#jaymi hensley

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I reckon there might be a clause in a boyband’s contract that at least one boybander must fuck about with different hairstyles once a firm fan base is established. Quite often they were either the second lead or the first to jump ship, after which they would get the clippers and take everything off in a middle finger move to former management.

exhibit 1 (above); Zayn Malik. In & out of 1D, that glorious dark hair was thinned for a textbook first gen faux hawk, blown back and brush rolled for a number of quiffs, streaked and loosely curled for a jelly roll, slicked but for a strand for a cry baby, undercut with a top knot, and more. On leaving 1D, the hair went, came, went, went, came, came, came, came… I dunno how many times, but he’s sure had fun with a variety of long and short.

further examples; Robbie Williams of Take That^, Shane Lynch of Boyzone, Nicky Byrne of Westlife, Matt Willis of Busted, Harry Judd of McFly, Scott Robinson of 5ive, Brian Harvey of East 17, Keith Flint of The Prodigy (ok, not strictly a boyband….but they were all male), Duncan James of Blue, Aston Merrygold of JLS, Jaymi Hensley of Union J, Jay McGuinness of The Wanted. And it didn’t stop with the UK, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter cut the curtains for some spikier styles, Justin Timberlake tossed off the spaghetti noodles for scruffier crewcuts, buzzed, and straightened and slicked back. I’m sure there are plenty more of lesser worldwide fame that could be added to the list too.

(^Jason Orange sported a very fetching low hawk during TT’s earlier heights of fame, while Howard Donald grew out his curly curtains and went for shoulder length dreadlocks around the same time. But otherwise neither had too many other noticeable deviations.)

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You just brought up an interesting point, re: sony/syco/simon wouldn't have cared that much about louis if harry hadn't fallen in love with him and their relationship hadn't "ruined" the plans they had for h. do you think if louis had been the only gay member he might have even been allowed to come out? they would have never let harry do it, no matter his relationship status, but i kinda feel like they wouldn't have cared if it had been "just" louis, or maybe they might have even tried to show off how diverse/tolerant they are because look at us, we have a poc AND a gay guy in our band!1

I don’t know. There’s a part of me that does think so. Union J was on the X factor two years later with an out member (Jaymi Hensley) and a closeted member they tried to turn into Harry Styles 2.0 (George Shelley). I don’t think any of it was out of the goodness of their heart. They probably thought it would be good for business. Poor George nearly had a mental breakdown with what he went through on X factor and afterwards.

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Jaymi Hensley quits Union J to focus on his solo career

https://echoingwalls.com/blog/jaymi-hensley-quits-union-j-to-focus-on-his-solo-career/

Jaymi Hensley quits Union J to focus on his solo career

Jaymi Hensley has quit Union J to focus on himself and his solo music. …

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by Lorzie

在这个七年制霍格沃茨学校AU里，Niall负责撩妹，Liam经历了一场自我发现之旅，Zayn坠入爱河，Harry想要更进一步，而Louis则试图彻底搞清楚为什么他一个麻瓜出身却被选入了斯莱特林。

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Fandoms: One Direction (Band), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Rape/Non-Con

Categories: M/M

Characters: Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Perrie Edwards, Stan Lucas, Eleanor Calder, Nick Grimshaw, Draco Malfoy, Jaymi Hensley, Tom Parker, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Hermione Granger

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Union J 'slightly lost touch' after split - Up News Info

Union J ‘slightly lost touch’ after split – Up News Info

Josh Cuthbert says Union J “slightly lost touch” after their split. The boy band – consisting of George Shelley, Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett and Jaymi Hensley – reunited on stage at the London Palladium last month for a one-off gig, and they say it was great to get back to playing with his comrades after rebuilding their bond. Speaking to Heat magazine, the 29-year-old star said: “Afterwards we…

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together we know what we're fighting for ♡

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REUNION J

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Isn't Union J the band that joked in an interview once that Louis would come out as gay or was gay? I feel like it's out there in the void.

This news was syndicated (meaning it was distributed by a professional team) around 29 October 2013.

• Union J star Jaymi Hensley has admitted that he thinks it is "hilarious" that One Direction fans want their idols to be having secret "gay affairs".

The 23-year-old, who is openly homosexual, said he found it strange that nowadays girls dream about boyband members getting romantically involved with each other instead of them.

Reflecting on how times have changed since he first came out to his friends and family at the age of 14, Hensley told Metro: "Look at the One Direction fan fiction - they're fantasising about One Direction having gay affairs with each other.

