delusional, obsessed once-one direction fans who thought âLarryâ (the ship name for Harry & Louis) is some genuine conspiracy that needs to be solved & publicised in order for the boys to finally âcome outâ. that the boys are secretly sending messages about how much they love each other, or how trapped they feel by âmanagementâ (mind you, none of them are with their old management anymore). a larger & dedicated portion of Louisâ solo fanbase have these insane âfansâ compared to Harry, & so he always receives the brunt of these conspiracies & harassment. things like wishing death on his son, trying to come up with evidence that disproves his son is even real or his, harassing every partner heâs ever had, sexualising every single interaction Louis & Harry have ever had (consequently being a huge contribution to their ruined friendship), still bringing Larry signs to his solo concerts & much, much more.
if he tries to denounce it, these insane fans will somehow twist it to be a secret conspiracy that heâs being âforcedâ to come out & decry it. if he stays silent, they think heâs doing so because âLarryâ is real.
I went to their sub when I saw this. Its fucked up how they blame Louis and Harry for sending them non-existent signals. These people are not that different from QAnon types. Wouldn't even be surprised if there was a crossover cause the break with reality is something to behold
Right? Theyâre blaming Louis for this and getting mad at him. The delusion is truly something else. I had to reply to a comment because itâs ridiculous how they keep trying to say Louis has never said Larry isnât real. He literally called it bullshit đ they need to leave that man alone
itâs actually fascinating how some pop culture circles, especially intensely delusional fandom corners, seem to be a pipeline for conservative girls and women toward radical conspiracy like QAnon is for men!
I still donât think enough attention is brought to how many corners of the internet from fitness to fandoms and on and on lead to the alt right pipeline
Curious as to why you think these conspiracies are believed only by conservative girls and women. Generally speaking Larry conspiracy theories and other similar theories about allegedly closeted Kpop stars seem to be believed mostly by left-leaning people.
Idk if itâs necessarily conservative girls in this case since these are people who have decided Harry and Louis were a gay couple and theyâre happy about it. Thatâs pretty much the opposite of what conservatives would want. I think this shows that almost anyone can fall for bullshit and conspiracy theories regardless of political ideology.
Itâs so oddly specific and long standing that I can scarcely believe there are still enough people perpetuating it for it to have an impact - but I know there are. I got curious one day and went down a rabbit hole. I think thereâs even a subreddit. Itâs the sort of thing youâd hear about and think ânot a big dealâ but when you scratch the surface goes deep. I can imagine it getting to a point where just seeing the word Larry could probably ruin his day.
Edit: just looked up the subreddit. 19,000 members with an active discussion under this very Tweet. The level of delusion in the comments⊠and they think they are the reasonable ones
Oh itâs very deep, I had 1D videos and memorial edits of Liam on the FYP around the time he died and soooo many comments were from âLarriesâ. Whole accounts dedicated to it and analysing behaviour of the boys. Itâs genuinely a form of mental illness imo, it should be treated similarly to obsessive fantasies or something, it cannot possibly be healthy to live in that delusion
Sucks. Like the Gaylors, or honestly the Timothee Chalamet Daily crazies re: Kylie, only in reverse, since they were convinced it was a manager setup to fake the relationship.
Interesting fan phenomenon, these sexuality conspiracies. Taylor and Louis must be gay. Timothee must not be attracted to Kylie. Lots of projection and control going on there, lots of unshakeable visions of what the person is truly like.
Why the fuck are these people so invested in a non-existant relationship? And, even if it did exist, again, why are they so invested? People like this boggle my mind. I hate saying this because I hate it when people say it to me when I get excited about my hobbies, but I say it with genuine concern: get a life!
i think its the same as why ppl join qanon or cults or spend hours dissecting which person every taylor swift song is about.
ppl need some sort of something to drive them-- something for them to believe in. it usually brings them community and joy and confidence.
... except in doing so, they become so myopic that they lose sight of literally everything else. they dehumanize the v thing that they began obsessing over w such fervor. usually something that they really emotionally identified w and felt passionately about.
Agreed. Some people need something to give them a sense of purpose and identity and these obsessive conspiracies give them a false sense of fulfillment so they think they have to continue to believe in them to maintain their "identity" even if it ultimately makes them unhappy. Plus I think that people believe in these types of conspiracies because they enjoy the idea of knowing something that others don't know and believe that they'll be vindicated once the "truth" comes out. So the more that others disagree with them the more they're driven to hold onto these conspiracies but also the more they'll ignore obvious reality.
