Nick From ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 9 Is Taking Accountability For Asking If LGBTQ+ Is A ‘Fad’
"I love and respect my LGBTQ+ friends deeply, and I’m committed to my growth and to be a better ally."
In the first drop of episodes for Love is Blind‘s ninth season, we met Nick Amato and Annie Lancaster. The Colorado conservatives sparked controversy when they discussed what would happen if their future children came out to them as LGBTQ+. Annie said she’d want them to research what they are “signing up for” (implying she believes sexual orientation is something you choose) and Nick wondered whether it’s “a fad”.
Now, Nick is saying “there’s a lot I didn’t understand” about LGBTQ+ people when that conversation took place. In an Instagram video, Nick says producers told him they edited the conversation (which, obviously) and intended to “agitate” viewers (again, obviously). He criticized production for purposely agitating an already marginalized group of people. He also said that his “fad” question was specifically referencing showing “sexual content” to children. This is confusing because it seems like he is saying media that depicts gay couples existing is “sexual content” but not straight couples, as media has always shown straight couples existing, kissing, being romantic, etc to young children. That’s every Disney movie ever.
However, as much as Nick stumbles over his words, his overall message does seem to be wholesome. He says his gay friends talked to him about what he said and he genuinely learned from those conversations. Nick also talked about having to defend himself to his mom when she asked if he was gay and how that shouldn’t be something a child needs to defend. “Being gay is perfectly normal, but I wasn’t normalized to that.”
Here’s the full video:
In the caption, Nick wrote:
“I will LOVE and support my future children unconditionally, no matter how they identify. I take full accountability for how my words came across but I am glad it provoked this discussion and my learning.
I was born in a traditional Midwestern environment, and I now recognize how that shaped certain blind spots (I’m thankful for the support of my friends recently for helping me learn this). That’s not an excuse, just part of the work I’m doing to grow and be better. I love and respect my LGBTQ+ friends deeply, and I’m committed my growth and to be a better ally.
Thank you to those who have approached me with patience and honesty. I’m listening.”
Nick closed the video by thanking viewers for “giving him all the hell that you did and letting me know that that’s not right”.
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