The only conspiracy I’ll entertain is that I think Shawn might have had an agenda and wanted to mention it, but it backfired... it seems like a lot of the behavior the interviewer captured was Shawn trying to put on a show and “act straight”... like the mention of “when Shawn’s eyes wander elsewhere: Three girls in bikinis are walking up from the beach. “There’s definitely some cuties here,” [said Shawn]”—or when “he blows one last kiss and gets in the next van. “Is everybody here gorgeous?” he says. “Did I stumble upon the most beautiful country in the world or something? They all have these beautiful eyes.”” Not to mention the whole episode of presumably hooking up with the Hungarian bartender... all that talk and behavior seems oddly fuckboy-ish and that is not his reputation.
How many closeted guys have tried making side comments about a girls appearance, but it just comes off awkward—randomly laying down a “dude, she’s so hot” like it’s gonna put people off the gay scent. I know I’d go bro-mode at random times when I was closeted and it never played smooth. That’s exactly where my mind goes with those quotes from the interview.