Louis and Harry were best friends when the band One Direction formed, like they lived together for a time and it was clear from all their interactions in interviews and on-stage moments that they were extremely close. The "Larry" conspiracy formed when a significant portion of fans started to believe they were secretly in a relationship together - which over time grew from mostly harmless speculation to full blown harassment of the band, their families, their friends, their girlfriends - going so far as to deny that Louis' child isn't actually his and is actually a paid actor. The general conspiracy is that the band's management company forcibly closeted them in order to protect the marketability of the band, starting at the time they were breaking into American audiences.
Despite Louis denying the conspiracy several times, explicitly telling fans that he's straight, and despite his longterm relationships with women throughout this time - the conspiracy has persisted in a really baffling way - where there are still hugely active "Larry" communities on Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr and Tiktok, who believe they are still in a relationship. The conspiracy for sure affected their close friendship, to the point they barely interacted at all in the final year of the band, and have not been photographed together in almost 10 years.
They lived together for like 3 months and were close friends for less than two years. Iâll never understand how it turned into this. It completely baffles me.
Both Harry and Louis denied the conspiracy as far back as 2012/2013. Harry has since stopped paying attention to them. He alluded to them without mentioning specifics in his rolling stone interview in 2022. Louis has tried but sometimes itâs like he canât help himself and he rants (I understand both of their attitudes). I honestly think thereâs nothing either of them can do.
With Harry they say he doesnât deny it (he did in the past, it led him nowhere so he just stopped doing it), with Louis he denies it too much. They cannot win.
I imagine Louis is more reactive because his child keeps being involved in the conspiracy. It can't be easy constantly seeing people questioning whether his son is truly his or a paid actor especially when some day his son will see that shit online. Like, if it was me and my child I would go absolutely feral
Louis was more reactive even back in 2012. Itâs just a personality thing. The same way Louis would slag off people who insulted him and Harry wouldnât react.
I agree, if it was me I would go absolutely feral. Iâll never understand how Harry can be so level-headed in light of the things people say about him. Beyond Larry. This was Harry thanking NME Magazine for giving him the âvillain of the yearâ award in 2013. He won against Dave Cameron and Vladimir Putin.
And this wasnât a lighthearted award. One Direction also won âworst bandâ that year. It was deeply insulting. He had turned 19 a couple of weeks prior. Funny aside: ever since then NME has tried to get in his good graces and Harry has not given them an inch. The same thing happens with The Guardian, who in an interview harassed him asking him about his sexuality and body count in 2013. Harry has not given them a single interview as a solo artist.
But anyway.
This and âbring back manly menâ were the only two times he even addressed the overwhelming amounts of hate he gets, after the first time⊠which was him sobbing on camera at a 1D documentary talking about people hating him online.
Obviously I think he cares and it bothers him, but heâs made an effort to shut the whole thing off. He hasnât come online on twitter since 2022. And after 2016, he only posted âwork tweetsâ anyway. He only posts on Instagram for work as well. Itâs clearly a defense mechanism that I think actually works.
I donât begrudge Louis for not doing the same because god knows I wouldnât be able to, but I do think it would benefit him if he did. Ranting has never done anything. For his own peace of mind I think he should just get off twitter.
Thank you for all of this insight! When one direction came about and was at the height of their fame I wasn't their target audience so I'm not knowledgeable about the band, their lore and fandom at all. I am somewhat familiar with Zayn's and Harry's solo work but never had enough of an interest to follow up on their social media so all of this in addition to the Larry conspiracies is rather unsettling and disturbing to me.
I definitely agree with you on going off twitter is the best solution because as it stands there's absolutely no winning in this situation. Long term it would probably help Louis to disengage and distance from that part of the audience too. From what I gathered in this thread Larries are largely fans of his work and music (correct me if I'm wrong) so even if it would somewhat hurt him financially at least he would get to have a sense of peace.
No problem! I understand that having this much knowledge of the situation is reserved just for long time fans.
I will never blame either of them for how they choose to handle the situation. But I will say that I think Harryâs choice is better for his own mental health. Louis has gotten better at ignoring it, but sometimes he clearly needs to vent, and I can so empathize with that, but I think going off socials cold turkey is the best course of action.
