Online gays have forgotten Charlie Puth’s thirst traps—and they only want more
A post shared by Charlie Puth (@charlieputh)Charlie Puth is back—or, at least, he’s trying to be. The new comedy series The Charlie Puth Show, which premiered Friday, October 4 on The Roku Channel, is a faux-reality show following the singer as he tries to reclaim our “attention” by becoming a multi-hyphenate talent.The trailer for the series shows Puth hiring a Gen Z assistant and a momager, getting career advice from Real Housewives stars, and hearing harsh feedback from young music fans. (“Shawn Mendes is, like, the better version of you,” one says.)Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.And while Puth’s fans are surely happy to see more of him on their screens, many are wishing they could see more of him on their screens.
Remember those giddy mid-pandemic months when Puth seemed to post a new thirst trap every day?pic.twitter.com/oKYAtkRA75In fact, Puth was nearly completely bare on main so often in 2022 that he had to answer to queerbaiting allegations in a GQ Hype profile that October.
He told his interviewer he posted the pics just because he’d been working out in the gym and, frankly, he was feeling himself. “I am very horny,” he said. “All the time.”pic.twitter.com/0otpIJIzpxIf Puth wasn’t using LGBTQ audiences for clout, though, he was using them for inspiration, telling GQ HYPE he once re-recorded a song after passing the gay clubs Pump and The Abbey in West Hollywood.A post shared by Charlie Puth (@charlieputh)“I think LGBTQ+ culture is so ahead of its time, culturally, sonically, musically, everything-ly that when I had a less than perfect song at the studio and I was by myself and I saw everybody having a great time, I literally heard a different song in my head,” he added. “I rearranged the whole thing, I drove back to the studio, I was so inspired.”I love my band.
