After years of speculatn, the '90s R&B star has publicly embraced his sexualy and is hopeful for the future of queer Black artists an dtry (and a society) still rife wh anti-gay Entire Post ›
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- HE’S READY: R&B SGER TEV CAMPBELL NFIRMS HE IS GAY NEW TERVIEW
- TEV CAMPBELL SHAR HOW HE’S ‘EMBRACED’ HIS INTY AS A GAY MAN
- TEV CAMPBELL CONFIRMS HIS SEXUALY AND OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND CONONTG ANTI-GAY BIAS
HE’S READY: R&B SGER TEV CAMPBELL NFIRMS HE IS GAY NEW TERVIEW
R&B star Tev Campbell opens up about his sexualy for the first time, sayg he's "embraced" his inty as a gay man. * tevin campbell is he gay *
(Prce Williams / WireImage) Tev Campbell is openg up about his sexualy, g out to the world this week as a gay man an terview wh the People magaze podst “People Every Day. ”Campbell said he didn’t try to hi anythg about himself or act “straight, ” but acknowledged how difficult was to be publicly gay the ’90s.
“When we n get to the place society where somebody n jt say, ‘Yeah, I’m gay, ’” Campbell said. ”Earlier this year, the R&B sger fueled speculatn about his sexualy when the “Can We Talk” hmaker tweeted (and later leted) “Tev is [rabow flag emoji]” rponse to a er sayg she had heard that he, Luther Vandross and Teddy Penrgrass were all gay.
”Campbell is g out publicly almost 20 years after he clared he was not gay but he was a “try-sexual” an terview wh Sister 2 Sister magaze. “I’m not gay, but there are a lot of different thgs that I do like, sexually, ” Campbell said when asked about his sexualy. I’m not gay but I’m a eak and I thk a lot of people know what a eak is.
TEV CAMPBELL SHAR HOW HE’S ‘EMBRACED’ HIS INTY AS A GAY MAN
* tevin campbell is he gay *
Tev Campbell Shar How He’s ‘Embraced’ His Inty As a Gay Man. In a new terview on the PEOPLE Every Day podst, Campbell nfirmed that he intifi as a gay man, and took a look back on what led him to officially open up to his fans. “You jt uldn’t be [gay] back then.
“You jt uldn’t be [gay] back then, " he he briefly stepped away om his R&B reer and joed the Broadway mil Hairspray, he fully embraced his inty: “Beg around people who were like me, LGBTQ+ people that were livg normal liv and had partners — I had never seen that. 10:37 PM - 18 Aug 2022“We already knew Tev Campbell was gay.
Beloved R&B sger Tev Campbell, known for sultry '90s hs like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " recently appeared on the PEOPLE Every Day podst for an -pth terview, discsg his life and reer and revealg for the first time what his personal experience has been as a gay man the mic dtry. But also, he not of that era the dtry, "You jt uldn't be [gay] back then. Earlier this year, he rpond to a Twter er's qutn about famo sgers who are mored to be gay.
TEV CAMPBELL CONFIRMS HIS SEXUALY AND OPENS UP ABOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND CONONTG ANTI-GAY BIAS
Now, months later, Campbell is officially nfirmg he is gay.
In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan. "My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. ScreenshotThough his tweet has sce been leted, HotNewHipHop pots out that Campbell did reply to another Twter er who said he was gog to be banned om the state of Florida soon (a reference to the state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill), sayg, "I'll live, " and that tweet is still up at the time of wrg.