Jason Mraz talks about his sexuality. incl Jesse Tyler Ferguson‘s Dinner at my expense podcastThe 47-year-old singer shared why he did not talk about his sexuality publicly till 2018.
Mraz started the dialog by saying that he realized that he was not straight when he “obtained older.”
“I did not have too many sexual experiences in highschool. I used to be scared of highschool. I used to be bullied and I used to be simply prepared to maneuver out of city,” he defined. “…That is why New York was nice and, finally, California was nice. I did not have a lot confidence both, a scrawny, skinny, 18-year-old in New York. I do not even know who to flirt with, who to flirt with, the best way to flirt.”
After spending time in New York, Mraz went to California, the place he “met a neighborhood of people that would see me in a brand new manner.”
“I had by no means been totally seen earlier than, and I beloved being seen and heard,” he mentioned. “However, on the identical time, I nonetheless carried with me the conservative road that I grew up on, which was very exhausting to disregard or get away of. I used to be very shy and afraid of what my household would say or what my hometown would assume or no matter.’
Mraz, who famous that his dad and mom are “very supportive”, went on to additional make clear why he didn’t carry out in his youthful years.
“Within the 90s, being homosexual was like that [the] Joke tradition, and I did not need to be the point of interest of the joke, he mentioned. I loved it.”
Mraz then categorized himself as a “late bloomer,” revealing, “I haven’t got a lot expertise.”
“Although I am late to the place I’m now, I truthfully really feel like my life is simply getting began,” he mentioned. “I am unable to say I discovered love. I’ve had great relationships and I am at all times studying and rising…however I like the place I am at. I lastly really feel a lot love for myself that it could solely enhance the subsequent relationship, or a relationship if I discover one.”
Mraz was married to Sheridan Edley from 2000 to 2001. He tied the knot with Christina Corano in 2015, and eight years later the couple cut up. Throughout his marriage to Carano, Mraz mentioned his sexuality in interviews Billboard.
“I had expertise with males, even after I was courting the girl who turned my spouse,” he advised the publication in 2018. “Was that like, does that imply I am homosexual?” And my spouse laid it out for me, that is what the Indians name a person who can love each a person and a girl.
Then, in 2023 dialog with GLAADMraz shared how his divorce helped him embrace his personal identification.
“You’ve got lots of disgrace, guilt,” he mentioned. “You need to heal as many relationships of the previous as you possibly can, and on the identical time step into this new acceptance and new identification, or what I am saying, and that is exhausting, too.”
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