Joshua Bassett comes out

Who?

Who?

Who?

WHO?

Indeed, who?

God you are really elder.

I'm ancient and i know who the guy is

He wasn't serious.

Who?

Literally WHO?

He’s one of those Disney kids.

He's obviously gay, but I agree, he wasn't serious.

Is she Angela Bassett's son? I don't see any resemblance.

It was a joke. He is unfortunately straight.

Straight or gay, he’s a prissy little twink with a bland personality. The little girls love him.

He’s the new Zac Efron, but this time, he’s being overshadowed by Olivia Rodrigo’s Vanessa Hudgens.

Well he definitely likes dick in some form or other at least.

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I'll add my too sense. Who?

"I'll add my too sense. Who?"

How about " no sense"?

Our cat came out as Bi last night. It really took us by surprise. Not that we don't love her with all our hearts, it was just unexpected. By the looks of her old body we thought that men really had to be her thing, but one just never knows, does one?

R19 Sorry, I guess my attempt at word play was a fail. I won't bother trying to explain it. 😏

Is he the first Disney teen male lead to come out as LGBQ while his show is still running?

Wasn't Joshua Rush out in the last season of his show?

r23 They know each other since they're both Disney twnks but Rush hasn't been in HSM. Asher Angel is in the next series though.

I meant Joshua Rush was out while working at Disney. I haven't watched any of these shows.

I meant Joshua Rush was out while working at Disney. I haven't watched any of these shows.

Oh right. I think it had been finished a few months when he came out. Probably didn't help that his show was on the network while Bassetts is on the app which is going to get less million mom protests.

A further clarification.

I mean great, but it's still pretty vague. But of course everyone is going to fawn over him and congratulate him and say "Don't label him!"

[Quote] Unprompted, Bassett tells me a different story about “Drivers License.” Two days after the song was released, he “started getting very ill, and it kept getting worse," he says. "I thought it was, like, food poisoning or whatever. It got worse, it got worse, it got worse, it got worse”—until he was hospitalized with “unimaginable pain” on the day “Lie Lie Lie” was released. He’s slightly vague on the cause of all this—although, he says, “I’m sure stress had a part in it”—but it turned out to be septic shock and heart failure: "[The doctors] told me that I had a 30% chance of survival. They told me that if I had not checked into the hospital within 12 hours, I would have been found [dead] in my apartment." While social media gossiped, Bassett "didn't have any energy to be able to focus on anything but staying alive."

I don't think anyone has asked this yet, but WHO?

Celia Rubinstein was a friend to all mankind…..

WHO!!????

[Quote] I’m happy to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community because they embrace all. Don’t let anyone tell you love isn’t love.

He's ultra media trained. Who are his reps?

[Quote] When I ask if Ricky will be given the space to explore his queerness onscreen, he responds, “I would love that.”

He want out of the Olivia connection. Smart boy.

[quote] He’s slightly vague on the cause of all this—although, he says, “I’m sure stress had a part in it”—

Is he saying Olivia Rodrigo tried to kill him by a breakup song? Why did none of Swifts exe's come up with this?

Weren't Swift's exes usually much older?

Hilarious if all of Taylor’s exes came out after she wrote a song about them.

R37 I'm still waiting on Tom Hiddleston

I like this suit. It's quirky without being tryhard.

r36 Exactly. They're at greater risk of heart failure. Who knows what irreparable damage those lyrics did to their arteries?

[Quote]“There are plenty of letters in the alphabet... Why bother rushing to a conclusion? Sometimes your letter changes, sometimes you try a different one, other times you realize you’re not what you thought you were, or maybe you always knew. All of these can be true…”

He’s whatever his fans want him to be, or whatever. Just buy his music.

He wants to give himself an exit strategy in case 'queer' is no longer in vogue.

olivia rodrigo (the drivers license song girl) devoted her entire album to trashing him for breaking her heart. it's insufferable.

kind of hits different when you realize he's gay. i'm surprised she's not getting more shit for it.

I'm not. People like her shit. And gay males especially will always for harder for their divas than "who does she think he is?!" fellow gay males.

*will always go harder

He is a minor talent who starred in High School Musical and other kiddie shows. So if, like most of us, you do not watch shows for tweens/teens, there is a good chance you have never heard of him.

[quote] God you are really elder.

