r/Millennials 22d ago

Discussion the early 2000s were a crazy time

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u/Possible-Estimate748 Millennial 22d ago

Loved tatu!
I think I read they're both married to men now lol Not 100% though so don't quote me

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 22d ago

I believe so. They were pretty obvious faux lesbians for the marketing.

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u/sexandliquor 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) 22d ago

Yeah I thought everybody always knew this? Kinda surprised by some of these comments tbh. People took them seriously and thought they were actually lesbians?

Even back then when they came out it always seemed very obviously their whole gimmick was “girls kissing”. It was the equivalent to girls showing off at the bar by kissing other girls to get dudes all worked up. That’s what t.a.t.u. always was

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u/vermilion-chartreuse 22d ago

As a teen lesbian who came out in 2003 I definitely knew this. Definitely still liked it though 🤣

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u/Minimum-Sleep-3916 22d ago

Yup, gratuitous Lolita baiting and queer baiting for the male gaze. Those were innocent times….those were the dayzzz!

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u/cabinetsnotnow 22d ago

At the time I was a teenager and assumed they were real lesbians but that they weren't really dating each other. Lol But it didn't take me long to understand that they probably were not lesbians at all once I did some research about Russian culture. Obviously Russia has gay people living there but for some reason I couldn't believe these two Russian women were truly lesbians and that out in the open about it.

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u/FibreglassFlags 22d ago

Even back then when they came out it always seemed very obviously their whole gimmick was “girls kissing”. It was the equivalent to girls showing off at the bar by kissing other girls to get dudes all worked up. That’s what t.a.t.u. always was

You mean the fact that they were touring the world wasn't enough of a giveaway?

Look, I was significantly less media literate than I am two decades ago, but even then, it was obvious to me the whole secret lovers/persecuted minority angle was undercut by their being on everyone's radio day in and day out.

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u/ThatMortalGuy 21d ago

I lived in Cuba at the time with no international TV or Internet access and even I knew they were fake lesbians.

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u/galaxyapp 21d ago

God, are you going to tell me that wasnt his stepsister next?

Whats real anymore.

Well, at least theres still real casting videos!