watching my old "straight" videos

[@ConnorFranta]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH....enjoy my pain ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@zishikou1440]

yeah❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎

[@__...__...__]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@user-hb2bw5hy7m]

HAPPY PRIDE CONNOR 💗

[@gibbyandersmith8613]

I hope I can be as brave as you one day I am still struggling to finding myself. But I see KZbinrs like QUANTUM TV is saying things like more people should of been killed in the pulse nightclub shooting. KZbin supports this hate speech and because to this I am having a hard time finding my pride. to everyone who reads this I hope you are have a better month than I and I wish you all peace and love this month.❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Shubham-ys3mi]

Yeah people's enjoying the other people's pain

[@acattygamer3065]

Therapist: Straight Connor does not exist, he can’t hurt you. Straight Connor: *Aggressively jumpcuts closer*

[@MasonPerry7]

And then… he pounces

[@liasadventure]

I love this community 😂

[@okaypearl]

everytime i close my eyes i see him wearing a snapback with his tongue out

[@webz3589]

Kinda like a weeping angel out of that doctor who show

[@CANADA585]

I will never forget the time someone described Connor as a "straight Tyler Oakley." #memories

[@twiggledowntown3564]

That's hilarious!🤣😅 I've never even heard of that.

[@CANADA585]

@@twiggledowntown3564 it's somewhere in one of the old videos where Connor reads comments in the style of Grace Helbig.

[@Miraynui]

„And we formed relationships… the straight kind“ I’m cryinggg, only a closeted gay would feel the need to clarify 💀

[@ConnorFranta]

the constant clarification of insecure sexual identity lol

[@tifuhnche]

What an honour it has been to witness the yassification of Connor Franta 🌈

[@ConnorFranta]

it's been a true pleasure being the internet's fruity social experiment 🌈

[@aloudjane137]

Literally. When Connor came out I was like "finally 😌"

[@jordanvellmure2264]

I couldn’t agree more

[@johnpastor3059]

Purr

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

@@ConnorFranta I’m so honored

[@SuperMiau3]

I admit that sometimes I watch those old videos just because and I remember thinking "wow, so true those tips are the best" 🤣

[@FIREROAD1]

ME BEFORE I REALIZED I WAS A LESBIAN TRYING TO TALK TO BOYS LOL

[@lyssieiscoolsometimes1087]

Literally me 😂

[@wowjennawow]

@@FIREROAD1 that makes two of us 😭😭

[@maemassey2732]

i watched these videos when i thought i was straight,,, i used your advice so often it’s no wonder i never actually got into a relationship

[@bobthebuilderday6leader]

I’m sorry for laughing but this is so funny. Hope you’re doing good now!

[@Elihercules0808]

He set us up for failure… 😂

[@AndyVillin]

Same story here, Mae lmao

[@XOAbbyLivXO]

as someone who watched you back then, i'm dying laughing at this. it truly was a different world back then LOL

[@hannahholland3049]

it's so interesting to me how everyone who watched your content back then was also gay... like me... it's me. we all just tend to find each other???? proud of you thank you for taking the time to react to your old content it brought me so much nostalgia and joy

[@lavender_evie]

Gays come in clusters. My one straight friend came out as bi last week hehe

[@wowjennawow]

right? a simpler time

[@dokayy]

@@lavender_evie GAYS COME IN CLUSTERS 😭😭

[@Duckduckobtusegoose]

I’m bi and same. And like us fellow lqbtq+ seem to be able to clock the other closeted people lol

[@katrinasutton8906]

SAME!!

[@ashrmv]

"this man won a people's choice award" I CANNOT MOVE

[@oliviae.4703]

My friend genuinely cried back in middle school when Connor came out😂she was so happy for him but also had a huge crush on him back in the day

[@SuperMiau3]

SAMEEEE 😆🤣😭

[@Karin-fj3eu]

Lol I cried too I was 12 smh

[@reesedody4742]

my friend is me…

[@lexdubs]

ME TOO LMAOOO

[@jessjess1107]

OKAY BUT MEEE exactly 😂😭

[@rowanjude444]

