David Archuleta reveals struggles with sexuality and Mormon faith, urges 'compassion' toward LGBTQ+ community

I’m glad he’s becoming open about his sexuality.

Awwww. I just want to give him a hug . . . and then fuck him up the ass. Such a cutie.

FINALLY!

Wait a minute! The guy everyone pegged as gay while he was on American Idol finally came out as gay?

He has such a great smile

Good for him!

If my eyes rolled any farther they would fall out of my head.

Who is going to “guide him”?

[quote] If my eyes rolled any farther

Oh, dear!

How did Papa Archuleta handle the news?

[quote] If my eyes rolled any farther they would fall out of my head.

How does this make any sense? Why would rolling your eyes too far back cause them to fall out?

R10, the same way Cockgobbler’s father handled it.

Paging Colton Underwood!

Ironic, r11, since you called someone else pedantic on another thread.

He needs to be rimmed properly, slow, deep and non-stop.

Mormon Boyz need love too.

I want to see him get deflowered by the Maverick Men.

I am betting he's still a virgin. I can tell.

He just said he's NOT gay.

He claims to be "bisexual" AND "asexual."

He definitely did not "come out as gay" at all.

Bisexual is the off-ramp to Gaysville.

No, he said he came out as "gay" in 2014, and then afterwards reversed it to "bisexual."

Creep.

[QUOTE] He just said he's NOT gay. He claims to be "bisexual" AND "asexual." He definitely did not "come out as gay" at all.

Regardless, he’s open to me pounding his ass. That’s all I care about. And after a couple nights of good dick from a masculine, dominant top, there won’t be any ambiguity about his sexuality.

* Frau alert *

Watch out -- when closeted Mormons finally come out, they go from 0 to 100 on the party scale.

[quote]said he has long been uncertain of his sexuality

Sure Jan. He’s as homo as the sky is blue.

Carol in the EW comment section reacts to the news and his struggles with all the compassion in her soul-

[quote] Another lost sick soul that allowed the homosexual infection to pervert him and gave up the struggle against sin and will now lead others astray. He never chose Jesus the Savior in his religion which is part of the problem but now he has given in completely to sin as the Devil does another victory lap. This will not end well for him, I'm so sorry, I have to throw out his music. This is so very sad and to his parents, I'm so sorry this is your child.

R26, Carol is a closeted dyke.

Cumwhore!

"Carol" = David Cook

Carol sounds like an insufferable cunt.

[quote] Another lost sick soul that allowed the homosexual infection to pervert him and gave up the struggle against sin and will now lead others astray. He never chose Jesus the Savior in his religion which is part of the problem but now he has given in completely to sin as the Devil does another victory lap. This will not end well for him, I'm so sorry, I have to throw out his music. This is so very sad and to his parents, I'm so sorry this is your child.

Carol is a cunt, and she's going to hell for capitalizing "Devil" the same way in which she capitalizes "Jesus the Savior." For shame, Carol!

r24

You are so right. It's one way or the other with them. No grey area.

A part of his statement

[quote] I’ve tried for almost 20 years to try and change myself until I realized God made me how I am for a purpose. And instead of hating what I have considered wrong I need to see why God loved me for who I am and that it’s not just sexuality. So many other traits of who I am come from how I’ve been created. If other people choose to live differently than what you’ve been raised to believe is right, please have compassion because it’s most likely been an exhausting journey for them to be ok with the feelings they have and never have been able to change.

"I've tried for almost 20 years to try and change...."

Thanks, Mom & Dad, & the Mormon Church.

Best coming out of 2021 so far.

Imagine no religion, Archie. When you know better - you do better. It's not where you start, it's how you finish.

I would like to know if he masturbates; and if he does, what does he masturbate to?

^^Nude Joseph Smith, clearly.

I’m cackling at how spot on DL had been all this time. You all never really forgot about him since threads would pop up about this guy from time to time.

People can still act like the queens in here don’t have a good gaydar. DL knows a fag when it sees one.

r38 DL is NEVER wrong!!

Watch him come out as trans in 2024.

David Archuleta being gay is wish fulfillment, not prophecy. He was so CUTE. Those eyes. those lips, that ASS.

r37 Is he a Helix model?

[QUOTE] David Archuleta being gay is wish fulfillment, not prophecy. He was so CUTE. Those eyes. those lips, that ASS.

Why is this all framed in the past tense, R41? You’re saying his best days are behind him?

R43, she’s practically an eldergay now. A sad spinster.

I have a long history with Archie R43. For one whole summer I fucked him in the ASS off the coast of Great Salt Lake. It was a painful experience.

Wee Davey hasn't come out as anything. He's wiggled backwards from being a gay man to being a celibate (and virginal) bisexual who has a low sex drive because he can shrink his libido like a toad suspends its activity in the mud as the drought comes. So he's come out as a (TA-DA) Mormon cult victim. Because that's what this shit is all about.

It’s going to take a long time for David to be deprogrammed from the Mormon cult.

He may end up this month on the couch spilling it all to John Dehlin on Mormon stories.

[quote] she’s practically an eldergay now. A sad spinster.

C’mon, man, he’s only thirt….

Oh, I see your point now.

Has he showed skin yet? Cock pics? Presenting hole? Simulated anal sex with a mannequin?

I get sex pig vibes from him.

There’s nothing wrong with going back in the closet.

There’s nothing wrong with going back in the closet.

There’s nothing wrong with going back in the closet.

I struggled with Archies' homesexuality for several years. And everynight I won.

"I am betting he's still a virgin. I can tell."

Yep. Seriously suppressed by religion. Once he gets his weiner sucked and ass fingered he'll start thinking about sexy time a lot more.

For a Mormon who's "uncertain" about his sexuality, uncertain = gay as a picnic basket.

His post was liked by Instagram's official Instagram page.

Is he losing his hair?

I hope not.

Being being an eldergay AND losing his hair? No one should be subjected to that all at once.

Has posted in here yet about being so happy that David has un-gayed himself and embraced the Lord?

What a homophobic bitch.

Hole aside, I also love his voice. His Christmas album is one of my favorites.

I called this from the very moment I saw his gayling self on AI.

He needs an experienced elder to guide him in the ways (NSFW).

No one hates someone who comes out more than DL posters. At least they are consistent.

Did anyone else notice David Cook took him under his wing toward the end of the series. Archuleta was struggling with the ever-growing pressure his father put him under, and maybe he confided his sexuality to Cook. Whatever happened, Cook became very protective of Archuleta.

I thought it was classy. I was happy Cook won because of that.

Wasn't he talking last year about his porn addiction? That doesn't sound very asexual to me. At least we know now that the porn involved the man going up into the man.

We were pretty sure at the time, but now we know.

He needs to star in a remake of this scene:

He doesn't seem very intelligent but good for him.

With this news out, I wonder if the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will have him perform for their usual Christmas concert?

Wait. She’s only 30?? Some of you were making it out like he was 45. Still young.

But she’s not “LGBTQIA+”. Obviously GAY from space.

He needs his brows cleaned up. But the hair around his hole is soft, dark and silky. I fucked David Archuleta off the coast of Great Salt Lake in his ASS one whole summer.

R71 Do you think that capitalizing ass makes your lie more believable?

It doesn't.

You make me sad.

[quote]I fucked David Archuleta off the coast of Great Salt Lake in his ASS one whole summer.

You ARE sad R72. Oh yes you are. Sadly.

Did you really [R45] and [R71] or are you just making it up?

His Instagram post was one of the stranger coming-out announcements I've read. He started by saying he'd come out to his family as gay a few years ago, but has since realised he is actually bi, and may in fact be asexual. The only bit that seemed unambiguous was that he is a virgin and plans on remaining one as the LDS church demands. Good luck!

No way is he staying a virgin now. He's gonna have too much temptation coming his way.

Or he and Colton will be doing a series together.

I wish him well. He always seemed to have a melancholy about him. Maybe now it will go away.

Between the non-use, the repression and the anxiety, can you imagine how tight that hole is?

I need to fuck this bitch. Does anyone have her Grindr or Scruff? What about Oblyfans??

Let me give him a blow job and he'll be singing to the angels. That long-held explosion in my throat could damage my vocal cords, but it's all in the name of compassion.

Do you think he grooms his pubes?

Who ever deflowered that ass deserves a medal.

He came out as alphabetical.

r38 DL really always knows. To think of all the pre-out threads they had about this guy and many others like Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Wentworth Miller, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Dallas, Lee Pace and even Ricky Martin. All without the often demanded "concrete proof". I'm looking at that Jonas brother, Gyllenhaal, Franco, Aaron Rogers, Skarsgard, Styles, Bradley Cooper, DiCaprio, Clooney and the rest and wondering who they think they're fooling.

[quote]Or he and Colton will be doing a series together.

Will Gus Kenworthy also be serving as David's "gay guide"?

[quote]Or he and Colton will be doing a series together.

Hopefully on OnlyFans

La Belle Archuleta

His best career move in a long while.

I just fall in love again. I won that medal R83. It was a beautiful and painful time. He's the sweetest guy. You don't know if you should clean his ass or wipe his nose.

[quote][R38] DL really always knows. To think of all the pre-out threads they had about this guy and many others like Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Wentworth Miller, Cynthia Nixon, Matt Dallas, Lee Pace and even Ricky Martin. All without the often demanded "concrete proof". I'm looking at that Jonas brother, Gyllenhaal, Franco, Aaron Rogers, Skarsgard, Styles, Bradley Cooper, DiCaprio, Clooney and the rest and wondering who they think they're fooling.

Yeah, well how do you explain Matt Gaetz?????

After a few bouts of clap and antibiotics, he can sing about how “this thrush ain’t going away”

How much for a used pair of his magic underwear?

His coming out post saddens me. It's clear that he's still stuck on people pleasing (and those people are ignorant fuckheads so he should stop wasting his time). It's so obvious that he's trying to neutralize the ghey by claiming to have little libido when he previously came out as a porn addict...

I hope Connor Jessup appears in his DMs. He really needs some gay, non-sexual friends.

[quote]His coming out post saddens me. It's clear that he's still stuck on people pleasing

It doesn’t sadden me. A “people pleaser” is a perfect little submissive bitch.

99.9% of people don't understand what the word Asexual means r66 even the people who claim to be asexual don't know most of the time. Most people think it means being celibate or having a low sex drive.

I feel like his pron addiction announcement was fake. It was to test the waters to see what his fans would tolerate.

I don't think so. It would not surprise me if he's a virgin and that porn has been his only outlet.

He came out circa age 23, right? I mean, to his family.

100!

I wonder if David's cadre of Frau-stans will stick by him? I well remember the Claymate conflagration when Clay Aiken came out...

what's his type?

What kinds of gigs does he do? County fairs?

He’s brave to come out. I have always thought he was a great singer.

hellen keller could see that she was family

congrats... I guess

wonder if she's still a republican

We must remember that while it is not a sin to be gay, it is a sin to engage in homosexual acts. Good for David!

He's pretty hard to dislike. And not just because of his runny nose and lil round ASS.

" She," R70? Do you hate yourself that much?

The Archie with whom we fell in love...

American Idol??? Honey we knew when he was on Star Search singing Alciia Keys.....gay gay gay.

If he lets some queen touch his brows, I swear...

His uncertainty about his own sexual orientation, including asexuality, could have been the direct result of conflict and repression within him created by the teachings of his church.

^^^could be the direct result...

