‘They and them is made up’
celebrities
February 21, 2023 | 9:44 a.m
Jeffree Star went viral after making comments about nonbinary pronouns.
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Jeffree Star is no stranger to internet drama.
The button-pushing makeup mogul went viral – once again – after making comments about nonbinary pronouns during a podcast interview that premiered on Valentine’s Day.
“You’re not ‘she’ and ‘her,'” Star told NFL player Taylor Lewan on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast. “You are trans, you are male or you are female.”
The 37-year-old influencer, who is openly gay, suggested that pronoun culture is a new thing stemming from people being “bored” – especially during the pandemic.
“‘You’ and ‘they’ and all the extra s – – t that we’ve added during the pandemic. Because everyone is so bored in their f – – royalty, they just started inventing more s – – t,” he said in a now viral twitter video.
Star added, “And people get so angry when I say that. How are you a ‘she?’ What the hell does that mean?”
The YouTuber clarified that he knew attacking pronouns is unpopular, but he believes doing so is not hateful.
“It’s stupid what it is. But you need someone like me who looks like me to say it. Because when you say it, it becomes, ‘You’re homophobic, you hate trans people, you hate gay people,’ and it’s just how you feel,” Star said. “You don’t hate anyone, you just think it’s stupid.”
“The conservatives like me because I’m just real,” he added.
Lewan, 31, agreed with Star, saying he can “sit comfortably here in front of the camera and say I really just don’t get the pronoun phenomenon,” to which Star replied, “And that’s okay, it doesn’t mean you .” hateful.”
Star is known for breaking gender norms himself with his iconic long pink hair and often sporty dresses and heels.
Many took to social media to slam the beauty guru for his comments, which have caused much confusion considering he appears to have previously supported gender ambiguity, saying in an old video that “gender ambiguity in makeup , fashion, sexual identity, gender identity, anything.”
A user shared a clip of the 2017 video and commented, “So just in case it wasn’t already clear, @JeffreeStar is a crook who will throw the entire LGBTQ+ community under the bus if it turns it into this bag.”
“We can add Jeffree Star, who hates non-binary people, to his ever-growing list of bigotry.” one person tweeted. “That was really disgusting to hear it coming straight out of his mouth. I’m not exaggerating.”
“Jeffree-Star hates non-binary people when he said he doesn’t identify as nothing, um, the call is from the house.” another wrote.
“Jeffree Star harnesses and capitalizes on the LGBTQ+ experience, then sells it to conservative approval.” someone else tweeted.
Jeffree Star, an old man who wears wigs, makeup and dragging clothes, doesn’t “understand” the existence of nonbinary/nonconforming people? the same people who paved the way for him to collect anything [of] professional respect?” a user questioned.
“Babe you always said you’re bored of being male/female and you’re an alien or something — t… let’s stop trying to get clicks, we all know you don’t care.” .” someone tweeted.
Addressing the backlash on his Instagram Stories, Star said: “What we’re not going to do is misconstrue what I’ve said. To anyone who makes it seem like I said non-binary people don’t exist, I never said that.”
A user shared a screen capture of Star’s Instagram Stories, adding, “He literally said on the podcast ‘You’re either male or female,’ so yeah, you kind of said they don’t exist, by invalidating someone’s pronouns, you make them and theirs.” Existence invalid, you peddle back bigoted.”
Star added in his stories, “Bitch, I’m a freak. . . I don’t like labels.”
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