Eddie/Hotdude Official Megathread!
(This is based on this post I made a while ago, shoutout to @bunk12bear for suggesting the format!)
(I know the formatting is a bit weird because of how tumblr is posting it, but it’s much clearer/cleaner over here on ao3! But generally I think it works better on desktop than mobile...)
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Eddie/Hotdude Official Megathread!
TheNumberOneBanished 8hr ago
Ok everyone, this is the official megathread to discuss this post from Eddie. Mods have decided it’s been too crazy in here and it needs to be compressed.
If you missed it, although I don’t see HOW at this point, Eddie and a man (who was named by fans in the 90s as Hotdude Inthebackground) have apparently been engaged since 1989 and were among the first same sex couples to get married in Indiana this morning. Hotdude has previously been assumed to be part of their security but *shrug* looks like we were wrong. We’ve been overwhelmed with posts on the subject so keep it in this ONE PLACE please from now on.
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EddiesGirl 8hr ago
Are we sure it’s not a joke?
---mrboombastic 8hr ago
Yes baby we’re sure
---EddiesGirl 8hr ago
How though?
---mrboombastic 7hr ago
They’ve never joked about anything like this, sex and sexuality
is probably the one thing they’ve always been super serious
about. Guess this is why.
---user37397564397569 8hr ago
U mad?
---EddiesGirl 7hr ago
Just not sure I believe it
throwawayfuckeddie 7hr ago
burning all my cc shit right now man. don’t need a fucking fag on my car stereo. fuck eddie.
---Mycoffinisfineactually 7hr ago
They still have your money, dude. But sure, go ahead and destroy
all your shit.
---throwawayfuckeddie 7hr ago
fuck you too.
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---frogger75 8hr ago
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
---lokisbabe 8hr ago
What the fuck?
---allthegoodnamesweretaken 7hr ago
That’s…an interesting threat? I think?
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---freakmeup 6hr ago
Digging your own grave here. Just stop.
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---seven8nine 5hr ago
No way you could fit your entire truck up there
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pussyfromaboywithcatears 7hr ago
Do we even know Hotdude’s real name? I mean I doubt Eddie’s going to be Mr. Inthebackground from now on?
---bornindenial 7hr ago
I don’t think so? Someone on twitter said Eddie used the name
‘Steve’ literally one time when they were at a signing and Hotdude was the
one who came to the table. No proof though.
---pussyfromaboywithcatears 7hr ago
Strange thing to wait until NOW to mention. Also, Steve?
Generic af. My money’s on that being a lie and ‘Steve’ was the first name
they thought of.
---babygotfront 7hr ago
Eddie’s got the name ‘Dustin’ tatted on his leg?
---pussyfromaboywithcatears 6hr ago
Along with about eight or nine others, so unless we’re also
thinking Hotdude’s name is also either Jane or Erica, I don’t think
that makes sense.
---lokisbabe 6hr ago
Twitter right now is saying Steve and this tracks for me. Eddie’s got
that big S tattoo on his ring finger.
---frogger75 6hr ago
Did he not saying that stood for ‘sucking dick’?
---EddiesGirl 6hr ago
When did he say that? Like is he even really gay?
---Mycoffinisfineactually 6hr ago
sweetie he’s been out a long time, its time to move on
---indianaguy 5hr ago
I knew eddie in highschool and that is absolutely something
he’d get a tattoo of.
---mrboombastic 5hr ago
My guy. Check your fucking yearbook rn to see if Hotdude in
there.
---sevendogsinatrenchcoat 5hr ago
No way to verify, Eddie never graduated, ergo no yearbook.
Got his GED in 98.
---mrboombastic 5hr ago
We get yearbooks every year but yeah you’re right, too
hard to verify
---freakmeup 5hr ago
Ignore this guy, he’s always on all the conspiracy boards
claiming wild shit about. Russian invasions and monsters.
