Remember when this interviewer took Shawn's gay-goodwill too far? (Image via video still) Okay, this whole “I'm not gay, but it'd be okay if I were” tour Shawn Mendes is currently on is no fun anymore.
He has addressed gay rumors yet again, this time on a podcast hosted by, of all people, Dax Shepard, saying: It was so, so frustrating for me because there were some people in my life that I was very, very close to, who were gay and in the closet.
And I felt this real anger for those people. It's such a tricky thing. You want to say, “I'm not gay, but it'd be fine if I was gay — but also there's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not.” He goes on to pre-absolve himself of handling the situation improperly, which is probably a good way to