I wonder if he's ever had a BF

R26, that's really fucking disgusting. EW clearly doesn't review the comments left by their readers before posting them like some other sites do. If they haven't already, they need to remove that from their site.

I was his boyfriend for two years. The gaps in his teeth were so cute and sweet before he had them veneered. David is a sweet guy. Not dumb, but very indoctrinated. His hole tastes like heaven and opens to paradise. Tears. His lips I miss the most.

Off the coast of Great Salt Lake in his ASS I fucked David Archuleta one whole summer.

R116: are you sure it’s not off the coast of the ATLANTIC ocean?

JFC, that troll has been around since the Colton threads.

I fucked others off the coast of the Atlantic. Are you Colton Haynes?

[Quote] Are you Colton Haynes?

Has Mitt Romney commented?

I should have never revealed that about Colton. His hole was cold INSIDE. How weird is that. I fucked Colton Haynes off the coast of the Atlantic one whole summer in his ASS!

David Archuleta was my boyfriend for two years. Not cold. Warm and gushy, sweet inside.

For a whole summer in his ASS I fucked David Archuleta off the coast of Great Salt Lake.

[quote][R26], that's really fucking disgusting. EW clearly doesn't review the comments left by their readers before posting them like some other sites do. If they haven't already, they need to remove that from their site.

They don't need to remove it. People need to see that this is how most Republicans think. If you're voting Republican, you're voting to support attitudes like this.

Maybe Benji Schwimmer from "So You Think You Can Dance" can give him a pep talk. He's probably too obscure to be known on here, but he's another Mormon who came out as gay some years back.

What's next--duets with L'il NAS X? Todrick Hall? Barbra?

He used to have something of a low hairline/brow, but now he seems to have acquired a five-head.

[Quote] What's next--duets with L'il NAS X? Todrick Hall? Barbra?

He'd be missing a trick if he didn't approach Gladys Knight.

Gladys Knight is a superstar at 77. David Archuleta is sweet in bed - but his career is singing in shopping mall parking lots.

Gladys' last Vegas jaunt was a bust. She's no better than she ought to be.

You're an argumentative fool R129. Who knows nothing about singing but a lot about Racism and Meth.

The only thing I know about meth is to stay away from it. Same for gambling.

I imagine you stay away from most things but pudding and Murder She Wrote reruns at your age R131.

We all love David Archuleta, but some of us keep his talents in perspective. He was my boyfriend for two years. I know what he can and cannot do.

Your stupid Gladys Knight digs should be ignored. I don't even get the dumb joke of it -that's how old YOU are.

The Mormon Elders will have a talk with David. But he’s kinda untouchable like the Osmonds.

If David doesn't bring in big money, I don't see how he's untouchable.

[Quote] I don't even get the dumb joke of it

Speaking of dumb jokes...

[Quote] He was my boyfriend for two years.

The Mormon church has enough trouble handling the LGBTQ community within their own members. They don’t need to be fucking around with David about it.

Bless your heart.

That hole is so pink, Angelyne has been trying to buy it for years.

[quote] What kinds of gigs does he do? County fairs?

Yes, but unlike some people, he doesn't bankrupt them.

Remember when David went to a gay bar with charice pempengco now known as Jake Zyrus?

He came out as gay the same year he left America for his mormon missionary trip.

He’s had one hit song which was 13 years ago, what did he have to lose at this point?

Gladys Knight closed the Kennedy Center Honors last week with a beautiful version of We Shall Be Free. She plays the Royal Albert Hall and Highlights the Nobel Peace Prize concerts. She doesn't play county fairs. They're more for Gloria Estefan, Dionne Warwick, David Cook.

David is a very cool and sweet guy and yes he has played fairs and shopping centers. But there is no smell of failure or disillusionment about him. He's a lovely guy and he's always got on clean white socks and small tight underwear - even on the back roads.

And I am telling you.....

^Oh Archie, that was unfortunate. He sings Nessun Dorma as an adult too. He's not terrible but it's a mistake. Lil David A is a bit of a drama queen in his personal music tastes. But he has such other great qualities. To his voice. I'm fully behind him.

How did we start discussing Gladys Knight's career in a thread about Archie finally coming out?

Check David’s numbers on Spotify — almost 60M streams in 2020. I’d say he’s doing fine and has a solid career.

And watch some of his videos on IG and an IG Live. You’ll find a good, sweet guy with a lot of heart and who’s actually very sexy. The voice is still great, and I root for guys like this.

He said he came out as gay to his own family in 2014.

So in April 2015, about 2 months before the Supreme Court was to rule on Gay Marriage, he tweeted this 2-part quote:

[quote]"Romantic love is incomplete. It is a prelude. Love is nourished by the coming of children, who spring from the fountain of love ... expressed between a man and a woman in marriage. #PresPacker."

The Advocate wrote "The Internet quickly erupted with some interpreting Archuleta's tweets as a statement against marriage equality. Others wondered if Archuleta was tweeting to show support for Indiana's discriminatory Religious Freedom Restoration Act."

Gay-to-his-family David apologized in this way-

[quote] I do hope however, that whoever may have been offended may know I respect everyone’s freedom to believe and live as they choose. I hope others can respect what I value most in my life as well. Again, I’m sorry and please forgive me if I offended you."

So in the music video his crush was actually the guy.

I forgive you Archie. Come on home.

I think the point at r148 is that when he came out to his family as gay in 2014, it must have been like someone coming out as an alcoholic and seeking pity and help. At least at that time,7 years ago.

Great, now just give up the Mormon church

Datalounge was spot on with him, now it’s time for Taylor lautner.

He's so sweet and the voice is good. I like that he's a twunk, not a twink. The dudes got narrow hips and thick thighs and all that booty sitting up high in back. The way a man's supposed to be. He makes me restless. I'd like to coach him in some more dynamic stage presentations.

This sounds like a cry for help. He's in that religious cult and surrounded by greedy relatives and handlers. I bet none of them wanted him to come (almost) out of the closet.

They're castrating him. David exudes almost no adult male masculine energy. He's like a virginal 13-yr. old. He's not saving himself for marriage; he paralyzed by fear and self-loathing.

He needs to take a break from showbiz, church and family. Go off and live by himself for a while. Growxa beard. Grow up.

David is a rare breed because the elder gays always had a sweet spot for him and wanted to protect/take care of him since the AI days unlike all the other famous/closet gays that they hate.

Yeah, I think he still wishes he knew how it would feel to be free.

[Quote] The voice is still great

It's amazing that his singing voice is still there at age 30. He's a regular Barbara Cook!

[quote]Datalounge was spot on with him, now it’s time for Taylor lautner.

Taylor Lautner "liked" an Instagram post by Colton Underwood, a video in which Colton was getting advice on Tinder swipes from his grandmother. "Ha, this is great!" Taylor wrote.

It's time for Zac Efron before it's time for Taylor Lautner.

This is OLD news to anyone who's ever stepped into a DL Archuleta thread, and there have been many. At this point, it would be odd if Archuleta announced he was straight.

He should get in touch with Tyler Glenn of neon trees who came out sometime back and was a Mormon. Initially he wanted to stay in the church but ultimately left it because of their continued anti gay policies.

But it's not old news. It's todays news. David Archuleta is on the cover of People magazine. This is his announcement to make. Not some elder gay with Stevie Nicks in his handle.

[quote] He came out as gay the same year he left America for his mormon missionary trip.

One might hope that he used the opportunity to sample some Chilean cock, but nope -- screams 100% virgin. [italic]Maybe[/italic] he jerked it with a guy once, and then had a good two-hour cry about it afterwards.

R159, he really needs to come out..

So... he came out as asexual? He said he came out as gay a decade ago, then had relationships with both genders (aka bi) now he says he's not interested in sex with anyone. I feel bad for him. It's obvious that his religion messed him up. He probably tried it with women so that he wouldn't be going to hell (according to his religion) since being gay is a sin (again, according to his religion). When that didn't work he decided to be asexual. Poor guy. Talk about being messed up.

Will we ever find out exactly what porn fueled David's addiction?

[Quote] then had relationships with both genders (aka bi)

I must have missed where he said that he had relationships.

[quote]So... he came out as asexual? He said he came out as gay a decade ago, then had relationships with both genders (aka bi) now he says he's not interested in sex with anyone.

He said nothing about having had relationships with anyone. He said he was attracted to both genders. On the contrary, he said he was saving himself for marriage.

Here he is in 2014 the year he came out as gay to his family. I wonder who that other guy is?

I remember that r65. Archuleta’s dad was terrifying. The Davids season was, for me, the last really good season of AI. It was the season Paula was at her most fucked up.

Did Paula try to fuck David?

David is gay, I spent two years in love with him. The backstreets we travelled together. His father was there much of the time, but David and I bunked together. It was sadly romantic. He's got a wicked little sense of humor mixed with a perpetually sweet side. This tweet is pure David.

He's got a dirty hungry bad boy side too.........and it ain't for girls.

Gladys, shut the fuck up about your time spent inside David!

He didn't come out as gay. He didn't come out as anything. Reading between the lines he first came out as gay to his family, then backtracked to bisexual and now claims he's asexual. I guess that means he's asexual and/or bisexual, not gay.

If lautner did come out, Would he blame being out for a lack of good roles. I mean in his case he really isn’t a talented actor and nothing he’s done since twilight ended has been good.

[Quote] He didn't come out as anything.

Lies-a Minnelli!

If anything, he's more in now than he was a few years ago when he did his no-cameras-or-recording-devices, vetted-guests-only talk at North Star.

[Quote] nothing he’s done since twilight ended has been good.

Wasn't there a britcom that ran?

He’s a virgin but FOR SURE has done oral with a guy.

He’s gay but still can’t accept it. He has liked girls but never sexually. I guarantee he’s liked guys sexually.

r155 is spot on.

A lot of religious people like David believe that being gay is some sort of affliction, as a matter of fact most straight people feel this way even if they aren't religious at all. His church may accept him if he promises to stay celibate. They have convinced him that being gay(and I"m sure he is gay not bi, not asexual) automatically means he was called by God to be celibate or that he just hasn't worked hard enough to get those nasty gay feelings out of his life. It's very cruel when you think about it.

One day he will come to the realization that he deserves to live his life just like his heterosexual friends and relatives do and that God has in interest nor intention of making gay people straight.

I've followed--and started--several of the numerous Archie threads here. Sure, DL-ers pine over his, "silky-haired, tight virgin hole." But I think it's more that he comes off as sweet and innocent that's the actual attraction.

I wish him well, and I even left exactly that in a comment on his IG post. (David Cook commented as well; I'm sure he's known for years.) All jokes aside, I hope Archie finds happiness. And that he doesn't jump out a window like my gay son.

He will not get compassion from that demented cult. What they do is tell them it's no problem, get into a mixed-orientation marriage and have babies and pray. That way, he stays relevant in the church, maintains his support group, is seen as some hero to them and "proof" their BS is real and the wife gets a gay husband (which many women actually do enjoy in some ways) and is seen as a true "martyr". That is the insanity of this "religion".

He's not getting his own planet in the afterlife right?

I have a ticket for David’s 2020 tour that is scheduled for next year. At a previous performance, during a VIP ticket meet and greet, I touched him and grazed his butt.

R97 That would be very weird, he said that he had a porn addiction and he had to deal with fetishes.

That doesn't seem testing the waters, that seem like someone who is repressing his feelings and his sexuality cause him remorses. He comes from a very religious family which is surely makes him difficult to accept whatever he really feels.