Says the earthquake that gave Eddie that scar on his face was
an evil wizard. The band themselves have renounced him as a
fan.
---indianaguy 4hr ago
Fuck you you fucking sheep
---freakmeup 3hr ago
Baaaaaa
CallMeByYourMothersName 5hr ago
holy fuck HOLY FUCK everyone needs to watch this video right now. Eddie blowing a kiss to the side of the stage at MSG and if you turn up the brightness HOTDUDE IS THERE AND HE CATCHES IT
---ninebrassmonkeys 5hr ago
Oh shit that’s cute
---ninebrassmonkeys01 4hr ago
I have a bone to pick with you
---burningmanwasboring 5hr ago
Oh shit that’s cute, indeed
Chesticles03 5hr ago
Does this mean Lollipop is about Hotdude’s dick?
---pissbaby75 5hr ago
…yes I believe it does
---showmeyourfeet 5hr ago
lol you’re right it probably does
---drumbitch98 5hr ago
There’s a video of Hotdude wearing a Lollipop shirt at a meet and
greet! Eddie told the person recording that it was a merch sample
that never got made!
---pissbaby75 5hr ago
I’ve seen this video omg wait let me find it I’m sure it’s on
youtube
pissbaby75 4hr ago
HERE is the video of Hotdude in the scrapped Lollipop merch and I swear at 1:23 he SAYS HIS NAME. Headphones on full volume. This was from 2002. Whoa.
---CaptionBot
Here are the captions for this video!
“Hi guys thanks for coming”
“I’m so excited to meet you, your music saved my life”
“Awesome to hear that man, glad you’re still around. Is this the
shirt you brought to get signed?”
“Yes please. I think all the Lollipop merch get sold out already but
this one is awesome too”
“I’ll pass it on to Will our designer, thank you. There was only
samples made for
Lollipop stuff *laughing sounds* They said looked too much like a
dick to sell. (Steve?) back there has the only actual one. Here you
go, enjoy the show tonight!”
“Did you call me?”
“Oh my god Hotdude! Hi!”
“Uh, hey?”
---Chesticles03 4hr ago
STEVE!!!!!!!!!! He definitely does say Steve!
---interestingreaction 4hr ago
The tattoo of the S on his hand. It all makes sense now.
---jackskullboy 4hr ago
As much fun as the story he tells about it being about his love for
sucking dick is, I agree that this is a better fit
CorrodedCorpse 4hr ago
Hotdude has an E tattoo! Repeat! Hotdude has an E tattoo! This video of him in shorts lifting an amp into a van is grainy because hey, cellphones in the mid 00s, right? But the tat on his left leg has a very definite E shape. Props to tumblr for spotting this one.
---punchanazi 4hr ago
How is it that we’re literally only clocking this now?
---CorrodedCorpse 4hr ago
He’s also topless. We were not focusing on anything but
Hotdude without a shirt
on.
---punchanazi 3hr ago
Valid.
EddiesGirl 3hr ago
There’s been nothing posted online since. I still don’t think this is for real if he hasn’t posted a follow up.
---coffinfucker 3hr ago
How does that logic work?
---EddiesGirl 3hr ago
Well wouldn’t you be posting your wedding day for everyone to
see?
---coffinfucker 3hr ago
He kept it secret since the 80’s and you think now is when
that’ll change? We were lucky to even get this. There was more
info about Beyonce’s first trimester on Blue Ivy than there was about
this relationship until literally 10 hours ago.
---EddiesGirl 2hr ago
I just think he owes us more of an explanation. We’re the ones
paying his bills.
---Mycoffinisfineactually 3hr ago
I think you should log off
---EddiesGirl 3hr ago
Why? Because I want to know why he’s lied to us for so long
he’s not the person I thought he was if he’s been lying about
being in a relationship for so long.
---Mycoffinisfineactually 3hr ago
*facepalm*
---EddiesGirl 2hr ago
If you’re ok with supporting someone who has the capacity
for such a huge lie then fine. Some of us are on discord
writing an open letter about it.