“what a better way to celebrate than a gay in pain” 😭😭😭

[@aimeemcdonald1581]

but also literally every show ever with queer people in it🥲

[@ashley-xq2fy]

i remember my poor little unaware-that-i-was-bi self googling "is connor franta gay" and finding that video where you're like I"M OBVIOUSLY STRAIGHT. And then you came out a few months later and I was like okay this makes more sense

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Poor younger me was like is he gay but I didn’t want to assume and when he came out I was LIKE OMG!!!!!!!!!!! OMG my eyes had tears of joy seeing the vid being like U ARE BEAUTIFUL! The way you are

[@jaybehkay2438]

Some of these videos are just so AGRESSIVELY 2013. The edifying, the energy, the angles, I can’t 😂😂

[@susanmorgan9074]

“I’m not like homophobic, I’m an ally”

[@sweeperboy]

It's OK Connor, the way you feel about "Straight" Connor now is how you're going to feel about that moustache in 10 years time when you look back at this video! I'M JOKING, I'M JOKING!!! (love you)

[@justinbusque121]

They may be joking but I am not.

[@ConnorFranta]

um, hey now, dont bring down present day Connor

[@justinbusque121]

@@ConnorFranta I don't mean to. I was just expressing my dislike with your current facial hair. I didn't mean any offense. If I upset you I apologize. in all honesty as someone with body issues perhaps I shouldn't have said anything about how you look...

[@sweeperboy]

@@ConnorFranta Well, I personally was pulling that lil' disembodied leg in the background, because it looked cute. Hopefully, you know that. On a more serious note, I think when we look back at ourselves years later, we nearly always cringe but actually that boy you are watching struggle was figuring things out and his tribulations are what allows you to take your current enlightened views. I'm sure your moustache will teach you something about something at some point; perhaps you'll know what it is in 10 years' time :)

[@AGayNamedRural]

@@ConnorFranta we would never bring down someone obviously at rock bottom 💙🤪

[@tatianazavala6700]

I remember watching these when I was younger and it’s so crazy to have watched you become more comfortable in yourself and how much you’ve changed

[@AndyVillin]

I remember that era of Con... Was hilarious at the time. Now it's hilarious in another way😂❤️

[@violalee4265]

I’m 21 now and watching 21-year-old Connor, sooooo funny and reminiscent!♥️ Look how time flies! Almost 10 years have passed already and we’ve all grown up!😌😙

[@ConnorFranta]

♥♥♥

[@HSMfanatic17]

Having found Connor when I was 22/23 and now being 32, I can confirm.

[@jamesharney7312]

please never delete “straight” connor’s videos

[@AZF1010]

me realizing ive been watching you for a decade because i watched those when they came out. holy shit!

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Me !!!! AHhh

[@StevenTorres]

If you only knew that I had a huge crush with straight Connor. The looks! The personality! The hair! and “straight” Joey Graceffa too.

[@clairevanorsow]

The absolute CHOKEHOLD that those videos had on me in high school was insane. Every Monday I would go up to my friends and say "guys guess what day it is!!!" They probably hated me for that omg.

[@zaho0ratb487]

The fact that i started watching you when i was 14 i turn 23 in two days basically I grew up watching you grow and change and still enjoy and love watching you through it all

[@Mmc.879]

The fact that I'm nearly 22 _now_ & the fact that you were 21/22 in these videos is insane to me

[@brittanyvines]

Its crazy how you’re so embarrassed and insecure by these videos but I’m so fascinated by this process of you figuring yourself and you had to do this with an audience which wasn’t as easy as people think back then or even now in certain areas. My point is you never try to delete or hide who you are that’s extremely brave and your younger self had to go through all of that to be the amazing person u are today that’s awesome and something to also celebrate 💕

[@Victoria-sn9ww]

what an era this was 🥴😂 but i remember every damn minute thinking “these vids are so funny” and looking back i’m like “…. well that happened” LMAO

[@mckenziehunsicker2100]

The fact that I’ve got to see old/young Connor grow and blossom into Present Connor will always overwhelm my heart 💗 like the growth of this man is so inspirational!

[@hbshined]

this is the funniest concept of all time can every queer youtuber do this

[@camhusmj38]

I still remember your video explicitly titled “I’m not gay.” Laying it on a bit thick then.

