You'll Never Believe that *THIS* Queer Celeb Can't Get a Date

Not keen on hookup apps and missing the flirty gym culture of the USA, *this* hot gay celeb, an American living in London, can't get a date – and he says that being famous is actually part of the problem, because it robbed him of some of his mystique.

It's none other than – "Ta Dah!" – Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, the musical talent who co-led the group for its four studio albums, released between 2004 and 2012.

Part of the problem, Shears said during an appearance on the "All Out with Jon Dean" podcast, is that gay guys in England are less "cruisy" than their American cousins.

"I don't feel like men check each other out here," Shears told Dean when the host asked about his "least favorite thing about the UK."

"I really feel like there's a lack" of a cruisy vibe Shears added, comparing London to the cities like New York and Los Angeles, where he spent his younger years. "Not a lot of, like, public flirting with guys here," he added.

The obvious answer – Grindr or some other gay dating app – isn't so useful for Shears, who said he doesn't enjoy scrolling around for a match. "They don't really work that well for me, so that's kind of off the table," Shears disclosed, before getting nostalgic for old-time modes of meeting guys.

"The bars are kind of gone," Shear lamented. "The sort of gays bars we used to go on a week night, that sort of culture is missing now," Shears added, going on to say that when it came to "flirting with guys or like taking somebody home," he couldn't "remember the last time that happened."

Gay bars have been in decline since the advent of hookup apps, and the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerated the shuttering of establishments catering to a queer clientele.

Added the "Kinky Boots" Broadway star, "I do think it's a nightlife issue and just the apps taking that off the table. People rely on the apps for that so they don't have to do it in person."

The 45-year-old was left to say, "I keeping having this sensation of, when does life get started?"

Counter-intuitively, being famous hasn't helped his cause. Saying he's "got no mystery about me," the co-author of the songs in the musical version of "Tales of the City" explained that the average Gen Z guy might never have heard of him, "but guys of a certain age are probably going to know who I am and I don't know who they are." Shears added that it "can be a kind of sexy thing to have a mystery about you, so I mourn the loss of that sometimes."

Otherwise, Shears said, he occupies himself with reading novels and watching films... unless he's been working hard, in which case, he added, he needs "brain dead" fare, such as reality television.

Watch Jake Shears on the "All Out with Jon Dean" podcast, below.

Have a look at some of Shears' Instagram posts, below.