Ne-Yo is the latest artist to fall victim to a phoney internet posting.
An item making the rounds claims to quote the singer telling "Barbra Stradoff" of Essence Magazine in their October issue that he's gay, where he supposedly explained, " You now this world we live in is full of judgement, resulting in one of the reasons why it took me so long to come out of the closet." The item includes the incorrect usage of "their" and includes the following "complete" sentence: "Worrying that it would destroy his image." The item is not mentioned at the magazine's web site, nor is there any Google match for "Barbra Stradoff" - unheard of for a magazine writer. The errors are typical in slanderous fake gossip reports that have plagued several successful black artists, including Bow Wow (a false report he was molested by a bodyguard), Ciara (a false report she was actually a man), Kelly Rowland (a false report she had an unplanned pregnancy), and Michelle Williams (a false report she had been kicked out of Destiny's Child after her BET fall)...Source |
