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" 🤣

[@eggtemperaa]

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

[@lyssieiscoolsometimes1087]

Literally me 😂

[@wowjennawow]

@@eggtemperaa that makes two of us 😭😭

[@ashrmv]

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

[@XOAbbyLivXO]

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

[@rowanjude444]

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

[@aimeemcdonald1581]

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

[@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 😂😭

[@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!!

[@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

[@jaybehkay2438]

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

[@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

[@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😂❤️

[@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.

[@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.

[@susanmorgan9074]

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

[@akashafedorus7264]

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

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Me !!!! AHhh

[@jamesharney7312]

please never delete “straight” connor’s videos

[@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.

[@camhusmj38]

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

[@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

[@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

[@hbshined]

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

[@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!

[@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 💕

[@miafrare9425]

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

[@cABooSe145Q]

The title of his sextape 😂😂😂😂

[@ConnorFranta]

book 4

[@yessismiles]

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

[@ltob86]

“It’s wild that nobody knew I was gay”…. Aw, we all knew, but we’re glad you came out on your own time ❤️

[@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💖

[@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 😂

[@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 🤗🏳️🌈

[@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!!

[@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-

[@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.

[@aisadal2521]

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

[@talle3566]

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

[@Rachel_Skunes]

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

[@sydneynoelle1650]

this era of connor was what got me into youtube

[@lindseym329]

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

[@ConnorFranta]

ngl...same

[@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 😭

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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😁

[@Leif265]

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

[@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^^^^

[@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. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@kcb1995]

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

[@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!

[@alli0535]

the little talk at the end was so sweet❤️

[@twiggledowntown3564]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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 😂

[@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

[@camera0bsessedx]

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

[@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

[@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 :)

[@shrutidaoo7325]

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

[@mckenziebloom4641]

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

[@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

[@chrisk5651]

I marched in the NYC pride parade with Planned Parenthood. I never thought that I would ever say that. When I was in grad school I almost went to Washington for the annual anti-abortion protest (I guess they won’t be having that anymore). But waited at the church for the bus that was chartered but it broke down so I didn’t get to go. I take that as a divine message. As we see with Uncle Clarence’s opinion, they don’t want to stop there. We need to be fearful for gay marriage & other freedoms.

[@Tyler-2839]

Wow reconciling our former closeted life with our current out selves is a theme I'm seeing in this video. The Titus Andromedon character in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt in season 2 has a plot along these lines as well.

[@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.

[@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

[@DoodleDanceful]

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

[@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.

[@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!!😂

[@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.

[@ainesj]

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

[@StupefyAndStuff]

Watching this video makes me laugh and warms my heart because it was literally Connor’s book that helped me realise I was gay. What a full circle moment. 😂

[@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😂😂

[@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.

[@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!

[@aflyingfinn]

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

[@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 🥰

[@caitipickett7046]

not these videos genuinely being how i found his account in like 2014- i’m crying

[@hannahgabriel9590]

I used to absolutely love your PO Box opening videos/fan mail. Tbh I rewatch them sometimes, I’m so sorry

[@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).

[@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 ❤️

[@charlottesmith7654]

wow omg watching these...it really was a different era of youtube, the "random" "quirky" humour aaaahhhhhh

[@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💚

[@lexdubs]

i loved (and still do honestly) the jump cuts back then, i thought it was the best thing ever

[@estherjanssen4443]

I'm getting war flashbacks from being 13, obsessively watching yt and of course OsL/Connor franta just thinking that everything they said was... basically fact 😂 still absolutely love(d) it!

[@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!

[@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

[@katrinasutton8906]

This video honestly puts a huge smile on my face 😁😂 because not only where both you and I "straight" back then now we are both VERY GAY but the nostalgia of my teenage self is so funny

[@Caraxou]

Feeling so nostalgic... I realize today that I have followed a personal journey similar: from knowing only straight relationships to being good with yourself and accepting to like girls too. So thanks Connor for accompanying us on our queerness journey! 🌈🥰

[@Victoria-sn9ww]

connor: “it’s wild to think that nobody knew i was gay” babe.. it feel like it was blatantly obvious lmao but to each their own

[@natalianatanati]

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

[@ez9566]

Its so funny, I just found out I was gay through internet and attraction. Like I didnt even know that this was called gay and was like: hmmm sexually im attracted to men but I want to marry wife,kids and stuff. Like I didnt even know that gay existed as gay. It took me three years to realize that

[@lena5551]

I'm so proud of you, angel. You've come a long way.

[@ConnorFranta]

thanks lena :)

[@princessfaith925]

every time connor mentions coming out, i suddenly remember that he posted his coming out video on my 16th birthday. it was quite the day.