Beartooth's Caleb Shomo Comes Out as Gay After 13-Year Marriage Ends
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Updated · Just Jared · May 23
Beartooth's Caleb Shomo Comes Out as Gay After 13-Year Marriage Ends
5 articles · Updated · Just Jared · May 23
Caleb Shomo said in an Instagram statement on May 23 that he is "a proudly gay man," addressing recent speculation about his personal life.
The Beartooth frontman said years of burying his feelings with alcohol delayed that reckoning, and that his upcoming album will reflect a more fully honest version of himself.
Fleur Shomo, his wife of 13 years, soon confirmed their marriage is over, calling the past few months disorienting and painful while saying she still wants to love, protect and support him.
Shomo is Beartooth's only remaining founding member more than a decade after the band launched, making the disclosure a major personal and artistic turning point for the group.
How will Caleb Shomo’s personal truth reshape the sound of a band famous for its brutal honesty?
What does a top hardcore frontman coming out signal for a genre often defined by traditional masculinity?