[@blm456]

Having watched you through this era as another closeted male, it helped. Growing with you taught me things I can't explain and thank you for it

[@yessismiles]

My God I watched you since 2012 and I think I've forgotten about these straight Connor videos too lmao

[@parisnotfrench]

so i've been binge watching your old + new videos back to back, and THEN i watch this one! it's truly an experience, like i've been watching two different person but i still appreciate the nostalgia that the "old Connor" brings, been watching Connor's contents for years so i definitely miss part of your overly amped up personality sometimes ..and that hair cut from back then where you seem to straitghten or blow out your hair looked good on you imo lol

[@lulu221523]

I wasn't a huge fan of you at the time, but I will always remember your coming out video because I had barely finished the video before I NEEDED to come out to my roommates who were in the room(I was crying so they thought something was wrong lol). Ever since then I've been a huge fan and you will always have a special place in my heart/coming out story so thank you💖

[@miafrare9425]

“A gay being in pain” story of my life 😂

[@cABooSe145Q]

The title of his sextape 😂😂😂😂

[@ConnorFranta]

book 4

[@talle3566]

This is what we call growth. And I'm here for it

[@Rachel_Skunes]

“Straight Connor doesn’t deserve rights” 😂😂😂

[@Babygirlyouretheheart]

To be fair, the "What I hate about dating" video wasn't THAT straight, you were careful enough to say "person" instead of "girl" and made some valid points lol. The others tho-

[@aisadal2521]

Those were the days, weren't they? 😆 It's amazing to see how much you've changed since then, Connor 🥰

[@littlejoestar4]

Ironically your old videos are what made me have a crush on you and made me realize that I was gay myself. Now seeing how cringy these videos were, I can’t believe how much my humor has changed 😂

[@lexithompson377]

It’s the way that I’ve been watching Connor for 11 years 😂😭🥺

[@AndyVillin]

Are we old yet, Lexi? Are we?? Why would you say such a thing XD

[@lexithompson377]

@@AndyVillin hahaha ofc not we are not old NEVER!!

[@OLDS98]

It is good to see growth and progress in your own life. It makes you appreciate how much things have changed. You are on a journey in life. More changes will come.

[@supermeansadie6753]

Totally feel for you man! I’ve never been in your position but I can’t imagine having to tell my parents I was gay as well as my entire friend group. I have really high natural anxiety! I know you feel free now, you have to be true to you in this life! You look way younger in the video… it’s tough to come to terms with your sexuality even in a world that accepts LGBTQ people it’s tough… don’t be so hard on yourself! You were young! I know you knew because you made sure to say relationships of “the straight kind” and most straight people wouldn’t think to make that distinction!

[@sydneynoelle1650]

this era of connor was what got me into youtube

[@vampirizza]

looking at you now and looking at connor back then, now I realize how many people I know that give off then-connor vibes and THINGS ARE CLICKING

[@Nuwandaz]

Started watching you when you were still in the closet (also same), then you came out and i came out hahaha. I'm glad to say that we're living life as our true selves now 🤗🏳️🌈

[@mehran2877]

God this was just painful to watch… that poor boy in the videos!!! But every few seconds i burst into laughters just thinking about the contrast on the two displays. Love from Iran.

[@WannabeBackbencher]

Even though this video was about you, this was incredibly relatable. I also look back on stuff I used to say/do/think and cringe. BUT it's important to be kind to your past self! I recently listened to a commencement speech by Griffin McElroy warning against retroactive shame. We cling to negative memories at the expense of positive ones, which usually makes it harder to love and appreciate ourselves for who we are. We're all doing the best we can at our own pace, so thanks for sharing your growth journey!

[@twiggledowntown3564]

I hadn't even noticed you uploaded. So many youtubers and other videos I'm subscribed to, I almost forget.

[@lezlezzin]

the way that I was just rewatching your video reacting your straight videos from last year when this dropped this is exactly what I needed on this day

[@mustacheaday]

connor i had the biggest crush on ur straight self when u came out i ran out of my dorm into the hallway but now i love u more ty 4 everything you’ve done for the lgbtq+ community

[@Leif265]

Your face after the jazz hands jump cut had me rolling XD

[@alexacrandall4956]

I was thinking of you today and decided to watch you! This has nothing to do with the video but this hair, the mustache, it suits you so well!

