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NeNe Leakes’ Son Brentt Says He’s ‘Not Gay’ After Participating In Viral TikTok Trend

<p>After igniting speculation about his sexuality&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nene-leakes-son-brentt-reveals-100-lb-weight-loss-after-recovering-from-stroke-heart-failure&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Brentt Leakes<&sol;a>—NeNe Leakes&&num;8217&semi; 23-year-old son—is setting the record straight and clarifying that he &&num;8220&semi;loves women&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Brentt Leakes Says He Jumped On The Trend For Funsies&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s Just For TikTok&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In a now-expired Instagram Story upload that was reposted by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;thejasminebrand" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>theJasmineBRAND<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; Brentt clarified that he&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;not gay&&num;8221&semi; and that the speculation was started by his participation in a TikTok trend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Specifically&comma; Brentt purposefully missed when attempting to throw a piece of trash into a basket&comma; and an on-screen message read&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If I miss I&&num;8217&semi;m gay&period;&&num;8221&semi; Notably&comma; he ended the video with a lil&&num;8217&semi; sassy move to top it all off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;knowyourmeme&period;com&sol;memes&sol;if-i-miss-im-gay" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Know Your Meme<&sol;em><&sol;a> provides further explanation about the trend&comma; noting that &&num;8220&semi;users throw something at a basket or target and intentionally miss under the caption &&num;8216&semi;If I miss&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m gay&comma;&&num;8217&semi; often followed by them doing something perceivably gay&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cn95GW3pPI5" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As soon as Brentt jumped on the trend&comma; people instantly began buzzing about whether he had actually come out as gay or not&period; However&comma; Brentt was sure to clarify that this isn&&num;8217&semi;t the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not gay&period; I love women&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s just for TikTok&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1619723217643659264" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">NeNe Addressed The Speculation On <em>The Breakfast Club<&sol;em>&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Brentt Is Not Gay&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In addition to Brentt directly speaking on the subject&comma; NeNe Leakes also relayed the message during her recent appearance on <em>The Breakfast Club<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once the matter came up&comma; NeNe confirmed that &&num;8220&semi;Brentt is not gay&period;&&num;8221&semi; Instead&comma; he was merely doing &&num;8220&semi;some popular TikTok trend&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Brentt is not gay&period; He did some popular TikTok trend&comma; and everybody is calling us up asking if he&&num;8217&semi;s gay or not&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Charlamagne then asked for clarification that Brentt is indeed not gay&comma; and NeNe responded&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Not to my knowledge&period;&&num;8221&semi; NeNe was sure to let Brentt know that she supported him either way&comma; though&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;He called me up and said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Mom&comma; everybody is asking if I’m gay because I did this TikTok video thing&period; And I said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;It’s okay if you are gay&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s fine with me&period;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Brentt reiterated&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not gay&comma; Mom&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NeNe then shared that her son&&num;8217&semi;s happiness is &&num;8220&semi;the most important thing&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and she doesn&&num;8217&semi;t feel the need to ask him about his sexuality&comma; as she&&num;8217&semi;d support him either way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t need to ask &&num;8216&semi;Are you gay&quest;&&num;8217&semi; That doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make any sense&period; What I like to say to people is&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Your happiness is the most important thing&period; So whatever makes you happy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If my son today said that he was gay&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m 100&percnt; okay with it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CoCt4ywOEns" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shoutout to Brentt and NeNe Leakes&comma; 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