If being attracted to men was not enough if he has unconventional (for a repressed religious guy) fantasies that could be overwhelming.

But the fact that he is talking about this is a good sign and maybe some day he will not feel guilty for what he feels

He only gets his own planet if he marries a woman and has kids.

He’s so psychologically damaged, I fear sex with him would be horrific. He would have some kind of breakdown.

R175 Well, that's what Lucas Hedges did too, coming out as nothing and he get a lot of praise of the gay media in the process.

At least David didn't came out to personal gain (not being criticise for playing so many gay roles) and didn't go out with his "girlfriend" just after the "coming out".

It's obvious that Archuleta's enviroment is not the best to accept anything that it's not being straight and marriage oriented

[QUOTE] I have a ticket for David’s 2020 tour that is scheduled for next year. At a previous performance, during a VIP ticket meet and greet, I touched him and grazed his butt.

You paid for a VIP ticket and only grazed his butt? I would’ve grabbed a handful of that sweet Mormon ass while looking right in his eyes, daring him to do something. You pay that much for a ticket, you should get to grab some ass.

[QUOTE] He’s so psychologically damaged, I fear sex with him would be horrific. He would have some kind of breakdown.

As a top who loves doing most of the work, that’s fine by me. He can lay there on his stomach and cry all he wants until I get my nut inside him.

David Archuleta crying when his faghag is kicked off American Idol. Watch how his hot daddy next to him is comforting him.

Mormons struggling with their sexuality are an even bigger mess than Christians struggling with their sexuality. Who has the time and energy for that drama?

I'm sure there is an online support group for Mormons who struggle with sexual identity issues. Maybe even local, in person, support groups.

I had a one-minute Meet and Greet with Archie back when he had a Pop single ("Crush").

I said to him, "Be true to yourself," to which he replied, "Always."

I guess "Always" is now.

Cookie had/has an okay voice, but nothing like the range and purity of Archie's.

But "Idol" knew. Ry-Ry knew. And now we absolutely know.

And that's why David A., like Clay before him and Adam after him, had to finish second.

Isn't this just the 21st century version of coming out as a gay man?

These young celebs talk about being "confused" and "making choices", etc., as a "tip-toe" to test the waters of their fan base/the public.

Only to avoid what they've probably known since puberty, that they're 100% gay.

Well, as far as the porn addiction thing, I'm guessing his favorite site is MormonBoyz.com.

He is a virgin with a very very very tight ass a gay top’s dream.

I wouldn’t call him a dishonest person. It’s not like he’s some Republican politician who hops on dicks like a Merry Go Round and then goes home to his wife. If he’s a virginal hermit then he has no experience to determine his actual sexuality.

I know you Judy Garland girls who were walking around in high heels at 6 may have always known you were gay, but some guys have to go out there and get some ass and dick before they can say so definitively. I started fucking girls in high school and, coming from a small town, had one openly gay boy who sunk his teeth into me and helped make me realize who I was. It’s unfortunate that Archie couldn’t have the same thing. They probably homeschooled him and kept him locked up in the house.

R196 Cook won because he was one of the first to do real versions on the show. He had a great voice and some of his covers were really good.

Archie always was too angelic for pop music, but at least he had a big hit with Crush

Who is going to be the lucky fella who will finally put the dick inside this 30 year old virgin.. imagine his reaction..wow!!

[quote] he first came out as gay to his family, then backtracked to bisexual and now claims he's asexual.

It's working. He's getting better!

[QUOTE] Who is going to be the lucky fella who will finally put the dick inside this 30 year old virgin.. imagine his reaction..wow!!

Who are some of the guys that are close to him? Maybe at his record label, or other artists he frequently works with? It would have to be someone in his orbit who has regular access to him.

Someone on one of the other, numerous Archie threads said David spoke and sang at a Mormon conference that's specifically geared towards Mormons struggled with their sexuality. I forget the name of the conference...but this was last year or 2019, and that was apparently pretty much confirmation that he likes the dick.

Here he is with the very gay Matt Bloyd.

He just needs a guy who will court him the traditional way, which is a rarity in the gay community of whores who just want to suck fuck and be gone. Some guys do need to feel a romantical connection before they become sexually freaky with you. If he wanted 100 dicks he could've had that already for sure. He has likely been searching for a real meaningful connection with a guy for so long that he's probably just ready to resign and declare himself asexual. That happens to women more often, sex is not enjoyable unless they feel romance.

He definitely has daddy issues so he needs an older type of guy.

Oof R193, that high-five/hug mixup at the end was difficult to watch.

R203, Either one of the Osmond or Romney sons/grandsons would be appropriate.

Bangs are your friend, David.

He was so uncomfortable with Lady Gaga.

I am SHOCKED, I tell you. SHOCKED!!!!

I'm probably the only Mormon who doesn't want him dead.

Chasten and Pete need to invite him into a polyamory relationship. That's hole AND pole.

Aww Davie, whatever that hateful thing inside you is, don’t let it keep you in a corner.

That was me, r204. I posted it again at r178.

There’s no secretly recorded video online, unfortunately. No one even dared to write a recap, which makes perfect sense considering everyone there has been brought up to hoard secrets, “float above the ugly,” and not just smile but smile from the heart.

In any case, the party line never changes — temped into doing something really BAD by porn, the devil’s most insidious corrupter. Suffering from same-sex attraction is fine as long as it’s never acted on. Marrying a woman and having children will turn the boat around 9 times out of 10. Think of how sad your mom will be when she’s in the celestial kingdom and she can never see her baby boy again because he’s stuck in the telestial kingdom. Blah, blah, blah...

[quote] he first came out as gay to his family, then backtracked to bisexual and now claims he's asexual.

Good boy! You keep this up and maybe in the afterlife you won't get an entire planet, but maybe a really, really small Moon.

Wait, he just came out as asexual????

[quote]Wait, he just came out as asexual????

No, he just came out as terribly confused and conflicted because of his religion.

Does his hole hurt?

If I talk about my sexuality, will you buy my music?

I was going to see him live at the Troubador -- and then covid hit. Funny to think of angelic Archie just blocks away from that den of vice and sin known as the West Hollywood boystown bars. Talk about a lamb in the wolves' lair.

Dimwit. Mormons are a perfect example of people only believe in it because they think other people do, and yet nobody really does.

[quote]Who is going to be the lucky fella who will finally put the dick inside this 30 year old virgin.. imagine his reaction..wow!!

Mission Accomplished. The summer of 2014. Off the coast of Great Salt Lake I fucked David Archuleta one whole summer in his ASS.

He is obviously gay, if he was really bi nothing stops him from finding a good girl and marry. If he was really bi he would be married now.

He is gay and probably has a lot of fantasies (when he mentioned fetishes is obvious he has more than one) that makes even more difficult to accept his sexuality.

[quote]Bangs are your friend, David.

So are gang-bangs.

R211 Gaga seemed so sweet and unpretentious in that video clip. Much different than today.

Has Doktor Jāk€ pôüf commented yet?

Oh wait, he's too narcissistic and self-involved to care.

He’s been down a long and winding road.

Any comment from his porn cousin, Adam Archuleta?

That title kinky angels seems perfect for Archie

So he came out as gay, then bi and finally asexual. Isn't it usually the other way around? Is asexuality a real thing? Most asexuals seem like gay men afraid of their sexuality

Not to throw shade on him but since he is still a TBM (True Believing Mormon), this isn't a "coming out" story, this is a Northstar approved (Mormon ex-gay group) "I have same sex attraction" (as if it were disease) but still believe in all the crazy bullshit in the Book of Mormon so I will never have any physical or romantic relationship with a man and will try my best to find some poor girl to marry off and fuck once a year to make babies and give as much money to the church as possible.

Oh and if could muster even a bit of sexual attraction to a woman, he would have been married off to a church approved bride by now. The reason you never hear about bisexual men in these homophobic religions is that they pass much more easily as heterosexual so they don't stand out as much.

I wish the secular press were better at covering these stories because the focus should be on the religious homophobia, which he is subject to and believes in, and not some feel good coming out story (which it isn't). I feel sorry for the guy but plenty of gay mormons escape that cult and the ones who remain are usually the most self-loathing assholes ever. He just sounds sad.

Oh and props to the ex-mos above -the John Dehlin reference was a dead give away.

I disagree R233. David is finding his way. He's been a very troubled guy for far too long. He's taken a very public step here - perhaps guided by the church. But it's not his only step and it needn't be the last.

I feel kind of bad for the guy. It must suck growing up in such an oppressive environment and be in the public eye when you're trying to sort out your sexuality. He seems like a decent, talented human being. I wish him well.

I wonder if he's more celibate than asexual.

[quote] I wonder if he's more celibate than asexual.

I feel like people say they're asexual when they want to hide their true sexual feelings. I have no doubt he's rubbing several out each day. He's admitted to a porn addiction. That doesn't sound very asexual.

This could be a hit for him. A cover of the Foreigner song.

He'll be doing commercials extolling the benefits of conversion therapy.

Remember when people came out as "gay"? Now they come out as "members of the LGBTQIA+ community".

"LGBTQIA+ community" basically means EVERYONE now, so I'm not sure what there is to "come out" from. Queer means straight, I is actually male or female, there is no third sex, and asexual could mean straight or gay, so who the fuck knows.

"I have same sex attraction" (as if it were disease)

And even that is a recent concession. It was always "suffered from" until someone decided that using "have" would offer some plausible deniability.

[quote]But it's not his only step and it needn't be the last.

That's true, but the next step could also be pouring his heart out to Heavenly Father and being blessed with a wife and children. I've posted this guy before -- he's married to a woman and has four (or is it five?) kids, and is considered to be a success story of an inherently straight man who suffered from a wee bit of attraction to men and overcame it all.

Naming your child Brad is just asking for a gay son.

And he’s got terminal gay face.

Still a total cutie pie if you ask me!

[quote]I wonder if he's more celibate than asexual.

That's what I think. Like I said before at r206, I think his real struggle is dating and not really his sexuality. I just get the feeling he had a hard time dealing with other men in the community and I can totally understand. There are some nightmares out there and he is probably just tired of it. I think saying he might be asexual is the only way he can qualify himself to other people without going into other details.

When he finds love again, he'll fully come out. But he's not into being used up by lying whores or drooling daddies.

David, call me.

Here's part 1 of Brad stating his boundaries in his first blog post. So fucking depressing:

Be Careful How You Judge

Frequently I am approached by someone, or someone asks one of my children if I am Gay. I makes me laugh how quickly we are to judge by what we hear or what we see. I have been posting on a blog for the past year, It's called the Jonathan and David Experience, it is a blog designed to help men who struggle with SGA, Same Gender Attraction. I started the blog out of a need to help men who are struggling and need support, guidance, love, and direction. It has been a great blessing and yet at the same time really hard. The hard part is dealing with narrow minded people who assume that just because one involves himself in a worthwhile cause he must have problems of his own. I decided to write a blog to educate everyone just were I stand. So judge for yourself and please in the future when you make judgements on people, get the whole story and keep in mind that judgements made without knowing all the details can hurt and cause harm to many, those you judge and who knows how many countless others you will affect by your judgements.

