{"id":6466,"date":"2020-03-09T00:52:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2020-03-09T00:52:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:52:47","slug":"schock-comes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2020\/03\/09\/schock-comes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Schock Comes Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s been quiet for a while, but last week <strong>Aaron Schock <\/strong>surfaced in Rio.&nbsp; And he was all over sexy <strong>Eliad Cohen<\/strong>.&nbsp; Now, I know what you\u2019re all thinking \u2013 Aaron Schock is dating that little Cuban boy who came to America on an inner tube?&nbsp; No, that was <strong>E<\/strong><strong>li\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, who I believe is currently working on <strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong>\u2019 campaign.&nbsp; This is Eliad Cohen \u2013 a very successful Israeli circuit party promoter (and occasional actor and model).&nbsp; If you didn\u2019t know who they were, you\u2019d probably think Aaron and Eliad were just another hot gay circuit couple.&nbsp; But, of course, people do know who they are, and photographed them\u2026as one does.&nbsp; And, as this one does, I\u2019ll post them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a> \u2013 along with all those other photos (and videos) of every inch of Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>And then Aaron did something unexpected \u2013 he came out.&nbsp; In a long, rambling essay.&nbsp; I really would have preferred some illustrations \u2013 as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.&nbsp; But, OK, I read it.&nbsp; Here\u2019s my two cents.&nbsp; I don\u2019t really care one iota about Aaron Schock.&nbsp; His minor political career didn\u2019t interest me; his conservative views don\u2019t interest me; and his voting record on anti-LGBTQ initiatives doesn\u2019t interest me (but, should you like details, he supported DOMA and opposed DADT).&nbsp; I realize I\u2019m in the minority in my apathy \u2013 if social media means anything.&nbsp; The gays posting online are livid that in Schock\u2019s statement, he never said the words, \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my question \u2013 why does anyone need to hear \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d from someone so insignificant in their lives?&nbsp; Why are you elevating him to that importance?&nbsp; If you read his missive, it\u2019s clear he\u2019s a damaged person from a very dysfunctional family.&nbsp; He has demons he hasn\u2019t even dealt with \u2013 again, not my problem.&nbsp; However, even I, the apathetic <strong>Billy Masters<\/strong>, can imagine the horror when he telephoned his mother to tell her he is gay just before going home for Easter, only to be told that he should turn around \u2013 he wasn\u2019t welcomed.&nbsp; I have no idea what that would feel like, but I\u2019m willing to imagine it wouldn\u2019t be fun.&nbsp; I suspect if he were less attractive, he\u2019d probably get a bit more empathy from most gay men.&nbsp; And, if those haters were really honest, they\u2019d admit that given half a chance, they\u2019d sleep with him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s been quiet for a while, but last week Aaron Schock surfaced in Rio.&nbsp; And he was all over sexy Eliad Cohen.&nbsp; Now, I know what you\u2019re all thinking \u2013 Aaron Schock is dating that little Cuban boy who came to America on an inner tube?&nbsp; No, that was Eli\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez, who I believe is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6467,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466\/revisions\/6467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}