---Mycoffinisfinactually 1hr ago
oh my god of course you are
allaboutthatbass 3hr ago
Is this Hotdude in this video? In the yellow? Is someone calling him Harry?
Edit: sorry, new to this. LINK
---showmeyourfeet 3hr ago
You forgot the link, champ
---allaboutthatbass 3hr ago
Sorry, fixed it.
---ozzyozzy 3hr ago
That’s Hotdude! It doesn’t sound like Harry though. More like ‘Here,
Tony’. Is his name Tony?
---CallMeByYourMothersName 3hr ago
No we’ve figured out it’s Steve, but you’re right that there’s two
parts to whatever he’s being called. Surname maybe?
---thedoctordonna 3hr ago
He looks great in yellow
---pissbaby75 3hr ago
He looks fuckin great in yellow
---milestellme 3hr ago
Definitely his colour
---daisiesonyournightstand 2hr ago
More Hotdude in yellow content please
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---CoffinUpMyHeart 2hr ago
If you slow the video down it sounds like they’re saying Harrington.
Could that be it?
---coochieluver 2hr ago
Steve Harrington is such a Midwest name jesus christ
---bodysnatcher 2hr ago
I hear it too. Sounds like Harrington for sure
EddiesGirl 2hr ago
If anyone wants to add their name to the letter of why we as fans feel betrayed by not hearing about this before now, I’ll leave the link here.
---mrboombastic 2hr ago
Are you still here?
---Mycoffinisfineactually 2hr ago
This is so funny
---showmeyourfeet 2hr ago
What the fuck is this?
---TheNumberOneBanished 2hr ago
There are easier ways to ask me to ban you
---pussyfromaboywithcatears 2hr ago
Careful throwing that ‘we’ word around
tusconarizona 1hr ago
It’s kind of hard to see for sure because it’s a screenshot of an old Top Of The Pops performance, but this looks like Eddie holding Hotdude’s hand when they leave the stage?
---BeamMeUpThotty 1hr ago
Hard to tell! Could be just Hotdude putting his hand out to help
him step down off the stage?
TimCurryingMyFavour 1hr ago
Was he ever just a security guard?
---ironmanCW 1hr ago
Now there’s a question.
---TimCurryingMyFavour 1 hr ago
Like how did they even meet?
mopthefloor 38 minutes ago
I wonder if Eddie knows how big a deal this is?
---callousedanus 35 minutes ago
That he’s married?
---mopthefloor 27 minutes ago
Well yeah but like, that he’s officially gay now too. NME has been
saying for years that he’s been joking about it. This is huge for their queer
fanbase
---throwawayfuckeddie 20 minutes ago
fuck their queer fanbase
---mopthefloor 17 minutes ago
Don’t threaten me with a good time
---callousedanus 25 minutes ago
They’ve been pretty clear about never joking about that kind of
thing (I think it was discussed further up the thread?) so NME
haven’t been paying close enough attention. I get what you
mean though, very validating, especially in this scene.
SpaceDogsInMyBrain 26 minutes ago
Hasn’t Eddie said that he lurks this subreddit? I wonder if he’ll see this?
---eddiem 20 minutes ago
Yep!
TheNumberOneBanished just now
Ok! So we’re locking this thread now because we’ve come very close to accidentally doxxing Hotdude! We’ve been given a super rare insight into Eddie’s personal life and we’re going to stay respectful of it.
Also, Eddie has posted another picture on Instagram, you can see it here.
tl;dr for anyone too lazy to click, it’s a picture of them holding hands backstage at a show, it’s pretty cute. Caption confirms that Hotdude’s name is in fact Steve, they met through friends in 1986, and that CC will be scheduling their long awaited farewell tour dates once they’re back from honeymoon.
It’s been a pretty wild day for us in the fanbase, but if it’s one thing we can all take away from this, it’s that Hotdude looks great in yellow.
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