Raz B has been makg gay allegatns about his former B2K group members Omarn, Lil' Fizz and J-Boog for years, but now he is airg out a list of Black celebri cludg Chris Brown, Ray J and Bow Wow. Here's why Raz B's allegatns uld be the end of him.
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- CHRIS BROWN DENI FORMER B2K SGER'S GAY RUMOR
- B2K EX-MANAGER AND GROUP MEMBER OMARN SPEAK OUT ON ALLEGATNSMEANWHILE, RAZ-B'S BS PARTNER SAYS SGER ISN'T READY TO ELABORATE ON VIO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY GIL KFMANDECEMBER 26, 2007/3:35 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}COURTY CHRIS STOKCHRIS STOK FORMER B2K MANAGERBY GIL KFMANDECEMBER 26, 2007 / 3:35 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"B2K EX-MANAGER AND GROUP MEMBER OMARN SPEAK OUT ON ALLEGATNS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-12-26T20:35:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-12-26T20:35:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER B2K MANAGER CHRIS STOK IS VEHEMENTLY NYG CLAIMS OF SEXUAL MOLTATN THAT APPEAR A RECENT ONLE VIO MA BY GROUP MEMBER RAZ-B AND HIS OLR BROTHER, WHO NOW MANAG THE REMAG MEMBERS OF B2K. STOK, WHO RELEASED A STATEMENT TUDAY NYG THE ALLEGATNS MA BY RAZ-B, REPEATED HIS CLAIMS WHEN HE SPOKE EXCLIVELY WH MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (DECEMBER 26).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE ALLEGATNS MA BY RAZ-B (BORN DEMAR THORNTON) AND HIS OLR BROTHER, RIRDO "RICKY ROMANTIC" THORNTON, THE WILY CIRCULATED CLIP ARE THAT STOK TOUCHED RAZ-B WHEN HE WAS A CHILD AND FORCED HIM TO SHOWER WH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THE PAIR CLAIM THE VIO THAT MARQU HOTON WAS ALSO MOLTED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ALL THE ALLEGATNS THEY MA ARE FALSE," SAID STOK, WHO CURRENTLY MANAG HOTON AND OMARN THROUGH HIS FIRM, THE ULTIMATE GROUP ENTERTAMENT. "I'M NOT GAY. AND I'M MARRIED. AND I HAVE FOUR KIDS. I BEEN WH MY WIFE FOR 16 YEARS. AND I'M NOT A CHILD MOLTER. SO THOSE ARE ALL FALSE ALLEGATNS. I'M GONNA SUE THEM. AND I OWE THAT TO MY WIFE AND KIDS, PERD. IT'S RIDICULO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, KEV SULLIVAN, RAZ-B'S BS PARTNER AND THE COO OF THEIR PANY, RAZ BEATZ ENTERTAMENT, SAID WEDNDAY THAT THE SGER IS NOT READY TO ELABORATE ON HIS VIO ALLEGATNS AT THIS POT, BUT THAT HE IS NFERRG WH LAWYERS AND PREPARG A STATEMENT THAT WILL POSSIBLY HELP EXPLA HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH SOMETHG OF THIS MAGNU, YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT THE BT TIME IS [TO TALK ABOUT ,] AND HE FELT PELLED ... THAT THIS HAS BUILT UP," SULLIVAN SAID. "[HE WAS SAYG,] 'I'M TIRED, THIS IS MY STORY.' IT'S SOMETHG THAT'S SPIRUAL, AND GOD SAYS NOW IS THE TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMARN ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT ON WEDNDAY, WHICH HE FEND STOK AGAST THE ALLEGATNS. THE SGER SAID STOK HAS BEEN A FATHER FIGURE TO HIM AND THE GROUP, AND THAT HIS MANAGER NEVER ENGAGED ANY ACTIVY UNBEFTG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT TO BE ON THE RERD AS SAYG THAT 'RAZ-B' THORNTON AND RIRDO THORNTON ARE LYG REGARDG CHRIS STOK," OMARN SAID. "CHRIS IS A FATHER