Shemar Moore on Gay Rumors, Homophobic Commenters: ‘That’s Jt Simple-Md Ignorance’

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• LOOK: SHEMAR MOORE SPARKS GAY RUMORS (AGA) WH THIS PHOTOHE HAS THE PERFECT RPONSE TO ALL THE {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY EVELYN DIAZJULY 1, 2016/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:1270PX;}(PHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG)BY EVELYN DIAZJULY 1, 2016 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOOK: SHEMAR MOORE SPARKS GAY RUMORS (AGA) WH THIS PHOTO","SCRIPTN":"HE HAS THE PERFECT RPONSE TO ALL THE HATERS.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-01T14:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-01T14:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"EVELYN DIAZ","KEYWORDS":"SHEMAR MOORE, BLACK LGBT CELEBS, BLACK HOLLYWOOD, CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHEMAR MOORE JT N'T SEEM TO SHAKE THE GAY MORS. THE CRIMAL MDS ACTOR FOUND HIMSELF AT THE CENTER OF SPECULATN AGA THIS WEEK AFTER HE POSTED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND A IEND, MARC SMH, HANGG OUT TORONTO ON INSTAGRAM. BEFORE LONG, HIS MENTS WERE FILLED WH QUTNS AND, SOME S, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S THE PHOTO THAT STARTED THE CHATTER:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"S**T IS GAY SON," ONE MENTER WROTE, WHILE ANOTHER GOT MORE EXPLIC: "WTF D**K AND BALLS ON HIS NECK ? HERSHEY HIGHWAY ACTN SMH JT A WAIST [SIC] SMH."SHEMAR WAS QUICK TO RPOND TO THE SHA WH A VIO MSAGE. “I’M NOT MAD, I’M JT BORED,” HE SAID. “I’M JT TOO REAL AND TOO OLD FOR THIS S**T.” HE WENT ON TO SAY, “YOU WANT TO THROW SHA, THROW SHA, BUT YOU’RE NOT GOG TO STOP ME OM WNG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL 'EM, SHEMAR. EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN STANDG UP AGAST HATERS IS ACKNOWLEDGG THE FACT THAT LLG SOMEONE "GAY" IS NOT AN SULT. WATCH 'S GROUNDBREAKG DOCUMENTARY HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME: BLACK AND GAY IN THE CHURCH ABOVE TO SEE THE IMPACT OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}SHEMAR MOOREBLACK LGBT CELEBSBLACK HOLLYWOODCELEBRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 'CRIMAL MDS' STAR RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS WH A CHALLENGE
• SHEMAR MOORE: GAY RUMORS, EX RELATNSHIPS, AND CURRENT STAT
• NEWS ROUNDUP: ACTOR SHEMAR MOORE ADDRS GAY RUMORS…AND MORE
• SHEMAR MOORE HOPED HIS FLG WH ANABELLE ASTA WOULD GET RID OF GAY RUMORS
• SHEMAR MOORE: ‘IF YOU THK I’M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE'THE ACTOR TALKS HIS NEW FILM AND OLD {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY EVELYN DIAZDECEMBER 9, 2016/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2928PX;WIDTH:2122PX;}(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG)BY EVELYN DIAZDECEMBER 9, 2016 / 9:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SHEMAR MOORE: ‘IF YOU THK I’M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE'","SCRIPTN":"THE ACTOR TALKS HIS NEW FILM AND OLD FLAM.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-09T14:45:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-09T14:45:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"EVELYN DIAZ","KEYWORDS":"SHEMAR MOORE, CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR SHEMAR MOORE.THE ACTOR LEFT THE H PRIME TIME PROCRAL CRIMAL MDS AFTER ELEVEN YEARS AND LEAPT HEADFIRST TO PRODUCG HIS FIRST PENNT FEATURE FILM, THE BOUNCE BACK. THE FILM STARS HIMSELF AS A RELATNSHIP EXPERT WHO IS UNLUCKY LOVE, BILL BELLAMY AS HIS BT IEND AND NADE VELAZQUEZ AS A TALK SHOW HOST-TURNED-LOVE TERT. THE FILM SEEMS TO BE RIGHT LE WH THE RURGENCE OF '90S-STYLE BLACK ROM-S THAT HAVE SWEPT THE BOX OFFICE AND LOOKS POISED FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE PATH TO THE BIG SCREEN WASN'T EASY. AFTER MANY CLOSED DOORS HOLLYWOOD AND A UPLE OF CROWDFUNDG MPAIGNS, THE BOUNCE BACK HS THEATERS TODAY — AND HOW DO AT THE BOX OFFICE WILL TERME THE FATE OF THE TELEVISN ACTOR'S REER. EHER WAY, MOORE TELLS OUR EXCLIVE TERVIEW, WAS WORTH . OF URSE, WOULDN'T BE A NVERSATN WH SHEMAR IF HE DIDN'T SPILL A LTLE TEA ABOUT HIS LOVE LIFE. WE GOT THE ACTOR TO OPEN UP ABOUT THE BACKLASH HE FACED OM TONI BRAXTON FOR SHARG TAILS OF THEIR "FLG" THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE AND ALSO ADDRS THE GAY MORS THAT SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA MENTNS. KEEP SCROLLG FOR OUR NDID NVERSATN WH THE VETERAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME A LTLE ABOUT THE MOVIE AND