THEGAYUK

Day: 17 October 2015

  • The Rich Kids: One Direction Made £200,000 Per Day Last Year

    The boys in One Direction raked in more than £200,000 PER DAY last year, staggering figures have revealed.

    A sellout tour, bumper record sales and lucrative merchandising saw revenue at their company 1D Media Limited rise by 50 per cent to £73.7 million.

    Post-tax profits for the group rocketed by 830 per cent from £3.75 million to £34.98 million.

    The company, which lists heartthrobs Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn as sole directors and shareholders, now has assets worth more than £57 million.

    Despite the bumper figures, none of the singers took dividends and instead were paid annual salaries of just £109,722 each.

    But the group wouldn’t have been short of cash – in 2013 they took out £28.1 million between them in “remuneration”.

    Records from Companies House state the main source of income is from touring, merchandising and recording.

     

    The ‘Where We Are Tour’ saw the band play 69 gigs around the world in 2014, while more than 3.2 million fans bought the album ‘Four’.

    They also racked up administrative expenses of £28.5 million – which could have gone on taking them around the world on private jets and putting them up in the poshest hotels.

  • Nearly Half Of Gay Men Feel There Is A Stigma To Being A Bottom

    Nearly Half Of Gay Men Feel There Is A Stigma To Being A Bottom

    Nearly half of gay men questioned felt there was a stigma attached to bottoming or being the receptive partner.

    (C) BIGSTOCK

    In a poll run by TheGayUK sixty per cent of readers thought that there was or weren’t sure if there was a stigma attached by bottoming or being the receiving partner during penetrative sex. Only 40 per cent said no there wasn’t a stigma.

    However when questioned men who considered themselves more of a receiver said that bottoming meant that they felt they were in control.
    One reader said,

    ‘Being a bottom does not imply a position of weakness. I usually control what happens”

    MANHOOD QUESTIONED?

    The question of manliness and gender roles was raised with those polled pointing out that others’ expectations often put gay, bisexual and MSMs (men who have sex with men) into a gender role according to which position they took during sex. Some suggesting that being a bottom meant being ‘less of a man’.
    David said,

    “As a bear type, it’s an almost inevitable look of shock and confusion when guys hit on me then find out I’m a bottom! It’s almost like they think I’m pretending to be someone I’m not!?!? It’s usually little twinklets that get all snotty and look at me like I’m less of a man!”

    However reader Glen suggested that heterosexual people might be to blame for the stigma,

    “I think in the community it is fine but the st8s are so desperate to view our relationships like the ones they have, so more often than not they view a “bottom” as the female in a gay relationship. It winds me up when they’re always trying to make our sex life fit some kind of view they have. It comes down to social “norms” dated and fake as they are…

    “Example, my husband’s gran came over and I made dinner for us all… she turns to my friend and says …”he must be the woman”… she’s lovely but it goes to show. I feel that men are men, no matter what they like”.

    Colin added,

    “I think there is a stigma and I think it’s a hangover from straight people always asking “who’s the woman”. The answer of course, is neither of us is a woman, sh**ferbrains. There is only one group of people who can stop the stigmatisation of bottoms and that is us – it’s entirely up to us.

  • 7 Celebs Who Have Been Outted As Having Smaller Penises

    There are those celebrities who don’t feel the need to brag about their penis size… Here are a few that have come out or outted by their exes for their apparently smaller wangs.

    Robbie Williams recently admitted not having the biggest willy in the world. Speaking to the Sun on Sunday he said,

    “It’s not a small c**k, I’ve got massive thighs and it’s an optical illusion’. It’s not though, it really is quite small! ”So if I had an extra inch and a half, I’d be a naturist.”

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  • Justin Bieber More Hung Than The Photos Showed

    No one likes a brag, but Justin Bieber has told Access Hollywood that he’s actually more hung than the pap pictures showed and that he shrinkage in the photos.

    The world got to see Justin Bieber’s peen last week and it’s been the topic of conversation ever since. However the singer has said that his penis is actually more hung than the pap pictures. (yes you read that right, more hung).

    Speaking to Billy Bush on Access Hollywood, he joked,

    “That was shrinkage for me,”

    However the singer did say that the pictures, taken of him on holiday in Bora Bora, had left him feeling violated, he said,

    “My first thing was like…how can they do this? Like, I feel super violated. Like, I feel like I can’t step outside and feel like I can go outside naked. Like, you should feel comfortable in your own space… especially that far away,”

     

  • INTERVIEW: Leo Ocean

    INTERVIEW: Leo Ocean

    Photographer Aaron Holloway meets with Leo Ocean to ask the ever popular star what kind of man he’s into and why sleeping with straight guys is weird.

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