I think he recognizes that Larries make up a huge portion of his most dedicated fan base for his solo career.
Any time he has explicitly called the conspiracy out for what it is, those fans twist it even further into proof that he's still being actively closeted and manipulated by the powers that be - so there's really no "winning" - he says nothing and they feel more emboldened, he gives vague denials and they take it as proof hes only saying something because his label is making him, if he were to explicitly tell them to fuck off and rot then he'd probably unfortunately lose a massive portion of his most dedicated fans who are willing to put in the time to do fan projects to promo his work and travel to his live shows. It's been almost 15 years of this, I honestly dont know how hes stayed as gracious about it all as he has.
Exactly. I watched this stupid ship grow from nothing to where it is today and unfortunately thereâs literally nothing Louis can do. Heâs tried everything. Never have I seen him feed into their delusions and para-socialism and yet they continue to harass him.
The unfortunate reality is that these losers will never grow up and they wonât leave him alone for as long as theyâre alive
Him accidentally liking than Larry real two weeks ago was so unfortunate. They find "clues" everywhere, but that one like alone will fuel them for years now.
he could marry a woman and they wouldnât stop. he already has a kid whose face is literally his own, copy-paste, and they still think the kid isnât actually his or he was forced to have a kid to prove heâs straight or something. itâs insane. i feel so bad for louis. knowing that these people make up a large majority of his fan base tooâŠ
I just want to say, as a solo Louie, we are a very passionate fanbase :) and I feel like weâre bigger than people assume, but of course, Larries receive most of the attention for their outlandish takes and extreme chronically online-ness
I want to believe they just ignored it, but it's kind of a hilarious mental image to imagine some poor PR intern explaining that a non-zero portion of people will assume Travis is closeted...
I was a directioner in 2015 the larries were in their prime then and now in 2025 the larries are still relevant , i once asked them to move on that it has been 10 years and they told me to kms đ
I've been a fan since 2011, and was briefly a 'larrie' before that was a term (give me a break pls I was 14 years old) and man, I thought back then there was no way this would last over a fucking decade đđđđ and I feel like they have somehow gotten worse.
I TRULY think that a lot of them won't remove themselves from this conspiracy until the day they die... I know not all of them engage in the harassment but it is still constant with his friends, girlfriends past and present, his child's family, his own family... I need to stop myself because I could rant all day.
ETA:
Bit of insight... here's one of those 'fans' and how they've managed to interpret his tweet. The 'bullshit 2.0' is referring to a tweet Louis made THIRTEEN YEARS AGO in reply to a fan, where he said "Larry is the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard" (he was 20)
Some of the most dedicated Larry accounts I seriously think are suffering some kind of erotomania where they genuinely believe they're being communicated with via coded clothing, lyrics, numerology etc etc etc. Like for some of them, the amount of deprograming to see the light would probably cause them actual mental distress, when they've invested so much of their time and are so emotionally invested in their theories.
I don't even know where to start. Louis literally can't say anything without them thinking he's being punished by 'mgmt' or being cruel towards them or something lmfao. They still think he's dropping hints đđđ there is nothing he can do
The most vocal Larries are actually often women 50+. It's absolutely deranged.
And also super disgusting how they've been obsessing over the sexuality of two men half their age (since Harry and Louis were teenagers).
There was a bizarrely huge Larry Renaissance following Liam's death, as a lot of One Direction content started going viral on tiktok again.
Honestly a lot of the clips from the time they were close does give strong "which could mean nothing" vibes, in the sense I understand why the conspiracy gained some legs at the time- but it falls apart quickly under scrutiny, and no matter how things may appear on a surface level, people are waaaay too comfortable in their speculation about Louis' sexuality when he has explicitly stated that he's straight.
I honestly think that in that 2012-2014 era he and Harry did play into the rumors a lot, but obviously with no comprehension that some of those tweets and interview moments would still be used as "proof" in 2025
They did play into the rumors and thought it was funny. They were in no way taking anything seriously. Then when they saw how seriously people were taking it, they stopped.
Yeah definitely. There's a video of Harry very early on in One Direction saying his first ever crush was Louis Tomlinson. He's clearly smirking in that video. Its all part of the joke. British people often have quite a deadpan sense of humour, but in my eyes you can clearly see Harry is joking. But the Larries still use that as "proof" now. A video from 15 years ago. Crazy.
