celeb news Shawn Mendes talks about his sexuality; "still figuring it out"

[BrokenMachine]

11 minutes ago, jeffersonairplanes19 said:

I mean that's literally what they were doing with Shawn. more recently it's been people around his but when he first debuted it was primarily people 10+ years older than him it's kinda insane looking back at forums and posts from 2014-16 how accepted it was for literal adults to openly discusss and lust after teenage celebrities even just beyond Shawn and sexuality, like even farther back the things people were saying about Justin when he was a teenager and even Miley, Demi, Selena, and the Jonas brothers is crazy

Well yeah, I was talking from my own personal perspective since I'm almost the same age as Shawn, but yeah, older generations have normalized a lot of awful stuff when it comes to the way they treat teenagers. I'm kinda expecting for the newer generations to do at least a little better than that 

[Mornings]

The worst part of coming out is the "we knew it" reactions like people were all betting on you. It's so weird and controlling and perverted 

[WEEKND]

Isn't that man in his 30's 

 

Not sure what's so difficult to figure out. I'm really confused. 

[jeffersonairplanes19]

41 minutes ago, BrokenMachine said:

Well yeah, I was talking from my own personal perspective since I'm almost the same age as Shawn, but yeah, older generations have normalized a lot of awful stuff when it comes to the way they treat teenagers. I'm kinda expecting for the newer generations to do at least a little better than that 

I do think things have changed somewhat for the better because people have been a lot less weird about the more recent stars who came up as teenagers like Olivia and the kid laroi and Billie. Billie really marked a shift and it was a fast shift too because people would be gross about her sometimes but it was a lot more heavily scrutinized with her than it was with previous stars and at the time Shawn was the only gen z pop star that existed until her and it so crazy to think that he was still a teenager when she blew up because treatment of them was like night day, he's literally only 3 years older than her. Most people would be in shock if the kid laroi or Olivia Rodrigo did anything like Shawn's flaunt magazine shoot where he was shirtless  and had his pants unbuttoned or his Calvin Klein shoot but they are both older now than he was when he did those (he had been 18 for like 3 months when that shoot came out.) hell Billie was older than him when she did that lingerie shoot for vogue and that was seen as completely shocking to people. It's really fascinating watching how things have really changed it's like realizing Miley and Olivia were both the same ages when they released bangerz and guts.

Edited October 30 by jeffersonairplanes19

[Elementary]

40 minutes ago, Mornings said:

The worst part of coming out is the "we knew it" reactions like people were all betting on you. It's so weird and controlling and perverted 

Some people don't get the privilege of having people react like that. Consider yourself lucky if people "knew it" and decided not to care. 

[MusicLoverDude]

Honestly whatever he sees himself as, I just hope he's happy and continues to evolve as a person. It's wild that he talks about not experiencing or discovering parts of yourself at 15, when that was the year I came out (I'm 30 now). But everyone has a different journey. 

 

Everyone on here has picked on him relentlessly so I'm just rooting for him to be happy and come out fully when he's ready. 

[lonnie]

Gay men are horrible creatures. Some people do need time, however old they are, to be comfortable and at ease with their sexuality and themselves. Hopefully he has good friends surrounding him and a good support system 

[mrpartyrocker]

The gaydar never fails! 
 

Now jokes aside, I hope he finds his comfort and true happiness 

[mrpartyrocker]

10 minutes ago, lonnie said:

Gay men are horrible creatures. Some people do need time, however old they are, to be comfortable and at ease with their sexuality and themselves. Hopefully he has good friends surrounding him and a good support system 

💯 gays are their worst enemies, not homophobes

[KOMH]

2 hours ago, WEEKND said:

Isn't that man in his 30's 

 

Not sure what's so difficult to figure out. I'm really confused. 

He's 26

[theboyismine]

i'll welcome him with open arms…into our community

[XXI.]

21 hours ago, tiagol88 said:

"i'm flopping...so let me alienate my fanbase and come out as gay instead"

The crowd erupted in cheers when he expressed his confusion about his sexuality. There are many gay celebrities, like Cooper Koch, who still attract interest from women because of their looks.

 

The thing is, no one was really discussing Shawn or his music. I just checked his Spotify and only though he had released "Why Why Why." I didn't even know he had dropped two other songs from this upcoming album. His coming out and sharing his confusion about his sexuality is bound to spark conversation—something he could really use right now.

[rzal]

It's giving queerbait after flop. And I'm sorry but I will never understand grown people being confused about their sexualities. 

[StarsAllAligned]

Y'all are hella weird

[Mornings]

10 hours ago, Elementary said:

Some people don't get the privilege of having people react like that. Consider yourself lucky if people "knew it" and decided not to care. 

Yeah you jumped to conclusions that people didn't care or react further. 
 

im not interested in an victim competition either. 

[KanMap]

On 10/29/2024 at 11:43 AM, TalkThatRihanna said:

Not Sabrina getting involved in two different love triangles with two different gay guys  

 

On 10/29/2024 at 11:36 AM, ToMmY said:

 

 

[yonsé]

19 hours ago, Elementary said:

Who ever said that being "proud and comfortable as a gay man" = being sexual and half naked all the time? And that "not approving oversexual representation of gay men" = trying to get approval from straights? 

because male sexuality has been suppressed by society for an incredibly long time in favor of toxic masculinity. 

 

they arent any more sexual or half naked than their straight male or female counterparts. y'all just hate it cause it's queer. do some soul searching.

 

there is not one singular "image of the gay man" and trying to police that is at the behest of the oppressive majority (heterosexuals). pls read up about respectability politics.

[Drowned8World]

15 hours ago, Onyxmage said:

Well when you ask stupid questions you might get an answer that makes you look stupid.

i didn't ask any question, i said it was random but go off i guess...

[kyris89]

Just admit you like c**k already for God's sake. You are almost 30 years old

[Troll Idle]

He's rich and handsome he will be fine & set for life no matter who he sleeps with

[X~MoviePoP]

The age-ism in here...

[l3disko]

give it a few more years, he'll be our next sam smith 

[perfectillusion204]

I get vibes that his IQ must be around 20

[Pavement Princess]

This man has said multiple times he is not gay. If anything the "I'm still figuring out" is more indicative of the confusion I'm sure he feels from constantly being told about his own sexuality. I'd be confused as hell too if I told the world time and time one thing and people still told me I was another. It really shouldn't matter unless you guys are personally ******* him.

[Chris]

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