I think people here should cut Louis some slack. Just because he was a bit camp and flamboyant at 18 it doesn't mean he is going to be exactly the same at 32 or ever again. Some Larries just seem to be sat around waiting for the old mannerisms to reappear instead of appreciating him for who he is now. I was very different at 18 to how I am now, and that goes for the majority of people.
Hi, anon!
Yes, people grow and change. However, Louis has been told to act less stereotypically gay and hide his natural mannerisms, and faced punishment when he didn’t. It's gotten to the point where all this has made him self-discipline, turned him incredible self-concious, and his self-esteem is damaged. He's repressing his natural mannerisms. He has also adopted some mannerisms that's not natural to him in order to appear more straight. So it's not about natural change in behaviour. It's about repression and adopting unnatural mannerisms.
We all see how relaxed, flamboyant and camp he turns when he feels comfortable in the environment that he's in. He's back to the same mannerisms and flamboyance he showed at 18. So with Louis it's not about accepting he's changed. His natural flamboyancy hasn't changed. It's just being repressed. It's been repressed over years and years in public settings.
So when we're celebrating Louis' acting camp or flamboyant it's because it means he's happy and comfortable, and to me more authentically himself. That's a good thing. He shouldn't have to hold back, or adopt unnatural mannerisms and repress his natural ones. We can tell the difference. We can tell when he's putting on an act and when he's relaxed and is just himself. We love Louis when he's himself and celebrating when he is, is a way to tell him it's okay to be himself. Fuck the ones telling him it's not okay to act naturally flamboyant. It is okay. Just be you.