FIGURE TO MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS THE DTRY. HE'S GUID , HELPED RAISED AND IS NOTHG MORE THAN AN SPIRATN AND SOMEONE I RPECT AND LOOK UP TO. I HAVE SPENT UNTLS HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS WH THE MAN -- SCE THE AGE OF 5 -- AND HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN HIM BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY. HE'S MARRIED TO MY NT, AND I KNOW THIS MAN VERY WELL. I STAND BEHD HIM WH NO QUTN WHATSOEVER. I HAVE GROWN UP AROUND CHRIS, AND THIS IS CRAZY TO ME. THE PEOPLE HAVE DAMAGED ME AND MY REPUTATN. I WON'T STAND SILENT AND WILL DO ALL WH MY MEANS TO SPEAK THE TTH ABOUT THIS MATTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF THE VIO IS A PURPORTED NVERSATN BETWEEN RAZ-B AND HOTON'S OLR SISTER, INTIFIED AS DANIELLE HOTON, ABOUT HER BROTHER, A LONGTIME CLIENT OF STOK'. IN THE CLIP, DANIELLE HOTON SAYS SHE DO NOT BELIEVE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT ALL STARTED WH CHRIS STOK," RAZ-B SAYS THE VIO. "IT STARTED ONE DAY WHEN CHRIS WAS LIKE -- 'LET ME TOUCH YOU' ... I N'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IF YOU WANT MY PERSONAL OPN, I THK HE DID (TOUCH ALL THE OTHER GROUP MEMBERS)." RAZ-B CLAIMS THE MOLTATN BEGAN WHEN HE WAS 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD, WHEN RIRDO WAS ANOTHER STOK-MANAGED GROUP BEFORE MARQU HOTON GOT VOLVED WH THE TUG MANAGEMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TELLS DANIELLE HOTON THAT HE ME OUT WH THE ALLEGATNS NOW BEE RIRDO GOT SO UPSET WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THE ALLEGED MOLTATN THAT RAZ-B THKS HIS OLR SIBLG MIGHT BE SUICIDAL OR POSSIBLY ABOUT TO DO SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT LYG, I'M NOT LYG ABOUT A MOTHER----G THG," RAZ-B SAYS AT ONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SEND PART OF THE VIO, RAZ-B IS SEEN ARGUG WH AN UNINTIFIED WOMAN, WHO APPEARS TO BE REFERRG TO HOW UPSET STOK IS BY THE ALLEGATNS. "YOU KNOW WHY HE FEELS THREATENED," RAZ-B SAYS RPONSE TO THE WOMAN'S QUTNS. "BEE THE WHOLE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS, EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS THE TTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIRDO THORNTON IS SEEN BLAMG HIMSELF FOR NOT SAVG HIS YOUNGER BROTHER OM THE ALLEGED ADVANC, SAYG, "CHRIS [STOK] MA ME TAKE SHOWERS WH THE OTHER BOYS. ... ALL THAT LTLE SH-- THAT MY BROTHER WAS TRODUCED TO, THAT SH-- WAS BROUGHT TO ME FIRST, AND I BLOCKED THAT SH--. I WASN'T WH , I BACKED OFF ... I KDA KNEW WHAT WAS GOG ON OVER THERE, AND YET I TOOK MY BROTHER OVER TO CHRIS. I DIDN'T PROTECT HIM LIKE I SHOULD HAVE. [STOK] MOLTED MY BROTHER AND HE MOLTED ME ... WHEN I SAY THAT, HURTS ..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PAIR LATER PROVI WHAT THEY CLAIM IS A NFSN OM STOK, WHICH A MAN INTIFIED AS THE MANAGER SAYS, "I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. THAT WAS ME YEARS AGO ... I JT DON'T DO THAT MY LIFE ANYMORE." IN A HEATED EXCHANGE WH THE MAN INTIFIED AS STOK, RIRDO IS SEEN PLAG ABOUT BEG RTED OUT OF AN EVENT RECENTLY THROWN BY STOK, AND FEELG LIKE HE AND HIS MOTHER WERE DISRPECTED AT THE PARTY. NEAR THE END OF THE VIO, THE MAN INTIFIED AS STOK