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bleedinglovehes · 4 years

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liam payne sucks tbh

This compilation is for my dear friend, who goaded me into making a comprehensive list of every time Liam Payne has been openly homophobic in the past ten years, with a couple of bonuses at the end! Because he has been. A lot. He’s displayed his privilege and offended LGBTQ+ people on multiple occasions and shows no signs of even attempting to educate himself or empathize with those his words have hurt. On that note, let us begin this journey.

Let’s start with the obvious, shall we? The infamous Duck Dynasty's Family Values tweet. Anyone who’s been in the One Direction fandom should be able to easily recall the incident, but I’ll break it down for you. On January 18th Liam tweeted about how he loved the “family values” on Duck Dynasty. By that time, it was know that the family was openly homophobic. Just one month prior, in December 2013, the families patriarch (Phil Robertson) was suspended from the show following homophobic remarks that received backlash. (He compared homosexuality to beastiality).Liam immediately received backlash for the tweet, for good reason, so later that day he took to twitter to claim that “Being a fan of someones show and the way they still hold a family together doesn't mean i am ok with all they say”. (https://twitter.com/LiamPayne/status/424679109634314240) That was his “apology”. Now, Liam’s association with the Robertson’s did not end there. 8 months later he posted a happy birthday message from Willie Robertson (Phil’s son) on his instagram. Though his interacting with the Robertsons had upset many LGBT+ people, Liam continued to openly support the family.The very next month he, and close friend Andy Samuels (pay attention to that name, we’ll reference it later) went shooting in Louisiana with the family. Andy and Willie Robertson’s sister in law both posted about the event at the time, but the posts have since been deleted.

Now if you were one of the delusional people still convinced of Liam’s membership in the LGBT+ community, you may find lot’s of faults in my logic. Him supporting a family sticking together doesn’t mean he shares their homophobic values, and you’re right, to an extent. But a queer person would not be so careless. Liam is displaying his privilege as a straight white man by ignoring the disgusting homophobia displayed by the patriarch, and likely shared by his sons and grandchildren. So, with that incident we have, at the very least, hopefully shown the audience Liam’s blatant ignorance when it comes to the LGBT community.

Let’s continue. 2014 was the start of a startling trend of tasteless comments Mr. I-Used-To-Be-In-1D-Now-I’m-Free has made in relation to the community. In August of 2015, Liam said that Girl Almighty (a One Direction song he wrote on) is about "trying to find that number one woman of your life” which would have been fine, except he went on to say that “none of [the fans] can relate to, because most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about." Almost immediately, his remarks were under fire for being too heteronormative, and he was accused of being homophobic. Instead of using the incident as a learning experience, Liam took to twitter to first clarify he is “in no way shape or form homophobic that's a ridicules thing to say and I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will”. Essentially, rather than apologize to every LGBT girl at the show, he decided to say since he’s not homophobic the comments weren’t offensive. He went on in another tweet and called the statement that deeply offended his non straight female fans “throwaway”. All I can gather from his little twitter tirade is that Liam was upset that his “throwaway” comment hurt LGBT people and that those people would not let it go. He finished by tweeting “crap end to a good day”, blaming the backlash rather than his own ignorant comment. All of the tweets are still on twitter and a quick search will bring them up for you.

2015 was a big year for Liam in terms of casual homophobia, and just one month after the Girl Almighty Incident, he was back at it again with… The Pride Flag Incident. Now, to provide some background, pride flags started making appearances at the shows in large numbers thanks to The Rainbow Project. The project was started to promote a safe space for LGBTQ+ fans. It garnered a lot of attention and the starters of the project clarified several times that it had nothing to do with the infamous “Larry” ship, which I will not discuss as frankly it’s not relevant to my main point. So a month before the Pride Flag Incident The Rainbow Project was getting attention from the media. Anyone who took two seconds to research the project and motivation behind it would know that it was only to support queer fans.

