I'm shocked..... SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

...and water is wet.

This is literally the least surprising "coming out" since Lance Bass. Everyone in the world knew Michael Stipe was gay since "Shining Happy People."

He came out years ago.

i actually did not know this.

1. No shiat.
2. Who cares?

YA THINK?

I had NO idea.

/jk

Wow. Now I have to rethink all those REM songs, with him singing about a fetus crawling up the end of his bed and the sky falling and pushing palaces TO A DUDE .

That puts the casting for the "End of the World as We Know It" video in a new light.

/Can't find a still of dilapidated house emo-boy, so use your fuzzy memory.

FarkinHostile: 1. No shiat.
2. Who cares?

^ esto

I forget what eight was for:
Your handle is the coolest. The. coolest. Today I awoke with that song in my head for some reason.

Heath Ledger is dead (12)

I thought this was common knowledge. I coulda swore that he came out back in the mid 90s. I'd know this as my sister adores R.E.M. and I would have known if Stipe was photographed stepping in a pile of dog crap while out to pick up a gallon of milk at the store.

This is only news to someone who reads Us Magazine.

It's the end of the world, I tell ya!


/And I feel, um...

At least Jodie Foster is still straight!

Did Ric Romero give up his career as a hard-hitting investigative journalist for the cushy lifestyle of the lifestyle reporter?

Uhm... way to be 20 years too late to be relevant!


They release their next album, Accelerate, on April 1.

Ah. That's why. GOTCHA, Devotchka!

"It's the end of the world, I tell ya!


/And I feel, um..."

Fabulous?

I don't remember the exact VH1 show, Behind the Music or Legends or Storytellers or whatever, but he said in it that he was bi.

I was telling people that in middle school when Shiny Happy People came out. Did they listen? Noooooo!

"Does the word 'duh' mean anything to you?"

*faints from shock*

But does he have AIDS?

/If I remember correctly, this was also a rumour around the time everyone figured that he was gay. You know - around 18 years ago.

People had to "figure out" that he is gay?

Wow.

I knew he was gay before I knew what gay was

I never asked and he never told.

As I recall, on their Behind the Music, Stipe said he felt it was blindingly obvious that he was since he was wearing mascara onstage during their early years.

NTTIATWWT

Rob Halford told me this.

bluorangefyre: As I recall, on their Behind the Music, Stipe said he felt it was blindingly obvious that he was since he was wearing mascara onstage during their early years.

Don't be silly. If mascara on stage means gay, that means Dave Navarro is....
You know, you may have a point.

Well then he's perfect for REM, considering that the band SUCKS BALLS.

Fomby_Belcher: Well then he's perfect for REM, considering that the band SUCKS BALLS.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


THIS.

/YOU farkING WIN

Didnt he date
Natalie Merchant

NOw I know

THATS A MAN BABY!

What the hell? Is the Newsflash tag broken or something??

/ALERT THE MEDIA!!1!

I remember seeing a tv interview with him on Much Music or Much More Music, [MTV for Canada] a few years ago, and he got asked the old sexuality question. He replied that he doesn't really like labels [ie. straight, gay, or bisexual], but yes, he said, he has slept with women, and has slept with guys as well.

Yeah, this is old news.

What really matters is that Stipe kicks ass, is a great lyricist and a phenomenal singer, and is my favorite frontman of all time..... errr, possibly next to Freddie Mercury.

I'm totally straight, i swear.

"Smell my forearm."

I thought he came out already 10 years ago.

Why should I care anyway. It's not like he's one of those hot gay guys who I'd like to see kissing another hot gay guy.

SilentStrider: i actually did not know this.

I didn't either, mainly because that would have required more than a passing interest in REM, and me actually caring enough to pay attention to Stipe's preferences.

He definitely talked about this in the Behind The Music, which was like 10 years ago.

And there are these birds called Ravens. They are all black.

SilentStrider: i actually did not know this.

Same here.

I knew his boyfriend was gay, but this news comes as a shock.

Still doesn't change the fact that they are my favourite band.

/listened to a leaked copy of Accelerate today
//not half bad.

When I was living in Athens about 15 years ago, I would see Stipe around town with a group of his flamboyant "friends". That took away any doubts I would have had at the time.

/Murmur, Reckoning, Document

I remember, not only that he came out in the '90's, but at their induction to the rock and rock hall of fame last year, he thanked, or mentioned a partner, or boyfriend or something.

I thought shining happy people was a dead give away....

Hey, did you guys hear that the dudes from Erasure are gay, too?

/It's Shiny Happy People, people
//Own damn near every REM album
///Even the terrible ones
////Really hoping that the new one isn't a repeat of Up or Around the Sun

xsarien: Hey, did you guys hear that the dudes from Erasure are gay, too?

/It's Shiny Happy People, people
//Own damn near every REM album
///Even the terrible ones
////Really hoping that the new one isn't a repeat of Up or Around the Sun

I agree... I hate buying their newest CD, listening to it once or twice, shrug my shoulders, take the CD out of the player, and put in Fables or Murmur.