APPEARS TO OFFER TO MEET WH RIRDO TO TALK THGS OVER, BUT RIRDO SEEMS UNIMPRSED AND REPEATS THE ALLEGATNS. THE CLIP ENDS WH THE WORD "WHY" AND A QUTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STOK' REPRENTATIVE, RONN TOROSSIAN, THE VIO IS TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, AND STOK' MENTS WERE REFERRG TO HIS NOT FANCIALLY SUPPORTG THORNTON AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS PREPARED STATEMENT RELEASED TUDAY, STOK EXPLAED HE "RECENTLY STOPPED FANCIALLY SUPPORTG BOTH DIVIDUALS ALONG WH ASSISTG THEM WH THEIR CRIMAL AND LEGAL MATTERS, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE RENTFUL AND LOOKG TO BENEF FANCIALLY OM THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STOK, WHO IS RELATED TO RAZ-B -- "HE'S MY ," STOK EXPLAED. "MY MOTHER'S BROTHER'S DGHTER'S SON" -- HE STILL ASSISTED THORNTON AND HIS BROTHER AFTER THE B2K SPL, THROUGH FANCIAL SUPPORT. HE ALSO CLAIMS HE HAD TO POST BAIL FOR RAZ-B AS RECENTLY AS TWO MONTHS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK REVEALED TO MTV NEWS THAT HE, ALONG WH MARQU HOTON'S FAY MEMBERS, WILL BE FILG POLICE REPORTS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THORNTON TAPED THEIR PHONE LLS WHOUT RECEIVG THEIR PERMISSN FIRST. IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IS AGAST THE LAW TO RERD A NFINTIAL TELEPHONE NVERSATN WHOUT ALL PARTI HAVG KNOWLEDGE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK HTED HIS REASON FOR CUTTG OFF THE TWO FANCIALLY HAD TO DO WH CREASED MOARY MANDS OM THORNTON AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU HAVE TO UNRSTAND, SCE B2K BROKE UP, THEY'VE DONE NOTHG, AND THEY REALLY HAD NO MONEY OTHER THAN THE FANCIAL SUPPORT I GAVE THEM," STOK SAID. "AND SO NOW, AS YOU SEEN ON THE VIOS, IF YOU DID WATCH THEM, HE'S SAYG HIS BROTHER IS READY TO M SUICI. SO AT THIS POT, THEY FELT THEY ULD JT DO WHATEVER THEY FEEL WOULD TAKE TO GET THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE B2K BREAKUP, THE FORMER GROUP MAT -- RAZ-B, DRX "LIL FIZZ" FRERIC AND JARRELL "J-BOOG" HOTON -- CLAIMED STOK MISHANDLED THEIR FANC, AN ALLEGATN OMARN NIED. SCE THE IAL ALLEGATNS, HOWEVER, OMARN AND LIL FIZZ HAVE SETTLED THEIR DIFFERENC. FIZZ APPEARED THE SGER'S VIO FOR "ENTOURAGE" LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SULLIVAN NFIRMED THAT A REALY SHOW FEATURG THE FORMER B2K MEMBERS HAS BEEN THE WORKS BUT IS CURRENTLY UP THE AIR DUE TO THE FALLOUT OM THE ALLEGATNS. MTV NEWS ATTEMPTED TO REACH SPOKPEOPLE FOR J-BOOG AND LIL FIZZ BUT ULD NOT REACH ANYONE AT PRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK SAID HIS LAWYERS HAD NOT BEEN NTACTED PRR TO RAZ-B AND HIS BROTHER'S VIO APPEARG ONLE. HE HAD NO PREV KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACCATNS, HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NOT AT ALL," STOK SAID. "PRR TO THIS, THEY ARE MAKG UP. THEY JT WENT WH WHAT THEY ULD, I GUS, TO MAKE SOMETHG UP ABOUT ME. THEY REALLY HAVE CRIMATED THEMSELV MANY, MANY WAYS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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- KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. THE FILM WON’T SAY , BUT A POST-CREDS PUNCHLE ABOUT KEN’S HANDWRG, PLETE WH