Shawn Mendes looks happy while heating up the Los Angeles autumn ... stepping out wearing a big smile on his face -- and, leaving his shirt at home.
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00:00to Shawn Mendes, who is out and about now,
00:03and clearly feeling very happy about his decision
00:10to speak out about his sexuality during his performance
00:12in Colorado over the weekend.
00:14So he's back in L.A. now,
00:16and got some photos and videos of him hanging out.
00:21This person is a friend of his who's in the band,
00:25they've gone on vacations together.
00:28They've written songs together.
00:29They've written songs together,
00:30and maybe this is them saying at the end of the,
00:32you know, hey, we had a great tour.
00:35But also, you know, he looks really happy and freed.
00:39Yeah.
00:41And then we got some images of him today in L.A.,
00:44and again, the guy just seems like
00:46there's a weight lifted off of his shoulders.
00:48Well, that's because he doesn't have a shirt.
00:49He doesn't have a shirt, I was about to say the same thing.
00:52And for some reason, he's feeling so good.
00:54He's out on the sidewalk recycling or something,
00:57which is interesting.
00:59Stomping on some cardboard boxes.
01:00FYI, it's not that warm out today,
01:02and that was in the morning, but nonetheless.
01:05Are you questioning why he stepped out shirtless?
01:08Yes, I am.
01:09Uh-uh.
01:10Well, if you look like Shawn Mendes,
01:13I guess you'd try to be shirtless as much as possible.
01:16He looks really, really happy.
01:18One of the things that we talked about today
01:19in our morning meeting here
01:21is that maybe this isn't theoretical.
01:25And again, we don't know.
01:27But look, what Shawn Mendes said was
01:29he doesn't know where he lands sexually,
01:32that he seems to at times be interested in men
01:35and at times be interested in women.
01:37That's what you get from both the song he wrote,
01:39The Mountain, and what he said at the Colorado concert.
01:42But it may be more than theoretical.
01:44Maybe that he is planning to,
01:47or is even in some kind of a relationship in some form
01:52and doesn't want to keep hiding.
01:54And we don't know.
01:55But it opens that door if he is.
01:58And seeing him out and happy in these photos,
02:00obviously when you are going through a time like this
02:03where he's obviously discovering himself
02:05and figuring out what his sexuality is
02:07and who he's into,
02:10but to see him out in these photos
02:11and seeing him happy is a good thing
02:14in the sense that maybe he feels a huge weight
02:18has been lifted off of his shoulders
02:19just from the little that he said
02:21at the concert the other night.
02:23I just want to underscore something.
02:25We talked about this yesterday,
02:26but I just think it's so important
02:28that there are a lot of people who come out now as LGBTQ
02:31and it's not a big deal anymore.
02:34And there's a lot of people who choose not to say it,
02:37but they just live their lives.
02:38That's right, they live their lives.
02:39What's unusual is coming out and saying, I don't know.
02:43And that's harder because it really opens you up
02:47and makes you vulnerable.
02:48And if somebody is that famous as Shawn Mendes
02:51and he wants to pursue that journey
02:54to figure out who he is,
02:56to have to do part of it in private
02:59and hide is really tough.
03:02And I think this is resonating
03:05with a lot of people in his position
03:07to know that this is a journey that others take
03:11as opposed to feeling really alone.
03:13But I just think what he did,
03:14honestly, is brave and incredibly useful to people.
03:19Hi, this is Darren.
03:20I'm in New Jersey.
03:21I think that Shawn Mendes has a good support behind him.
03:25I'm very happy to see him live out his truth
03:28and speak about it publicly,
03:29even though it was a little ambiguous at first.
03:32You had to really listen in and be like,
03:34okay, I kind of get what he's saying.
03:36Earlier, you did say that he's very relieved
03:38and I know that feeling all too well.
03:40I'll be honest though,
03:42the whole situation kind of made me uneasy
03:43because I know the media has speculated
03:45about his sexuality for years.
03:47And I kind of feel like he was kind of guilted
03:49into submission to come out and address his sexuality.
03:51But look, at the end of the day,
03:53I feel like if he's gonna speak on living on his truth,
03:56I think that that's something that's important
03:59and something that he should do at his own terms.
04:01Yeah.
04:02Maybe he's doing that right now, which is great.
04:05Yeah.