WHY, AT THIS POT YOUR REER, YOU WANTED TO TAKE THE LEAP TO PRODUCG.THIS MOVIE IS JT A SIMPLE, FUN, FEEL-GOOD MOVIE ABOUT LOVE AND RELATNSHIPS, PARENTG AND IENDSHIP. WHOEVER YOU ARE, HOWEVER OLD YOU ARE, WHATEVER LOR YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU'RE OM, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RELATE TO SOMETHG OR SOMEBODY THIS MOVIE, AND ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS E GET YOUR LGH ON. ESPECIALLY WH WHAT'S GOG ON THE UNTRY — AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO TALK POLICS — LET'S ALL E TOGETHER, LET'S NOT BE SRED OF EACH OTHER, LET'S NOT JUDGE EACH OTHER, BEE THERE'S ONE THG WE'VE ALL GOT MON IS WE ALL BELIEVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS FAR AS THE PRODUCG ASPECT, I SHOT THIS SCRIPT AROUND TOWN, AND GOT LEWARM REACTNS. NOBODY REALLY JUMPED AT , AND I JT THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "I KNOW I BELIEVE ME, I BELIEVE THE REER I'VE HAD, I BELIEVE MY TALENT, I BELIEVE THE SCRIPT. I THK 'S A GOOD STORY." I HAVE IENDSHIPS [ THE DTRY] AND THAT'S WHERE BILL BELLAMY ME OM, THAT'S WHERE NADE VELAZQUEZ ME OM. MICHAEL BEACH DID ME A SOLID, KALI HAWK DID ME A SOLID, SHERYL UNRWOOD DID ME A SOLID. NOBODY GOT RICH OFF THIS MOVIE. I HAD A FEW NICKELS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY JT ME TOGETHER.YOU PLAY A RELATNSHIP EXPERT THE FILM. IN THE URSE OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THG YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT RELATNSHIPS?FOR ME, 'S ... CELEBRATE YOURSELF. DON'T SETTLE. AND WHEN YOU FD THE PANNSHIP WHERE YOU N LIFT EACH OTHER UP, AND WHERE YOU N BE IENDS, WHERE YOU N BE CHEERLEARS FOR EACH OTHER, EMBRACE .SPEAKG OF RELATNSHIPS, LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU TALKED A LTLE B ABOUT YOUR FLG WH TONI BRAXTON BACK THE DAY. SHE WAS UPSET BY WHAT YOU SAID. DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT THAT AND HAVE YOU TWO SPOKEN SCE?NO, I HAVEN'T. I'VE SEEN HER SISTER AND HER MOTHER, AND I DON'T REGRET ... THE ONLY THG I REGRET IS THAT WAS TERPRETED BY HER OR WHOEVER. I DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY HOW SHE FELT. I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHG MALICLY. I NEVER MEAN TO OFFEND ANYBODY. I'M NOT ABOVE ANYBODY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME WH ANYBODY THAT I'VE HAD A RELATNSHIP WH, BEE THAT'S HOW I GROW, THAT'S HOW I LEARN. SO MY TIME WH TONI, WAS NICE, BUT WAS VERY BRIEF. SO IF ANYBODY'S OFFEND BY ANYTHG I SAID ... THAT WASN'T MY AGENDA. BIS, I SAW [TONI'S MOM] AT THE EMMYS, SHE GAVE ME A HUG, SO I THK WE'RE ALL RIGHT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE GAY MORS THAT KEEP POPPG UP. YOU OFTEN TAKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA REFUTE THE MORS. WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO ADDRS THEM?I JT THK 'S ALL SILLY. IF YOU'RE GAY, YOU'RE GAY. I'M NOT, AND I KNOW THAT AND I'M VERY FORTABLE WH WHO I AM AND I LOVE WOMEN. I'VE DATED PLENTY OF THEM. IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. FOR REAL. YOU N LL THAT ARROGANT IF YOU WANT TO. I JT LL NFINT. YOU N LL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ME. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE FANS THAT ARE GAY, MEN THAT E UP TO ME, AND THEY'RE SPIRED BY ME, OR THEY LIKE ME AS AN ENTERTAER, AND WHEN THEY WANT TO GIVE ME A HUG OR TAKE PICTUR WH ME, WHAT, AM I SUPPOSED TO NOT PUT MY ARM AROUND THEM OR STAND NEXT TO THEM, AND IF THE MAN NEXT TO ME THE PICTURE IS GAY, THAT MAK ME GAY? THAT'S JT SIMPLEMD IGNORANCE, AND I DON'T PLAY THAT. THE BOUNCE BACK OPENS NATNWI ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR THE FILM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEE SHEMAR MOORE TALK ABOUT LOOKG FOR LOVE ON THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}SHEMAR MOORECELEBRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 16 CELEBRI UNBOTHERED BY GAY {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}SHEMAR MOORE, YOUNG THUG, RICH HOMIE QUAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1920PX;HEIGHT:1080PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}DIRT OFF THEIR SHOULRS - ONCE UPON A TIME, LLG A CELEBRY "GAY" WAS REER SUICI. IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)
• SHEMAR MOORE RPONDS TO RUMORS HE'S GAY, AGA
• SHEMAR MOORE: IS HE GAY? UNVERG THE RUMORS
• SHEMAR MOORE, AGE 48 ACTRS MARRIED, CHILDREN & GAY RUMORS
• SHEMAR MOORE RPONDS TO SPECULATN HE'S GAY AND SAYS HE'S 'DATED PLENTY OF WOMEN'
• SHEMAR MOORE SAYS GRAMMY DATE ANABELLE ASTA SHOULD SQUASH GAY RUMORS