HEARTS AND STARS SURROUNDG HIS NAME, TELLS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.THE HEAVILY IMPLIED NATURE OF KEN’S GAYNS TOY STORY 3 HARKENS BACK TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRADNAL GAY BT IEND-TYPE CHARACTERS. IN THE HAYS CO ERA, EXPLIC REFERENC TO HOMOSEXUALY WEREN’T ALLOWED, SO CHARACTERS LIKE VAN BUREN (FRANKL PANGBORN) 1937’S EASY LIVG, KIP (DAVID WAYNE) 1949’S ADAM’S RIB, OR ADDISON (GEE SANRS) 1950’S ALL ABOUT EVE STEAD WERE IMBUED WH EFFEMATE CHARACTERISTICS, OFFERG A GLIMPSE OUTSI OF HETERONORMATIVY WHOUT EXPLICLY BEG QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. DES LATER, 2010, THE GAY BT IEND WAS ALL THE RAGE; TEEN VOGUE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO PROCLAIM THE GBF AS THE SUMMER’S MT-HAVE ACCSORY. BUT UNLIKE THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, TODAY’S CEMA, THE GBF IS ALLOWED TO BE OPENLY GAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. IN MOVI LIKE MEAN GIRLS (2004), THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006), EASY A (2010), NO STRGS ATTACHED (2011), AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019), GAY IENDS EXIST ENTIRELY THE ORB OF THEIR FEMALE IENDS. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE EARRG MAGIC KEN TURNED BARBIE’S BOYIEND TO AN OUT-AND-PROUD HOMOSEXUAL RAVER. MATTEL, OF URSE, VEHEMENTLY NIED ANY CLAIMS THAT KEN WAS GAY, LET ALONE THAT HE HAD SOMETHG AS PREPOSTERO AS A CK RG AROUND HIS NECK. AS LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. AS A RULT, GAY MEN BOUGHT THE DOLL DROV, AND SPE MATTEL ULTIMATELY RELLG THE DOLL AND WIPG AWAY ANY TRACE OF EARRG MAGIC KEN, WAS NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE KEN AS ANYTHG BUT THE GLOR HOMOSEXUAL HE WAS BORN TO BE OM THEN ON. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. THOUGH MATTEL DON’T SEEM TO BE WILLG TO SAY KEN IS ACTUALLY GAY, THE KEN DOLLS OF RECENT YEARS SEEM TO REALLY LEAN TO KEN’S QUEERNS. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. WHILE THERE IS NO WAY TO “DRS GAY,” THERE ARE SEVERAL DOLLS THAT SEEM TO SUGGT OTHERWISE, SUCH AS:FASHNISTA KEN #193, WHO LOOKS VERY EXCED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS NEW OBSSN, TROYE SIVAN;TRAVEL KEN DOLL, WHO HAS A SATCHEL PERFECT FOR BATHHO AND A PURPLE OVERNIGHT BAG THAT LERALLY PROCLAIMS HE’S “EXTRA;”KEN LOOKS DOLL, SERVG “I’M GONNA GIVE YOU A MAKEOVER”-TYPE REALNS WHILE SPORTG BLACK PLEATHER PANTS;THIS KEN, WHO WEARS THE LEAST HETEROSEXUAL DOUBLE NIM IMAGABLE.WHILE I HAVE A FEELG THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE WILL PUT THE WORK TO NVCE THAT KEN IS A HETERO DU WHO LOV NOTHG LIFE MORE THAN BARBIE HERSELF, THE WRG’S ALREADY ON THE WALL: KEN IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT
CHRIS BROWN DENI FORMER B2K SGER'S GAY RUMOR
Talkg to Vlad TV, Raz-B spoke about B2K and havg sex wh men, but not beg gay? The boy band alumni is releasg a memoir lled This Boys Life, which not only mentns Brown’s dg hab, but also claims that Breezy is gay.
I also read that most men who beat women have latent homosexual tennci. There’s nothg wrong wh latent homosexual tendanci, of urse, but Breezy was quick to rpond to the mored accatn and tweeted:.
