Arts & Entertainment
Louis Tomlinson didn’t approve animated gay sex scene with Harry Styles
The clip was featured in a recent episode of HBO’s ‘Euphoria’

Louis Tomlinson confirmed that he did not approve an animated gay sex scene featured in a recent episode of the HBO series “Euphoria.”
The scene is describing how a high school girl named Kat became famous on Tumblr for writing erotic fan fiction of One Direction members Harry Styles and Larry Tomlinson. Her most famous story, titled “The First Night,” is then narrated out loud along with animation depicting a gay sex scene between Styles and Tomlinson.
Tomlinson, 27, revealed on Twitter that he was blindsided by the scene’s inclusion.
“I can categorically say that I was not contacted nor did I approve it,” Tomlinson wrote.
I can categorically say that I was not contacted nor did I approve it.
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 1, 2019
Styles, 25, has not commented on the scene.
Larry Stylinson, the merging of both Styles’ and Tomlinson’s names, is an actual subset of the One Direction fandom. These fans ship Styles and Tomlinson together which sparked a conspiracy theory that the friends were secretly dating. Tomlinson has admitted that the shipping made his friendship with Styles difficult.
“It kind of happened naturally for me and Harry because a certain amount of the fans drew up this conspiracy. It created this atmosphere between the two of us where everyone was looking into everything we did. It took away the vibe you get off anyone. It made everything, I think on both fences, a little bit more unapproachable,” Tomlinson told the Sun in 2017.
The scene has caused One Direction fans, and even Larry Stylinson shippers, to accuse the show of being disrespectful towards the former One Direction members.
as a larrie, i’d like to say that i do NOT want euphoria to have a larry sex scene. it’s fucking disrespectful&disgusting that they think it’s okay. it’s also disgusting to assume that larries WANT it&to blame us for it. we’re not to blame, the producers are. disgraceful.
— lyd (@sunshiinebeann) June 30, 2019
I’m? So? Confused? Who allowed Euphoria to use Harry & Louis’ names? Are lou & harry aware that this happened? Like they must be-it’s hbo so they probably had to like have some form of permission from lou & harry’s management or them themselves but why would anyone allow that?
— yaz ◟̽◞̽ (@kindlyloubear) June 30, 2019
just saw the euphoria scene of harry & louis & i’m so disgusted. louis clearly said that the ship ruined their friendship & some prick decided to air that on tv with their real names for everyone to see… if we’re this uncomfortable i can’t imagine how they’re feeling
— jacey ✰ (@kiszystyles) July 1, 2019
Yeah I’m not buying it. I have a hard time believing that they’d give the thumbs up to something they’ve addressed in several interviews and stressed that it wasn’t true and made them both uncomfortable.
— Seaneen ? (@seanomenal) July 1, 2019
“Euphoria” follows a group of high school students “as they navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship,” according to Deadline.
Zendaya stars as Rue, a recovering drug addict who returns to high school after leaving rehab. The show also stars Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn, a transgender girl who moves to town.
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