I have never considered myself a gay man. However, after all is said and done, most people think I am. It does make me laugh, Let me explain. The first 18 years of my life were pure hell. I was raised in a small town in northern Arizona. As a child I was different from the other children. I loved playing with dolls, dressing up in my mom’s clothes, writing poems, and planting flowers. The hard part was that I was raised in a home filled with what I call “macho idiots”. These were men who did not understand that a boy could behave in a way other than how they thought a boy or man should behave. In their minds, real men did certain things; real men did not do the things I did. It was a difficult situation to say the least. I really did try to do ‘boy things’. I tried sports just to make the men in my life happy. That is what they wanted after all, and so I really tried to please, only to fail and then feel worse.

Home life was hard, but school was even harder. I was a sissy at home. At school I was called a faggot. To this day I hate both of these words. I had absolutely no friends to speak of and was beaten up frequently at school, spit on, bullied, and verbally abused by everyone at school and at home.

My parents divorced when I was twelve and that only added to the confusion and abuse. Her husbands were abusive and difficult and resented me and my feminine ways. I was extremely effeminate and as I look back I understand completely why I was judged to be gay.

My father, a good man, had absolutely no understanding of me and my girlish ways. He tried, but had no clue how to raise an effeminate boy. He told me once in a fit of anger that I was a girl in a boy’s body. Those words cut clear to the bone and are not easily set aside or easy to forget. I craved his love and attention. My brothers got all they needed from him. They understood each other. After all they were real boys and I was something he just could not understand. At one point I thought I hated my dad, but realized it was not hate but a desire to have him love me and acknowledge who I was.

I really cannot remember very many pleasant times prior to age eighteen. At an early age I started working in the cafe business, I was constantly surrounded by women which contributed to my feminine ways and was constantly propositioned by men patrons to do things. I was sexually abused as a teenager by a man who took advantage of my vulnerable state and the need to be loved.

The recommended treatment for SGA is a hot beef injection. Repeat as needed.

Part 2:

Growing up my family was not active in church. I tried and had the deep desire to do so, but each time I tried I felt out of place and was often rejected by judgmental church members who did not understand what I was going through. We moved around a lot and I would try to go to seminary and church and do what I felt was right, but I cannot ever remember feeling accepted or wanted in any church setting.

When I was eighteen, I had an experience one evening that set my course for life. I was involved in some things that I should not have been doing. Nothing too serious, but wrong nonetheless. At one point I was handed a mirror and as I looked in the mirror I saw the reflection of what I thought was Satan. He was laughing at me and as he laughed at me I heard him say, ”I have you now, just where I want you”. It scared the crap out of me. I left the party and called my Bishop and met with him. Since then I have learned that when the Devil thinks he has won, God always steps in. The trick is to follow him when he steps in. I did.

I changed my life and started going to church. It was hard. I was still the same effeminate person I always had been. Because of the small town in which I lived , the people had their opinions of me. But I stayed the course. It was the hardest year of my life as I gave up bad habits for new ones.

At one point in that year I came to a conclusion: Everyone thought I was gay and I had to make a decision about who I was. I didn't know if I loved men or not at that age. I had never really had many male friends, or crossed the line with inappropriate behavior, but whatever the course I made a life changing decision during that year. I told myself that I was not gay and no matter what I felt or what others told me, first and foremost I would follow the Savior and do whatever he asked of me. I decided that I would keep the commandment at whatever cost, not matter how I felt or what I wanted.

Thirty seven years later after many years of battling same gender attraction (SGA), for me it was more a deep love for men rather than a sexual attraction or need, and coming to understand who I am, I have discovered that the choice I made so many years ago kept me on the path that God wants me on. There have been major challenges and obstacles to overcome and understand. I have recently come to understand that since I made the choice to follow Him no matter what, he has blessed me with an amazing understanding of who I am and why I struggled with those deep loving feelings for men for so long. Through obedience to Him and my complete desire to follow Him, He has opened the doors of personal revelation and I understand my feminine qualities and attraction to other men are indeed gifts from God; If used in His way this can and indeed will bless my life and the lives of so many others in ways that I am just starting to understand.

David, you in danger, gurrrl. Part 3:

So yes, according to the world’s standard, I might be considered GAY. But in my eyes I am a man that has a deep Christ like love for men and in God’s eyes I am a son of God with specific talents and abilities, that if used for good can become and have become my greatest blessings and gifts from a loving Heavenly Father. I am proud to be a man that loves other men in a healthy Christlike way, and I am proud to be a man who chooses to follow the Savior no matter what. Life is hard, but as we take the challenges we have been given and trust in the Lord, all things will come to light and we will come to understand our divine missions and stewardships here on earth.

I have come to understand that one of my missions is to teach other men what I have learned and help them understand that indeed we can have deep loving healthy relationships with other men. In fact I have learned that as we move forward and learn to love other men in a healthy non sexual way our lives are enriched and blessed in ways that exceed our understanding.

I am grateful for the challenges I have had and I am most grateful for the knowledge that when we follow the Savior we receive all we need to battle what life gives us. I am happy to have so many loving men friends in my life that bless me in so many ways and I look forward to many more as I have come to understand that one of God's greatest gifts He gives us is a heart with an unlimited ability and capacity to love as deeply and as many as we want. The only restrictions he places on loving others is to keep it within the bonds He has set.

Greatest Joy and Success to you in your own personal journey and please be careful how you judge, you never know what is on another's heart.

God Bless Brad. He reminds me of a young Richard Simmons. They both overcame their attraction to men. Anusthing is possible.

[quote] Anusthing is possible....

...with enough lube and patience!

I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding of what asexual can mean. I came out as gay, enjoy porn but uh... the actual physical contact with another person just is an immediate turn off. I'd make excuses to not have sex but finally realized that I just don't want to. I've never been subjected to religion and have never wished I was any other way. Nowadays, people assume that I'm gay and I don't feel like 'coming out' as asexual since it's only an issue if someone is hitting on me, which I can just politely decline.

Fetishes? I'd deck him out in a chest harness and a cock ring. I'd have fun putting them on him. I might have to yank on the furry bush he no doubt has to get the ring on, but I'll tell him the pain is foreplay. He'll think his cock head is going to explode when the ring prevents blood from exiting his erection and he's about to cum.

David, where are you?

^creep-fucking-y!

[quote] I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding of what asexual can mean. I came out as gay, enjoy porn but uh... the actual physical contact with another person just is an immediate turn off. I'd make excuses to not have sex but finally realized that I just don't want to. I've never been subjected to religion and have never wished I was any other way. Nowadays, people assume that I'm gay and I don't feel like 'coming out' as asexual since it's only an issue if someone is hitting on me, which I can just politely decline.

According to WebMD, asexual is the lack of sexual attraction to others and a low interest in sexual activity. If you're rubbing one out every day and watching porn, you are obviously attracted to others even if the idea of actually going through with it isn't something you're interested in. What you're describing sounds more like agoraphobic than asexual.

Call me when reveals hole.

[quote] sounds more like agoraphobic than asexual.

I’m awhoreaphobic.

David: "I've tried for almost 20 years to try and change...."

Well, at least you didn't waste the best part of your life. Oh, wait....

Just don't fuck up the time you have left, David, with endless "I don't know what I am" and "I don't know what or whom to do."

You can still masturbate anf be asexual. Masturbation is kind of a biological neccisity. You can get sick from the biildup of all that semen.

[quote] I should have never revealed that about Colton.

Don't worry; no one believed you, weirdo.

I can’t believe the idol showdown of the “two David’s” was 13 years ago. Feels like just yesterday

[Quote] I just get the feeling he had a hard time dealing with other men in the community and I can totally understand. There are some nightmares out there and he is probably just tired of it.

I think you're projecting. I very much doubt that David has even been on a coffee date with a man.

I think it says a lot that David claims that he came out in 2014 but he went on that Mormon year away in 2015. As suggested above, David didn't come out as gay, he came out with "an affliction."

Remember when his Dad was busted in a massage parlor? I bet the church didn't give him 100th of the hell that's been given to David.

Glad he's out, sorry he's still in the thrall of the ridiculousness known as organized religion.

Hey David,

Sexuality is who you are attracted to, that's it. You can be celibate and still be homosexual. David probably isn't experienced or confident enough to tell a potential partner what he likes and doesn't like. That type of anxiety can get in the way of arousal. With porn there is no expectation so it's much easier.

For me, it's less about whether or not David doesn't have an interest in sexual intercourse than it is about his choice to foreground that in his coming out statement.

Connor Jessup's marking of two years since coming out had an interesting point where a friend of his said "now you can come out" AFTER Jessup had already done so. The friend meant that blasting open the closet door is only one aspect. There is unfurling still to be done.

Sadly, I think David is still under the thumb of misguided (and that's being generous) people.

[quote] where a friend of his said "now you can come out" AFTER Jessup had already done so. The friend meant that blasting open the closet door is only one aspect. There is unfurling still to be done.

RME. What a load of shit!

Was he on the "Who will come out in 2021" list?

[Quote] RME. What a load of shit!

Shallow.

David was reply 63 in the "Who WON'T Come Out in 2020?" thread.

Has he ever been fingered?

He'd kill a gay for his religion.

Awww. Bless his little Mormon foreskin.

Struggle schmuggle . . . a good amount of lube and he'll be fine.

Is this Joey person also a religious?

There's something eerily calm and measured about his speaking voice. I wonder what he'd sound like after a couple of cocktails.

[quote] I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding of what asexual can mean. I came out as gay, enjoy porn but uh... Nowadays, people assume that I'm gay and I don't feel like 'coming out' as asexual

Uh, you can’t be asexual if you enjoy porn. To asexuals, porn is like viewing a Bugs Bunny cartoon. They get zero arousal from it. You can’t be gay either since asexuals would have no attractions to either sex so being gay would be a foreign concept.

The poster means that they don't want to do it but enjoy watching it. What's not clicking?

Then they’re not asexual. What’s not clicking with you? You can’t just redefine words. He’s basically a gay who likes to watch gay porn but doesn’t feel like the muss and fuss of sex. Nothing wrong with that but it’s not what asexual is. It’s like people who don’t eat gluten but don’t have celiac disease. Nothing wrong with that but you can’t just say you have celiac disease.

One definition:

[Quote] adjective: asexual

[Quote] 1. not involving sexual activity, feelings, or associations; non-sexual. "he led an asexual life"

Yes, and that definition would mean no porn and no gay feelings.

He needs me to suck that hot cock one time!

[Quote] Yes, and that definition would mean no porn and no gay feelings.

Not if someone thinks of sexual activity as involving two or more people...

Why are you taking what he says so seriously? He's just reciting a very predictable script which has been given to and driven into the ground by every flaming Mormon whose testimony and tithe is worth preserving.

Those of us who have been there and/or have seen this exact performance play out time and time again recognize the script. There's no mistaking it for anything else. He also has public recognition going for him, which makes him even more worthy of protection.

If he were David who makes minimum wage dumping creamer and syrup into Coke at Swig, things would be very different for him right now. But he's not; he's getting the treatment that's reserved for those who have a reason to be kept around and he's hitting every talking point like a pro.

Anything that comes out about him in the future, whether next week or next year, has been preemptively explained away and, as always, it started with porn.

But why even come out publicly? Is he going to ramp up participation in Ex-Gay shenanigans?

Is he cut or uncut?

This thread is very funny. For some reason the gays really bring out the funny when it comes to David.

