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liam payne being homophobic; a thread (not just both ways)
now I made this thread because me and lots of other queer people have been offended by his actions and most people don’t even know he did anything other than both ways.
I’ve got ALL this information from “bleedinglovehes’s” on tumblr, so full credit of collecting and wording this goes to them.
2014, duck dynasty (Jan)
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 recieved backlash. (He compared homosexuality to beastialigy) Later that day Liam 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”. That was his “apology”.
He kept his previous tweet up, and both are still accessible on his profile over seven years later, despite the immense backlash. https://twitter.com/LiamPayne/status/424679109634314240
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 continues to openly support the family.
In Sep. 2014 he went shooting with the family in Louisiana, as seen in two since deleted social media posts. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/09/27/one-direction-singer-liam-payne-goes-shooting-with-anti-gay-duck-dynasty-stars/amp/
Queerty, a gay news site, posted an article about how disapointed the community was in him, despite his half assed “apology” https://www.queerty.com/one-directions-liam-payne-supports-homophobic-duck-dynasty-family-values-20140118
Its worth noting that Liam’s tweet about supporting Willie Robertson’s family values has not been deleted, nor has the happy birthday post. The only deleted posts came from Liam’s friend, who tweeted about shooting in September, and Willie’s sister in law, who posted about the +
same incident on instagram.
Also, Andy, Liam’s friend who he and the Robertson’s went shooting with in September 2014 has been called homophobic. There are several old tweets that show him displaying homophobic and sexist behavior, alsong with him joking about sexual assult on two occasions.
He and Liam have been friends for over a decade.
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.
2015, girl almighty comments (aug)
Payne said, "It is about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you 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.
