TikToker Larray sparks backlash for joking he \u201cpretended\u201d to be gay Instagram: larrayTikTok star Larray has found himself in controversy once again, after he Tweeted during his livestream that he\u2019s only \u201cpretending to be gay for clout\u201d. 22-year old Lawrence Merrit, who is better known by his screen name Larray, is part of TikTok content creation collective the Hype House. He recently hosted a livestream for fans, which included a game or two of popular online game Among Us. However, the good spirits soon soured when Larray Tweeted that \u201cthis whole time ive been pretending to be gay for clout [sic]\u201d. Of course, this led to many fans reacting with anger and shock. As well as many Twitter users predicting that Larray would now be \u201ccanceled\u201d, one user demanded that he \u201cleave the hype house\u201d following this Tweet. Another quipped that Larray should \u201cget the note app ready\u201d, referring to TikTokers\u2019 favored mode of online apologies. The Tweet also caused a lot of speculation, with one user suggesting that the revelation, if true, was \u201cnot a big deal.\u201d They argued that \u201cDavid bowie lied about being gay\/bi at the beginning of his career\u201d and suggesting that Larray, like Bowie, used his sexuality \u201cas a facade and it caught people\u2019s attention.\u201d Note: David Bowie did come out later in life, but didn\u2019t lie about his sexuality beforehand. Not a big deal, well.i guess in this day in age it is. David bowie lied about being gay\/bi at the begining of his career\u2026.he used it as a facade and it caught peoples attention. \u2014 wEdGiE QuEeN (@greenchild_83) October 18, 2020 So is he Black Lives Matter photo for clout as well? These things make you wonder? \ud83e\udd14 \u2014 LarnalynnPro (@LarnalynnPro) October 18, 2020 Meanwhile, another Twitter user theorized that this wasn\u2019t the only thing Larray did for \u201cclout\u201d: So is [t]he Black Lives Matter photo for clout as well? These things make you wonder?\u201d A lot of fans, on the other hand, stepped in to defend Larray, with many of them explaining that the Tweet was part of a joke he was making with fans on his livestream, with one fan saying: \u201cya\u2019ll, it\u2019s a joke on his ig live\u2026 [sic]\u201d. Another fan criticized the reaction, asking: \u201cso we can\u2019t joke now?\u201d Meanwhile, when Nikita Dragun responded to Larray that \u201cwe been known\u201d in a now-deleted Tweet, she immediately received backlash, with one user saying \u201cYikes\u201d and another declaring her \u201ccanceled [sic]\u201d. TODAY IN INSTANT REGRET: Larray tweets saying he\u2019s been \u201cpretending to be gay for clout.\u201d Immediately gets backlash and ratio\u2019d. Nikita Dragun replies \u201cwe been known.\u201d Immediately gets backlash and deletes reply. pic.twitter.com\/naugilIIP0 \u2014 Def Noodles (@defnoodles) October 18, 2020 Both Larray and Dragun have been in a constant swirl of backlash on social media throughout the 2020. While Larray was recently accused of \u2018slapping\u2019 bestie Charli D\u2019Amelio, fans have recently turned against Nikita Dragun for allegedly telling her security guard to \u201cshoo\u201d in a viral video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker Larray sparks backlash for joking he \u201cpretended\u201d to be gay Instagram: larrayTikTok star Larray has found himself in controversy once again, after he Tweeted during his livestream that he\u2019s only \u201cpretending to be gay for clout\u201d. 22-year old Lawrence Merrit, who is better known by his screen name Larray, is part of TikTok content […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}