I have a lot of thoughts, but one thing I will say is we should blaming the LDS church because David Archuleta hasn’t come to terms with his sexual orientation. For one thing, David is thirty. He’s been places, had opportunities to do things, made money. This isn’t a thing of him not knowing if the world outside of his little town and church.

But also, David has chosen to deal with this by closing himself off and not living his truth, whatever it is. I’m not saying he needs to get on Tinder or Grindr, but yeah, if you’re not sure what your true feelings are, so you decide to go on missions, sing sad adult contemporary songs, and not leave the house, uh, the problem isn’t going to resolve itself.

I don’t think that’s the church’s fault.

[Quote] For one thing, David is thirty. He’s been places, had opportunities to do things, made money. This isn’t a thing of him not knowing if the world outside of his little town and church.

It's not just the church, it's his family. Has he ever had any independence? Even his year abroad took place within a Mormon framework.

He and Tim Tebow should talk on how to manage same-sex attraction in Christ-approve way.

Also, I’m super proud of DL for allowing this thread to get this long without single joke or mention about Shawn Mendes. That’s growth!

QUEEN size bed? Was he dropping hints before the big reveal?

[quote] He’s basically a gay

WTF is "a gay"?

Romantic feelings for a woman don’t equal hard dick.

The pic at r240 looks like his face has been 'shopped onto someone else's head.

[Quote] Romantic feelings for a woman don’t equal hard dick.

Thank heavens!

Can David be That for you?

R261 Well, that depends of the frecuency of the masturbation. That could be a necesity if you do once a week or every 10 days, if you masturbate every day or every two days it's obvious you do it because it gives you pleasure.

Asexuality and celibacy are two different things. People think because you have a low sex drive you are asexual and that's not true. When you are asexual you are basically not atracted to men or women. You can be gay or straight and have no problem with celibacy because you are not into physical contact but that doesn't make you asexual.

And in my oppinion David is clearly gay and without a religious enviroment he'll be free to be gay and find a guy. He probably doens't have a high sex drive and need something more traditional, but that won't be a problem because a lot of gays want relationships more than sex.

Whoa, r240. David looks like he told his hair guy, "Give me the 'Frankenstein's Monster' 'do."

R289 I think that's because he seems genuinely a good guy. He was very innocent when he became famous and his father's manipulations were very obvious.

I remember some years ago he said something in a concenrt about a man finding the right woman or something like that and some of his fans didn't react well (and that's another funny thing, like a lot of talent shows singers he has a lot of gay fans) but people tend to forgive him anything because he doesn't have ill intentions.

Unfortunately everything he says seems directed by others, right now it seems useful that he says he has same sex attraction but who knows. Hopefully he'll find someone.

At least he seem to be concious enough to not marry a girl and make her waste a lot of years in a marriage destined to fail

Does he still live in Utah?

Is he a virgin ?

Now he needs to go full Steve Grand

Eh, with regard to asexuality, it's all in the definition. I'm not particularly bothered by labels, I just know that I'm not interested in partnered sex, even with people that I think are very attractive. (No objection to watching them, though... from a distance where I can't smell them. Basically, I'm super happy to be born into the Internet porn age!)

After his admission that he’s been a fraud for many years, why should we believe his mumbo-jumbo about bisexuality and asexuality? We haven't gotten the full truth yet.

David, it's okay to crave cock.

[quote] Not if someone thinks of sexual activity as involving two or more people...

What is masturbation if not sexual activity?

I agree with r289. I think too much attention is being put on the church. As we all know, whores gonna whore, Mormon or not. David is 30 years old and has been in the industry for a long time, if he wanted to sit on dicks and be fabulous nothing is stopping him. He is a grown man. He just doesn't want that life at this time so people should respect his personal decisions.

Has Marie Osmond commented?

Just dump the LDS and get a life. You aren't confused, just scared. You aren't going to hell, you are living it.

[quote]He just doesn't want that life at this time so people should respect his personal decisions.

Just a friendly reminder that you're on DL.

Being a gay is most certainly a noun. What is a lesbian if not a noun? It's old gay men who insist on these distinctions. They don't like the word queer or bisexual or questioning or non binary. They sure don't like being lumped together with lesbians. This is all for the worse in my opinion. BUT being "a gay" is for sure a thing. A GAY is a man, and a certain type of gay man. Period.

David Archuleta is questioning. (LGBTQI) That is exactly what's he's doing. Yet others here try to define him according to their own jadedness or attraction to him. Someone who watches porn but never has sex considers himself GAY? I call that just as much a problem with self acceptance and intimacy as queer closeted men or women experiences. Being Gay is about more than sex, but without sex or the desire for love, you are not living up to your human potential.

David Archuleta has been in love with a guy before. He's just not going to tell you that right now. But he will, the next time.

Lots of horny young gay men don't hook up with strangers all the time. This is not the self hating 1970s.

Behold, and hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man and how to succor them who are tempted.

Doctrine and Covenants 62:1

R264 He left for his mission in 2012 and returned in 2014

His smile has always seemed false to me. His eyes on the other hand speak the truth.

R315 Almost feels like his mission could've been based on the movie "The Falls"

R302 No , he lives in Nashville .

He did a podcast episode with Jeanette McCurdy that talked a bit more about his idol experience and his dad .

He’s asexual. A sexual power bottom.

[quote]He left for his mission in 2012 and returned in 2014

But his quest to pass as straight was a Mission Impossible.

He's like Columbus. He discovered something millions of people already knew about.

Even Helen Keller knew he was gay.

Does he remove his Mormon underwear before getting fucked in the ass?

Right now he should focus on doing something about his forehead.

[quote] You can still masturbate anf be asexual. Masturbation is kind of a biological neccisity. You can get sick from the biildup of all that semen.

Jesus! Are you doing it as you type?

[quote] To asexuals, porn is like viewing a Bugs Bunny cartoon. They get zero arousal from it.

Speak fo youseff, fwend.

There are so many gay twinks in Utah, half of them have done gay porn for major studios. If David wants to tap into that network he would have plenty to choose from.

R304 Well, Steve has fetishes too, so maybe they are compatible

He should start up an OnlyFans page. Would the Mormons rather acknowledge a homosexual or someone showing off a throbbing erect dick just ready to burst. I think its the former.

There are those here to talk shit about those of us here at DL who call out entertainers we think are gay.

But we have a good track record.

Well done Datalounge.

Who’s that idol finalist who did porn ?

MormonBoyz calling.

he looks a little Buttigiegy at r298

He may be claiming bisexuality so that he can avoid being found guilty of lying for whenever he mentioned girls in the context of relationships or what he was looking for.

I'm betting his claims of bisexuality are so that he doesn't completely alienate his Christian-y frau/fangirl base. That why they hold out hope that maybe he'll meet 'a nice girl'...

The whole "asexual" thing sounds like bullshit. He's obviously downplaying the fact that he's a huge homo to placate the Mormons, whom he clearly is still afraid of offending. Religion fucks up so many people. Especially religions that function as cults.

^^Along with the religion, his father sounds like a real piece of work, too.

r332 MormonBoyz changed its name to Missionary Boys.

R334, How mendacious!

Do his family live in Nashville as well? Does David have his own apartment or house?

He's a piece of shit.

He’s been allowed to live in his own home for several years now.

Are the Mormons as hardcore as Scienos? Do they use spies etc?

One of my best friends (female) married a guy from a Mormon family. He was sort of an ambivalent Mormon. His parents were/are zealots. EVERY day from the day they announced their engagement until almost a month after the wedding, his parents sent over a pack of Mormons to my friend's house to try to convert her to Mormonism. It didn't work. My friend is a lapsed Catholic, but they were married in the Catholic church anyway, of course with the proviso that any children from the marriage would have to be raised Catholic. His mother and his four sisters SOBBED through the entire wedding ceremony and during the (almost) entire dinner and dance.

At one point during the evening, the happy couple introduced me to his parents. The groom had mentioned me before to them and had told them I was gay. (They had been concerned because their future daughter-in-law had such a close male friend.) His father never smiled, but reluctantly shook my hand. His mother who was still crying shook her head "no" and waved me away with her hand full of Kleenex. It was...bizarre.

Wow, your friend had... perseverance.

[quote] Wow, your friend had... perseverance.

LOL, Only three and a half years worth of perseverance. They separated and eventually divorced. His parents were constantly interfering and pushing them to have kids and my friend couldn't put up with it any longer. Oh, and BTW, HE later found out he is sterile due to mumps when he was a teen, but his parents maintain that's his punishment for her not being Mormon. You just cannot make this shit up !!!

Wow. Has the ex-husband remarried? How is he not a basket case?

[quote]His mother and his four sisters SOBBED through the entire wedding ceremony

They were lucky that they were allowed to attend. In their cult, parents who don't qualify for a temple recommend have to hang around outside while their kid gets sealed.

At least David hasn't gone to ridiculous bearding and having babies with a rent-a-wife. He is standing in his truth that he does like dick, at least sometimes!

[quote] Wow. Has the ex-husband remarried? How is he not a basket case?

No, not remarried. Well, I suppose alcoholism falls under "basket case"? (His parents blamed my friend for that, although she doesn't drink and he didn't start until during the marriage.) He's been sober for almost two years, so he's doing okay. He had a girlfriend, but broke up during COVID. Too much time in quarantine together is what he told me. My friend has not remarried either and swears she never will.

[Quote] My friend has not remarried either and swears she never will.

That's sad. Are these people pushing 40?

[quote] That's sad. Are these people pushing 40?

She's 47. He's five years younger.

[Quote] She's 47. He's five years younger.

Oh, well. She probably knows what's best for her at that age.

R335 That's not usually the case. In fact most christians react way worse to bisesuality than to homosexuality, because they considered that's a vice (instead of being your only option).

And he is not bisexual, if he was bisexual he would probably found a girl to marry by now

The "gay -> bi -> a" is to neuter him in the eyes of the "faith" community.

R355 Not for catholics.

They can understand you are gay, but if you are bi, you better marry a girl and forget to have dick outside marriage or you will be vilified as a sinner full of vices.

In general people react worse to bisexuals, unless they are in a relationship with a woman

At least he's not trans

I don't think that's true. "Bi" allows people to hope that you'll find the "right" way.

R358 No, because those who came out as bi in a religious family is because they have all the intention to have relationships with men. The others simply avoid the matter because they can date a girl.

I suppose they will get a positive reaction if they in fact date a woman, but the moment they date a man things will change.

He needs to stop singing songs about his mental problems and start singing torch songs about hot men.

Can a dancefloor EP be far off?

[quote]At least he's not trans

Give him time. First he has to announce that he's non-binary and tell us his preferred pronouns.

He's not Iranian. There will be no sex change.

I can't help but wonder to which type of porn he was addicted:

Regular guys: Corbin Fisher - Sean Cody

Daddy issues: Mormon Boyz - Family Dick - Say Uncle

Cumdumpster slutty pig: FratX - Sketchy Sex - Bukkake Boys

[quote]Are the Mormons as hardcore as Scienos? Do they use spies etc?

I don't know about now, but during the '60s and '70s Brigham Young University spied on gay students (e.g., tailed them to gay bars and bugged their dorm rooms). Those who got caught were given the choice of being expelled and outed to their families or submitting to aversion therapy.

[quote]They were lucky that they were allowed to attend. In their cult, parents who don't qualify for a temple recommend have to hang around outside while their kid gets sealed.

He said they were married in Catholic church, so I don't think that would be an issue.

