16 Celebrities Unbothered by Gay Rumors

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Dirt Off Their Shoulders - Once upon a time, calling a celebrity "gay" was career suicide. In 2017, stars are brushing off speculation about their sexual orientation — and sometimes even embracing it. From Queen Latifah to Tyler Perry to Young Thug, these celebs show us the right way to handle gay rumors.  — By Moriba Cummings(Photo from left: Prince Williams/Getty Images, Marcus Ingram/WireImage, Allen Berezovsky/WireImage)
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Queen Latifah - Rumors that the entrepreneur is gay have been swirling for years, but while the "U.N.I.T.Y." emcee doesn't mind talking about sexuality, she has always refused to discuss her personal life publicly. She did, however, admit in 2009 that the constant speculation annoys her from time to time. "They want to make up stories and make me gay all the time and it's like, 'Keep running with it,'" she told Access Hollywood. "I've definitely been annoyed by it, but I learned a long time ago that it was pointless to say anything." Latifah played legendary blues singer Bessie Smith, who was bisexual, in the HBO biopic Bessie. (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Variety)Janet Jackson - After Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope era, many began to question the pop icon's sexual fluidity. In a 2008 interview with Instinct, Ms. Jackson proved that she's unbothered by it all. "It never frustrates me; I've never got upset behind it," she said. "For what reason? Why get upset because someone said you were gay or called you gay...Then it would be something negative to me and it's not." Preach, Damita Jo!(Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

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Dirt Off Their Shoulders - Once upon a time, calling a celebrity "gay" was career suicide. In 2017, stars are brushing off speculation about their sexual orientation — and sometimes even embracing it. From Queen Latifah to Tyler Perry to Young Thug, these celebs show us the right way to handle gay rumors.  — By Moriba Cummings(Photo from left: Prince Williams/Getty Images, Marcus Ingram/WireImage, Allen Berezovsky/WireImage)

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