B2K EX-MANAGER AND GROUP MEMBER OMARN SPEAK OUT ON ALLEGATNSMEANWHILE, RAZ-B'S BS PARTNER SAYS SGER ISN'T READY TO ELABORATE ON VIO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY GIL KFMANDECEMBER 26, 2007/3:35 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}COURTY CHRIS STOKCHRIS STOK FORMER B2K MANAGERBY GIL KFMANDECEMBER 26, 2007 / 3:35 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"B2K EX-MANAGER AND GROUP MEMBER OMARN SPEAK OUT ON ALLEGATNS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-12-26T20:35:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-12-26T20:35:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER B2K MANAGER CHRIS STOK IS VEHEMENTLY NYG CLAIMS OF SEXUAL MOLTATN THAT APPEAR A RECENT ONLE VIO MA BY GROUP MEMBER RAZ-B AND HIS OLR BROTHER, WHO NOW MANAG THE REMAG MEMBERS OF B2K. STOK, WHO RELEASED A STATEMENT TUDAY NYG THE ALLEGATNS MA BY RAZ-B, REPEATED HIS CLAIMS WHEN HE SPOKE EXCLIVELY WH MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (DECEMBER 26).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE ALLEGATNS MA BY RAZ-B (BORN DEMAR THORNTON) AND HIS OLR BROTHER, RIRDO "RICKY ROMANTIC" THORNTON, THE WILY CIRCULATED CLIP ARE THAT STOK TOUCHED RAZ-B WHEN HE WAS A CHILD AND FORCED HIM TO SHOWER WH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THE PAIR CLAIM THE VIO THAT MARQU HOTON WAS ALSO MOLTED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ALL THE ALLEGATNS THEY MA ARE FALSE," SAID STOK, WHO CURRENTLY MANAG HOTON AND OMARN THROUGH HIS FIRM, THE ULTIMATE GROUP ENTERTAMENT. "I'M NOT GAY. AND I'M MARRIED. AND I HAVE FOUR KIDS. I BEEN WH MY WIFE FOR 16 YEARS. AND I'M NOT A CHILD MOLTER. SO THOSE ARE ALL FALSE ALLEGATNS. I'M GONNA SUE THEM. AND I OWE THAT TO MY WIFE AND KIDS, PERD. IT'S RIDICULO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, KEV SULLIVAN, RAZ-B'S BS PARTNER AND THE COO OF THEIR PANY, RAZ BEATZ ENTERTAMENT, SAID WEDNDAY THAT THE SGER IS NOT READY TO ELABORATE ON HIS VIO ALLEGATNS AT THIS POT, BUT THAT HE IS NFERRG WH LAWYERS AND PREPARG A STATEMENT THAT WILL POSSIBLY HELP EXPLA HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH SOMETHG OF THIS MAGNU, YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT THE BT TIME IS [TO TALK ABOUT ,] AND HE FELT PELLED ... THAT THIS HAS BUILT UP," SULLIVAN SAID. "[HE WAS SAYG,] 'I'M TIRED, THIS IS MY STORY.' IT'S SOMETHG THAT'S SPIRUAL, AND GOD SAYS NOW IS THE TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMARN ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENT ON WEDNDAY, WHICH HE FEND STOK AGAST THE ALLEGATNS. THE SGER SAID STOK HAS BEEN A FATHER FIGURE TO HIM AND THE GROUP, AND THAT HIS MANAGER NEVER ENGAGED ANY ACTIVY UNBEFTG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT TO BE ON THE RERD AS SAYG THAT 'RAZ-B' THORNTON AND RIRDO THORNTON ARE LYG REGARDG CHRIS STOK," OMARN SAID. "CHRIS IS A FATHER FIGURE TO MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS THE DTRY. HE'S GUID , HELPED RAISED AND IS NOTHG MORE THAN AN SPIRATN AND SOMEONE I RPECT AND LOOK UP TO. I HAVE SPENT UNTLS HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS WH THE MAN -- SCE THE AGE OF 5 -- AND HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN HIM BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY. HE'S MARRIED TO MY NT, AND I KNOW THIS MAN VERY WELL. I STAND BEHD HIM WH NO QUTN WHATSOEVER. I HAVE GROWN UP AROUND CHRIS, AND THIS IS CRAZY TO ME. THE PEOPLE HAVE DAMAGED ME AND MY REPUTATN. I WON'T STAND SILENT AND WILL DO ALL WH MY MEANS TO SPEAK THE TTH ABOUT THIS MATTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF THE VIO IS A PURPORTED NVERSATN BETWEEN