If you're older and you know who some teeny looking twink is around here, you're yelled at for even looking at them, you're supposed to avert your eyes, you gross pedo. If you don't know who he is, you're yelled at just because you're old enough not to give a shit about some child star twink.

You're weird if you think looking at someone equates to abusing them.

No labels, huh?

Thirsty hetero

Bassett has only become famous in the last year or so. He was not a child star.

"Bassett was cast in his first starring role at age 17 as Ricky Bowen, the male lead, in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."

I'd call that at least a teen actor if not a child star. Probably a lot of people over 30 aren't watching High Scool Musical starring a 17 year old, but maybe that's just me.

"Ariella M. Elm pointed out that the cast of HSMTMTS now has more young LGBTQIA+ identifying cast members than straight ones."

Probably because they are all attention whores.

[Quote] I'd call that at least a teen actor if not a child star. Probably a lot of people over 30 aren't watching High Scool Musical starring a 17 year old, but maybe that's just me.

The TV series has a lot of fans who are reliving their nostalgia towards the HSM movies.

[Quote] Probably because they are all attention whores.

You just want to bitch (and you've come to the right place). You wouldn't type that if you observed the cast. Lots of ping.

And this person is who and does what exactly?

[Quote] And this person is who and does what exactly?

He plays the Zac Efron role in the TV reboot of the HSM franchise.

[quote]"I just hope that this generation can feel comfortable, confident, and safe talking about sexuality without needing to be a box and without needing to have it all figured out," he says.

Labels are for canned goods!

And MC says....

Whereas Liza says...

He needs to fuck off. I'm tired of these anti label whores who think they're somehow unique or special because they can't ascribe to a simple label. They're more tedious than the ones who need a million labels....

I like Joshua and I'm glad he's opening up more and more. His homosexuality is too evident to keep on the closet

[quote] I'm ancient and i know who the guy is

And yet somehow you are incapable of explaining it to the rest of us.

Go figure!

He enjots the beauty of the homosex.

enjoys*

[Quote] incapable of explaining it to the rest of us.

You're on the internet, hon.

[quote] You're on the internet, hon.

And you're on Datalounge, hon. You're expected to explain if multiple people don't know who you're talking about.

He’s only attracted to “thems.”

Well , at least he’s not QUEENY.

There are literally two threads on this guy started within a minute of each other and neither one explained who he is.

[quote]There are literally two threads on this guy started within a minute of each other and neither one explained who he is.

So Google no longer exists? I had no idea.

He had the audacity to come out? Come on, DL queens - destroy him, because that's what you do best. Maybe that's the only thing you do well.

So even though Joshua apparently doesn't want to label himself, Attitude Magazine went and labeled him as queer

WHO?!

He still likes Harry Styles a lot. Check out his Insta story.

....

r76

He was on that show in 2018, so he was almost 18, and says himself he considered it a regular relationship at the time. But ofc now he's crying abuse. Pathetic.

[Quote] says himself he considered it a regular relationship at the time.

Link?

He didn't use those words, r78, but in that GQ article he says

[quote] And when I was a teen, a much older man routinely abused me, and I wasn't able to see it for what it was at the time.

- meaning, he didn't see it as abuse.

And yet someone claims that Joshua wrote in an Insta story that he's never done anything with a guy.

He's already a Queerty fave!

CDAN is full of shit. BG stopped using blind items from them because they were all lies.

She ain't no holla back girl.

life tips by Joshua Bassett

Is that a Gwen Stefani concert?

If he said anything about "labels" we know he's an insatiable bottom.

She werkin her fanbase

An hour and thirty five minutes!? FFS.

Okay, he still identifies as a queer guy.

When he was 13-14, he had an 18 year-old jerk off buddy (so he’s done at least that). Rumors in his high school were spreading about him and the older guy, and he did not like that.

I wonder if he’s ever had any legal gay hookups?

I suspect that one of his older sisters was the one molesting him from ages 5-9.

r88 There's not an "18 year-old jerk off buddy" in the world that would keep it at just handjobs. Anyway there's a guy who will be spending Christmas frantically purging social media accounts.

Um, he called the 18/19 year old a groomer, not a jerk off buddy. And jerking off was just the beginning of what the guy got him to do. When he told the guy their activities reminded him of things his molester did to him from ages 5-9, the guy told him that was disgusting and to never speak of it again.

