{"id":2030490,"date":"2026-07-07T00:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030490"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:54:34","slug":"ddg-says-its-gay-for-men-to-watch-love-island-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2030490","title":{"rendered":"DDG Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Gay&#8217; for Men to Watch &#8216;Love Island&#8217; Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/17\/16by9\/2026\/07\/07\/17c856ceb7724fa38cd8c77a5f1f0170_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">DDG Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Gay&#8217; for Men to Watch &#8216;Love Island&#8217; Alone<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">DDG<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I Think It&#8217;s &#8216;Gay&#8217; to Watch &#8216;Love Island&#8217; By Yourself<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-06T17:54:34-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              July 6, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:54 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-c4c0e7241434ba2aa10381f17c247139\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-043010a4-a158-4638-acd5-a90a177c698c-157762501-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b8\/16by9\/2026\/07\/07\/b8537583a0784c4c8ec3ce474a99042b_md.jpg\" alt=\"ddg-kal-07-06-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-043010a4-a158-4638-acd5-a90a177c698c-157762501-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">ON THE DOWN-LOW?<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/ddg-says-solo-love-island-watchers-might-be-gay-07-06-2026\/\">Video: DDG Says Watching \u2018Love Island\u2019 Alone Is &#8216;Gay&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2778798727753ce09a48c388b85cd132\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ddg\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>DDG<\/strong><\/a> said he&#8217;s not watching &#8220;Love Island&#8221; right now &#8230; because it&#8217;s &#8220;gay&#8221; to do so alone.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-13fb1a25c1c55e3cc6591315a44cd593\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>On a stream, he was talking about things he misses from being in a relationship, saying &#8230; &#8220;I haven&#8217;t watched &#8216;Love Island.&#8217; You know why? Cuz I don&#8217;t have anybody to watch it with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-25a35df7a68acf7d217317e46d4941a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260706_0750a6a24e2048bcbc06b2a95749ca0c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:39fa9fee-46e9-4165-a9fb-4660208b5e16\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/07\/4by3\/2026\/07\/06\/0750a6a24e2048bcbc06b2a95749ca0c_md.png\" alt=\"sub ddg getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d5b93f386c5fe90d5f49825c3bda2191\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The rapper added &#8230; &#8220;I think it&#8217;s gay to watch &#8216;Love Island&#8217; by yourself. If you&#8217;re a n**** and you&#8217;re watching &#8216;Love Island&#8217; solo, you might be bisexual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-01191be0e844b3f4aab399ea6851faa8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>His reasoning? &#8220;That s*** damn-near, like, soft p-o-r-n.&#8221; He doubled down, saying it&#8217;s &#8220;a little bisexual&#8221; to watch the castmates all kiss each other.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dd6ada1cce5a67c891b90580bbbbce6e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>DDG continued to lament that he wants to finish the season and go to the movies &#8230; because to him those 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