Aaron hernandez is gay
The life and death of Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriots snug end, raise many questions about his struggles with identity and mental health. After being convicted of murder, Hernandez took his own life in prison, leaving behind a complicated legacy, especially regarding his sexuality.
Rumors about Hernandez’s sexuality grew after his suicide in 2017 and the release of the Netflix docuseries “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez.” The series included claims from high school friends, like Dennis Sansoucie, who said they had a sexual relationship. Jenkins-Hernandez established Sansoucie but stated, “You can’t describe someone’s sexuality without them being here… No one can.”
Jonathan Hernandez, Aaron’s brother, shared that during a prison see, Aaron may have opened up to their mother, saying, “Mom, you’re going die never knowing your son.” This indicates he faced inner struggles about his identity, but it’s unclear how he defined his sexuality.
George Leontire, a member of Hernandez’s defense team, claimed Hernandez told him he was gay, stating, “This gentleman clearly was gay,” suggesting Hernandez dealt with self-acceptance issues in a society that oft
Does 'American Sports Story' Overemphasize Aaron Hernandez's Sexuality?
I followed the Aaron Hernandez case about as closely as any NFL fan who wasn’t a Patriots fan. I knew the basics: he was convicted of murdering a close buddy and took his own life in his prison cell a few days after being acquitted in a separate trial for double homicide. Once he died, I stopped keeping up with new developments, and I sure as hell didn’t win any insights from Boston sports discuss radio, which distills all the racism and homophobia in Massachusetts into rage bait for the average Boston commuter.
That’s why it was surprising to witness Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez focus so heavily on Hernandez’s sexuality. In the first two episodes, Hernandez (played by Josh Andrés Rivera) is depicted having secret sexual encounters with a sky-high school boyfriend, experiencing panic over his father or teammates finding out he’s gay, and having both online and real-life hookups while attending the University of Florida. There’s even a scene where he fantasizes about a naked teammate in the locker room.
Given what’s publicly recognizable about Hern
Aaron Hernandez Was ‘Flooded With Tears’ After Allegedly Telling His Mom About His Sexuality
As his existence and trial starts to get reamped up by the new Ryan Murphy Hulu series, the specualitation around Aaron Hernandez’s sexuality is floating around again. Nearly a decade after his trial, the show seems to implicate that the New England Patriots tight conclude might have been gay.
The body of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd was discovered in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. All suspicions led to Aaron Hernandez and he was arrested at his home and charged with first-degree murder. The Patriots wasted no second in cutting ties with Hernandez. Within hours of his arrest, the team released him, effectively ending his NFL career. He pleaded not guilty and on April 19, 2017, he was initiate dead in his prison cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
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In American Sports Story, the first two episodes lean into the theory that Aaron was gay in his adolescence. Though there wasn’t a blunt motive revealed d
Fiancee of late Aaron Hernandez speaks out on his sexuality after docuseries
The fiancee of the slow Aaron Hernandez is speaking out for the first time since the release of a recent Netflix docuseries on the animation of the football-star turned-convicted killer, including rumors about his sexuality.
In a sit-down interview with ABC News' Amy Robach that will air Wednesday on "Good Morning America," Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez said that while Hernandez did not state to her in any way he may have been queer or bisexual, if he did, she "would not have loved him any differently."
Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight finish, was found guilty of murder in April 2015 for the killing of Odin Lloyd, the 27-year-old fiance of Jenkins-Hernandez' sister, who was found shot to death in a suburb of Boston about two years earlier. After Hernandez's trial, and prior to his suicide in his prison cell in 2017, his alleged relationships with men became a topic of discussion.
"You can't describe someone's sexuality without them being here," Jenkins-Hernandez told ABC News. "Although I have a child with Aaron, I still can't tell y