Omar Apollo Let Everyone See Him All of Him in Queer
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Omar Apollo’s social strategy? Letting it all hang out.
On Wednesday, the singer and actor, who appeared in the movie Queer alongside Daniel Craig shared a slightly NSFW still on his Instagram from a scene in the film where he and Craig are in a hotel for a tryst. To the dismay of many people in the comment section, however, Apollo did cover up his genitals with an emoji.
“Queer available on streaming now for all the dLs that didn’t wanna go to theatre,” Apollo wrote in the accompanying caption. (A DL is a person on the downlow, meaning they are gay or engage in gay sex but are secretive about it.)
Queer, directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the novel of the same name by Willam S. Burroughs, tells the story of William Lee, a U.S. expatriate living in Mexico City (and a thinly-veiled stand-in for Burroughs), who becomes obsessed with another young American named Eugene Allerton. Together, they travel to South America in search of a plant with hallucinogenic properties. Apollo’s character is unnamed. Several people — celebrities included — reacted to the photo, which has over 105,000 likes at the time of writing.
“What platform?” wrote singer Troye Sivan, in response to Apollo’s advertisement-like caption.
“Finally I can stream in peace,” actor Hari Nef commented. Though a great many are loving the titillating update, some were apparently not fans of the post. In a Story posted on Wednesday, Apollo said that he had lost followers once the image was live. “Unfollow me if ur a homophobe,” Apollo wrote, alongside several laughing emoji. “You’re not my target audience. I will never make myself ‘palatable’.” Apollo has been sharing several behind-the-scenes looks at the film since its release, including a shot of him in the makeup chair with his false teeth.
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Despite stellar reviews, Queer has gotten a muted response going into awards season. Most of its nominations have been for Daniel Craig’s lead performance. The film was also nominated for the Queer Lion, an award for the best LGBTQ+-related film, at the Venice Film Festival.
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Them: Background
Omar Apollo is having the kind of year that would have been unbelievable to him as a teenager growing up in Indiana. The singer attended the Met Gala for the first time this May, clad in custom Loewe. He released his second studio album, God Said No, in June, then embarked on a world tour spanning from North America to Asia to Australia. And to close out his year, he is making his feature film acting debut in Queer, the new literary adaptation from famed Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino.
Based on the novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, the film follows the exploits of Lee (Daniel Craig), an American expat living in 1950s Mexico City as part of a thriving community of gay men who seem to be able to gather and live their lives relatively undisturbed — externally, anyway. Internally, Lee is driven by a desperate bid for meaning and connection, which he primarily seeks in substances and dalliances with younger men. His main obsession is Eugene (Drew Starkey), but Apollo’s unnamed character serves as an introduction to the darker side of desire at the film’s centerApollo’s participation in the film was initially announced back in July, and in September, he revealed in interviews that he had an intimate scene with the film’s star, Daniel Craig — which predictably set queer media abuzz.
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