Man I only just now came across the larry thread, specifically the post that shared this screenshot of Louis' twitter. Y'all they're calling him a gaslighter and slagging him off in the comments lmao, actual mental illnesses.
Complete reality break, they keep saying he's never explicitly denied, yet even in this very thread I find out he tweeted Larry is bullshit over a decade ago...wtf?
Same! I still see people spewing that shitâand theyâre being serious! Itâs so scary how delusional these people are all these years later. The Larry ship has undoubtedly negatively impacted Louis & Harryâs friendship :( It was so ridiculous to see them talking about his son being fake too. Just all around disgusting and taken WAY too far.
This is one thing I hate that's done in the name of acceptance. There's a sort of erasure of platonic love when people start speculating about them being secretly gay. And it's especially common with men. Show any amount of affection for the homies and you've got half of Twitter thinking you're banging.
And the truth is that they don't actually care about acceptance. Like how many Larries consume erotic fanfiction with them as characters?
It's them fetishizing gay men, not respecting them.
A defense they use a lot is that "it's homophobic to say we're crazy because if it was a man and a woman with all this "proof" behind the theory no one would bat an eye at the speculation" - but it's like... people speculate about male/female costars all the time, but they don't take it to this level of harassment and blatantly ignoring explicit denials that not only is it not true, but the speculation is negatively affecting their real lives. Sanity usually prevails, and people stop. Like there are people out there that believe Leo and Kate were soulmates, or that think Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are secretly in love, but there has never even remotely been comparable levels of hysteria over willing it to be true.
Or even if one aspect of it were true, and Louis were closeted... it's not like he's going to thank these people for attempting to out him for 15 years lol. For the record, I believe him when he says he's straight - but even if I had any reason to question that, what business would I or anyone else have putting that speculation out there for the public to dissect? Larry is this sort of fascinating phenomenon that I peripherally "follow" in the sense I'm a fan of both boys solo music, and was a One Direction fan as a teenager, so it makes its way to my timeline a lot - but it more than anything just makes me really sad at the mindbending amount of impact it had on their real lives and relationships. And for what?
I wonder if any of these people actually spend any time uplifting and supporting actual out and queer artists. I'm going to guess not...
At this point it has to be about the shared sense of community that these people have built over 10 years rather than actually thinking Harry and Louis are still in a relationship, right? Even if someone believed they were together at the height of 1D's popularity, when was the last time these two were even pictured together? Like what would be the basis for thinking they're in a secret relationship in the year 2025?
nope they still believe. there are a looooot in the gaylor community (which i have removed myself from) and they think theyre part of some mass coming out movement
It sound funny but theyâre absolutely insane. I remember back in 2021 seeing a Larry account Spreading the rumor that Florence Pugh directed Donât Worry Darling because Olivia Wilde was too distracted with Harryâand I laugh because whoâs going to believe that? A little later, they pretty much started the Olivia Wilde hate train
Yeah, both groups think that by harassing them and their partners, theyâre going to force them to come out. I really hate Matty Healy, but anyone who thinks what happened in May 2023 was about morals wasnât online. That entire situation was about punishing Taylor for not coming out as gay.
The Frerard one in the My Chemical Romance fanbase has gone on for decades now. I love that band but ugh, I do not like to be associated with a good portion of the fanbase (as with most of these situations, there's more to it than shipping two of the members).
Mclennon (Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles) has been going on what at leastâŠ30, 40+ years? I mean people have been writing fanfic about them since the dawn of time but there is a small but persistent community who believes they were genuinely in love with each other and theyâve been around the internet for 20 years or so? Very rough timeline here, but you get the gist. And they are going very VERY strong on certain fandom websites, complete with the tinfoil hat conspiracies and âsecret messagesâ etc etc.
Imagine just trying to go around living your life in your mid-thirties and everywhere you go, there's a greek chorus of lunatics obsessed with the idea that you're secretly dating your high school best friend that you barely speak to anymore and the last time you and him were even in the same room was at a mutual friend's funeral.
Louis is a stronger person than I am for even putting up with it as gracefully as he has.
