Fans are not impressed by Harry Styles’ “maybe I am, maybe I’m not” answers about being bisexual

Harry Styles has long enjoyed teasing fans about his sexuality, suggesting he might be bisexual, then walking it back, only to suggest it again later, and then walk it back again. Some people love this about him. Others, well, don’t.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Styles addressed the rumors around his sexuality, once again leaning into the ambiguity of his image.

When questioned about whether he’s ever been asked if he’s bisexual, Styles responded by saying, “I dunno. Why?” He then went on to say he’s not deliberately trying to be ambiguous about anything, but rather, “Who cares?”

“It’s not like I’m sitting on an answer, and protecting it, and holding it back,” he said. “It’s just: who cares?”

We’d argue a lot of people care, and that Styles knows this. It’s part of why he keeps playing coy.

When asked about his Fine Line album sleeve, which appears to reference the bisexual flag, Styles replied point blank: “Am I sprinkling in nuggets of sexual ambiguity to try and be more interesting? No.”

He continued, “I want things to look a certain way. Not because it makes me look gay, or it makes me look straight, or it makes me look bisexual, but because I think it looks cool.”

But Styles’ non-answers on this issue may be becoming a liability as many fans appear to be growing tired of the his reticence to speak plainly. (The game has been going on for years, after all.) And they’ve been taking to Twitter to share their feelings about it.

He won't say anything so that he can continue bait the majority of his fanbase who wants desperately for him to be gay.

— ?? Nikki (@myascension18) December 15, 2019

bro this is exactly why harry styles gives me the heebie jeebies like the queerbaiting is so CLEAR and yall take the bait every single time… https://t.co/qANFVe6rAg

— ? (@bigIesbian) December 15, 2019

One day when y'all are ready we are going to talk about Twitter has gotten together and decided to enable Harry Styles to the point where he's able to queer bait for years with no repercussions.

— ?? Nikki (@myascension18) December 15, 2019

Queer bait… the music industry is about making money. The easiest way is to cater to the LGBT community. We have been setting trends in what’s “hot” in music since the 70s. Also putting a man in pink, and using a wide angle lense is not innovative.

— ?Nick Le Prick ? (@NickyFuhyobih) December 12, 2019

I have no interest in Harry Styles but there’s a long trend of straight men deliberately obscuring their sexuality to queer bait their audience and if anyone does that “because sexuality doesn’t matter” they better speak up on queer issues when it matters

— ?????? ????? (@hvrryv) December 16, 2019

harry styles really is fucking annoying. he'll wave all kinds of flags, make hints and queer bait til he's blue in the face but you *know* he's never going to say shit.

— ^._.^ (@hjpotta) December 16, 2019

Of course, Styles isn’t the only former member of One Direction who has come under fire for how he communicates with his LGBTQ fanbase. Earlier this month, his former bandmate Liam Payne was accused of fetishizing bisexuality in his new song, Both Ways, which details a sexual encounter with a man and two women.