RAZ-B AND HOTON'S OLR SISTER, INTIFIED AS DANIELLE HOTON, ABOUT HER BROTHER, A LONGTIME CLIENT OF STOK'. IN THE CLIP, DANIELLE HOTON SAYS SHE DO NOT BELIEVE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT ALL STARTED WH CHRIS STOK," RAZ-B SAYS THE VIO. "IT STARTED ONE DAY WHEN CHRIS WAS LIKE -- 'LET ME TOUCH YOU' ... I N'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IF YOU WANT MY PERSONAL OPN, I THK HE DID (TOUCH ALL THE OTHER GROUP MEMBERS)." RAZ-B CLAIMS THE MOLTATN BEGAN WHEN HE WAS 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD, WHEN RIRDO WAS ANOTHER STOK-MANAGED GROUP BEFORE MARQU HOTON GOT VOLVED WH THE TUG MANAGEMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TELLS DANIELLE HOTON THAT HE ME OUT WH THE ALLEGATNS NOW BEE RIRDO GOT SO UPSET WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THE ALLEGED MOLTATN THAT RAZ-B THKS HIS OLR SIBLG MIGHT BE SUICIDAL OR POSSIBLY ABOUT TO DO SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M NOT LYG, I'M NOT LYG ABOUT A MOTHER----G THG," RAZ-B SAYS AT ONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SEND PART OF THE VIO, RAZ-B IS SEEN ARGUG WH AN UNINTIFIED WOMAN, WHO APPEARS TO BE REFERRG TO HOW UPSET STOK IS BY THE ALLEGATNS. "YOU KNOW WHY HE FEELS THREATENED," RAZ-B SAYS RPONSE TO THE WOMAN'S QUTNS. "BEE THE WHOLE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS, EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS THE TTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIRDO THORNTON IS SEEN BLAMG HIMSELF FOR NOT SAVG HIS YOUNGER BROTHER OM THE ALLEGED ADVANC, SAYG, "CHRIS [STOK] MA ME TAKE SHOWERS WH THE OTHER BOYS. ... ALL THAT LTLE SH-- THAT MY BROTHER WAS TRODUCED TO, THAT SH-- WAS BROUGHT TO ME FIRST, AND I BLOCKED THAT SH--. I WASN'T WH , I BACKED OFF ... I KDA KNEW WHAT WAS GOG ON OVER THERE, AND YET I TOOK MY BROTHER OVER TO CHRIS. I DIDN'T PROTECT HIM LIKE I SHOULD HAVE. [STOK] MOLTED MY BROTHER AND HE MOLTED ME ... WHEN I SAY THAT, HURTS ..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PAIR LATER PROVI WHAT THEY CLAIM IS A NFSN OM STOK, WHICH A MAN INTIFIED AS THE MANAGER SAYS, "I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. THAT WAS ME YEARS AGO ... I JT DON'T DO THAT MY LIFE ANYMORE." IN A HEATED EXCHANGE WH THE MAN INTIFIED AS STOK, RIRDO IS SEEN PLAG ABOUT BEG RTED OUT OF AN EVENT RECENTLY THROWN BY STOK, AND FEELG LIKE HE AND HIS MOTHER WERE DISRPECTED AT THE PARTY. NEAR THE END OF THE VIO, THE MAN INTIFIED AS STOK APPEARS TO OFFER TO MEET WH RIRDO TO TALK THGS OVER, BUT RIRDO SEEMS UNIMPRSED AND REPEATS THE ALLEGATNS. THE CLIP ENDS WH THE WORD "WHY" AND A QUTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STOK' REPRENTATIVE, RONN TOROSSIAN, THE VIO IS TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, AND STOK' MENTS WERE REFERRG TO HIS NOT FANCIALLY SUPPORTG THORNTON AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS PREPARED STATEMENT RELEASED TUDAY, STOK EXPLAED HE "RECENTLY STOPPED FANCIALLY SUPPORTG BOTH DIVIDUALS ALONG WH ASSISTG THEM WH THEIR CRIMAL AND LEGAL MATTERS, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE RENTFUL AND LOOKG TO BENEF FANCIALLY OM THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STOK, WHO IS RELATED TO RAZ-B -- "HE'S MY ," STOK EXPLAED. "MY MOTHER'S BROTHER'S DGHTER'S SON" -- HE STILL ASSISTED THORNTON AND HIS BROTHER AFTER THE B2K SPL, THROUGH FANCIAL SUPPORT. HE ALSO CLAIMS HE HAD TO POST BAIL FOR RAZ-B AS RECENTLY AS TWO MONTHS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK REVEALED TO MTV NEWS THAT HE, ALONG WH MARQU HOTON'S FAY MEMBERS, WILL BE FILG POLICE REPORTS ON THE GROUNDS THAT THORNTON TAPED THEIR PHONE LLS