LOOK: SHEMAR MOORE SPARKS GAY RUMORS (AGA) WH THIS PHOTOHE HAS THE PERFECT RPONSE TO ALL THE {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY EVELYN DIAZJULY 1, 2016/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:1270PX;}(PHOTO: MATT WKELMEYER/GETTY IMAG)BY EVELYN DIAZJULY 1, 2016 / 10:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOOK: SHEMAR MOORE SPARKS GAY RUMORS (AGA) WH THIS PHOTO","SCRIPTN":"HE HAS THE PERFECT RPONSE TO ALL THE HATERS.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-01T14:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-01T14:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"EVELYN DIAZ","KEYWORDS":"SHEMAR MOORE, BLACK LGBT CELEBS, BLACK HOLLYWOOD, CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHEMAR MOORE JT N'T SEEM TO SHAKE THE GAY MORS. THE CRIMAL MDS ACTOR FOUND HIMSELF AT THE CENTER OF SPECULATN AGA THIS WEEK AFTER HE POSTED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND A IEND, MARC SMH, HANGG OUT TORONTO ON INSTAGRAM. BEFORE LONG, HIS MENTS WERE FILLED WH QUTNS AND, SOME S, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S THE PHOTO THAT STARTED THE CHATTER:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"S**T IS GAY SON," ONE MENTER WROTE, WHILE ANOTHER GOT MORE EXPLIC: "WTF D**K AND BALLS ON HIS NECK ? HERSHEY HIGHWAY ACTN SMH JT A WAIST [SIC] SMH."SHEMAR WAS QUICK TO RPOND TO THE SHA WH A VIO MSAGE. “I’M NOT MAD, I’M JT BORED,” HE SAID. “I’M JT TOO REAL AND TOO OLD FOR THIS S**T.” HE WENT ON TO SAY, “YOU WANT TO THROW SHA, THROW SHA, BUT YOU’RE NOT GOG TO STOP ME OM WNG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL 'EM, SHEMAR. EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN STANDG UP AGAST HATERS IS ACKNOWLEDGG THE FACT THAT LLG SOMEONE "GAY" IS NOT AN SULT. WATCH 'S GROUNDBREAKG DOCUMENTARY HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME: BLACK AND GAY IN THE CHURCH ABOVE TO SEE THE IMPACT OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}SHEMAR MOOREBLACK LGBT CELEBSBLACK HOLLYWOODCELEBRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Shemar Moore jt n't seem to shake the gay mors. Before long, his ments were filled wh qutns and, some s, 's the photo that started the chatter:"S**t is gay son, " one menter wrote, while another got more explic: "Wtf d**k and balls on his neck ? hershey highway actn smh jt a waist [sic] smh.

Even more important than standg up agast haters is acknowledgg the fact that llg someone "gay" is not an sult. Watch 's groundbreakg documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay In the Church above to see the impact of LGBT shamg.

'CRIMAL MDS' STAR RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS WH A CHALLENGE

“Crimal Mds” star Shemar Moore don’t md gay mors. If you’re gay, you’re gay.

SHEMAR MOORE: GAY RUMORS, EX RELATNSHIPS, AND CURRENT STAT

If you thk I’m gay, send your girliend over to my hoe for the weekend and see what happens.

“I have fans that are gay, men that e up to me, and they’re spired by me, or they like me as an entertaer, and when they want to give me a hug or take pictur wh me, what, am I supposed to not put my arm around them or stand next to them, and if the man next to me the picture is gay, that mak me gay?

NEWS ROUNDUP: ACTOR SHEMAR MOORE ADDRS GAY RUMORS…AND MORE

”Back March, he took to social media to ph back agast gay mors that followed after he was photographed wh an LGBTQ fan, wrg that he ref to “allow people to feel small.

Though he's dated several big nam over the years, cludg Halle Berry, Toni Braxton, Kimberly Elise, and Shawn Gordon, mors of Moore beg gay have plagued him over the years.

Speakg ways that meaned beg gay, several people ed offensive language as they scribed Moore's appearance the photograph wh his a vio msage, Moore rpond by sayg: “I’m not mad, I’m jt bored. In November as well, Moore aga addrsed remarks that he was gay, along wh a number of other personal cricisms a vio. " He ntued: "Shemar Moore's gay, he's the closet, he's bi.

SHEMAR MOORE HOPED HIS FLG WH ANABELLE ASTA WOULD GET RID OF GAY RUMORS

Of urse, the women are not worried about whether or not the actor is gay, bi, or otherwise, and Moore is unbothered by the never-endg mors.