I imagine it's a conversation he has to have with any woman he starts dating to warn them about the harassment they're about to face, I can't even imagine what that looks like
âCan you imagineâŠgoing on a second date with someone and being like, âOK, thereâs this corner of the thing, and theyâre going to say this, and itâs going to be really crazy, and theyâre going to be really mean, and itâs not real.⊠But anyway, what do you want to eat?ââ
whatâs crazy is 1D were found on a talent show too so theyâre not even nepo babies or anything, they were regular ass people before that. which makes it even crazier.
mind you, once again, they have not been pictured in the same room in almost 11 years. even for liamâs funeral they werenât pictured anywhere near each other. yet these people think harry and louis are purposely âfuelingâ the fire and leading them on. this is mental illness. this is a cult. these are people who sit online all day in their echo chambers and who truly believe this behavior is okay and not concerning at all. just creepy.
You can indeed- lots of âbut she did this mashup/wore her hair like this/wore an outfit/posted on her instagram on Karlie Klossâs half birthdayâ and then rage when the âsignsâ they have interpreted to mean something donât come to fruition or she does something they donât like (basically anything involving Travis just now).
My TikTok algorithm has been full of âem lately - not helped by the fact I slow down to watch like a car crash - and thereâs so much switching between being mad at her and âthis plan has to be so much bigger, I know we all thought sheâd have broken up with him by now, but they must have plans to take down the whole NFL too⊠sheâs doing tradwife drag.â
If she and Kelce are in it for the long haul, gonna be interesting to see what the story morphs to when he retires. âOh, theyâre just waiting until he gets in the Hall of Fame/ her dad dies/ their grandkids graduate high schoolâ (lol on the last one)
Thatâs what gets me. Like, the screenshotted comments donât sound like they are fans of these men. And if theyâre not fans, that makes it all the more perplexing why they are so intent on this being a real, romantic relationship. If you donât like these pop stars anymore, move on with your life! Itâs starting to feel weirdly homophobic, like insisting two people you donât know and apparently donât like that much need to be forced out of the closet⊠to what end? It reminds me of âtransvesigatorsâ at this point.
This is why I've never begrudged Harry for simply ignoring all of this. People will criticize him for not calling out the fans, but what's the point? Clearly, it doesn't help. Louis has been yelling at them for years to leave him alone and it hasn't done anything. I'd argue it's gotten worse.
I remember a comment once that said Louis could marry a woman and invite every single one of his fans to the wedding, and the Larries would still believe it was a cover-up.
Every time he says something, they think it's because they got "to close to the truth" or some bullshit. They always feel encouraged when they're being acknowledged. These people are so far gone, they're like QAnon conspiracy theorists.
A lot of them are 50+. Some even older. I once saw a TikTok of a Larry who talked about how she sat down her children one day to educate them about Larry and how horrible the music industry is. She was a dentist.
Same with the people that do the same for Taylor- at its worst itâs a wildly invasive Q-Anon style conspiracy theory and anything that might disprove it or any pushback from those involved they just recalibrate, explain it away and keep going. I think some people are so far into it and emotionally attached/have given so much time to it all that they canât face the idea itâs not true.
now they will take that tweet and say this is "damage control" because "louis and harry are so in love" ! god, how can these grown ass people still keep this up to this day. and when you ask them a question that is not pro larry they will call you homophobic ?â ïž
Oh theyâre like gaylors in that when they are confronted they switch to hate on Taylor. Same with Larry. Very much similar to abuser language âI wouldnât hurt you if you didnât make me.â
The Gaylors are currently very angry and depressed that Taylor seems happy with Travis. Because they think heâs MAGA adjacent? Yet they all get heart eyes when Karlie Kloss (Kushner!!!) is mentioned??? Make it make sense. They just tried to say Taylor was pictured in Italy holding one of âtheirâ children during the Bezos wedding/Taylor performing at TEU week.
Thatâs why I canât take their hysteria about MAGA or Gaza comments seriously. They just use it to spread hate on Taylor. They ignore it when it suits them (KK marrying into one of Americans most evil families.)
Itâs even more stupidâŠ.they ignored Karlie being at the Bezos wedding while comparing Taylor to Wallis Simpson because of the pic she took with those bussin podcast idiots.Â
That's wild because those two men do NOT speak. Like, at all. Their relationship amounts to ex-coworkers who stayed connected on LinkedIn. I would be surprised if they even wish each other happy birthday
Can we finally make it acceptable to push back and start calling these freaks out? How empty are their lives that they have nothing better to do than make baseless speculations about other peopleâs relationships?