WHOUT RECEIVG THEIR PERMISSN FIRST. IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IS AGAST THE LAW TO RERD A NFINTIAL TELEPHONE NVERSATN WHOUT ALL PARTI HAVG KNOWLEDGE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK HTED HIS REASON FOR CUTTG OFF THE TWO FANCIALLY HAD TO DO WH CREASED MOARY MANDS OM THORNTON AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU HAVE TO UNRSTAND, SCE B2K BROKE UP, THEY'VE DONE NOTHG, AND THEY REALLY HAD NO MONEY OTHER THAN THE FANCIAL SUPPORT I GAVE THEM," STOK SAID. "AND SO NOW, AS YOU SEEN ON THE VIOS, IF YOU DID WATCH THEM, HE'S SAYG HIS BROTHER IS READY TO M SUICI. SO AT THIS POT, THEY FELT THEY ULD JT DO WHATEVER THEY FEEL WOULD TAKE TO GET THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE B2K BREAKUP, THE FORMER GROUP MAT -- RAZ-B, DRX "LIL FIZZ" FRERIC AND JARRELL "J-BOOG" HOTON -- CLAIMED STOK MISHANDLED THEIR FANC, AN ALLEGATN OMARN NIED. SCE THE IAL ALLEGATNS, HOWEVER, OMARN AND LIL FIZZ HAVE SETTLED THEIR DIFFERENC. FIZZ APPEARED THE SGER'S VIO FOR "ENTOURAGE" LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SULLIVAN NFIRMED THAT A REALY SHOW FEATURG THE FORMER B2K MEMBERS HAS BEEN THE WORKS BUT IS CURRENTLY UP THE AIR DUE TO THE FALLOUT OM THE ALLEGATNS. MTV NEWS ATTEMPTED TO REACH SPOKPEOPLE FOR J-BOOG AND LIL FIZZ BUT ULD NOT REACH ANYONE AT PRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOK SAID HIS LAWYERS HAD NOT BEEN NTACTED PRR TO RAZ-B AND HIS BROTHER'S VIO APPEARG ONLE. HE HAD NO PREV KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACCATNS, HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NOT AT ALL," STOK SAID. "PRR TO THIS, THEY ARE MAKG UP. THEY JT WENT WH WHAT THEY ULD, I GUS, TO MAKE SOMETHG UP ABOUT ME. THEY REALLY HAVE CRIMATED THEMSELV MANY, MANY WAYS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Others slammed him for beg homophobic, transphobic, and ignorant overall. “Got people thkg that I’m gay — and I’m not bee I was molted by a pedophile… Sce y’all tryg to shut me down publicly by sendg out cease-and-sist letters, lets get the room wh the lawyers and let’s take a polygraph tt.
"I'm not gay. The same year, he released his sophomore follow-up, 21, and released two sgl “Ice Box” and “Entouge. I’m not gay.
WHY RAZ B’S GAY ALLEGATNS ABOUT CELEBRI COULD GET HIM KILLED [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]
I was the dtry at that time and tst me when I say was mon knowledge that Chris Stok, Omarn and Marqu were gay. The sadst thg, is that is has been said that Usher's mom knew about the whole thg but looked the other 12, 2010#132010-10-12T16:11Let me make clear that my prev post I wasn't sayg that there was anythg wrong wh beg gay. Oct 12, 2010#162010-10-12T16:23It's lled the "Gay Boulé".
APRYL JON SAYS SHE SAVED OMARN FROM GAY RUMORS BY JOG ‘LOVE & HIP HOP’
This secret gay society/aterny wh the mic dtry. Much rmatn and many vios/documentari about 12, 2010#172010-10-12T16:24Leigh W wrote:Let me make clear that my prev post I wasn't sayg that there was anythg wrong wh beg gay.
Nothg wrong wh beg gay, but beg a pedophile is obvly somethg different. But the homophobia and the fear the guys have about beg "outed" is what leads SOME of them to take advantage of young men.
There are too man gay guys the dtry to even unt and poor Omarn has no reer, he would probably be more succsful if he jt me out and took advantage of havg a gay fan base.
TOKEN GAY
A gay dience is very lucrative for a lot of artists. Beg gay do not equate to beg a 12, 2010#182010-10-12T16:26You're right LeighW, there is nothg wrong w/ beg gay. Idk if RazB is gay or not, but beg raped (allegedly), is a different ballgame.