Having been abused by a family member as a child and then groomed by an older guy when he was 13/14, it's hardly surprising that it's left him confused about his sexuality. Desire is now equated with shame and guilt, as he says in the interview.

Why are you bothering us with this nobody?

I didn't get the impression that he's all that confused about his sexuality. Moreso that the abuse has affected his ability to be intimate and to trust.

R95 He's said in a previous interview that he wants to be a different letter (of the LGBTQ+ alphabet) on a different day and that he's still figuring it all out....of course, this may be the standard dipping-your-toes-in-the-gay-waters way of coming out, but it seems that his previous relationships with men, such as they are, have been abusive.

Has he continued to praise his father in interviews?

"I DON'T KNOW HER" WTF IS SHE??

New interview

R99, that was already posted by R88, dear.

Zach Sang is so thirsty for twink dick.

So all he wanted from Olivia Rodrigo was a tweet telling her followers to not harass anyone, don't assume what you don't know, etc. Instead she threw him "to the dogs". Her silence makes pretty clear that she wanted him to keep burning.

Well, he's playing the media game just like she is.

He constantly links his past trauma with his sexuality.

Constantly? He hasn't said all that much about his sexuality.

The high school story shows how many people needle non-hets about their perceived sexuality at a young age. Those people need a slap in the face.

r103 Yes, they all must "play the media game" as entertainers. Difference is, he disavowed any fan who would attack or harass on his behalf right at the outset of any song releases. It's all in the r102 clip. Her silence spoke volumes.

Josh Duggar situation of domestic abuse from ages 5-9

[Quote] Difference is, he disavowed any fan who would attack or harass on his behalf right at the outset of any song releases.

He's talking about her, though, isn't he? And he didn't put up much of a defense when Zach Sang talked about her "terrible song."

Now she's making veiled attacks on Olivia and Taylor Swift for not reining in their fans. The audacity of this cunt

She?

Zach Sang clarifies what he meant by "terrible song". If you watch the part in context, you know what he meant.

I just watched that podcast he did. When he talked about the abuse it came across as internalized homophobia. I'm not talking about the abuse that started when he was 5 by a family member, that was totally fucked up and never should have happened, obviously. But the way he talked about his so called "abuse" by an older man when he was 13-14. The way he talked about it at first I thought it was a man in his 50s who groped him, but no. The other guy was a teenager himself. They were BOTH teenagers. He was out of puberty. He wasn't a kid anymore. It's what teenagers do. To call it abuse? Nah. I think he wanted it. Then freaked out later because others found out and bullied him. He knew it was "wrong". He has some serious issues. I would be surprised if he ever dates another guy. He is a classical bisexual who will choose a girl because it's easier, and he will always consider same sex relationships (at least when it comes to himself) as wrong because of the abuse when he was a kid. It's a lot to unpack and he will never not associate gay sex as something wrong. He is already dented. Then it's Hollywood pressuring him into straight relationships. So yeah, not gonna date another guy in a very very long time, if ever, imo. Would love to be proven wrong though.

R105 The guy has some serious issues. He said he was abused. He explained a normal relationship in high school between two teenagers and called it abuse. Totally fucked up. He wasn't a child. He clearly wanted it. It's only after people found out and bullied him for it that he equated it with something bad and wrong. He is suffering from internalized homophobia. It wasn't abuse. That's bs.

[quote] He was out of puberty

13-14 is out of puberty? Unless your parents weaned you on steroid its the start of puberty.

R104 Thank you! Glad someone else noticed. He equates his sexuality and the gay sex he had with abuse. He needs to separate the abuse that happened from his sexuality, and the abuse that happened when he was 5 with the so called "abuse" that happened when he was a teenager which wasn't abuse at all.

Well, an 18 year-old with a 13 year-old is still not legal.

R115 Most people are out of puberty by then. Besides, the "abuse" happened with another teenager, not with a 50 year old man. It was with another guy his own age in the theatre group. Maybe he was taken advantage of and "gaslighted" (I know how much gen z like to use that word), but to call it abuse is a bit much.

R117 Lots of gay experiences start that way. He was old enough to stop it. He wasn't 5 anymore. If he didn't want to do those things, why didn't he stop? Maybe because he secretly wanted it. He did want to have sex with another boy. It wasn't until his classmates bullied him that he thought it was "wrong". Joshua ia seriously messed up. No wonder he thinks it's easier to be with women. He still equates his sexuality with the abuse and something that's bad.