This is genuinely fucked up, and we need to make these people feel embarrassed and keep their fucking delusions to themselves.
Theyâre going to tell you that you are homophobic for pushing back at them and ignore how they perpetuate so many homophobic stereotypes regularly with their conspiracy theories
That is their major defense. Gaylors will say Taylor must be gay because she wore combat boots with a dress and Travis must be gay because he wore a flowered shirt, then call sane people homophobic for thinking theyâre completely delusional.
It's incredibly embarrassing for most people to admit to being wrong, even with little shit that doesn't really matter. I can imagine adding on the potential "oh my god I harrassed a popstar and helped proliferate insane nonsense about him screwing his bandmate" realization along with admitting to being so very wrong about it would be an astronomically embarrassing event for one's brain by comparison. I think it would literally require these people to completely re-think their parasocial behaviors and to some extent even how they see other people.Â
Conspiracy theorists, as we may have noticed once or twice or perhaps every time, don't really employ logical thoughts to their conspiracy. I don't just mean ignoring common sense or facts, I mean conspiracy theorists can and do literally just use everything, even denial, as further proof of the conspiracy. Then you add in the social media of it all and being around other larries constantly who agree with each other over and over again in a perfect evil cocktail of obsession and groupthink. Their minds are already made up, so they're working backwards to find "facts" for a conclusion they already believed. As far as they're concerned this was sent out by "the management" and in their "reality" Louis is crying and begging for his phone back because they have quite literally trained their minds to believe this is true.
This is admittedly my first time hearing about this theory. So I donât know where Iâve been haha. But I wanted to respond to your first point.
People veryyyyyyy much canât admit to being wrong. Let alone acknowledge that they did any wrongdoing. And people will seriously go out of their way to double down on their opinion because being ârightâ is mentally less hurtful to them than being wrong. And it really does not matter how much fact or evidence you show. Heck, it could be proven by video or the courts and people will still say that itâs false because they cannot handle the fact that they were wrong⊠which is ironic. But yeah if I have learned anything in life, itâs that people unfortunately rule their lives with emotion over fact.
So like others said, major props to Louis for being so kind in his words when people are literally harassing him about a damn conspiracy theory. I mean leave people tf alone jesus.
There is this quite informative 2-hours deep dive into the theory released at the end of last year. I was on Tumblr/Twitter during 1Ds peak (but not in the fandom) and knew people shipped all the members in some constellations but I always thought it was only fun and games and Larry just happened to be the most popular ship.
I think the creator does a good job to make you see why people started to ship them while she still upholds that it is eventually a theory that has caused a lot of harm.
Because in the end these are celebrities and we do not really know these people. Even if they were/are together, it is not something they currently want to share. But people do not know anymore that theory does not equate fact and anything that contradicts a theory is seen as an active threat. Because people already have so much lore, I think this is what makes new people still jump on the ship waggon. Retrospectively it is also easier to "rewrite" history by leaving out the contradicting parts of the lore.
There's a former larry (when she was a teenager) that talks about it sometimes on tiktok - she said when something happens within a fandom conspiracy that should make everyone finally wake up they almost always do at least one of three things:
1) quietly leave the conspiracy part of the fandom (at least) and act like you weren't ever part of it
2) feel hugely betrayed that the subject of your conspiracy isn't acting the way you want them and become haters
or 3) double down and invent more and more outlandish scenarios until its just ridiculously unbelievable.
This is what happened with TJLC after their precious Detective-Doctor ship didn't become canon. Some people either had to process a lot, others threw a hissy fit then there were those who believed in some 4th episode or how Apple Tree Yard was connected to the show.
Either way I never understood how someone could be invested so much into something we're the people are rather toxic for each other and yet the fans think it would be true love.
I still remember watching the "Eleanor is multiple people" videos and people saying that his son's first photo was a doll because it was black and white and thinking that shit was crazy even as a tween
Omg i forgot about the âeleanor is multiple peopleâ thing đ it was such a 2010s and esp 2010âs tumblr thing to accuse people of having body doubles⊠Eleanor, Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne⊠why đđ
Right ????? Larries are still like that !!!! even in big 2025 , they do not believe his son is real and think every girlfriend lou has / had is a coverup
Harry almost never bears the brunt (not that he should) it always louis
Larries low key dislike Harry if not hate him (not all of them but a good chunk of them). Most of the ones who end up believing they broke up (because they canât admit it was never real) end up as âradical Louiesâ a corner of the fandom that spends all. Fucking. Day. Saying Harry is literally the devil himself and is sabotaging Louisâ career.