Okay but seriously, the Pride Flag Incident was a big deal. Let me explain. In the summer of 2015, gay marriage was legalized in the US. LGBTQ Americans were absolutely thrilled, for good reason, and pride flags were seen in abundance. So here’s what happened. Liam was interviewed by Attitude, a UK gay magazine. Now he started off alright, claiming that he found it, “funny that being gay is still something that’s talked about as though it’s not natural”. The use of the term “funny” is… troublesome for me, but that’s not the issue with the article. It’s his next statements that, once again, show his ignorance. He talked about there being an increase in rainbow flags at One Direction shows following the legalization of gay marriage. He made the correct point and he should've stopped there. Unfortunately, he continued, saying “I think that was mainly because people think of the Louis and Harry thing, which is absolutely nuts and drives me insane.” Once again he ignored the huge queer fanbase One Direction had amassed at that point and was subject to backlash. He, once again, took to twitter and, once again, stood by his ignorant comments rather than make a real apology. I won’t bring up Harry. I won’t bring up Harry. I won’t bring up Harry. I won’t bring up Harry… ok fine I have to. Harry actually waved a pride flag at the next concert they had. AKA, the one right after Liam’s comments were made public. Harry was, according to Liam, one of the people being disrespected by the pride flags.

I’m sensing a trend here. Liam makes an ignorant comment that offends people, Liam goes on twitter and stands by the ignorant comments, Liam claims people offended are in the wrong. Moving on, I'm honestly not sure what Liam did in 2016. I think that’s when Strip That Down was released. Anyways he only offended…. every one direction stan with that.

2017 though, that one was big. That’s when Liam made The Clothing Comments. So in May he was on the radio, probably promoting something, and was asked which members of One Direction he would let watch his child. He said that he’d pick Louis, because he’s a dad, and that neither Harry nor Niall made the cut. The issue? His reasoning behind why Harry wasn’t a suitable babysitter was that, “I couldn’t rely on Harry because I feel that my child would come out dressed in something that I just wouldn’t understand”. Yet. Another. Ignorant. Comment. Harry had, beginning in 2014 and continuing to 2020, been dressing in a non traditionally masculine way. 2014 had him sporting pussy bow blouses while 2020 has gifted us with a lace jumpsuit equipped with matching lace gloves. Now, therein lays the issue with his comment. Harry doesn’t dress in a traditionally masculine way. That was apparent in 2017. That’s what Liam had an issue with. Also, Liam has been making comments about Harry’s fashion sense on a semi consistent basis since that article dropped so… yea.

2018’s… incident… is almost funny to me because once again Liam display’s absolute ignorance when it comes to the LGBT community. It began with Liam taking place in Adidas’s Prouder campaign in June. It was sponsored by a bunch of celebrities and an article was released where each gave a quote about what makes them proud, obviously in relation to Pride. When Liam was asked the question he answered “I think since I’ve had a little boy, everything changes in life. ‘I’m aiming more for him to be prouder of me, and already he’s making me a better man, which I think is incredible.’” He did not reference the community he was supposedly supporting. He received immense backlash for his “straight pride” comments on twitter and gay news outlet Pink News.All in all it was just insensitive. He was dragged on twitter for not knowing the meaning of pride and the movement he was supporting.That’s not where the incident ended though. On July 7th London hosted the annual Pride Parade, that I’ve heard Liam promised to attend. I do not have receipts for this, so my next point may seem a little weak at first, but stay with me. Instead of attending the event, Liam attended a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show. Why might that be an issue? Well, since 2015, the fashion label has been called homophobic after two directors made insensitive comments about same sex parenting. So, if you don’t believe he promised to attend the show, the fact that he attended a show for a homophobic brand should upset you.In fact, Liam has shown no indication of distancing from the brand. In contrast, Harry has only been seen wearing Dolce and Gabbana once since the comments were made. (Performing on the Jimmy Kimmel show in Nov. 2015). Liam has worn D&G several times in the years since the comments were made.

