And I want to tell you guys something… Tyler doesn’t want to say, but Tyler is my motherf*cking boyfriend, and he’s been my motherf*cking boyfriend my whole f*cking life. Tyler the Creator is my f*cking boyfriend! It’s true!”

And the crowd went wild.

Watch.

He followed up the big announcement with a tweet:

Prompting Tyler to respond:

A few hours later, Tyler wrote another tweet:

It’s pretty clear the guys are just playing around and drumming up some publicity for Jaden’s new album, but that didn’t stop Twitter from celebrating the new “couple”:

But not everyone’s buying into the hype…

Related: WATCH: Jaden Smith introduces his famous boyfriend, crowd goes wild

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