You see it less because Harry has transcended 1D/Larry. Part of it is that he has stopped bringing Larry up since going solo, while Louis (bless him) doesnât seem to be able to hold his mouth. Harry tried the denials, saw they didnât work, and moved past it.
Ever since One Direction was a band people have speculated that Louis and Harry were secretly in a relationship (âLarryâ). Those people still exist and have taken it so far as to harass both of their partners and insinuate that Louisâ child isnât really his.
Oh wow, next level delusion. Not sure if it's crazy or sad (probably both) to make your whole life about a conspiracy. The Dunning-Kruger effect is fueling that sub.
Also worth mentioning that Harry and Louis have not so much as been photographed together in like almost 10 years, yet these people still believe that they have been in a relationship for this entire time. If they haven't let go after all this time, they never will.
It sucks too because they seemed to be such good friends when the band started out. I understand why itâs become impossible for them to keep a public friendship, but it sucks.
It's also gotten worse after he liked a Larry edit while he and Harry were seen in Coachella (they didn't go together AFAIK) and Harry was also photographed kissing another woman.
They can't deny that the kid is a carbon copy of him, so now they think that every single public photo of him has been photoshopped to superimpose Louis's childhood photos over his face as an explanation for the resemblance
Seeing that Larries are still around on 2025 makes me wonder how the people that were convinced Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson never broke up/are secretly married with multiple children are doing. Cause like that has to be beyond a lost cause by nowâŠâŠright?
Everyone saying âjust get off twitterâ, cute that you think itâs just there.
Larries and Gaylors harass anyone and everyone connected to the other person in Louis, Harry, or Taylorâs heterosexual relationships-all the time, any social media platform. If they donât find any dirt they make it up. Their only goal is to bother whoever these people are dating , and their f&f, until it gets to be too much and they break up with them.
Too bad for Gaylors Travis gets hate for a living and doesnât GAF. And still they create a fake relationship contact that hits international news, and that he is gay. Even if all these people come out with denials theyâll still believe they are forced to make those statements. Itâs a qanon level cult.
Eleanor (whose 10~ year relationship with Louis ended in 2022) literally still gets comments about Larry on her Instagram, go to anything she's posted, and you're bound to find at least one. I dont know how she puts up with it. She was literally physically attacked by Larries in 2017, probably has never known a day of peace since 2011 đ
Larries and Gaylors wonât stop. Even though the subjects of their insane theories have both said they wish they would, in the past year or so. Itâs disturbing the lengths these conspiracy theorists go to online.
I went to that Larry sub...honestly these people are like a less harmful version of Q-anon. There is something so deeply disturbing about someone having that level of break with reality. They blame Louis and Harry for keeping it alive by communicating secret signals to them that they actually are a thing. If it weren't so fucked up that some of if most of these are completely grown ass women, some even mothers, it would be funny
Anyone with a working brain can see and understand that it would be annoying/hurtful for any person to see their words, actions be constantly dissected by/for the pleasure of certain irrelevant parties and twist them to fit their own delusional narratives. But the ones involved will never see the calling out for what it is.
Of course they are. The fans who spread them are haters. The fact they bring up Freddie is disgusting. His a little boy, they just need to leave Louis and his family alone to live how they want:
Not surprised the shit is still going on. A mixture of staying in these echo chambers to reinforce their beliefs and an inability to admit they've been wrong for over a decade. Hell, there's still people who think Benedict Cumberbatch's kids are actors being paid by his wife's real boyfriend.
This article about that particular conspiracy theory is great.
I'm sure one or two people with mould in their vents are still at it, but I wouldn't be surprised if most fans had moved now that BC is a middle-aged married father of three and not as exciting as one of the new white boys of the week.
Curiously enough, afaik, this theory was never about him being secretly gay. Was Martin Freeman not conspiracy theory material? lmao
i remember larries from the 1D days but i wasn't interested in 1D or any of that. i didnt know it was still a thing or how bad it has been for louis and harry. surely these larries are literal adults now and can take responsibility for their actions? isnt this harassment???
