Tyler the Creator is currently featured in GQ’s annual “Men of the Year” issue as “Provocateur of the Year.” In his profile, which is definitely worth a read, he talks all about his career, his music, and, of yeah, those rumors about his sexuality that he has enjoyed peddling over the years.
When specifically asked about past experiences with men, Tyler replied, “I like girls. I just end up f*cking their brother every time.”
Of course, it has always been unclear how serious the 28-year-old is when he makes these sorts of remarks.
In the past, he has claimed to have swapped d*ck pics Jaden Smith and said they were in a relationship, openly lusted over Timothée Chalamet, and revealed that he had a boyfriend when he was a teenager.
Speaking to Know Wave’s Koopz Tunes podcast in August 2017, Tyler said, “I had a boyfriend when I was fifteen in f*cking Hawthorne. If that’s not open-minded, I don’t know what is.”
At the same time, the rapper has been criticized over the years f0r using antigay slurs in his albums, particularly on his debut, which featured the word “f*ggot” more than 200 times. He has also been criticized for using the word “gay” as an insult during numerous interviews.
We’d say “provocateur” is a fitting title for Tyler. Along with “enigma.” And, possibly, “seasoned male lover.”
Gordon Sondland, Mike Pompeo, Harriet Tubman, Jussie Smollett, Sao Paulo’s Gay Underground, Jellyfish, DJ Earworm: HOT LINKS
UNDER THE BUS. Gordon Sondland creams Trump and all the president’s men at impeachment hearing. “Gordon D. Sondland testified that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off on the pressure campaign, and that he told Vice President Mike Pence about an apparent link between military aid for Ukraine and investigations of Democrats. Mr. Sondland confirmed there was a “clear quid pro quo” for a White House meeting between President Trump and Ukraine’s president.”
“…at the express direction of the president of the United States… so we followed the president’s orders.”
TRUMP on Gordon Sondland, who he described as “a really good man and great American” last month and who gave $1 million to his inaugural: “I don’t know him well. He was with other candidates … not me. Came in late.” pic.twitter.com/oy9TUbwPpf
MIKE POMPEO. “I didn’t see a single thing today. I was working. Sounds like you might not have been.”
WATCH: When asked to react to Amb. Sondland’s testimony about Sec. Pompeo in the impeachment hearing today, Sec. Pompeo responds with snark: “I didn’t see a single thing today. I was working. Sounds like you might not have a been.” pic.twitter.com/AxXM84Abql
From Sondland’s opening statement: “There is a July 19 email that I sent to Secretary Pompeo, Secretary Perry, Brian McCormack (Perry’s Chief of Staff), Ms. Kenna, Acting Chief of Staff and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney (White House), and Mr. Mulvaney’s Senior Advisor Robert Blair. A lot of senior officials. Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret. Everyone was informed via email on July 19, days before the Presidential call. As I communicated to the team, I told President Zelensky in advance that assurances to ‘run a fully transparent investigation’ and ‘turn over every stone’ were necessary in his call with President Trump.”
SAO PAULO. Inside the gay underground. “The « Centro », as is defined this part of the city, is the beating heart of the artistic and sexual scene of the city. It is in this rather dangerous part of São Paulo that a pure form of sexual expression takes place, where all do not have to feel threatened of being judged for their promiscuous behavior.”
COVER GIRL OF THE DAY. RuPaul shot by Annie Leibovitz.
Mother has arrived: @RuPaul is our Holiday cover star! The glamazon drag queen, reality-TV star, and Zen-like guru speaks to @rilaws about lifting himself up by his knee-high boots—and how he transformed mainstream culture along the way: t.co/cvK1259Suxpic.twitter.com/1JRjEwAZNI
THE MORNING SHOW. Early critical reviews of the Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon show blamed on Apple haters. Audiences have since come around. “I just felt there were a lot of Apple haters and wanting Apple to fail.”
LANGUAGE LESSON OF THE DAY. The Crown star Helena Bonham Carter teaches Stephen Colbert to speak like a royal.
MASHUP OF THE DAY. DJ Earworm’s songs of the decade. 100 songs from the 2010s in one mash-up.
Sergio Nieto set up recording devices in the men’s restroom of Long Beach Police headquarters. He was arrested with roughly 115 recordings of the 69 victims in his possession.
The behavior came to light after one of Nieto’s co-workers witnessed what they reported to be Nieto behaving suspiciously in the restroom.
At the time of his arrest, legal analyst Alexandra Kazarian said:
“It’s all misdemeanor conduct. So even though it sounds really creepy and sounds like an invasion of privacy it’s a very low level invasion of privacy but misdemeanor counts can be stacked. So if it’s the same victim at different times than each time, that six months can be stacked.”
Following his conviction, Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert said in a statement:
“This case was disturbing on many levels, but it is the complete betrayal of trust that many people cannot fathom. This is the most serious case of invasion of privacy I have seen in my 20 years as a prosecutor.”
Once Nieto has served his time, he’ll be on probation for five years. Should he violate the terms, he could see another 28 and a half years in prison.
“Any slip-up and that’s probably what you’re going to get, and it won’t bother me in the least to give it to you,” Judge Christopher J. Frisco said.
“You’re remanded. Good luck,” said the judge as the hearing closed.
A Broward County, Florida jury awarded $157.4 million to the gay spouse of a deceased smoker in a wrongful death lawsuit against tobacco giants Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds. Bryan Rintoul’s husband Edward Caprio died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 2018. $9.2 million in compensatory damages and $148.2 million in punitive damages were awarded.
The case differed from other cases against big tobacco, in that it was the first time a gaycouple had won, and same-sex marriage was a factor in the case.
Local10 reports: “Florida law allows spouses to sue for wrongful death only if they were married before the person got sick. However, Jonathan Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices claimed the couple would have been married before Edward developed COPD in 1996 if same-sex marriages had been legal at the time. Although the couple married in 2015, Rintoul and Caprio had been together since the 1970s. The jury agreed…”
The Sun Sentinel adds: “The five-week trial that ended Friday combined the Schlesinger firm’s persistence in tobacco cases with a newer legal frontier — ensuring that same-sexcouples are not penalized for being unable to marry legally until relatively recently. Broward Circuit Judge David Haimes allowed the case to proceed with Rintoul as the plaintiff after Caprio died early last year at 74. ‘There hasn’t been another case like this in Florida,’ Schlesinger said. ‘I’m not sure there’s been another case nationwide.’”
Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds are expected to appeal.
