Shawn Mendes opens up about how rumors about his sexuality affected him

[RAMROD 109,386]

But then he misgendered Sam Smith 

[SoSourCandy 348]

3 hours ago, MJHolland said:

I've always been irritated by how much offense he takes at being called gay, and I'm not buying this new "well I'm angry for my closeted friends" defense. He literally said a year or two ago that he has nightmares about people thinking he's gay. I'm sick of hearing about this from this guy it screams insecurity. 

 

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idk why this forum worried or feeling upset about a millionaire’s sexuality? i mean should i feel sad because he getting called gay or smth? as if its bad thing? 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Lord, that explination is so gay. I felt like I wrote it while in the closet at 19. I am a mean bîtch and I am toning it down 90% for this comment but I have to say this. 

 I don't mean to be disrespectful but this idea that gay rumors are affecting him emotionally is just meh... 

Just eat some p___y and get over it. 

People around the world are literally being thrown off buildings, being put in jail and even in the US attacked for actually being gay. We don't even get access to the same bakeries as he does. Get over it Shawn; stop f___king whining. 

#F_ckPriviledgedTears.

[Chromatography 10,186]

NOT YALL “loving” and “liking” this thread when 95% of you call him gay every thread you get. 

[Chromatography 10,186]

24 minutes ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

Lord, that explination is so gay. I felt like I wrote it while in the closet at 19. I am a mean bîtch and I am toning it down 90% for this comment but I have to say this. 

 I don't mean to be disrespectful but this idea that gay rumors are affecting him emotionally is just meh... 

Just eat some p___y and get over it. 

People around the world are literally being thrown off buildings, being put in jail and even in the US attacked for actually being gay. We don't even get access to the same bakeries as he does. Get over it Shawn; stop f___king whining. 

#F_ckPriviledgedTears.

LMFAO you are an asshole. move along now.

[Amidana 4,263]

9 hours ago, RAMROD said:

But then he misgendered Sam Smith 

On accident, people learn and change. He apologized. 

While some people don't and keep putting him in a corner calling him something he's not. 

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We must respect everyone's struggles.

But we also must keep in mind that when we assume someone is gay, the way he is affected when he is straight is very different from the way he is affected when he is actually gay and closeted. Because when you're straight, and people calling you gay upsets you in such a terrible way, then that is not far form homophobia. Not his fault though.

Sorry if I came off as insensible.

[r4therupbeat 1,587]

In the words of Zachary Quinto: “Having enjoyed a certain level of success, I felt like the hypocrisy was too much to bear for me to be enjoying this life that I had created for myself and not acknowledging my identity as a gay man. I felt like it was actively harming a group of young people who the choice to come out could benefit.” 

It is about representation, Colton Haynes is a good example as well.

A straight man comfortable with his sexuality does not care THAT much about labels or if the world thinks he's gay. For ex Harry Styles, Jaden Smith

[KingRedd 3,139]

Y’all have a strange way of thinking. Celebs are regular people and it shouldn’t be a case where they “shouldn’t let it affect them” just because they have fans. Someone’s sexuality is their sexuality. Someone’s personality doesn’t dictate a sexuality. Y’all love to force people to respect trans people and non binary people but it kills you to respect him by not calling him gay? And y’all even go as far as to be so selfish and get OFFENDED by how it affects him? That joke is so late and tired y’all need to move forward. The hunty  era needs to be left in 2020.

Stop dictating how someone should feel about thousands of people constantly calling you gay 24/7. Y’all would be all sad if he harmed himself yet don’t care to stop the silly actions that could cause it. Get it together lol 

[gagaisitalian 3,573]

He's the only not-gay celebrity who addresses their gay rumors this much. Every album cycle he has to "open up" about how sexuality rumors have negatively effected him.

Every hot male celeb has gay rumors floating around about them because so many gay men want them to be gay so they just make up these fantasies.

I don't think people like Zac Efron, Justin Bieber, etc. have ever addressed any speculation about their sexual orientations. And that's why...I think Shawn is gay!  (Because he himself can't shut up about it)