In addition to what R365 wrote, there's this:

[quote]Confrontation with homosexuality (which was itself becoming more and more publicized) and what to do with "out" homosexuals was inevitable. For example, in 1945, as reported by D. Michael Quinn, church leaders realized that there were quite a number of Mormon homosexuals who were meeting for sex at the Deseret Gym in downtown Salt Lake. ("Cruising for sex" had been going on there since at least 1930, as personally reported to me in the late 1980s by Spencer Kimball's Gay first cousin twice removed, Jack Pembroke [1913-2000], who began cruising there that year. Homosexual activities were constantly occuring in the showers and steam room at the Deseret Gymnasium in Salt Lake throughout the 1970s and 1980s, when I had a membership there. Several members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, one Tabernacle organist, and at least two General Authorities were participants in the sexual activies there, as personally witnessed by me or by a Gay employee I knew who worked there.) Quinn claims that First Presidency member, J. Reuben Clark, asked former Bishop Gordon Burt Affleck "to organize a surveillance for possible homosexuals in the steam room of the church-owned Deseret Gymnasium."

As for present-day BYU, they removed "homosexual behavior" from the honor code last year with no explanation of what that meant. In the ensuing confusion a vague statement was issued saying only that cases would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. That led to even more confusion and a final statement went out, this time clarifying that same-sex dating and PDA were still verboten. In other words, the only thing that changed was the addition of another nacreous layer of permamindfuck on already fucked students.

I can't be hard on him. He grew up a Mormon. I know Mormons, they are deeply indoctrinated into their faith and most of their lives revolve around their church and their family much more so than other types of Christianity. He is making progress though and I think he will come out as gay in a few years. It just takes time for people in that environment but he is taking the right steps

[quote] I can't be hard on him.

Oh, I can!

So what happens to Archie's hole now . Do we need a special thread again ?

Someone said that Archie did a talk at some university and that no recording devices were allowed...

I have an awful feeling that David is actually against us. I have no issue if he wants to be celibate his whole damn life. It's the thought of him promoting "don't act on your homosexual thoughts" around colleges that sticks in my craw.

Who under the age of dead uses the word "craw"?

Don't demonize Archie. He's making his way in this world. And he sure as fuck can't harm your ancient white ass, R371. Don't lay your troubles on mine.

Perhaps Connor and Miles have opened up their relationship to include David. That Miles can never get enough foreskin.

R370, I can only imagine Archie has been training his hole with any number of household items. His most recent IG post is about doing yard work, so perhaps he had an intimate moment with the rake handle in the shed when he was done.

Gladys, give it a rest. Or at least get some new material.

[Quote] Don't lay your troubles on mine.

Ugh. Gladys, you and Matt should get married and move somewhere that has no phone or internet reception.

Speak of the devil...Archie's doing a show with me on August 25th! Hope all you gays come out and support us.

I'm not feeling the pompadour.

R371 I think that talk was probably the North Star thing he did a few years back .

[quote]He is making progress though and I think he will come out as gay in a few years.

Like I said before, I think he is just saying all this to qualify and fit himself into the LBGT spectrum, for other people. Millennials do not like being locked under labels. I mean the fact that he is even openly acknowledging his sexuality as anything but hetero is huge, especially because he is young. Most men from the church wait until they are way over the hill.

He is just not a "practicing homosexual", as I like to say. There are many many gay men who are out, but not actively having sex with other men.

Fuck that shit. Heterosexuals don't have to be fucking in order to be heterosexuals. No one ever says "practicing homosexual."

Who the fuck is Gladys? Is that some ancient white FAGS way of putting a real man down? Very old fashioned, as is the sick old poster. Bitch trolls open minded younger men who challenge his incel opinions. Withered old nub or worn out hole. R375 and R376 are the same sad OLD f@g. Always answering his own posts. Ha. What a nut job.

David is finding his way. He's been fucked and had his dick sucked. He's been in love with a guy. He'll never be like you because he doesn't have to be. No man under 50 has to be like these worn out holes who "decide" what's right on Datalounge. Die off. Now and soon. R375 can go first.

[quote]Heterosexuals don't have to be fucking in order to be heterosexuals.

Explain what you mean by "in order" r381

[Quote] Explain what you mean by "in order"

ESL?

[Quote] who challenge his incel opinions.

Hon, you keep typing that you've fucked X in their ASS (ALL CAPS is very important to you, for some reason) off the coast your sanity. You have no room to be mudslinging at anyone else.

what got up his ass??

Just die R385. I fucked some men off the coast one whole summer in their ASS! Everyone knows this. I was very much in demand. But I got my own boy now so I am less available. It's not for the money but the love.❤️ Too bad you've never known love. May jesus visit healing to your troubled mind tonite. 🙏🏾

r381 / r384 Im asking for you to expound your thoughts instead of cursing at me.

[Quote] I fucked some men off the coast one whole summer in their ASS!

If only you would give DL one whole summer's respite from your repetitious ramblings.

Cussing? Who cussed?

[quote] No , he lives in Nashville .

Is Nashville actually an upgrade from Salt Lake City?

[Quote] But I got my own boy now so I am less available.

Get yourself a whole buncha boys!

[Quote] Is Nashville actually an upgrade from Salt Lake City?

It's a good place to be for a songwriter.

"what got up his ass??"

Not me. He was too tight.

[quote] It's a good place to be for a songwriter.

But what about for a gay man?

At their concert, is Marie Osmond going to acknowledge Archie's "new found" sexual awareness? His "coming out"?

Is he going to sing "It's Raining Men" or "I'm Coming Out" to celebrate it...???

With Marie's dried up old snatch and Archie's love of cock, are they going to discuss favorite lubricants?

Since Marie is divorced and Archie's probably had his heart broken by unrequited love, should they perform 'No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"???

Marie Osmond isn't divorced.

R396, no doubt ol' Marie will make some veiled references to Archie's love of the cock and the concert in August. Something along the lines of, "I'm so proud of this young man for opening up and speaking his truth." (That's code for, "I had a gay son who jumped out a window and killed himself, so this is my way for making up for not accept my son way back then. Go out and get some dick tonight, David!")

You're not fully gay until you can tweet this for father's day.

He listened to some of you bitches re: his hair and debuted a new look. Maybe he reads DL?

I miss Archies cute gap teeth. The veneers are big but look dirty. Porcelain doesn't get dirty. I fear David is not keeping up with his personal hygiene. He used to be all silky soft dark hair down there with a beautiful pink hole. He's grown coarse with time.

I fucked David Archuleta off the coast of Great Salt Lake in his ASS one whole summer.

You are Grotesque (And The Pips), r401.

He does have a lovely voice.

R403 He really does. The thing is David has such a sad voice, though. You can kinda tell he’s been running for a long time.

[quote]You can kinda tell he’s been running for a long time.

Like Forrest Gump?

[Quote] You can kinda tell he’s been running for a long time.

He has asthma.

R405/R406 Queens like you are why men like David have such a hard time coming out and what makes DL so funny.

Bump

If you missed me on GMA, catch me on Nightline! DavidArchie is ready to talk about maybe having sex one day soon with somebody. He's still adorkable and fuckable but tic tok David. Let's make 2021 the best year yet! Meet me on the other side of town.

The reporter couldn’t help himself by only mentioning that young girls and older women were attracted to David when he started his career, even though it was a LGBT story! No mention of any gay male fans being attracted.

It was stated, as we predicted at the time, that it was during his Chilean mission that his lust for men became so strong that he could no longer deny his feelings. Latino men can trigger that.

Did Davey get some of Steve Osunsami's BBC after the interview?

Is he open to dating men or is he still fighting his same sex feelings?

The reporter only asked if David had ever dated a man or had a boyfriend. He didn’t ask the key question of whether or not David had been penetrated anally yet. Maybe we will get more details on Nightline.

I still consider this the most satisfying coming out of 2021.

Not Carl?

We love you David Archie! Your female fans are about to desert you, so get your high plump round ass to the gym, STAT.

R414, Carl's was nice and a great inspiration to closeted male athletes, but I've not been as invested in his closeted struggle over the years like with Archuleta, and in fact, did not know who he was until this past week (not to diminish his bravery).

[Quote] The reporter only asked if David had ever dated a man or had a boyfriend.

What was David's answer?

R417 David makes you feel like you need to protect him in a way a football player doesn't

This "interview" was boring, useless, uninformative fluff.

It was essentially a commercial for Archuleta's new CD and, hilariously, children's book.

Females still like him because he came out “asexual” just like how Boy George and Morrissey were “celibate” in the 80’s and their female fanbase grew.

Did David Archuleta always have such a huge forehead?

But who did he vote for?

He really needs to get over his Mormon induced sex shame .

[R423] He voted for David Cook.

The Nightline continuation is a hot damn mess. He says his girlfriend just broke up with him because he wasn't interested in her and kept checking out other guys while they were together. Then he still has the nerve to say he's on a "spectrum of bisexual" chile PLEASE. If he don't get his fully gay ass out that church and serve ass.

[R424] That's the only reason he's even thinking to call himself asexual. This poor bastard called gay porn a fetish that he was addicted to, he is no more asexual than your average Tumblr queer.

R427 In fact no, porn was one of the things, fetishes were other, he is a sweet innocent angel but for sure he has an addictive personality

He is pathetically inarticulate. I can't stand men who can't use their words.

R426 I'm surprised he actually had a girlfriend

R430 I'm surprised he hasn't auditioned for My husband isn't gay . My hope here is that now that he's out as whatever he'll meet some nice non asshole guy who'll get him over the sex shame . I think when he came out as gay in 2014 to his family he had it right but the church environment and the issue with his abusive father pushed him towards the some form of bisexuality indentification . Maybe he found one girl cute and went with it . In a "see I'm only half an appostate , please love me " kind of way .

[R428] I know the way Mormons talk trust me, they see "porn addiction" as anyone watching porn more than 1x a week. He most definitely would see gay porn as fetish porn, he's so stunted in social growth. He couldn't even say the word gay in his interview, it's a shame.

[R431] He spoke at that fucked up NorthStar "we support the gays but only if you bitches don't act on it" conference in 2018 and in 2020, so it doesn't shock me he's going down this public path. He's making his way toward marrying a woman and being in a "mixed-orientation marriage".

Hi Everyone, It's Dave. Just signed up on my local Grinder under the username Mmwhoreman.

Send nudes.

Oh my

[Quote] He's making his way toward marrying a woman and being in a "mixed-orientation marriage".

He's taking a long time about it.

Is the interview available anywhere online?

Just the desire to view porn (of any variety) is considered a fetish in itself. And since the official line is that porn is instantly addictive, once someone has been exposed to a single pornographic image they're now addicts and carriers of the plague which is destroying society.

They love to scare little kids with imagery of the devil wedging his foot in a door they've left cracked open. Some of the dimwits carry those beliefs around for life because they've also had it drilled into their heads that, as saints, they question things more than the general population. They may not remember questioning anything, ever, but if a few old men say they have, it must be true.

Here's some GMA footage.

The 30-year-old Virgin.

KELLY CLARKSON!!

R441, Kelly Clarkson would squish him to death by rolling over him in bed.

When Archuleta can sing like this, let us know. Kelly takes Garth's song and elevates it to the moon. Gorgeous singing with a beautiful presence. Clarkson is the most gifted vocalist in the game.

Maybe Archie can marry Steven Tyler. He thought he was a woman...

Destroy him, DL queens! Make him wish he never said anything. Feel good about yourselves.