2019 was a bad year for Liam, and not just because he took Zayn, Harry, and Niall’s number ones and slapped them together to debut at #111 on the Billboard Hot 100. In July he was paid by the Saudi Regime to perform in Saudi Arabia. The issue? In Saudi Arabia being gay is a crime and women’s rights activists are jailed. Nicki Minaj was also set to perform at the festival but backed out due to the Saudi Regime’s blatant homophobia and sexism. Once again he displayed his ignorance and privilege. He’s not queer, he’s not a woman. So he accepted the money and performed. Now I know he had fans there excited to see him, but he made the wrong choice. He should’ve backed out and not accepted any money from the Saudi Regime. July was just not a good month for Liam.So he was asked whether or not he planned to vote in the election. His response? “I think I will vote but I am always out of the country. We need a mobile app where we can vote with our thumbprint or something. I mean, in regards to Boris or Jeremy, I don’t think we give people enough time. Same with West Brom football club. They always change their manager every week it seems and we never get time to gel with anybody.” He’s just so ignorant. As a rich white straight man, the election had no effect on him. He seemed to indicate a preference for Boris Johnson, a racist sexist homophobe. December was by far his worst though. So his debut album, LP1, dropped at the beginning of the month. Immediately, Liam was attacked for his fetishization of bisexual woman, seen in the song “Both Ways”. It’s just disgusting, and made worse by his history with the LGBTQ community. A straight man singing about how hot it is that his girlfriend likes girls is just… so bad. That whole incident speaks for itself in my opinion. That brings us to the reappearance of his comments about Harry’s clothing. He claimed that “I couldn’t put myself in that. I’d look fucking… It’d look weird.” Now, has anyone seen what Liam has worn over the years? Liam’s issue is that the Met Gala look was feminine. He’s claimed to be the antichrist version of Harry, and you know what? I see it. He’s a straight man uncomfortable with men wearing feminine clothing and gay people in general. Harry is a queer man who thrives in feminine styled or women’s clothing. They really are opposites.

So what have I established? A pattern of ignorance that have hurt LGBT people on multiple occasions. Now, ignorance does not equate homophobia, so here’s how we know. Remember his friend Andy Samuels? Well he’s been openly homophobic (and sexist) on his social media. He’s been friends with Liam for over a decade. Remember when Harry made his iconic “not that important” comment? Liam’s reaction is… troublesome. He does a short laugh, and then glances off camera with an uncomfortable look on his face. Take from that what you will. There are UNCONFIRMED rumors of Liam using homophobic language backstage at One Direction concerts. Like with his reaction to Harry’s “not that important'' comment, there is no proof, but, based on his other actions, I am inclined to believe it happened. So there you have it. Liam’s history of ignorance. Homophobia is defined as a “dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people”. I think it’s safe to say that applies to Liam. He’s uncomfortable with feminine styled men, supports homophobes (The Duck Dynasty family, Dolce and Gabbana, Boris Johnson), and makes ignorant comments that are extremely offensive to LGBTQ people. He may not go around screaming slurs, but he is homophobic. He’s the type of homophobic person who claims not to be because he knows a gay person. Who claims the pattern of ignorance is simply the fault of the one getting offended. That’s who Liam Payne is. Look, you don’t have to agree that he’s homophobic, but you have to agree that he’s ignorant and refuses to get educated. And you have to admit that there is no way he’s LGBT. There is no way anyone could orchestrate a smear campaign that relied on so many casually ignorant statements and incidences.

This post was not my fault. Really. It’s wasn’t. It’s actually my friend’s fault. She told me that there were people on tumblr who actually believe Liam Payne is LGBTQ+. Shocking, I know. She also said that some people were comparing the experiences of Liam, a straight man, to Harry, his queer former bandmate. Which, no? And because I am so sure people will deny everything I have presented, a link to a google doc with links to each article and tweet I referenced has been included. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i2lWQPr0oQeA_MYLdkmp6G19waj9KSYaQgcBek8O2OE/edit?usp=sharing

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Richest Instagram Influencers in the World

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Influencers on Instagram are constantly gaining followers, making them almost as rich and popular as celebrities and stars! Many of these influencers can showcase their luxurious lifestyles, posting pictures of their houses, cars, food, and traveling endeavors. Brands often pay these influencers to post with their products, helping them make a good amount of money. So just how much do these influencers earn and why? In this video, we go over the top ten richest Instagram influencers you must have come across in the explore page.

