Feb 18
Is it a Love Connection Between Frank Ocean and UFC Fighter Payton Talbott?
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Out singer-songwriter Frank Ocean may have hooked up with of the dating pool's most desirable fish: He and UFC fighter Payton Talbott reportedly featured one another on social media and spent Valentine's Day together.
Not that this would mark the first purportedly romantic outing for the two. "The duo have been romantically linked since last summer after they were spotted out and about having lunch together," Capitalxtra recalled.
The "Thinkin Bout You" singer "is notoriously very quiet on his social media front," Capitalxtra noted, "so fans were shocked when he uploaded a picture of UFC fighter Payton Talbott on his Instagram stories on Valentines Day."
The gesture did not go unrequited.
"The UFC fighter returned the favor," the outlet added, "and posted Frank Ocean on his Instagram story of him shirtless at the gym."
"The speculation surrounding their relationship ramped up earlier this year when one of Tolbett's friends claimed that the fighter had hooked up with the 'Blonde' singer," Hiphopdx detailed.
Ocean has been out since 2012, Hiphopdx recalled, while Talbott seemingly declared last year that he was – or, at least, his hands were – "bisexual".
"In a video of Talbott coyly answering questions about meeting Ocean, his friend said: 'He did more than that... I got his fucking lyrics tattooed on me and he's over here kissing Payton,'" Hiphopdx added.
The singer was also spotted attending one of Payton's fights, and he reportedly "cheered the 26-year-old on by posting a picture of him cooking dinner in a kitchen," Hiphopdx went on to note.
Sounds like love to us!
Luckily, the match, if indeed that's what it is, has not stopped Ocean from keeping his fans tended with the occasional thirst trap: The two may have been each other's Valentine, but come Feb. 15 Ocean shared a little love with the world at large.
Check out some of Frank Ocean's other X-citing posts at X:
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