Somewhere durg the urse of his reer, mors began to circulate that Shemar Moore was a closeted gay man.

If you're gay, you're gay, " he said. "If you thk I'm gay, send your girliend over to my hoe for the weekend and see what happens, " he boasted.

SHEMAR MOORE: ‘IF YOU THK I’M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE'THE ACTOR TALKS HIS NEW FILM AND OLD {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRYBY EVELYN DIAZDECEMBER 9, 2016/9:45 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2928PX;WIDTH:2122PX;}(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG)BY EVELYN DIAZDECEMBER 9, 2016 / 9:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SHEMAR MOORE: ‘IF YOU THK I’M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE'","SCRIPTN":"THE ACTOR TALKS HIS NEW FILM AND OLD FLAM.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-09T14:45:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-09T14:45:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"EVELYN DIAZ","KEYWORDS":"SHEMAR MOORE, CELEBRY NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR SHEMAR MOORE.THE ACTOR LEFT THE H PRIME TIME PROCRAL CRIMAL MDS AFTER ELEVEN YEARS AND LEAPT HEADFIRST TO PRODUCG HIS FIRST PENNT FEATURE FILM, THE BOUNCE BACK. THE FILM STARS HIMSELF AS A RELATNSHIP EXPERT WHO IS UNLUCKY LOVE, BILL BELLAMY AS HIS BT IEND AND NADE VELAZQUEZ AS A TALK SHOW HOST-TURNED-LOVE TERT. THE FILM SEEMS TO BE RIGHT LE WH THE RURGENCE OF '90S-STYLE BLACK ROM-S THAT HAVE SWEPT THE BOX OFFICE AND LOOKS POISED FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE PATH TO THE BIG SCREEN WASN'T EASY. AFTER MANY CLOSED DOORS HOLLYWOOD AND A UPLE OF CROWDFUNDG MPAIGNS, THE BOUNCE BACK HS THEATERS TODAY — AND HOW DO AT THE BOX OFFICE WILL TERME THE FATE OF THE TELEVISN ACTOR'S REER. EHER WAY, MOORE TELLS OUR EXCLIVE TERVIEW, WAS WORTH . OF URSE, WOULDN'T BE A NVERSATN WH SHEMAR IF HE DIDN'T SPILL A LTLE TEA ABOUT HIS LOVE LIFE. WE GOT THE ACTOR TO OPEN UP ABOUT THE BACKLASH HE FACED OM TONI BRAXTON FOR SHARG TAILS OF THEIR "FLG" THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE AND ALSO ADDRS THE GAY MORS THAT SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA MENTNS. KEEP SCROLLG FOR OUR NDID NVERSATN WH THE VETERAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME A LTLE ABOUT THE MOVIE AND WHY, AT THIS POT YOUR REER, YOU WANTED TO TAKE THE LEAP TO PRODUCG.THIS MOVIE IS JT A SIMPLE, FUN, FEEL-GOOD MOVIE ABOUT LOVE AND RELATNSHIPS, PARENTG AND IENDSHIP. WHOEVER YOU ARE, HOWEVER OLD YOU ARE, WHATEVER LOR YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU'RE OM, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RELATE TO SOMETHG OR SOMEBODY THIS MOVIE, AND ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS E GET YOUR LGH ON. ESPECIALLY WH WHAT'S GOG ON THE UNTRY — AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO TALK POLICS — LET'S ALL E TOGETHER, LET'S NOT BE SRED OF EACH OTHER, LET'S NOT JUDGE EACH OTHER, BEE THERE'S ONE THG WE'VE ALL GOT MON IS WE ALL BELIEVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS FAR AS THE PRODUCG ASPECT, I SHOT THIS SCRIPT AROUND TOWN, AND GOT LEWARM REACTNS. NOBODY REALLY JUMPED AT , AND I JT THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "I KNOW I BELIEVE ME, I BELIEVE THE REER I'VE HAD, I BELIEVE MY TALENT, I BELIEVE THE SCRIPT. I THK 'S A GOOD STORY." I HAVE IENDSHIPS [ THE DTRY] AND THAT'S WHERE BILL BELLAMY ME OM, THAT'S WHERE NADE VELAZQUEZ ME OM. MICHAEL BEACH DID ME A SOLID, KALI HAWK DID ME A SOLID, SHERYL UNRWOOD DID ME A SOLID. NOBODY GOT RICH OFF THIS MOVIE. I HAD A FEW NICKELS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY JT ME TOGETHER.YOU PLAY A RELATNSHIP EXPERT THE FILM. IN THE URSE OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THG YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT RELATNSHIPS?FOR ME, 'S ... CELEBRATE YOURSELF. DON'T SETTLE. AND WHEN YOU FD THE PANNSHIP WHERE YOU N LIFT EACH OTHER UP, AND WHERE YOU N BE IENDS, WHERE YOU N BE CHEERLEARS FOR EACH OTHER, EMBRACE .SPEAKG OF RELATNSHIPS, LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU TALKED A LTLE B ABOUT YOUR FLG WH TONI BRAXTON BACK THE DAY. SHE WAS UPSET BY WHAT YOU SAID. DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT THAT AND HAVE YOU TWO SPOKEN SCE?NO, I HAVEN'T. I'VE SEEN HER SISTER AND HER MOTHER, AND I DON'T REGRET ... THE ONLY THG I REGRET IS THAT WAS TERPRETED BY HER OR WHOEVER. I DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY HOW SHE FELT. I DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHG MALICLY. I NEVER MEAN TO OFFEND ANYBODY. I'M NOT ABOVE ANYBODY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME WH ANYBODY THAT I'VE HAD A RELATNSHIP WH, BEE THAT'S HOW I GROW, THAT'S HOW I LEARN. SO MY TIME WH TONI, WAS NICE, BUT WAS VERY BRIEF. SO IF ANYBODY'S OFFEND BY ANYTHG I SAID ... THAT WASN'T MY AGENDA. BIS, I SAW [TONI'S MOM] AT THE EMMYS, SHE GAVE ME A HUG, SO I THK WE'RE ALL RIGHT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE GAY MORS THAT KEEP POPPG UP. YOU OFTEN TAKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA REFUTE THE MORS. WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO ADDRS THEM?I JT THK 'S ALL SILLY. IF YOU'RE GAY, YOU'RE GAY. I'M NOT, AND I KNOW THAT AND I'M VERY FORTABLE WH WHO I AM AND I LOVE WOMEN. I'VE DATED PLENTY OF THEM. IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. FOR REAL. YOU N LL THAT ARROGANT IF YOU WANT TO. I JT LL NFINT. YOU N LL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ME. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE FANS THAT ARE GAY, MEN THAT E UP TO ME, AND THEY'RE SPIRED BY ME, OR THEY LIKE ME AS AN ENTERTAER, AND WHEN THEY WANT TO GIVE ME A HUG OR TAKE PICTUR WH ME, WHAT, AM I SUPPOSED TO NOT PUT MY ARM AROUND THEM OR STAND NEXT TO THEM, AND IF THE MAN NEXT TO ME THE PICTURE IS GAY, THAT MAK ME GAY? THAT'S JT SIMPLEMD IGNORANCE, AND I DON'T PLAY THAT. THE BOUNCE BACK OPENS NATNWI ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR THE FILM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEE SHEMAR MOORE TALK ABOUT LOOKG FOR LOVE ON THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}SHEMAR MOORECELEBRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He theorized that the mors may have started bee he has a large gay fanbase, wh whom he has no problem engagg. "I have fans that are gay, men that e up to me, and they're spired by me, or they like me as an entertaer, and when they want to give me a hug or take pictur wh me, what, am I supposed to not put my arm around them or stand next to them, and if the man next to me the picture is gay, that mak me gay? The Crimal Mds star set the rerd straight durg a recent terview, claimg that he’s not gay.