Logan Paul

Number Ten. Logan Paul. Logan started out with Vine, a video-sharing platform, and became one of its most influential content creators. This helped him establish a loyal fanbase. He only grew from here after he dropped his studies to pursue his career as an Internet personality. Logan is best known for his YouTube videos, which include short films, lifestyle vlogs, pranks, challenges, comedy sketches, and other types of content. However, Logan was subject to controversy in the past regarding critical statements, going to a suicide forest in Japan, and filming a suicide victim. He received immense backlash, which led to an apology. Logan pledged to donate one million dollars to suicide prevention. He got some generous donations from his fans and set an example for other influencers to learn from his mistakes. After proving that he has matured, Logan managed to gather an astonishing 23.3 million subscribers and earns about 82,400 US dollars per Instagram post.

Cameron Dallas

Number Nine. Cameron Dallas. Like Logan, Cameron also started out with Vine and was the 11th most-followed account on the platform. After Vine shut down, Cameron grew his YouTube channel and TikTok account, becoming a popular Instagram personality. He has also ventured into acting, music, and modeling. One of his biggest feats is that he has his own reality show on Netflix called “Chasing Cameron”. However, Cameron has dealt with some personal issues and was arrested for assault in 2018. He revealed that he struggled with addiction, trauma, and depression. Nevertheless, Cameron is loved for initiating a charity that benefits children, called ‘Together We Rise’. His charity specifically caters to foster children and has raised 125,000 thousand dollars till now. The charity provides these children with supplies and even cars once they get emancipated or go off for work. For these reasons, Cameron has huge followership of 21.9 million on Instagram and earns 87,900 US dollars per post!

Felix Kjellberg

Number Eight. Felix Kjellberg. Much widely known as ‘PewDiePie’. Felix is one of the most subscribed YouTube channels of all time, racking up a total of 110 million subscribers! Felix dropped out of college to pursue his career as a YouTube personality and gaming influencer. He is best known for his hilarious playthroughs and reactions. He was mentioned in ‘The World’s 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine in 2016. Felix is also loved for the many charities that he has donated over a million dollars too. Some of these include “Save the Children, Charity: water, RED, and World Wildlife Funds. On Instagram, where Felix has 21.7 million followers, he posts mainly about his life, friends, and family and promotes his merchandise. In total, he earns about 88,700 US dollars per post.

Loren Gray

Number Seven. Loren Gray. Loren started out her social media career through Musical.ly, where she posted lip-synching videos. However, she started getting bullied at school after gaining a lot of followers. Loren then decided to get home-schooled while she pursued her online influence career. Loren is known to have released a few singles, participated in music videos, and even attended the AMAs! She is also loved by her fans to be very down to earth and sharing her personal moments with them. Loren’s Instagram following is 21.8 million and she earns 88,900 US dollars per post.

Zach King

Number Six. Zach King. Zach got into video making from a very young age. He made his first video when he was seven and bought his first camera, tripod, and Mac computer to start editing his own video when he was fourteen. Zach is best known for his “magic vines” videos. These are clips edited to make it look like a magic trick performance. Zach has won many accolades and awards for his work and even appeared on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ in 2014. Apart from amazing people with his superior editing skills, Zach also uses his platform for the greater good, that is humanity. He gives monthly donations to the spring monthly donation program that works for the benefit of water. It helps to provide clean water to those who do not have access to it. Consequently, Zach has gained over 24.2 million followers on Instagram and earns 98,900 US dollars per post!