Who cares?

R89 He also said that the jerking off evolved into something more. So I assume he's done anal. He looks like a bottom.

R91 Did you not pay attention? He literally said it evolved into something more. So it wasn't just jerking off.

R92 Exactly.

[Quote]Having been abused by a family member as a child and then groomed by an older guy when he was 13/14, it's hardly surprising that it's left him confused about his sexuality. Desire is now equated with shame and guilt, as he says in the interview.

This.

R95 True.

R96 Yes. He is probably bi but wants to be straight. He hates that gay part of himself because of the abuse.

R104 Yup.

How wonderful for him! I only wish I knew who he was.

Good for you, you look healthy and happy, not me, if you ever cared to ask...

This is why so many straight girls cannot be trusted. Too many are silent on homophobia and of course there's less empathy for male abuse victims.

This borderline homophobic self-loathing is probably going to continue for the next 10 years, while he continues to make albums about women.

Unlike Ricky, Elton and George Michael who made hetero mainstream music for years before coming out. Joshua came out pretty early. So he'll have a Troye Sivan type of career. Which means very a minor career with a small niche fanbase. Unlike Lil Nas x who is flamboyant and actually visually interesting and groundbreaking in ways. Joshua is more low-key and not very stereotypical and his music is standard.

[Quote] It was with another guy his own age in the theatre group.

It wasn't someone his own age. Why would you say that?

When I was 17 a guy in my year was dating a 13-year-old girl at our school. They stayed together for a couple of years IIRC. I don't think anyone batted an eyelid at it; certainly nobody considered it "abuse".

R131 Yup. He's self-loathing. He won't even admit to being bi, he says he's "queer". He is probably a straight leaning bisexual who hates his gay side. There are so many bisexuals like him. Disgusting.

R133 They were literally both teenagers, both in high school. He wasn't groped by a dirty perv in his 70s. This is totally different.

R134 EXACTLY. The only reason he's calling it "abuse" is because it was a gay relationship, with another guy. He is a self loathing bisexual. He only thinks it's wrong because he was bullied by his peers and because of the childhood abuse from when he was 5. He equates his gay experiences with something bad.

Gurl...All this sounds like stuff he should be discussing with a therapist and not the public. But I guess hoes have to generate publicity for themselves and I guess we need someone to gossip and throw shade at 🤷🏽‍♂️

I would say this for publicity but the fact he is going after people online and how he is acting towards Rodrigo. Shows he is motivated by personal convictions. He seems angry at how much humiliation that whole thing caused, not just opening up about sexual abuse but that whole Rodrigo relationship drama which both resulted in him getting cyber-harrassed. I'm interested in the end result of this. I don't care that he's being outspoken and crazy. It's better than being a coked-up boring robot who smiles and says nothing like what these Disney handlers want.

[quote] Now she's making veiled attacks on Olivia and Taylor Swift for not reining in their fans. The audacity of this cunt

Good. Beyonce needs to reign in her fans too. It's not acceptable how these artists knowingly weaponize their cults and don't call out their gross behavior and cyberbullying tactics.

[quote] So even though Joshua apparently doesn't want to label himself, Attitude Magazine went and labeled him as queer

Hmmm I think the new labels should be "I love dick", "I love pussy" or "I love both." Very simple and to the point.

As for calling DL elderly for not knowing this guy. I'm in my 20s and didn't know him either until I saw some thread pop up about him a month ago. People over the age of 14 generally don't watch live-action Disney Channel (or Disney Plus) shows or care about Disney pop stars. That stuff is manufactured for tweens and tends to be generic and a rinse-and-repeat of the same bubblegum formula which most of the audience grows out of once they reach high school. Except the animated stuff like Pixar or the cartoon shows like Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls that are written more for a nerdy audience with adult humor. Honestly, it's really just Star Wars and Marvel keeping Disney+ afloat.

R118 The reason he refers to it as abusive (although only now, in retrospect does he conder it this way) is to do with the coercion and power imbalance involved. Although he (presumably) enjoyed the sex, the mind-games that came with it and the way that he was groomed by the older boy is what reminded him of his experiences of abuse as a child.

