Many are disappointed that Blake Shelton has been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" — and not because a Hemsworth wasn't chosen. The Voice judge and fiancé of Gwen Stefani previously espoused some concerning opinions on Twitter.
The employees of People magazine being forced to write about Blake Shelton being the sexiest man alive pic.twitter.com/e49uVNlRwn
— shqueen (@shqne) November 17, 2017
Numerous tweets have resurfaced where Shelton made remarks that belittled gay men. From associating a coffee order with femininity to asking his gay followers, "Are skittles y'all's favorite candy?", the tweets seem to mock gay people and objectify women as well. In 2009, Shelton wrote, "If you haven't noticed Richard Simmons is gay, you have noticed Katy Perrys boobs" and "I'm not gay but I think ellen is hot!"
Here are Some more extremely homophobic tweets by @BlakeShelton . He's disgusting. pic.twitter.com/Qo8UwXQfqF
— THE MUSIC TEA (@MusicFactsTea) August 13, 2016
#Throwback to some of @BlakeShelton 's homophobic tweets poking fun at and insulting gay men. pic.twitter.com/pOPKFscqnH
— THE MUSIC TEA (@MusicFactsTea) August 13, 2016
Shelton has also joked about committing hate crimes against gay men, writing in 2011, "Re-writing my fav Shania Twain song.. Any man that tries Touching my behind He's gonna be a beaten, bleedin', heaving kind of guy..." Several of his tweets were xenophobic and had racist undertones as well.
Although the problematic tweets, which range from 2009 to 2011, are dated, Shelton released an apology in 2016.
— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) August 17, 2016
The apology, however, does not admit any fault for making the homophobic remarks and instead suggests they were funny. The singer is sorry people are offended, but not for the tweets. Is he still sexy, People?
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