Jake Paul uses gay stereotypes to respond to his fake AI coming out videos. It works.

Boxer Jake Paul wants attention. He wants lots of attention. So some of his followers — and haters — have given it to him in the form of gay coming-out videos, generated by AI.

The real Jake Paul over the last week has posted numerous responses that have embraced the stereotypes in the videos. The videos used stereotypes for his fake “coming out,” so Paul responded in kind.

I’m not mad about it.

Paul is known, along with his brother, Logan Paul, for creating a massive following via YouTube videos (back in the day when YouTube was the thing). Maybe most notably, they caught much-deserved criticism and early-day “cancellation” for a video showing a man who had taken his own life.

On-brand for the Paul brothers: Quite tasteless.

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For years, the two men have been collecting “haters” like Tom Brady collects Super Bowl rings. So it’s not a surprise that some people would use AI to create videos of these two — and Jake Paul in particular — doing and saying things they may not otherwise do or say.

The latest are videos depicting Jake coming out as gay.

In response, Jake did the most Jake Paul thing ever, donning (almost literally) the pink eyelashes and showing Jake Paul as a stereotypical gay “straight” out of an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Embracing his fake coming-out videos, Jake has shared a series of TikTok videos that show him responding to the videos… putting on makeup, wearing rainbow nail polish and denying every word of the videos.

Of course, he has to show his girlfriend in this one. But if people were claiming something false about me, I would likely do the same.

It’s understandable why many people might go the “Jake Paul is gay” route to get at the social-media-influencer-turned-boxer. He’s dipped his toe in homophobia in the past, rankling some.

While his relying on gay stereotypes to send a message might, in some situations, warrant some criticism, his embrace of them here makes all the sense in the world.

He’s saying he’s straight… while saying he’s gay… while saying he’s straight… while saying he’s gay.

I’ve never been a Jake Paul fan. Quite the opposite. Yet in looking through his response TikTok videos, I find them fun and funny.

Good for Jake Paul wearing a pink dress and rainbow nail polish.

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