Late last year the year-old went on a Twitter rant declaring “I’m straight,” when he felt his sexuality was being called into question by a UK journalist. Now a Vine video has emerged in which he seems to be heard saying: “I’m gay, it’s pretty unfortunate.”. "It's the nature of the job," the One Direction star said in a new interview. It'sand One Direction's Louis Tomlinson is still addressing the rumors surrounding his sexuality.
While the members of One Direction have not explicitly identified as gay, their music and the way they interacted with their LGBTQ+ fans helped pave the way for more acceptance and representation within the community.
One Direction is one of the most popular boy bands in the world, and their fans have long been curious about their sexuality. While none of the members of One Direction have publicly come out as gay, there have been some rumors and speculation about their sexual orientation. 1D had such a big fandom during their heyday, and statistically a lot of people coming of age in the s/s identity as something LGBT/queer. The vocal-ness of LGBT Directioners might be due in part to the LGBT acceptance of the members of 1D, but also I think that some amount of the fan was going to be LGBT anyway.
Justin Bieber, who is exactly one gay younger than Styles, might be the perfect counterpoint. During a recent interviewStyles and bandmate Liam Payne were asked what they look for in a potential partner. It took the lads just five minutes to agree to his plan and have another crack at the competition - this time in the groups category. Daily Mirror Icon. He's still very young, so it's quite possible that he doesn't the for sure.
He doesn't need to be coy which his sexuality to get attention, so it's hard to buy that as an ulterior motive. This time nine years ago, five teenage boys' dreams were in tatters after being rejected from the X Factor. What does Styles look for, then? The band was fraying at the seams. Straight-laced Harry - who wasn't even much of a drinker - was apparently 'furious' they'd taken the shine off the start of their UK stadium tour with their 'stupid and reckless' behaviour.
Follow NBC News. Much has changed for Styles since his "X-Factor" days catapulted him to international stardom with the formation of One Direction, and then onto his solo career one in Newsletter Signup Subscribe to the IN newsletter. Main Menu U. In a statement he later admitted had nothing to do with him, he claimed he wanted to be a 'normal year old'. But we direction competition then, and at the back of the minds we knew were against each other," Liam would later recall.
By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. So, as we mourn the loss of both a young father and the possibility of a reunion that can make us feel like kids again, there is nothing that will ever take away the golden memories and community that we created in the fires of the greatest band of the digital age.
The five members — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik — did not come from prestigious musical backgrounds, were not extraordinarily muscular or well dressed, and sure one hell could not dance for shit, yet collectively they possessed a certain je ne sais quoi that had not been seen in decades.
But a boy bander is a completely different musical beast. The year-old singer acknowledged the internet can be a toxic place that attacks people in his close circle, calling Twitter "a sstorm of people trying to be awful to people. What One Direction offered to its legions of hormonal fans was not just a gluttonous serving of saccharine dopamine through music and TV appearances, but seemingly limitless access to the boys at the click of a mouse or scroll of a touch screen.
I wouldn't be surprised if some night soon he turns up onstage draped in a rainbow flag. Sign In Create your free profile. Wake up to the day's most important news.
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