Carín León has formally addressed the current rumors on social media concerning his sexuality.
In a five-part video posted on his Instagram tales on Monday (Jan. 27), the Hermosillo-born singer-songwriter expressed that it was time to present an evidence to followers. “I wakened three days in the past being homosexual, as a result of folks compelled it on me,” he mentioned. “Since folks have the facility to cancel, to say what every individual is, if I’m this, if I’m that, because you resolve every little thing that occurs in my life, I wakened being homosexual three days in the past, as a result of folks wished it that manner.”
Rumors in regards to the artist being homosexual sparked on social media over the weekend after a video, created with Synthetic Intelligence, depicted him and Mexican artist Espinoza Paz sharing a kiss. On account of the faux clip, his tune “De Compas,” a part of his 2024 album Palabra de To’s, started making the rounds, exhibiting folks of the identical intercourse having fun with one another’s firm. The favored sound on TikTok has generated greater than 40K video creations on the app.
“I haven’t developed any signs, I don’t suppose, I haven’t developed any form of attraction to folks of my very own intercourse but, so I nonetheless have heterosexual behaviors,” he mentioned in Spanish, joking in regards to the scenario in a lighthearted method. “I would like individuals who endure from homosexuality to inform me when the primary signs seem, in order that they don’t catch me off guard and catch me out of the blue with make-up, do you perceive?”
León, who additionally joked about his “relationship” with Paz being ruined, despatched a extra heartfelt message to his LGBTQ followers. “Lengthy stay the neighborhood. You recognize that I really like you very a lot,” he famous, concluding: “I believe that the sexual orientation of any individual is now secondary. We see so many individuals with very various and really completely different sexual preferences who’re super-mega-hyper-successful.”
León and Paz first collaborated 4 years in the past on “Como Duele Equivocarse.” León is a first-time nominee on the 2025 Grammys going down Sunday (Feb. 2) in the perfect música Mexicana album class for Boca Chueca, Vol. 1. He additionally leads the 2025 Premio Lo Nuestro nominations, alongside Becky G, with 10 nods every.