Whether someone is gay or not ought not make one a fan of their mic any more or ls so why should anyone have to addrs or explo as a reer 12, 2010#202010-10-12T16:54^^^^^^^. Whether someone is gay or not ought not make one a fan of their mic any more or ls so why should anyone have to addrs or explo as a reer move. This is not about someone's sexual preference, or a homosexual relatnship gone wrong.
KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. THE FILM WON’T SAY , BUT A POST-CREDS PUNCHLE ABOUT KEN’S HANDWRG, PLETE WH HEARTS AND STARS SURROUNDG HIS NAME, TELLS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.THE HEAVILY IMPLIED NATURE OF KEN’S GAYNS TOY STORY 3 HARKENS BACK TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRADNAL GAY BT IEND-TYPE CHARACTERS. IN THE HAYS CO ERA, EXPLIC REFERENC TO HOMOSEXUALY WEREN’T ALLOWED, SO CHARACTERS LIKE VAN BUREN (FRANKL PANGBORN) 1937’S EASY LIVG, KIP (DAVID WAYNE) 1949’S ADAM’S RIB, OR ADDISON (GEE SANRS) 1950’S ALL ABOUT EVE STEAD WERE IMBUED WH EFFEMATE CHARACTERISTICS, OFFERG A GLIMPSE OUTSI OF HETERONORMATIVY WHOUT EXPLICLY BEG QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. DES LATER, 2010, THE GAY BT IEND WAS ALL THE RAGE; TEEN VOGUE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO PROCLAIM THE GBF AS THE SUMMER’S MT-HAVE ACCSORY. BUT UNLIKE THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, TODAY’S CEMA, THE GBF IS ALLOWED TO BE OPENLY GAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. IN MOVI LIKE MEAN GIRLS (2004), THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006), EASY A (2010), NO STRGS ATTACHED (2011), AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019), GAY IENDS EXIST ENTIRELY THE ORB OF THEIR FEMALE IENDS. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE EARRG MAGIC KEN TURNED BARBIE’S BOYIEND TO AN OUT-AND-PROUD HOMOSEXUAL RAVER. MATTEL, OF URSE, VEHEMENTLY NIED ANY CLAIMS THAT KEN WAS GAY, LET ALONE THAT HE HAD SOMETHG AS PREPOSTERO AS A CK RG AROUND HIS NECK. AS LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. AS A RULT, GAY MEN BOUGHT THE DOLL DROV, AND SPE MATTEL ULTIMATELY RELLG THE DOLL AND WIPG AWAY ANY TRACE OF EARRG MAGIC KEN, WAS NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE KEN AS ANYTHG BUT THE GLOR HOMOSEXUAL HE WAS BORN TO BE OM THEN ON. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. THOUGH MATTEL DON’T SEEM TO BE WILLG TO SAY KEN IS ACTUALLY GAY, THE KEN DOLLS OF RECENT YEARS SEEM TO REALLY LEAN TO KEN’S QUEERNS. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. WHILE THERE IS NO WAY TO “DRS GAY,” THERE ARE SEVERAL DOLLS THAT SEEM TO SUGGT OTHERWISE, SUCH AS:FASHNISTA KEN #193, WHO LOOKS VERY EXCED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS NEW OBSSN, TROYE SIVAN;TRAVEL KEN DOLL, WHO HAS A SATCHEL PERFECT FOR BATHHO AND A PURPLE OVERNIGHT BAG THAT LERALLY PROCLAIMS HE’S “EXTRA;”KEN LOOKS DOLL, SERVG “I’M GONNA GIVE YOU A MAKEOVER”-TYPE REALNS WHILE SPORTG BLACK PLEATHER PANTS;THIS KEN, WHO WEARS THE LEAST HETEROSEXUAL DOUBLE NIM IMAGABLE.WHILE I HAVE A FEELG THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE WILL PUT THE WORK TO NVCE THAT KEN IS A HETERO DU WHO LOV NOTHG LIFE MORE THAN BARBIE HERSELF, THE WRG’S ALREADY ON THE WALL: KEN IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT
This is ed, IMO, somewhat about homosexualy pecially when to men. Emory, please elaborate on "This is ed, IMO, somewhat about homosexualy pecially when to men" Why do you feel that way?