Joshua says he's reached out to Olivia several times privately with no response. When an interviewer asked Olivia about him, she said "I don't fuck with ghosts and they don't fuck with me." The filming of next season will definitely be interesting.

r142 im in my late 20's and had never heard of him before he came out as 'queer'.

R143 Yeah, you might be right about the power imbalance and gaslighting. But I still think it's a stretch to call it abusive. It makes it sound like rape, like he was groped by a 70 year old man. I was completely flabbergasted when he said the other guy was 18 or 19. The only reason he considered it "abusive" after the fact was probably because he equated it with the actual real abuse that happened when he was 5. And also, the fact that others bullied him about the sexuality and about the relationship didn't help. To me it sounded like he liked it and wanted it. It wasn't until after the fact that it became "abusive".

I wonder how much today's puriteen-ical culture colored his lens of the relationship. Much older people get in abusive, gaslighting, power imbalanced relationships as well.

I understand his struggle. He was abused as a little boy and he has difficulty separating his attraction to men from his sexual abuse. He feels guilty like many CSA survivors. Many survivors feel like they were asking for it and slut shame themselves even into adulthood. He is getting therapy and opening up which is greatly beneficial. He will mature and learn to understand that he was not made gay by the abuse. If anything the abuser probably noticed he was a effeminate little gay boy from a conservative Bible-believing community and saw him as an easy target. These youth church groups are filled with those perverts.

He'll come out as gay eventually too. Queer is likely what his team is pushing because his fangirls still want him to be obtainable in their eyes.

Abandoned by his "friends" at death's door. That's showbiz, kid.

He is like this clone of Shawn Mendes but so much more likable and better looking. John Mayer needs to knock on Josh's door.

[Quote] He won't even admit to being bi, he says he's "queer". He is probably a straight leaning bisexual who hates his gay side.

Hush. This whole thing started because he said that Harry Styles is hot and that he guessed that meant that he was coming out.

I don't think the stress was about internet comments so much as it was about what a juggernaut Rodrigo's music has been. The music he released has barely been a blip in comparison.

The root of Rodigo's actions and Bassett's is the same: Ambition.

R146 Well, he has said previously that he didn't consider it abusive at the time, so I would guess that it's his therapist who has pointed out that the behaviour of that 18 yr old guy was part of a pattern of older men taking advantage of him sexually.

1) I do think the death threats got to him. If much older men like Mayer and Gyllenhaal with decades in the business were affected by the sheer volume of attacks from songs released about them, then so would a teenage boy.

2) I don't think Bassett is arguing there shouldn't be thinly veiled songs about famous exes. In music, that's a universally accepted formula for success laid down by Taylor Swift, though it's only really worked for women. He's arguing for an ethical code where the artist at least puts out a disclaimer to not harass/attack anyone. Trouble is, no one really cares if the exes are attacked and some corporations even join in the bullying for exposure, like Sourpatch Kids did with Gyllenhaal.

Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Olivia Rodrigo really exploited the power of social media hivemind. I always found it disturbing how cyberbullying is tolerated if against a supposed ex. Never mind relationships involve two people and both can mess up. Granted these fans are either emotionally immature or worship their idol to the point they can't see the situation in a more nuanced light. Fans even jump to conclusions and assume it's this person without solid evidence. It's ridiculous to me, how these famous pop stars are rewarded for acting like petty children and it's seen as "empowering."

Pretty boy.

from a more vocal technique perspective:

[Quote] thinly veiled songs about famous exes. In music, that's a universally accepted formula for success laid down by Taylor Swift

"Taylor" rings a bell but "Swift"? I don't know her.

acting

If Matt was a real friend he'd date him.

He looks 15. So of course DL Queens have him on their radar. Never heard of him and DL will dump him as soon as he looks 19...

R162 He is 21.

R143, he might not have enjoyed the sex with the 18 year-old. If you read Corey Feldman’s memoirs, he talks about how when he was 15, he had an assistant who was in his early 20s who was basically supposed to be his babysitter. He really loved this new friend, he thought he was fun, but he didn’t like being molested, the only reason he went along with it was because he didn’t want to upset this new friend.

Some people think that if you're able to perform that means that you enjoyed it. Silly people.

He still seems somewhat flustered talking about it, though he claims the coming out post was the easiest thing he's ever done.