Oops! Eurovision broadcast interrupted when this man’s Grindr notifications go off at the absolute worst time
Electric Fields to Ireland’s non-binary witchy wonder Bambie Thug to Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander, repping for England.Still, the gayest thing to happen during the first half of the semifinals?
It wasn’t on stage at all—it was in the audience.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Call it the “BLOOP” heard ’round the world…pic.twitter.com/hOYUI6l0rOAt one point during the festivities, co-host Petra Mede (a Swedish comedian, sharing hosting duties with actress Malin Åkerman) ventured out among the hordes of in-studio fans to give a demonstration of the Eurovision app, selecting an audience member’s phone at random.As Mede pulls the cell toward her, you can tell its owner maybe wasn’t quite ready to have his screen shared with millions of viewers.
Notice how he holds on to it for just a second too long? See how he nods along nervously and keeps his eyes glued to the phone as the host gives her app walkthrough?Yeah, he was not at all ready to have someone else swiping through that thing, was he?Sure enough, Mede’s spiel gets swiftly interrupted by an all-too-familiar sound: The chipper “bloop!” of a Grindr notification.
And then another…. And then another! Unsurprisingly, the LGBTQ+ social/dating/hookup app appears to be just as active in Malmö during Eurovision as it does in the Olympic Villages every other year.Looking?“Ooh!