When he addrsed the mors back March, he posted an image on Instagram wh a gay fan sayg that he don’t want to “allow people to feel small.

16 CELEBRI UNBOTHERED BY GAY {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}SHEMAR MOORE, YOUNG THUG, RICH HOMIE QUAN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1920PX;HEIGHT:1080PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}DIRT OFF THEIR SHOULRS - ONCE UPON A TIME, LLG A CELEBRY "GAY" WAS REER SUICI. IN 2017, STARS ARE BSHG OFF SPECULATN ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN — AND SOMETIM EVEN EMBRACG . FROM QUEEN LATIFAH TO TYLER PERRY TO YOUNG THUG, THE CELEBS SHOW THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE GAY MORS.  — BY MORIBA CUMMGS(PHOTO OM LEFT: PRCE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAG, MARC INGRAM/WIREIMAGE, ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1597PX;HEIGHT:2400PX;}2 / 17SHEMAR MOORE - SHEMAR MOORE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WH GAY MORS SCE THE BIRTH OF HIS SEX SYMBOL STAT THE '90S. HOWEVER, IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HE ACTIVELY ADDRSED THE CRICISM. SPEAKG EXCLIVELY WH 2016, HE SHARED THAT THE MORS DON'T REALLY BOTHER HIM, SAYG, "IF YOU THK I'M GAY, SEND YOUR GIRLIEND OVER TO MY HOE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."(PHOTO: ALLEN BEREZOVSKY/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1339PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}3 / 17QUEEN LATIFAH - RUMORS THAT THE ENTREPRENR IS GAY HAVE BEEN SWIRLG FOR YEARS, BUT WHILE THE "U.N.I.T.Y." EMCEE DON'T MD TALKG ABOUT SEXUALY, SHE HAS ALWAYS REFED TO DISCS HER PERSONAL LIFE PUBLICLY. SHE DID, HOWEVER, ADM 2009 THAT THE NSTANT SPECULATN ANNOYS HER OM TIME TO TIME. "THEY WANT TO MAKE UP STORI AND MAKE ME GAY ALL THE TIME AND 'S LIKE, 'KEEP NNG WH ,'" SHE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD. "I'VE FELY BEEN ANNOYED BY , BUT I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS POTLS TO SAY ANYTHG." LATIFAH PLAYED LEGENDARY BLU SGER BSIE SMH, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, THE HBO BPIC BSIE. (PHOTO: ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG FOR VARIETY){WIDTH:1200PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}4 / 17JA JACKSON - AFTER JA JACKSON'S VELVET ROPE ERA, MANY BEGAN TO QUTN THE POP IN'S SEXUAL FLUIDY. IN A 2008 TERVIEW WH INSTCT, MS. JACKSON PROVED THAT SHE'S UNBOTHERED BY ALL. "IT NEVER TRAT ME; I'VE NEVER GOT UPSET BEHD ," SHE SAID. "FOR WHAT REASON? WHY GET UPSET BEE SOMEONE SAID YOU WERE GAY OR LLED YOU WOULD BE SOMETHG NEGATIVE TO ME AND 'S NOT." PREACH, DAMA JO!(PHOTO: VTOR ZUNO CELOTTO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1274PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}5 / 17JOHN LEGEND - THE "MA TO LOVE" SGER HAS BEEN ALG WH GAY MORS, WHICH HE BLAM THE BLOGS FOR CREATG, SCE THE BEGNG OF HIS REER. HOWEVER, THE IDLE SPECULATN HASN'T STOPPED LEGEND OM STANDG UP FOR EQUALY. IN FEBARY 2015, HE REFED TO ATTEND A PARTY HIS HONOR AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AFTER LEARNG THAT S OWNER, THE SULTAN OF BNEI, IMPLEMENTED AN ANTI-LGBT LAW HIS HOME UNTRY. (PHOTO: ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAG FOR CY HARVT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2010PX;HEIGHT:1466PX;}6 / 17OPRAH WEY - CAN'T TWO WOMEN JT BE BT IENDS PEACE? APPARENTLY NOT, AS OPRAH WEY HAS BEEN MORED TO BE ROMANTILLY LKED TO HER BFF GAYLE KG FOR YEARS. IN A PERSONAL S-DOWN TERVIEW WH BARBARA WALTERS, THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA SAID, "I HAVE SAID WE ARE NOT GAY ENOUGH TIM. I AM NOT LBIAN. I AM NOT EVEN KD OF LBIAN." WEY ADD, "THAT IRRAT ME BEE MEANS SOMEBODY MT THK I'M