As summer comes to an end, we’re on the eve of Harry Styles’ “Movie Star” era, and Rolling Stone is starting the buzz early with a glossy new profile in which the so-called “new king of pop” addresses queerbaiting allegations (sort of) and previews the intimate gay scenes in his upcoming drama, My Policeman.
On the former matter, Styles keeps things typically vague. Rolling Stone touches on his glam-rock, gender-fluid fashion sense and brings up the fact that some have criticized him for “profiting off queer aesthetics without explicitly claiming the community.” But Styles doesn’t really comment on the matter, instead pulling something of a “look over there!” moment, courtesy of Jaida Essence Hall:
“Sometimes people say, ‘You’ve only publicly been with women,’ and I don’t think I’ve publicly been with anyone. If someone takes a picture of you with someone, it doesn’t mean you’re choosing to have a public relationship or something.”
