Spirit Halloween Isn't Actually Selling Those Viral 'Gay Guy' Costumes

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Screengrab via Twitter (@aubs_4213)/Spirit Halloween

The company issued a statement to clarify what’s going on.

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Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out. He's also a staff contributor to The Advocate, PRIDE, and other equalpride publications. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.

You can follow Bernardo Sim on Instagram. Otherwise, you can find him on Bluesky, Threads, X/Twitter, and TikTok.

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October 27 2022 7:56 AM EST

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Queerbaiters are shaking!

Over the weekend, a series of tweets showing fake "gay guy" costumes that look like they were being sold by seasonal costume retailer Spirit Halloween went viral on social media. These costumes varied from "gay guy" to "gay loser" to "gay person in terrible outfit." The latter was even re-shared by none other than Lil Nas X.

The rapper joked in the retweet:

"It's funny until u realize both of my dead grandmothers stitched this outfit together by hand right before passing and I wore it to go and donate to a children's hospital after volunteering at a soup kitchen for the homeless. Not so funny now is it?"

\u201cit\u2019s funny until u realize both of my dead grandmothers stitched this outfit together by hand right before passing and i wore it to go and donate to a childrens hospital after volunteering at a soup kitchen for the homeless. not so@funny now is it?\u201d
— i am reading all that (@i am reading all that) 1666628993

After so many of these fake costumes went viral on social media, Spirit Halloween decided to issue a statement clarifying that all of these products are indeed fake and not being sold online or in-store. A representative for Spirit Halloween said:

"This is not an officially licensed costume from our company. Photoshopping our packages seems to be trending at the moment."

\u201c@aubs_4213 Hey! This is not something we carry or have carried before.\u201d
— Spirit Halloween (@Spirit Halloween) 1666381469

This is, in fact, a hilarious trend that has been going on throughout Halloween in 2022. The internet has been getting extremely creative with these parodies, and we're loving them!