LYG, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HI ? THAT IS NOT THE WAY I N MY LIFE." (PHOTO: JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NAACP IMAGE AWARDS){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}7 / 17JADA PKETT-SMH - WILL AND JADA PKETT-SMH HAVE BEEN REPEATED TARGETS OF THE GAY MOR L, WH SOME TABLOIDS EVEN REPORTG THAT THE SMHS ARE SWGERS AND THAT WILL WAS GAY AND JADA WAS A LBIAN. THE GOTHAM STAR PUT ALL OF THE HEARSAY TO RT, TELLG GALA OF THE MORS, "I HAVE NO IA [WHERE THEY ME OM]. EVERY YEAR, ONE CELEBRY UPLE IS UNR THE MICROSPE. THIS YEAR, UNLUCKILY, 'S ! I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTG ."(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG)8 / 17ZOE SALDANA - WHEN THE CELEBRI THEMSELV HT AT SEXUAL FLUIDY, CHANC ARE THE PUBLIC IS GOG TO N WH — JT ASK ZOE SALDANA. AFTER THE COLOMBIANA ACTRS TOLD ALLURE MAGAZE, "[I MIGHT] END UP WH A WOMAN RAISG MY CHILDREN," SHE WAS OFFICIALLY LABELED BISEXUAL. WHILE NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE IF SHE WAS, THE ACTRS STOOD BY HER WORDS, TELLG HOLLYSOP, "IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT I STRONGLY STAND BY. AS OF TODAY, I'VE BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE MALE SPECI, BUT IF ONE DAY I WAKE UP AND WANT TO BE WH A WOMAN, I WILL DO THAT BEE IS MY LIFE, THEREFORE IS MY CISN." ZOE IS NOW MARRIED TO A MAN, WH WHOM SHE IS RAISG THEIR TW BOYS.  (PHOTO: JONATHAN LEIBSON/GETTY IMAG FOR SAMSUNG)9 / 17NE-YO - AFTER BEG FORCED TO FEND HIS SEXUALY TIME AND TIME AGA, "SO SICK" CROONER NE-YO ADMTED THAT THE MORS ALL BEGAN TO MENTALLY AFFECT HIM. "THAT S**T ATE ME ALIVE... [I WAS] LIKE, 'WHERE DID THAT E OM?,'" HE SAID. "WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO SUCH HEIGHTS TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?" DPE HIS SHOCKED REACTN TO THE GAY SPECULATNS AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC DIDN'T QUE BELIEVE HIM, BUT HE BEME LS UNBOTHERED BY THE MORS AS THE YEARS WENT BY. "PAY NO ATTENTN TO THE FACT THAT I GOT TWO KIDS AND A BETIFUL WOMAN BY MY SI," HE SAID JOKGLY.(PHOTO: ANNA WEBBER/GETTY IMAG FOR LLN MOTOR COMPANY){WIDTH:1220PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}10 / 17TREY SONGZ - IN 2014, SOMEONE APPEARED TO HACK TO THE R&B STAR'S OFFICIAL TWTER ACUNT AND "OUT" HIM. "I THK 'S TIME TO FALLY TELL MY FANS. ALL GAM AND JOK ASI... I'M GAY," THE FAKE TWEET READ. TREY CLARIFIED THE NEXT DAY, "THE THGS YOU PEOPLE CRAFT UP WH HATRED YOUR HEARTS. THE THGS PEOPLE BELIEVE WHOUT QUTN, OR VALIDY, ALL BAFFL ME." HE FOLLOWED UP WH, "IF I'M GAY THEN TUPAC BRGG ME A OUNCE FOR THIS SSN W BIGGIE TOMORROW. NO WEAPON #LOVE."(PHOTO: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1198PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}11 / 17RSELL SIMMONS - MIC AND LIFTYLE GU RSELL SIMMONS WAS PUT ON BLAST BY GAY RAPPER CSHUN, WHO CLAIMED HE SAW "STEAMY TEXT MSG" ON HIS PHONE. WHEN NONTED WH THE MOR BY THE DALLAS VOICE, UNCLE RS WASN'T HAVG . "DON'T DRAG ME TO AN TERVIEW THAT'S LOWER THAN MY PERSON — A TTY A** HE-SAID, SHE-SAID," HE SAID TO SET THE RERD, UM, STRAIGHT. "I BELIEVE GAY PEOPLE SERVE DIGNY. CSHUN DON'T MEAN NOTHG TO ME. HE'S NOT WORTH . ESSENTIALLY, HE WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMO. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD RAPPER."(PHOTO: JOSHUA BLANCHARD/GETTY IMAG FOR DR. MONA VAND){WIDTH:1196PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}12 / 17TYLER PERRY - FILM JUGGERNT TYLER PERRY IS ARGUABLY AN EASY TARGET FOR THE GAY MOR L SCE HE MAK A LIVG BY DRSG UP AS A WOMAN — HEY, MAA! THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT PERRY IS LGBT-INTIFYG, HE NTU TO NY THE CLAIMS. "IT ED TO BOTHER ME A WHOLE LOT THE BEGNG, REALLY, REALLY DID," HE SAID. "BUT WHAT 'S DONE IS GIVEN ME FIRM SEATG MY MANHOOD. AND IF SOME PEOPLE N'T SEPARATE THE CHARACTER OM THE MAN THAT I AM, THEN THAT'S THEIR ISSUE, NOT ME."