Grammy Award-winning music producer Finneas O’Connell sparked a wave of reactions after kissing his guitarist at a live performance in Brooklyn on Sunday night.
Finneas appeared before the audience during a live-streamed performance of the song “1 True Love”. The video quickly attracted more than 4.3 million views on X as of the time of this writing.
The short but sweet moment of shared love was introduced by Pop Crave in a video with the caption: “Finneas kisses his guitarist at a concert in Brooklyn tonight.”
The talented 27-year-old brother of pop superstar Billie Eilish shared an open-mouth kiss with his group member, both appeared happy and cheered before the enthusiastic cheers of the audience.
However, the program also brought mixed reactions. While many people praised the celebrity, some criticized them.
Aw…gaybait brothers and sisters stay together
– sean (@publicimageItd) October 13, 2024
Specifically, one comment said: “Queerbaiting… is like a sister like a brother”, while another comment expressed: “Oh… brothers and sisters who gaybait together stay together”.
However, many people came to Finneas’ defense and fans began praising his openness and honesty in expressing his emotions.
One comment said: “It’s great to see artists openly expressing their emotions! It’s great to witness such genuine moments on stage!”.
It’s great to see artists openly expressing their feelings! It was wonderful to witness such authentic moments on stage. 💖
— Aam** (@Aam7860) October 13, 2024
This incident addresses similar allegations against Billie Eilish, as gay-baiting also caused controversy in her case.
Despite being famous throughout her teenage years, this woman rarely mentioned issues related to her personal life. Eilish first raised concerns about queerbaiting in early 2021 after expressing a queer attraction to women in her lyrics without expressing her feelings through actions.
Billie Eilish tells Rolling Stone about her song “Lunch” and realizing her sexuality:
“I wrote a part before doing anything with a girl, and wrote the rest after. I’ve loved girls my whole life but I didn’t understand – until last year, I… pic.twitter.com/8U2cZJID65
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 24, 2024
Then she was accused of queerbaiting again, this time for the lyrics she performed on Charli
Such expression is considered sexual objectification. In response to another social media comment referring to recurring queerbaiting activity,
FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish against TikTok creator labeling her ‘Guess’ as predatory towards Charli xcx:
“I’ve watched the entire Internet criticize my sister for being a gay troll for an entire year when in reality, you all forced her to label herself.” pic.twitter.com/trjsksxMiA
– Pop Base (@PopBase) August 2, 2024
Finneas tweeted, “What a little clown. I watched the entire Internet criticize my sister for playing the queerbaiting card for a year when in reality, you all were just being forced. ” [sic] Go out on your own.”
In a previous interview, Eilish opened up about her lifelong attraction to girls and said, “Unfortunately, I’ve been in love with girls my whole life.”
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