[@alli0535]

the little talk at the end was so sweet❤️

[@Hello-jp2jr]

Connor, happy pride to you too. Having been following you for a long time, there is still some of the younger connor that creeps out sometimes. Be afraid, be very afraid. Have a great month.

[@lauc6673]

I dont know why, but you came to mind after many years of not even thinking of OTL. Its nostalgic, and i didnt even recognize you for a bit. Also, mqybe its just me, but i feel like your current voice is a lil deeper and quierer than pld connor. Its so nice to see youre still on here, and that youre doing well. Its wild to think that when you had come out i was slightly upset (teen crush lol) only to realize i was Bi myself lol. Hope you continue being well, and stay your true self.

[@b.eauty_asethetics1172]

I haven’t watched you in years , but I am still subscribed so when I saw this notification I thought my phone was broken. Omg the nostalgia and yes this was a whole different you like how 😂😂💕💕💕💕

[@srferchk0077]

Same here^^^^

[@michel5135]

This is great! Conner I have watched you since 2011. Oh how you think someone else might have it together or we live totally different lives, but your first book and last book House fires was amazing! I connected and related to House Fires so much after living a year on my own. When you are with your own thoughts, oh you learn a lot about yourself.

[@franallen3403]

oh my word. I remember watching these videos back then lol nobody can blame you... these videos were completely normal at the time which is so bizarre!! I love seeing you live authentically

[@shrutidaoo7325]

I've watched ALL those videos 💀 and honestly i loved them

[@bobthebuilderday6leader]

I’m honestly a current connor chickpea/viewer. As in I heard of you during your most popular heydays and checked out your videos but it wasn’t for me, but current era connor videos (around the past two to three years) bring my virgo queer-ass joy and peace. I think your self-acceptance and calm-chaoticness is healing to me! Happy pride, connor, it’s a pleasure to see you glow. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@theghostofhannahjones]

it's very funny and weirdly comforting to imagine my future self watching me the way Connor is watching his past self. just amused and patient like you're gonna get it eventually keep trying buddy :)

[@lyssieiscoolsometimes1087]

Your reactions were gold omg! I'm so glad I started watching your videos back then because I think that past knowledge made this even better! 😂 I'm not laughing at your misery just the amount of cringe you have for your past self is so relatable

[@mckenziebloom4641]

This is the funniest , thank you for putting yourself through this for our entertainment

[@shelikessinging]

I haven’t been this excited for a post notification in a longggg time

[@lizzieallen9661]

I CLICKED SO FAST😂im so excited for this omg😂😂

[@zara.1212]

you’re so strong for doing this. i could never! london pride isn’t until july so i’ve just been going concerts with my pride flag and watching gay shows (heartstopper, first kill, killing eve etc.). obviously having a much better time being queer than we did in 2013 😭

[@logynmurphy8008]

I have been watching connor since the collabatsea days and through all the ups and downs im so happy to see him be his true self 🥰

[@sillylady5558]

We love the growth

[@jessjess1107]

although its painful for you to look back on, that connor helped me through a lot. i loved connor then and i love connor now

[@HSMfanatic17]

Some of the 2013 videos were right before I discovered you! I first found your coming out video because I was searching for inspiration to come out. Your clothes and hair were so cute!! Your facepalms when things got cringey 😂

[@felipehernandez1196]

First off I wanna say, I'VE MISSED YOU, and Happy Pride Month. 🏳‍🌈The first video I've seen in probably over a year but now I'm back. ngl I kinda love your old videos and would still date the before and after. Love you💚

[@jachineoguta1956]

I'd like to thank straight Connor for helping me late elementary and middle school me with my dating life since I watched these videos on repeat... I'd like to report that the results were unsuccessful 🤣🤣🤣 but at least I found your channel so I got something out of it😁

[@lindseym329]

The fact that even the background music at 9 minutes brought back strange nostalgia for me…I can’t

[@ConnorFranta]

ngl...same

[@camera0bsessedx]

the jazz hands sent me lmaooo, I love seeing your reactions to your old videos

[@aflyingfinn]

the mustache next to baby face connor….. we’ve come so far

[@showmoke]

Connor - whatever you think of your old videos, for us viewers/fans, they were (and still are) amusing and entertaining and a great memory of the golden days of KZbin (before de-monetisation came about).