(PHOTO: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG FOR A&E NETWORK)13 / 17TYSON BECKFORD - "HE'S HANDSOME, HE'S FASHNABLE AND HE'S RARELY SEEN WH A WOMAN ON HIS ARM, SO HE MT BE GAY." THIS IS THE SENTIMENT MANY SHARED ON INIC MALE SUPERMOL TYSON BECKFORD. WHILE IS TE THAT HE IS ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH, HE ENSUR THE WORLD THAT HE IS 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT. "I WORK WH GLAAD, I WORK WH GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS — I WORK WH ALL OF THAT," HE SAID. "IT'S JT I'M A STRAIGHT MAN WHO GOT A LTLE B OF STYLE SO THEY JT SAY, 'HE'S GAY.'"(PHOTO: DAVE KOTSKY/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:1335PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}14 / 17KANYE WT - FOR YEARS, MORS ABOUT KANYE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN HAVE FOLLOWED THE RAPPER. BUT ANYONE WH EY N SEE THAT YEEZY ULDN'T BE MORE SMTEN WH HIS WIFE KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO LLS THE MORS "ABSURD." KANYE, WHO SEEMS PLETELY UNFAZED BY THE MORS, HAS FACT BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR EQUALY FOR YEARS. BACK 2005, HE BLASTED HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP, "NOT JT HIP-HOP, BUT AMERI JT DISCRIMAT. AND I WANNA JT, TO E ON TV AND JT TELL MY RAPPERS, JT TELL MY IENDS, 'YO, STOP .'" (PHOTO: LARRY BAC/GETTY IMAG FOR TIME){WIDTH:531PX;HEIGHT:642PX;}15 / 17YOUNG THUG - THE DAYS, THUGGER HAS BEEN MAKG HEADL FOR HIS BEEFS WH GAME AND LIL' WAYNE, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THE RAPPER WAS A HOT TOPIC FOR HIS MORED SEXUALY. AFTER WORD GOT OUT THAT THE "LIFTYLE" EMCEE LLS HIS MALE IENDS "BAE" AND "LOVER," THE SPECULATN WAS NSTANT. DURG AN TERVIEW WH BOSSIP, YOUNG THUG NONCHALANTLY NIED THE CLAIMS, SAYG THAT 'S JT A "LANGUAGE." "THERE'S NOTHG STUPID OR UY GOG ON... THOSE ARE MY BA, THOSE ARE MY LOVERS, 'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO LL ," HE SAID. THE MORS RURFACED AGA 2017, AND HE TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RPOND, SAYG, "IT IS I, JEFFERY. THE ONE THAT GET THE MOST HATE, AND THEY SAY GAY, BUT IS ALSO THE RICHT THE A."(PHOTO: BENT RAGL/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){WIDTH:1375PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}16 / 17RICH HOMIE QUAN - IS RICH HOMIE QUAN ONE OF THE "BA" YOUNG THUG IS TALKG ABOUT? WELL, SORT OF, BUT 'S STRICTLY PLATONIC. AFTER THE TWO RAPPERS WERE MORED TO BE LOVERS, THE "TYPE OF WAY" RAPPER WENT ON SWAY THE MORNG TO SET THE RERD STRAIGHT. "EVERYONE ATLANTA [KNOWS] ME AND YOUNG THUG IS [SIC] NOT GAY," HE SAID. "WH THUG, 'S DIFFERENT, 'S JT HIS SLANG. I DON'T TAKE NOTHG OF OR NOTHG. I KNOW I A'T [SIC] GAY. EVERYBODY KNOW I A'T GAY."(PHOTO: EARL GIBSON III/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)17 / 17A$AP ROCKY - GAY? UNLIKELY. COCKY? FOR SURE. IN AN TERVIEW WH MEN'S FASHN BRAND MR. PORTER, A$AP ROCKY ADDRSED THE GAY MORS THAT POP UP AROUND HIS NAME ONCE A WHILE. "PEOPLE SAY I'M GAY SOMETIM, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF B*****S SO WHY WOULD I RE? IT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL," HE SAID. EVEN SO, A$AP THKS THAT HOMOSEXUALY HIP-HOP SHOULD NOT BE A HOT TOPIC THIS AGE. "IT MAK ME UPSET THAT THIS TOPIC EVEN MATTERS WHEN TO HIP-HOP BEE MAK SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY HIP-HOP IS SMALL-MD OR STUPID AND THAT'S NOT THE SE."(PHOTO: ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG FOR 2015 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL)

