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People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Blake Shelton has history of homophobic tweets
the singer posted offensive tweets between 2009-2013
People magazine has named Blake Shelton “Sexiest Man Alive” despite Shelton’s history of homophobic and racist tweets.
Twitter users unearthed tweets Shelton, 41, made between 2009-2013 that were deemed offensive.
“Question for my gay followers… Are skittles y’all’s favorite candy?” reads one tweet.
“Standing in line at a coffee shop in LA talking with the man in front of me,” Shelton wrote in another tweet. “He orders a skinny caramel latte. I couldn’t tell he was gay!!!”
You know what I find sexy in a man? “Being kind of shitty” and “being not very smart.” pic.twitter.com/pyILzW0E18
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 15, 2017
Shelton’s tweets were also considered racist with one post reading, “Wish the [expletive] in the next room would either shut up or learn some English so I would at least know what he’s planning to bomb!!”
You know what I find sexy in a man? “Being kind of shitty” and “being not very smart.” pic.twitter.com/pyILzW0E18
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 15, 2017
Shelton apologized for his behavior on social media in 2016 calling it “inappropriate and immature.”
“Can my humor at times be inappropriate and immature? Yes. Hateful? Never,” Shelton wrote. “That said I deeply apologize to anybody who may have been offended.”
— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) August 17, 2016
In addition to Shelton’s homophobic and racist tweeting past, people seemed generally confused why Shelton was considered the “Sexiest Man Alive.”
Good morning to everyone who is confused as to why Blake Shelton is the sexiest man alive just like me pic.twitter.com/1hitFbPBx1
— ☀️? (@SunnyBunny_54) November 15, 2017
Woke up and saw Blake Shelton is the sexiest man alive. Did a bunch of celebrities die or something last night?
— S?????? D????? (@realBigBalls) November 15, 2017
This is the only appropriate reaction to learning that People’s sexiest man alive is Blake Shelton pic.twitter.com/2MzMEsyY4E
— Molly (@isteintraum) November 15, 2017
Like let’s make a list of every man sexier than Blake Shelton.
1. Oscar Isaac
2. Taika Waititi
3. Jake Gyllenhaal
785. The ghost of Abe Vigoda
786. The Incredible Mr. Limpet, like as a fish
787. Blake Shelton— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) November 15, 2017
Blake Shelton is, at best, the sexiest divorced dad at this barbecue
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 15, 2017
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