"Times have changed. I haven't read it, but it sounds hilarious. Girls are fantasising about them being gay when they're not; in the past, the situation was completely opposite."

Hensley also stated that coming out publicly during last year's X Factor "had no negative effect" on Union J's popularity and only strengthened the bond with their fans.

“Me coming out has had no negative effect on our band at all," he said. "We've got a record deal and songs in the charts.

"If anything it's helped form a connection with fans. The fact I've been able to achieve this while being true to who I am might inspire other gay kids - it doesn't matter what you look like or who you love, you can do whatever you want in life."

One Direction member Harry Styles this week had to deny that magazine photos of him apparently kissing bandmate Louis Tomlinson were real.

The pair have been given the couple name of 'Larry Stylinson' by fans, though Tomlinson last year dismissed suggestions of a secret relationship as "the biggest load of bulls**t... ever".

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What’s interesting is that Union J was formed by Simon Cowell on The X Factor (by adding Shelley to Triple J) in 2012, two years after forming One Direction. Its PR team used an out gay member of the band to: 1. make it seem as if closeting no longer existed since Hensley was out and proud, 2. make it seem as if management would never consider gay sexual identity a financial liability.

In the recent documentary, Shelley contradicted both of these implications. He was constantly anxious about being outed. He stated that two gay men in one band would cause serious liability to the band as a product to sell to girls.

Perhaps Hensley was allowed to express his sexuality because he had come out prior to auditions— management had no choice, because the horse was out of the barn. But they could use Hensley’s example to closet not only his own bandmate, but a much more famous, much more lucrative boyband— One Direction. A band that, as Shelley pointed out, management was at pains to duplicate.

This interview, in fact, reminded me of out gay men, such as Dan Wootton and Andy Cohen, asking Louis to denounce Larries (in a condescending way, treating all Larries as “girls with their fantasies”), and forcing Louis to deny Larry.

In the above article, Louis and Harry do not even get the dignity of a serious consideration about their sexuality as individual human beings, but must have their sexualities linked to a romantic fan theory (because it’s fantasy to think they’re not straight, right?). The homophobia inherent in such a criticism is hidden because it’s in the same article as an out gay boybander’s sound bites.

Dan Wootton served the same purpose. In his unctuous, odious, putrefactant way, he asked Louis questions about Larry, Eleanor, his tattoos, and the bears, because Dan knew Louis’ closet was iron tight, and Louis could do nothing but make it tighter.

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Union J - Who Would've Thought

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I didn't know that about Jaymi??

Yeah iirc around 2016, he tweeted something negative about European immigrants and Josh called him out publicly (both sets of tweets were soon deleted). Jaymi also once tweeted something negative about a woman’s looks before and then was defensive when called out about it.

I don’t have screenshots of these unfortunately (if someone does pls let me know!) but he’s also said negative stuff about single parents and people on benefits on the Wright Stuff. Oh and some stuff he hasn’t deleted off Twitter—

Tweeted supporting known racist K*tie H*pkins, a month after she tweeted about “eb*la b*mbs”:

Tweeted this the day after the Brexit vote and a mere week after Jo Cox’s murder:

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Union J. Do you really miss them so much if you are you then please please reblog this.

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hello? is this thing on?

does anyone still follow me on here anymore?

big news y'all.... UNION J IS BACK. i have no idea what's going on, i truly did nOT expect this at all... didn't really think i'd see the day if we're being completely honest. i had some big feelings surrounding the break-up back in 2016 as i think we all did and i have big feelings now here in 2022. seeing that teaser video, everything just comes flooding back. this band was a source of light and joy for me during one of the hardest and most crucial periods of my life where i was in such a dark space... i kind of have a depression fog for the beginning half of my college career and i don't remember much, but i sure as hell remember the union j days, but specifically union j days here on tumblr with everyone. everyone knows boybands are my thing but THIS boyband in particular... this is the group i saw grow from DAY LITERAL 1. i saw them go through as much as you could see from a fans perspective, the good the bad the ugly. all of it. like, this band is special to me. 10 years this year that these guys got together... it's hard to fathom. it's been 5 years since union j as we knew it ceased to exist and like i said i felt... many emotions. in all honesty there was a time after that where i didn't know how i'd feel about a UJ reunion. but now that it's happening, it's one of those things where you never knew how much you needed it until it finally happens. i've always been a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. sometimes things need to fall apart so they can come back together stronger. this definitely feels like one of those situations.

anyways, if you're still here please say hello! i know blog urls may have changed and stuff but i still remember a bunch of people from back then. i'm kinda looking forward to editing union j pics again hehe.

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