This is the GMA part

And this the Nightline thing

I wonder what type of gay fetish porn he watched.

This is age where gender and sexuality is all fluid and " on a spectrum" surely mixed-orientation marriage is pretty woke move on his part.

Mormons aren't Christians. They just think they are.

I think he's adorable. He's 100% my type.

But, I'm sorry, he's thirty fuckin' years old.

A person should really have their shit together by the time they're 30.

R448 Definitely chastity play.

He probably watched Latter Days and thinks it's porn

R433 I don't think so. It will take a lot of time but he will end with a guy.

I'm pretty sure he was pressured to marry a nice woman and he is unable to do it. He didn't use women as beards for the sake of his career neither.

Very deep, he knows he is gay and sooner or later he is going to accept it.

Hopefully he will find a nice guy soon

If he were going to succumb to pressure from his family or the church to marry a woman I would think that it would have happened by now. The longer he holds out against the pressure, the less likely that he'll give in.

Well, he missed out on his twenties for dating/hooking up with guys, but on the brighter side of things, he still has all of his thirties ahead of him.

I hope the Imagine Dragons guy lets David go down on him...just to celebrate all of this.

Somebody needs to explain to him that his gay biological clock is ticking and he doesn’t have much time left. He needs to be jumping on a dick right now. He’s already past his sell date for a good portion of the community.

R458 I don't think he is that type of guy. He is more the one who find a nice guy and marry and has kids

How is he going to find a nice guy when he passes his expiration date?

R460 He is cute now, but he seem lovable and nice and that won't change (probably he'll be even more lovable when he learns to love himself, and i'm not talking about masturbation).

And a lot of people like mature guys, maybe on clubs will be difficult to find guys when you reach a certain age but that's not the case with online dating

R454 I agree . He's also said publically that he had a girlfriend and well , guys were hotter (maybe not in these words ) . He couldn't even pretend that much or rationalize himself into it .

He'll soon become the town man-whore and his ass will have seen more traffic than the Interstate.

Real life hobbits like David don’t stay cute when they age, like they do in LotR.

[quote]How is he going to find a nice guy when he passes his expiration date?

Not everybody wants a twink.

[quote] Not everybody wants a twink.

That’s the point. He’s going to end up having to settle for that kind of person and I want David to have better than that.

How is getting with someone who doesn't want a twink "settling"? Shouldn't he be with someone who he can be happy with, which isn't necessarily a twink chaser?

[quote]He is more the one who find a nice guy and marry and has kids

Well, the older he gets, the harder it is for him t o get pregnant.

I've done my research (lol) and think this is what happened .

David goes on his mission partly out of religious conviction and partly to get away from dear old dad . He says as much in a podcast he did with Jeanette McCurdy . His father wasn't happy because he feared the loss of control over his son for 2 years . At some point during this mission David's I like dick part wakes up , no wonder if you have to share a room with another guy all the time . Also his dad is still trying to control him and is sending rather abusive emails which had an effect on David's behaviour . This was obvious enough to get him an invite to his mission president who wanted to know what's going on ( Jeanette Mc Curdy podcast) . Eventually he gives the emails to the mission president who reads them and informs David that dad is abusive and David should cut him out of his life . At some point David comes out to the mission poresident . In 2014 ,back home in Utah David puts distance between himself and his dad and for a while treated his father as if he had died . He also comes out to his family as gay . Now I think David is gay , not bi or asexual . He had it right when he first told his family he was gay . But he also had just cut contact with his dad , still lived in a religious evironment , be it family or faith community and most important , David himself is religious , he believes . He had just spend 2 years bathed in Mormonism selling his faith . And gay wasn't something he realistically could allow himself to be (remember the twitter backlash after tweeting about the Mormon General conference in 2015) . He's also a people pleaser who had just displeased somebody . So he jumps on the bi train . Maybe he found a girl cute once and decided that's enough . Bi also allows him to date girls and not feel like he's cheating or lying to them . But he's not bi , he's gay so he finds himself not attracted to any of his dates , worse , he's checking out guys while on dates with his girlfriend . And because he has convinced himself that he's bi but not attracted to his female date he thinks he's asexual . Eventually that entire construction has to fall apart and that's were he is right now . He's publically come out , still sort of hanging onto the bisexual/asexual part but at least mentally moved to the point of opening up the possibility of dating a guy .

Is he, though? Someone said the North Star talk was 2018. I think the most obvious narrative is that David is involved with, essentially, praying away the gay, though sold as "praying for a wife" while studiously avoiding dicks.

I think if he was "praying for a wife" then he wouldn't have come out publicly . He is still a celebrity with a following , he isn't Josh Weed or any of the mixed orientation guys who are only known for being in a mixed orientation marriage .

Did you not see his response to the question about dating a guy? He came out a half decade ago...

[R470] He did the conference in 2018 and the Spanish version last year. It was so hush-hush that I only knew from seeing it buried on their website. Which means that he was still buying into the "pray the ghey away" shit a year ago.

He tried to pray the gay away.

He's been fucking dudes since his American Idol days, I'm sure of it.

Did he fuck David Cook?

[quote] He's been fucking dudes since his American Idol days

He was 17 when he was on American Idol, so lets assume not.

I expect David has done handjobs at most and it was probably while he was away for a year on a Mormon mission.

[quote] Destroy him, DL queens!

Going after Archie would be akin to kicking a pup. Not happening.

[R469] You're spot on. I've been a fan since 2008 and I remember the way he would go "ew girls" in all interviews despite 90% of his friends being female. He flat out said he never had crushes on girls and also said in a past interview that he didn't start dating until he got back from his mission. He got in trouble for his tweets about marriage a year after he came out to his family. Now he's saying he's "on the bisexual spectrum" and asexual, aka he can't get it up for girls. It's clear this is a fully GAY man that is trying to convince himself he likes women romantically so he doesn't become a total failure (in his mind) to his family and church.

If he's doing these SGA talks, then he's worse than just an individual trying to please his family/church. He's actively contributing to other gay people's misery.

He should take a hint from "Prayers For Bobby".

[R481] Take this as you wish, but I used to fuck around with a guy who grew up Mormon. He said back in '18 that he knew someone who went to that North Star conference when David performed. His friend was told not to record any portion of David's speech or performances. Apparently he came out there are being "inflicted with SGA" but that he refused to act on it, instead was waiting for the right woman to enter his life and form a partnership in the eyes of the lord (yawn). I used to think he was fucking with me because he knew I grew up on this man's music, but I believe it now with all that he's said in the past 2 weeks.

Mormons don’t operate under the same sexuality perimeters that the rest of us good sinners do. This gay to bisexual to asexual pipeline is an attempt for him to exist as a celibate gay man in a church that would punish him if he was openly dicked down. Even when he gets ~mixed orientation~ married to some fugly greased up woman, he’ll still be watching “fetish” porn to get himself ready for the 2.5 kids and picket fence life. The old hags on FOD have NO chance of being his milk maid, they aged out of that 30+ years ago.

Maybe he could go the Eric Turner route and quit the LDS church and become a muscle whore.

[Quote] I grew up on this man's music

How many megamixes of Crush can one man stand?

[R486] Now don't act like his first album didn't have some preteen angst bangers bitch

Thanks, r483. That makes David's recent TV interviews even worse. He's not even saying it with his chest. He's still perpetrating lies of omission.

Poor kid.

Lot of repression.

Once he comes out though, he can choose whatever hottie he wants to plow his ass. He's a total cutie and on the small side so, there are opportunities for bedroom gymnastics.

A guy could pick him up, tell him to put his arms around his neck while facing him, David could wrap his little legs around the guy's waist and just be carried around while taking a dick up the butt.

David, what are you waiting for?

David should talk to Charlie Bird. He shows that you can be openly gay, happy and Mormon.

David looks like a huge mess this past week, especially after getting an awful haircut. He looks like a drug addict.

David really enjoys overindulging on Sudafed before I fuck him in the ASS.

[R491] Right, who the fuck told him an undercut bowl and unkempt face was the look? At this rate, he won't have to worry about being gay, bi, asexual or what the fuck ever, no one will want him.

R484 don't think that will happen . The mixed orientation marriage, I mean . Not after publicly coming out . That isn't something you announce to the world , you just get married and keep it quiet. People only go on a proselytizing trips afterwards to show how great their hetero life is (until it falls apart ) and being in a mixed orientation marriage is what they are known for . Or they were known for something else before like Ed Smart who by the way got married last weekend . David also worked with happy out gay people so it's harder to sell him the narrative that they are sad lonely sinners . For me it looks like this last breakup with a girlfriend really moved his head space to include guys for the first time .

If that's the case then why didn't he make that clear in the interview? When the interviewer pushed the dating guys angle, David reminded him that he's waiting for marriage. The guy didn't ask if David was fucking, or had fucked, guys... Nowhere am I getting that David is looking for a boyfriend or a husband.

David has known the love of a cute, sexy man. Deep inside. For a whole summer off the coast of secret waters in his ASS I fucked him.

I hope David shaves his hole.

R495 because David heard sex , not dating . He's a sexually repressed Mormon who thinks one look at porn makes you an addict .

Asexuality is the only thing that would prevent David from being excommunicated from the Mormon Cult.

Asexuality or celibacy?

[R500] It's celibacy, but the church/David-as-their-spokesman is trying to appeal to the gen z crowd by rebranding it as asexuality. If you say you're asexual rather than celibate, you'll get more support and diversity points.

Why the children's book now, though?

[R495] Right, but this is a man who has known nothing but repression his whole life. Guaranteed he equates liking men as a purely sexual thing, even though the interviewer only said dating, because that's how his religion works. Dating women = romantic, dating men = sexual sin. He's been hanging out with a lot of gay artists these days, we can only hope they bring him away from the brainwashing. That Matt guy he's been collaborating with has been with his boyfriend for 5 years. David could learn some things.

[R502] A man with no children who doesn't even seem to care for them is going to have a ghostwriter pop out a book for the Mormon bratlings. Peter Pan syndrome.

His IG stories are a mess. Someone please befriend this lonely plod of a man and bring him into reality.

Those stories are always like that . He's a bit of a nerdy scatterbrain .

I don't mean to be cruel, however...

He's better off dead because he will be at war with himself for the rest of his life. And that is no way to live.

He's not better off dead. He just needs a non-church-affiliated therapist to help him figure out what he really wants out of his life.

[quote] He just needs a non-church-affiliated therapist to help him figure out what he really wants out of his life.

Oh, I don't think his family will allow that.

R 509 he's 30 and lives in Tennessee while his family is in Utah .

He's going to need to find a man who is patient, understanding, and kind. He's going through hell right now, fighting against who he really is. If he can find a man who will see him through the battle, he will have a happy life. Being inexperienced, he has to avoid the exploiters.

We don't know he's going through hell. If he's involved in the SGA/Ex-Gay movement, he may actually be having a gay old time as he and his charge(s) pray together that the sex they just had will never happen again.

[R507] Would you say that about all of the gay teens that were stuck in self hatred and closeted for years due to religious abuse? If so, a majority of gay adults today would not be alive. No one expected Archuleta to ever come out, let alone at 30. He's clearly developmentally stunted from the church/fame/upbringing, but that doesn't mean he's better off dead.

[R512] His past two albums have been all about depression and mental health. His IG post was scolding other religious bigots and telling them to accept that we can't change ourselves. Hopefully this is his attempt to stop being a miserable sod and be on the right side of history.

