[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Is it just me, or is this incredibly insensitive? Like, what signs has there been to suggest that none of this has been genuine?

I suppose the fact that he was dropping hints about having something big to get off his chest since, like, Day 2 (when Lewis F asked him what kind of girls he goes for). Coupled with the facts that:

a) he's presumably a fan of the show and knows what gets fans
and b) is also a vlogger and quite aware of how to get attention on camera (although usually taking the "rant about feminism and lefties despite not having lived a day of adult life" route)

Adds up to a pretty cynical picture, really. Obviously no one on here can speak for his personal life / how "known" his sexuality was to his friends/family but even if it is a completely novel and new revelation to himself... to do that on television rather than private, and tell people who care about him first, is all kinds of opportunistic EDIT: just seen a post claiming his parents knew. Fair enough, really, but even still... the idea of coming out on TV seems tacky to me.

I don't doubt that a large portion of the cynicism about this probably stems from a deeper dislike of Cameron but as someone who hasn't really watched since before he took a nosedive in popularity, I just generally got the impression that he was a contrived and try-hard personality just from his YouTube alone. Seems only inevitable that people would or indeed should accuse him of milking the cameras.