Jacob Haren is a big fan of Disney cartoons. He could also be a gay icon now.
Stuck under lockdown orders, LGBTQ people have found creative ways to pass the time, but Haren’s Beauty and the Beast recreation may be the best one yet.
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“Can I be a gay icon yet?” he asked, tweeting a video of himself recreating Belle’s reaction to Gaston’s wedding proposal.
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And the answer, according to the internet – including drag celebrities like Nina West and Jackie Cox – is yes.
Best of all? He says it took him about half an hour and it was just a plug for his YouTube watch party of the movie.
can i be a gay icon now pic.twitter.com/Pv4ggFG1QZ
— Jacob Haren (@jacobdharen) April 23, 2020
I adore @jacobdharen !! He can also sing circles around me!!
— Jackie Cox (@JackieCoxNYC) April 24, 2020
THE gay. :)
— Nina West (@NinaWest) April 24, 2020
Thank you all for the love on my BATB video. I honestly made that in video in about 30 minutes just as a reminder to my youtube fam of my Beauty and the Beast watch-along party tonight on youtube yes this did turn into a shameless plug.
— Jacob Haren (@jacobdharen) April 23, 2020