[@mm.ontana]

it's so craaaazy to be here after all those years, but not so crazy that i came out just after you, it's called evolution

[@natalianatanati]

best gift for pride month, just had the time of my life here thank you king for gracing us

[@theworldsoul]

Ahahaha, what great memories. Do you know that was the first video I watched at 07:00 of yours, and since then, I have also followed you on Twitter, as mentioned in the video.

[@naturalenemiestarocchi]

Dude this is real special. Ty for sharing this

[@thenewportangel]

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I’ve first seen a video of you. I’m proud of the man you became ❤️

[@withJocelyn]

LGBLT LOL always love your video editing and laughter 🌻

[@Tadpoli]

Hey Connor, I just wanted to take a sec to say that I really hope you know how appreciated you are. I've been watching your videos since 2013, and your coming out video was the first one I had ever seen. Around Sophomore year of high school (aka 2015), I realized for the first time (with the help of actually having the language to put to the differences I noticed in myself from other straight kids) that I wasn't straight. I must have watched your coming out video hundreds of times over throughout the course of the next six years as I navigated being secure in my sexuality and gender identity. Now, sitting here as a sure of himself trans bi and ace 23 year old guy, I have you to thank for teaching me to be brave and true to myself. Growing up with an extremely conservative and wildly homophobic/transphobic parent has been absolute hell, but your videos have helped me make it through. So from the bottom of my heart, Thank You Connor. I hope you have an amazing Pride Month!!

[@katiethomas5402]

I am actually laughing at loud at your facial reactions to yourself… nearly wet myself at your reaction to you starting that video with “bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop”…😂 Ps I watched you back in the day and absolutely knew you were gay haha. Thanks for the laugh, definitely needed that at the moment 🤍🤍 sending love from Australia x

[@ainesj]

2013 connor was an imposter but that was the connor i discovered to stay with the connor i still support today

[@luckleah24]

In my middle school our family life teacher used your videos to teach us! That’s how I was introduced to you’re KZbin!!😂

[@silver_galaxy]

Btw your coming out was such an important thing to me back then. I've started realize that I'm (surprisingly!) not a straight person and I'd been hating on myself for this 👹 religious background, homophobic relatives and country with anti-lgbt laws. I cried watching your coming out video, cause I've appreciated you sm, and I was extremely happy for you and it helped me to start accepting myself. Still grateful ❤️

[@chaseemills]

I just watched you waiting until you came out. Upon the first vid I saw you in, I was like “it’s only a matter of time…”

[@TheJoshuaAkhtar]

This reminded me of a time long ago… the week before I started freshman year of high school I wanted a new hair style and I was obsessed with you and your content. I showed the man cutting my hair a picture of you from like 2013-2014 just a random picture off google… now I’m gay asf; coincidence? I think not!

[@DoodleDanceful]

The way I had a crush on straight Conner & was shook when you came out

[@Hi-there-fella]

I'm so glad I've been with you on this journey, but I am equally embarrassed that I ever watched this 😅❤️

[@cassidymandel6507]

When you posted your coming out video, My best friend and I were at school. We fully stopped everything we were doing to watch it and cry against the lockers in the hallway because our dreams of marrying you were dead 😂😂😂 Now, as someone who is bi, I have absolutely no idea how my gaydar wasn’t all WEE-WOO HES GAY

[@dannyc.d.depresionshappypl9182]

Why hello there I stumbled back into 2016 and seemed to have found you. IM SO GLAD YOU ARE STILL HERE

[@kelseelangseth]

omg, I remember all of these videos. ILYSM

[@xKassieFizzyx]

As someone that's been watching you since 2012 or 2013, you have changed a lot. You came off as very hyper and random back then!

[@betterthanemril988]

It’s amazing you’re 29 years old and you’re basically looking at A montage of your 20s and how you’ve changed and evolved through the decade

[@kcb1995]

2012/2013 internet energy was something else!! I forgot how chaotic and cringey it was

[@egrojarom3846]

Closeted me watching these back in the day getting tips LOOL

[@gabyelizabeth9624]

i was so in love with you as a kid lmaooo. this vid takes me back.

[@chelseavannorman2600]

I started watching your videos in 2013. I'm so glad you continued to post on KZbin and hope the boys are doing alright lol