But more than that, he hoped his rapport wh the talented artist would squash all his gay started datg Asta early 2018, and the pair ma their official red rpet but at the Grammy Awards. Shemar Moore Cononted Gay Speculatns In January 2018, the S.

SHEMAR MOORE RPONDS TO RUMORS HE'S GAY, AGA

Actor opened up about his datg life and got ndid about his gay mors durg an terview wh TMZ.

SHEMAR MOORE: IS HE GAY? UNVERG THE RUMORS

Moore admted that the gay speculatns sparked bee he always took his mom as his date to Hollywood events. We got the actor to open up about the backlash he faced om Toni Braxton for sharg tails of their "flg" the last time we spoke and also addrs the gay mors that seem to have taken hold of his social media mentns.

I have to ask you about the gay mors that keep poppg up. If you're gay, you're gay.

If you thk I'm gay, send your girliend over to my hoe for the weekend and see what happens. I have fans that are gay, men that e up to me, and they're spired by me, or they like me as an entertaer, and when they want to give me a hug or take pictur wh me, what, am I supposed to not put my arm around them or stand next to them, and if the man next to me the picture is gay, that mak me gay?

SHEMAR MOORE, AGE 48 ACTRS MARRIED, CHILDREN & GAY RUMORS

STREAM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINALS1 / 17Dirt Off Their Shoulrs - Once upon a time, llg a celebry "gay" was reer suici.

From Queen Latifah to Tyler Perry to Young Thug, the celebs show the right way to handle gay mors. — By Moriba Cummgs(Photo om left: Prce Williams/Getty Imag, Marc Ingram/WireImage, Allen Berezovsky/WireImage)2 / 17Shemar Moore - Shemar Moore has been plagued wh gay mors sce the birth of his sex symbol stat the '90s.

Speakg exclively wh 2016, he shared that the mors don't really bother him, sayg, "If you thk I'm gay, send your girliend over to my hoe for the weekend and see what happens. "(Photo: Allen Berezovsky/WireImage)3 / 17Queen Latifah - Rumors that the entreprenr is gay have been swirlg for years, but while the "U.

SHEMAR MOORE RPONDS TO SPECULATN HE'S GAY AND SAYS HE'S 'DATED PLENTY OF WOMEN'

"They want to make up stori and make me gay all the time and 's like, 'Keep nng wh , '" she told Accs Hollywood.

Why get upset bee someone said you were gay or lled you would be somethg negative to me and 's not. (Photo: Vtor Zuno Celotto/Getty Imag)5 / 17John Legend - The "Ma to Love" sger has been alg wh gay mors, which he blam the blogs for creatg, sce the begng of his reer.

Apparently not, as Oprah Wey has been mored to be romantilly lked to her BFF Gayle Kg for years. In a personal s-down terview wh Barbara Walters, the queen of all media said, "I have said we are not gay enough tim.

SHEMAR MOORE SAYS GRAMMY DATE ANABELLE ASTA SHOULD SQUASH GAY RUMORS

" (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Imag for NAACP Image Awards)7 / 17Jada Pkett-Smh - Will and Jada Pkett-Smh have been repeated targets of the gay mor l, wh some tabloids even reportg that the Smhs are swgers and that Will was gay and Jada was a lbian. " Dpe his shocked reactn to the gay speculatns at first, the public didn't que believe him, but he beme ls unbothered by the mors as the years went by. I'm Gay, " the fake tweet read.

" He followed up wh, "If I'm gay then Tupac brgg me a ounce for this ssn w Biggie tomorrow. "(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Imag)11 / 17Rsell Simmons - Mic and liftyle gu Rsell Simmons was put on blast by gay rapper Cshun, who claimed he saw "steamy text msg" on his phone. "I believe gay people serve digny.