What if, in , one of the One Direction boys decided to tell the world he was gay? Would his umpteen million devoted female fans take the news OK? They're way more perceptive, and they just don't care. Back then there was no way in hell I would come out.
Pop superstar Harry Styles is peeling back the curtain on his personal life, addressing accusations of queerbaiting, his sexuality and his romantic relationship with Olivia Wilde in a new interview with Rolling Stone. 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 debut in Styles, known for his gender-fluid fashion emulating icons David Bowie and Mick Jagger before him, has fielded harsh criticism of queerbaiting — when one benefits from appearing as queer without claiming the community explicitly. 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.
And Lance Bass, who was formerly a member of American boyband 'N Sync, thinks this may be the case - he reckons one of 1D might be gay. Lance is somewhat of an expert in this area having a fancying for the males himself but he doesn't think we'll find out if any members of One Direction are hiding their true sexuality as he believes record company bosses frown upon revealing this information. During an interview on The Rubin Report, host Dave Rubin said to the singer : "There is one other place where coming out, I feel, would be frowned upon and I think it's from the world you came from - the boyband situation. Lance responded: "Well, statistically speaking, one probably is.
If there was an old vinyl record player in the place it would scratch quiet. Instead, the two-dozen punters turn hushed and intent, as if a unicorn has just trotted in off the street, and nobody wants to scare it off. A former teen star who is now 25, a happier and rockier solo artist since his boyband One Direction split a few years ago, Styles has hidden himself inside a large, swamp-green parka. As it is, cover blown, he removes the parka.