Shawn Mendes Addresses Speculation About His Sexuality: ‘I’m Just Figuring It Out’

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Shawn Mendes opens up about his sexuality:

“The real truth about my life and sexuality is that, man I’m just figuring it out like everyone. I don’t really know sometimes and I know other times. It feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that” pic.twitter.com/5AvgPePXzp
- Pop Base (@PopBase) October 29, 2024
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Comments

[green_monsterx]

I feel bad for him tbh. A majority of ontd is really vicious about his sexuality as well and constantly taking digs and making comments about it or calling Sabrina/Camila his beards. It’s honestly really disgusting, particularly on this site that pretends to be above things like that, but ontd has been wild in general lately (see: Chappell roan posts)

[theotherqueen]

Facts.

[miharu]

It's the face of the old ONTD peeking out, and I had hoped we had all moved on.

[myselfdestruct]

They peak out of the trash bin but they are still in there.

[ionadelfina]

If you’ve been with both men and women and have the ability to self reflect, idk how much more figuring there is to do. He probably just doesn’t want to say that he’s bi, which is valid look at what happened to Billie Eilish.

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[floatinglately]

i think this is kind of unfairly dismissive (esp since i don’t see where it says he’s been with men?). it took me i would say a solid 3 years in my early 30s of “self reflection” to go from “wait, could i -?” to “i’m bisexual,” and actually this post reminded me that there was a time during that period where i was doing a DEI training and everyone else was introducing themselves with their sexuality and i almost started crying because it would have felt wrong to call myself straight but i didn’t yet feel like i could claim anything else, and i can’t imagine feeling that kind of thing blown up to celebrity scale - and i certainly didn’t want to let a room full of strangers in on the incredibly intimate process i was going through! i even relate to what he says about some days knowing and other days not being sure - i feel like i had to figure it out a million times before it felt real. and, honestly, one of the things that kept going through my mind during this time was, “well, if i really was, wouldn’t i just know? why would it be so

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[ionadelfina]

Tbh it’s incredibly inappropriate for a training (was this at your job?) to have people introducing themselves by their sexuality, it’s no one’s business.

Had you had same-sex experiences at this point? Because that is the crux of what I’m saying. Shawn has had girlfriends and he has some clearly gay guys in his circle. I’ll be really surprised if he hasn’t fucked at least one of them.

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[floatinglately]

it was required by my job but run by an outside org, & sexuality wasn’t required but it was like “give us whatever information you feel comfortable sharing” and literally every person included sexuality which is fine i guess but at the specific moment i was in personally did make me feel completely insane lol

[pikapika217]

The way he's been hounded about this everywhere online - INCLUDING HERE! - must make it so hard. We can't express a desire for sex and sexuality to be seen as fluid and not a big deal while also participating in the policing of expression that way. It can't be a gotcha moment, it should be something people *can* explore at their own pace and in their own time.

All that to say, good luck kid.

[anthknee]

Awww I’m glad he’s able to speak on it and finds his truth soon. And hopefully he’s left alone to do so.

[yankeesarelove]

I really hope in his private life he’s content and happy and supported. Being famous is awful