In this episode of ‘Gays Gone Wild,’ “Fire Island” was trending on Twitter today after several social media posts went viral featuring tons of shirtless gays at shoulder-to-shoulder parties at the gay summer mecca, Fire Island.
No masks, no social distancing.
Journalist Chris Weidner curated the following posts and reports via Twitter.
Among the ‘Covidiots’ is an apparent 23-year-old Giancarlo Kristian Albanese, currency analyst at EverythingFx. It looksl like he was planning on returning to his parents house (where he lives) in White Plains, NY.
Except – his mother reportedly if undergoing chemotherapy, and his brother commented on Giancarlo’s post saying he is now unwelcome at home.
Plenty of non-social-distancing going on at Fire Island Pines in New York. Certain gays can’t skip a season to save their lives. Criticism mounts: https://t.co/KWuJRzOJc0@PinkNews @MajorPhilebrity @sbstryker @yashar @evanrosskatz @lgbtqnation @Queerty @TheAdvocateMag #4thofJuly pic.twitter.com/Jr7WzSL7LL
— Chris Weidner (@CWNewser) July 4, 2020
More video coming in from Fire Island Pines, showing large crowds, close quarters, no masks and no fu*%s given while confirmed Covid-19 positive people are in attendance. #July4th #IndependanceDay #COVID @DCHomos @MajorPhilebrity @evanrosskatz @yashar @emmavpm @DanaKennedyLive pic.twitter.com/4aFCoSQ6Ls
— Chris Weidner (@CWNewser) July 5, 2020
His mother reportedly has chemo on Friday and he is now unwelcome at home, according to his brother on Instagram. #COVIDIOTS #FireIsland pic.twitter.com/FsOSeHa2dK
— Chris Weidner (@CWNewser) July 5, 2020
I found her Facebook. It’s true that she has cancer. She also seems like a wonderful person. He must be seriously mentally disturbed to be this unhinged. I feel bad for his family.
— 👽 (@TaylorEdin) July 5, 2020
Another video: Beach and boats, but no masks in sight.#fip #fireisland #fireislandpines #COVIDIOTS pic.twitter.com/LwSexBy65y
— Chris Weidner (@CWNewser) July 5, 2020
And then there’s Corey Hannon who told social media that he had been suffering from COVID-19 for over a week but went to Fire Island anyway.
Corey Hannon, who admits he has Covid-19 & is partying ar Fire Island Pines, posted a now deleted video after being called out on social media for being irresponsible.@evanrosskatz @MajorPhilebrity @tyleroakley @yashar @PinkNews @Queerty @tlrd @nypost @DanaKennedyLive #COVIDIOT pic.twitter.com/4nDuDRH819
— Chris Weidner (@CWNewser) July 5, 2020
Hannon later posted an ‘apology’ video which seemed to twist and turn itself in knots.
On one hand, he said he never actually tested positive for COVID-19, but he believed he had experienced it. BUT – even though he took a test for the virus, he still headed out to Fire Island to frolic in the sun amid the gays.
He ‘apologized’ for the ‘misrepresentation’ of his COVID story and that his video rant was never meant to be posted to his account as it was just ‘bad humor’ intended to be shared among friends.
He also denounced so-called ‘cancel culture’ for how his own posts on social media came back to bite him in the ass.
First of all, pal, stop posting every second of your life on social media if you don’t want to deal with the ramifications. You’re not that cool.
Second, we can’t cancel what hasn’t happened. I’d never heard of Hannon before today. The idea of ‘cancel culture’ is to ‘cancel’ prominent individuals who have abused public trust in having a following.
Dude, you ain’t that famous…
Twitter was NOT havin it:
we’re gonna be in quarantine forever because you expired milk ass f words can’t not wear your ~brand new speedo~ to fire island for one goddamn year pic.twitter.com/b5ktvC0LQq
— Hitmonvers ✨ (@MilkmanNick) July 5, 2020
Fire Island gays facing their covid test results in two weeks pic.twitter.com/dwp3Ild8fm
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) July 5, 2020
American Horror Story: Fire Island
— Paul 🏃 (@paulludwig) July 5, 2020
Just confirmed with a source in Fire Island Pines, residents are very upset with lack of disregard. #coronavirus https://t.co/EdA4uB0Eel
— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) July 5, 2020
Fire Island meth queens heading to the beach party like pic.twitter.com/Fw90PIrGEq
— All Black Lives Matter. (@samkalidi) July 5, 2020
it’s sending me into a fucking rage seeing videos of all the gays at fire island who decided the pandemic is over because they couldn’t wait a year to wear their tacky speedos and do ghb. if any of you were there please block me, you’re an embarrassment
— stephen (@stephenossola) July 5, 2020
If you went to Fire Island this weekend do us all in NYC/Long Island a favor and extend your Fire Island stay for an extra two weeks. Stay where you are. Parties are fun, but this shit was fucking stupid. Quarantine your ass like our lives depend on it.
— Adam Antium (@YouDontNoeyMe) July 5, 2020
You’d think we gay men would have learned from the last pandemic that brought our community to its knees (HIV) and that we’re still reeling from. We criticize Trumpists for denying science and then turn around and do this. Embarrassing.
— Guillermo Mena (@GuilloMena) July 5, 2020