Dixie D’Amelio

Number Five. Dixie D’Amelio. Dixie is an online sensation. Often collaborating with her older sister, Charlie D’Amelio, she is best known for her dance and lip-synching videos on TikTok. She also has a YouTube channel with over 7.4 million subscribers, where she posts daily vlogs, as well as Q&A and makeup videos. She is also pursuing acting and singing. Despite being accused of ‘weaponizing’ racism and behaving rudely towards her personal chef, Dixie is still widely loved by her fans. She shares her lavish lifestyle with her 24.4 million followers on Instagram through selfies, outfit photos and snaps with friends and family. Apparently, Dixie earns 99,800 US dollars per Instagram post!

Sommer Ray

Number Four. Sommer Ray. Sommer is another online influencer career who started through Vine, making fun videos with her mother, Shannon Ray. She is now known to be a fitness freak model. Her YouTube channel with over 1.8 million subscribers is dedicated to workout, game challenges, vlogs, and prank videos. Sommer has amassed 26.5 million followers on Instagram, where she shares her fitness videos and modelling pictures and earns a good 108,300 US dollars per post.

Addison Rae

Number Three. Addison Rae. Addison rose to fame through TikTok, sharing unique and original dances, lip-sync videos, duets, and hilarious sketches. She collaborates with other creators and celebrities, gaining over 82.5 million followers! Addison also started a YouTube channel for Q&As, makeup routine and daily vlogs that now has over 4.7 million subscribers. She also co-founded Items Beauty, which is a new cosmetics line. Addison has participated in charity as well. She won a million dollars from a live virtual tennis tournament against other influencers, which she donated to ‘No Kid Hungry’, a charity that aims to end child hunger in the United States. Addison is also an avid user of Instagram, where she regularly shares selfies and outfit photos with her 38.2 million followers and documents her holidays and days out with friends and family. She earns 155,800 US dollars per post!

Charlie D’Amelio

Number Two. Charlie D’Amelio. Dixie’s younger sister, Charlie is the most followed personality on TikTok with over 122.3 million followers. She is seventeen years old and posts dancing videos; some she choreographs herself that often go viral. She has been called “the reigning TikTok queen” by the New York Times. She also used the platform to donate 100,000 dollars to an American Dance Movement, a dance charity that focuses on improving and increasing access to dance education in the United States. Charlie has been competitively dancing since she was five and is now working with United Talent Agency to work on future projects like digital content, tours, podcasts and more. Her 42.3 million followers on Instagram get to see Charlie’s happening lifestyle through her outfit pictures and photos with friends and family. Charlie manages to earn as much as 172,700 US dollars per post!

Eleonora Pons

Number One. Eleonora Pons. Pons is again another influencer that started out on Vine. Before the app shut down, she was the most followed and most watched personality on the platform. Pons currently has a YouTube channel with over 17.7 million subscribers, where she posts comedy dramas and sketches. She has also participated in film, television, and music videos, and even released her own music. Ponsa also stays true to her roots by using her online platform to raise awareness of the difficult situation her home country, Venezuela, faces. She used her comedy style to attract more viewers to the crisis. Pons is currently the most followed Instagram influencer, where she shares funny clips and models outfits for her 45.3 million followers. She is also the richest Instagram influencer, earning a whopping 180,000 US dollars per post!

Special Mention

Special Mention. Khaby Lame. It is worth mentioning Khaby as he has gone from losing his job at the start of the pandemic to rapidly gaining 102.9 million followers on TikTok and has been beating records during this journey. Khaby is known for calling out the Internet’s worst life hacks, such as opening a banana with a knife or building a contraption to put on shoes. In just a little over a month of starting, he had gained 50 million followers on the platform. His style of mocking is what people find hilarious, where he doesn’t say a single word, but uses easily understandable facial expressions and gestures. By sharing his content on Instagram as well, Khabi managed to steal the crown for the most-followed Italian star on Instagram from the powerful Chiara Ferragni. Khaby has managed to gain 35 million followers on Instagram, and reportedly earns 81,000 US dollars per post. He is close to beating Logan Paul and entering the top ten list of richest Instagram influencers in the world!

So, what do you guys think? Who is your favourite influencer and who do you want to see make the top ten list in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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