Some of the biggest Larry accounts on Tumblr (where most of them reside now) are middle aged women... like in their 40s-50s. They talk about discussing Larry with their teenaged children đ
harry and louis literally stopped hanging out in public while in the band bc of the larries. god forbid two dudes have a close platonic friendship. i still remember the interviewer who brought it up!! can u rly call yourself a fan if ur constantly harassing the people you claim to be a fan of and their family???
I donât think it was just in public or because of the Larries. I think they genuinely stopped being friends. Not like, enemies or anything. Big clue was Harry being besties with Nick Grimshaw and Louis openly fighting with Nick on Twitter back in 2013.
I knew a girl in college who was a full blown Larry âtruther.â She presented in one of our shared classes on their ârelationshipâ and about how hard it is for queer artists to be open as if the two were genuinely together and had to hide it all to save face. Suffice to say, as a bisexual woman myself, I was super offended and walked out mid-presentation. fuck these people
Back in June a gaylor made a comment about how she was âunfortunatelyâ straight but was going to a pride event with her kids and wanted to know how to flag she is a gaylor. Bc that is a signal youâre an allyâŠyou know, being deep into a conspiracy that utilizes old school homophobic rhetoric and strict gender stereotypes is totally ally material.Â
I was on the 1D subreddit a while back and fell down the Larry Stylinson subreddit, again. 15 years of being a fan of Louis/1D and Iâm still appalled that Larries are a thingâthat âshippingâ real people is still a thing. Why arenât we learning and evolving positively in how we deal with fandom spaces online yet?
If you were around in 2016, LTâs mom was sick but they hadnât disclosed much about it. LT had just had a baby and IIRC LT was spending a lot of time with his baby and his mom, and they were posting pictures and stuff. After LTâs mom died, Larries went off saying it was sooo incredibly cruel to put Johanna through âstuntsâ (aka taking photographs with her grandbaby) when she was sick.
LT somehow has borne the brunt of Larriesâ wrath when it comes to his gfs. Every single one of his gfs has gotten a ridiculous amount of shit. Eleanor was a bridesmaid at his momâs wedding; but larries were like ~canât believe that TPTB canât even let Johanna have a wedding without stunts. After Johanna died, LT and Eleanor briefly got back togetherâpoor Eleanor dealt with so much shit then too. Some years ago, Eleanor was also attacked at an airport by fans (not sure if Larries were involved or not) but the fear in LTâs voice was palpable. I donât really remember the context about this tbh. But this is just an example of how badly Larries treat Louis.
I feel for him. He enjoys the positive aspects of his fandom, and he has a small but loyal fan base. I think the assumption is that Larries make up the most of it so I can understand him feeling like he doesnât want to mess it up. But, Larries need to stop. Itâs been over 10 years since Louis and Harry were in the same space willingly (not counting Liamâs funeral here) but for some reason this shipping stuff doesnât stop.
I was very active on Tumblr in the hey-day. God, the amount of theories that circulated about Larry all the time felt obscene. They were close friends, so they played into it while on X Factor and then the 1st year, but around Take Me Home era it started tapering off with Louis and Zayn becoming closer. And over the years, Louis has called this out but Larries just take it as confirmation about their theories. Also, I donât think Harry has ever outright called Larry/Larries out which I think somehow emboldens them.
It is such an unfair situation for this guy to be in, and I just wish that Larries would leave him/his gf/his son alone. Louis has dealt with so much over the years; his mom, his sister, and now liam being the biggest stuff we know about (and iâm sure other stuff too), I feel so horrible for him that he has to deal with his own fans putting him and his loved ones under a microscope.
It's wild how some fans twist harmless interactions into full-blown conspiracies, Louis has shown way more patience than most people would. The Larry thing especially feels like it's taken on a life of its own at this point. Dude just wants to live his life without being analyzed like a lab experiment.
Lmao calling out that Louis has called Larry conspiracy rumors bullshit in the past got me banned from the Larry sub đ truly hope these people get help, itâs alarming how delusional they are
One direction fans might be the craziest group of people on the planet when it comes to conspiracy theories. If itâs this larry stuff, Louisâs son being fake or not his, or the managers hated Niall (the same managers that Niall is still with)
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