Your post suggests that you haven't watched the interviews, r514.

Please look at his Instagram story from today and try and tell me he’s not entering Tyler Posey territory. All he needs is some tattoos and some masturbation videos to complete the transformation. He’s been looking like he’s on anti-anxiety meds.

I don't want to follow his social media. Can you upload the video/pic somewhere?

Check his last IG live. He looks disheveled and can barely speak coherently. My guess is these quack religious doctors they have him going to are drugging him because he's so depressed that he can't be with a man the way he wishes. Fuck the church.

He could barely speak clearly on Idol back in the day.

He needs dick! Stat!

I left thirst emojis on one of his Insta stories. He sent me a thumbs up and replied "same to you". Should I take one for the team and see what repressed Mormon hole is like? 300 miles away and counting.

Sure R521. Just go to his house and I'm sure he'll be more than willing

People are sending him bookmarks with scripture suggestions. Oy.

[R523] That's because his interview got talked about by a notorious right wing website the other day. These people will stop at nothing to keep this grown ass man in the closet.

In the closet and miserable , can't have happy gay people around .

Gay people are not usually very happy.

I too struggled with David Archuleta's sexuality. Till it burst open like a flower.

[quote]He could barely speak clearly on Idol back in the day.

I'm sure we can all think of better uses for his mouth.

I bet if he let loose, he'd be a little pig bottom in bed

I met this bitch once, he was all of 5'4 with the juiciest ass. I bought his virgin cocktail and slipped him my number. He never called, but I noticed he wet the seat when he left. I wish I had licked his secretions knowing what I know now.

I liked his work out instastory from a few days ago. Keeping the tits nice and perky.

He's stuck in that Mormon bullshit. I sense this will not end well now that the press and initial goodwill has ended. 5150 stat.

I'm bored with his ASS already.

I feel kind of bad that he feels he needs to reveal all that. It would be nice if people could just say "I'm not totally straight" and leave it at that. I don't want to know about his confusion or struggles, why are they our business? Btw way Carol is a freak not Archie.

Carol?

R533 Sorry but the struggles are what make this interesting and real. Some people just want celebrities to say how easy is to come out and no, for a lot of people it's not easy at all

R535 That isn't what I meant. Sure, the struggles make it interesting and real. I just don't get why it has to be everyone's business. I mean privacy is underrated nowadays.

I mean, in Archuleta's case, there's an agenda at play here. And it goes beyond comfort in his own skin...

The struggle isn't interesting - it's annoying. The struggle is because of his religion.

At 30, you shouldn't be this confused.

Is he confused, though? I think he's pretty certain about where his alliances lie.

[quote]At 30, you shouldn't be this confused.

R538 Many people are this confused. At 30 and beyond. Not always anything to do with religion, either. Don't make it like everyone has to be un-confused by age 29. Just because you aren't.

R540 - bullshit. Get some therapy then. It's not healthy to be stumbling around like Helen Keller grasping at the air when you're 30.

It's not that complicated - this is just being self-indulgent and avoidance of topics you're not comfortable with for whatever reason. Ditch the 'church' - particularly the stupid ass Mormon religion and their magic underwear and other non-sensical bullshit.

R541 Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! Snap out of it!

He didn't come as gay but as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. Of course he's confused.

Does he even believe in therapy? Religion is a form of brainwashing.

R542 - his confusion is only because of his membership in a CULT.

People who aren't in cults aren't confused at the age of 30.

And yet nobody dares to question him the obvious - Have you thought about leaving the Mormon church? Have you thought that maybe they are wrong?

Can't touch religion though.

[quote] Does he even believe in therapy? Religion is a form of brainwashing.

His album released last year, "Therapy Sessions," was inspired by his own therapy. He said that his brother and 2 sisters struggle with what appears to be depression, and he does too. Some of them are on medication.

At timemark 1:45 he talks about some of his mental issues.

This video is prior to his coming out, so he doesn't discuss any sexuality confusion.

Is the therapy provided by followers of the Mormons?

The podcast with McCurdy.

[quote] Is the therapy provided by followers of the Mormons?

In another interview, he said he was given a therapist reference by another contestant on American Idol. The therapist supposedly had a lot of experience dealing with reality show contestants and their special challenges.

R549 - or there's a therapist wanting to bring some d-list celebrities to their client list for publicity purposes.

R546 Maybe he wouldn't be so depressed if he accepted his sexuality.

In the podcast above, he mentions that the distance he put between himself and his father after his mission was spurred by advice from his mission advisor. You can see how his loyalties would be divided.

R552 - what? Please explain. Loyalties to the church? His family?

Aw. His voice breaks when he mentions how his dad would call David's older sister a whore. I hope she doesn't read the Data Lounge, while fat or otherwise.

"Excuse me... do you have any sweaters that are in pretty colors that basically announce 'I'm sexless'?"

While away on his mission, David's dad would send him long, ALL CAPS emails - they were so long that David had to print them out on his weekly visit to the internet cafe because he could not read them in the alotted time at the cafe. David wrestled with the idea of showing them to his mission leader. After reading them the mission leader said that they were abusive emails. He spent 40 minutes going through them with David.

My point on divided loyalties relates to the idea of David just up and embracing his sexuality when a Mormon leader helped him recognize the abusive relationship he had with his father. David put distance between himself and his father. But where does he go for guidance, support, affirmation now? Unsurprisingly, it would seem: The Church.

There are still internet cafes?

In a twist worthy of a telenovela, David's grandmother abandoned David's father and his sibling when they were kids/teens. She died at 40/41 after pursuing a career as a singer (!) while struggling with mental health. David's grandfather wouldn't even elaborate on what those mental health issues were.

*siblings

[Quote] There are still internet cafes?

It was Chile. Or Chil-eh, as David says.

R556 - Or he could be an adult and stand on his own two feet and lean on friends or other support.

You have to let go of the parent titty at some point. He's not the only person to grow up and be distanced from his parents and his church - hell, that describes over half of gay men.

Sorry but he seems like a whiney little bitch.

[Quote] Or he could be an adult and stand on his own two feet and lean on friends or other support.

He's open about his difficulty with interpersonal relationships - that David's own insecurities/demons would come out. His father told him he was stupid, and unable to think without help, from when David was a child. You're being obtuse if you don't see how a lifeline provided by a Mormon elder might negatively affect David's ability to embrace his sexuality.

[Quote] You have to let go of the parent titty at some point. He's not the only person to grow up and be distanced from his parents and his church - hell, that describes over half of gay men.

Yes but the point is that the church gave him support when he was alone and at his lowest. That's not true of all gay men, who have historically been more likely to hear fire and brimstone and little else from churches.

David makes a crack that he fired his father three times despite never having hired his father. His father also held David's website domain hostage as the father owned it. Whoo-boy. There's some comedy in this story.

David is a sweet man-child. He's actually been terribly and systematically brainwashed and abused in my opinion. By his FAMILY. Better to lean on the church than bathhouses, meth and gloryholes. The gay community is not as welcoming as R561 remembers it. I suspect that poster was run out of town for lisping and walking funny, sometime back in 1972.

This thread is weird

His father is a nightmare, even if he wasn't a mormon he would have issues with his self esteem

[quote] his confusion is only because of his membership in a CULT.

All religions are cults.

Some religions are much more cult-like than others.

I'm pretty sure it'll help if you tell a religious person that their religion of choice is stupid . It's not like David can just unchoose his believe system.

David needs the angel Moroni to appear and to tell David to find a real church.

Elder McKinley has some sage advice for David:

Some good discussions in this thread. Seeing as David is still performing with the Mormon choir as of yesterday, I'd say that a few of you were right about him being the mouthpiece of the church. This is all an agenda for them to cover up their homophobia and try to claim they're a "woke" church. Meanwhile, this grown man can never get married to a man or have a family as long as he's a member of the cult. I don't buy a word out of his mouth about liking women, he would have been married to one by now. Mormons move fast.

What’s the status of his bussy today? Still unprobed?

[R574] Unprobed and unspread. The hole has never seen sunlight.

[Quote] I don't buy a word out of his mouth about liking women, he would have been married to one by now.

I give him some credit for holding off thus far.

[R576] Same here. It's kind of shocking to see a devout Mormon man/celebrity who isn't married yet at his age. Rumor is, he's a shit boyfriend to the women that the church's singles ward sets him up with. He kind of admits to it by saying he was checking out guys while with his girlfriend.

What do we think of David's brother?

I can't believe a thread about a gay American Idol loser actually has 578 comments.

There were almost no threads about Richard Madden before Brandon Flynn entered the chat. The Data Lounge is another country. We do things differently here.

R579, there have even been entire threads about his butthole.

[quote] there have even been entire threads about his butthole.

The ultimate "thread is useless without pictures" threads.

[quote] He kind of admits to it by saying he was checking out guys while with his girlfriend.

Oh, my. One can only imagine how sad that sight must have been. Some mousy Mormon girl staring across the table from him with stars in her eyes, talking about whatever puerile, saccharine thing Mormons go on about, while David stares at some guy's ass.

[quote]Mormons move fast.

Brigham Young acknowledged that men would never get married if they had a choice, and he's the one who got the ball rolling on turning singleness into an illness that needed to be cured. That has never gone away and the party line, albeit in much softer language after the Prop 8 backlash, is that any man who is "marriageable" but not married isn't living the religion; is irresponsible and immature, too lazy to support a family, and just all-around defective.

That's how it's gotten to the state where no one bats an eye when a 20-year-old missionary returns home after two years in Madagascar and is getting married a week later and why BYU has so much on-campus housing with 2-3 bedrooms for married undergrads with children.

Derek Hough is a Mormon. He's 36 years old and has never been married. His sister is 32, divorced and bisexual. Witney and Benji and Lacey and Lindsay are all Mormon and lots of fun and more than gay friendly. Derek is not unmarried because of having yellow skin. He has a girlfriend and shows off a lot of skin. Mormons give us Ballroom Dancing and hot yellow bone ASS guys!!

[quote] Witney and Benji and Lacey and Lindsay are all Mormon and lots of fun and more than gay friendly.

Benji is also gay and out.

Benji also left the church

[quote]Witney and Benji and Lacey and Lindsay are all Mormon...

Houston, Madden, Chabert and Lohan?

Carson, Schwimmer & Schwimmer and Arnold.

Have some cheesecake Rose.

Benji Schwimmer certainly looks different.

Witney Carson? Who the fuck?

"Witney Carson? Who the fuck?"

Pro dancer on DWTS. Here she is dancing with a 17yr old Disney star, Milo Manheim.

Thanks for the clarification. DL isn't really a DWTS/frau site.

Ancient white gay men lusting after a teenage American Idol runner up from 13 years ago - not fraus at all. (◔_◔)

[quote]DL isn't really a DWTS/frau site.

R593 is typing from 2004.

[Quote] a teenage American Idol runner up from 13 years ago

AKA a 30 year old. DLers are a strange brand of chicken hawks to be lusting after a 30 year old.

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Archuleta had just turned 17 when your unhealthy obsession began.

How do you know they weren't also 17 when the obsession began?

[Quote] Archuleta had just turned 17 when your unhealthy obsession began.

Assuming someone did have an unhealthy obsessions, has it become a healthy obsession know that Archie has reached Logan's Run age?

Assuming someone did have an unhealthy obsession, has it become a healthy obsession now that Archie has reached Logan's Run age?