‘American Idol’ Star Sanjaya Malakar Comes Out As Bisexual

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Former “American Idol” star Sanjaya Malakar has come out as bisexual. Malakar, who was a finalist on the sixth season of the show back in 2006, spoke out about his sexuality in a new interview on “The Adam Sank Show” podcast.

The singer, 32, who auditioned for “Idol” alongside his sister Shyamali, who was eliminated during Hollywood Week, told the host: “I identify as bisexual.

At the time [that I was on ‘American Idol’], I did not know, which was why it was so weird for me.” Malakar told Sank how he was “raised by women” and was in theatre growing up, admitting: “I had a hard time figuring out how to interact with young boys because my dad’s from India and grew up in a temple, so there was never like, ‘This is how you are a boy.’ “And then, my mom is an A-type personality, Italian-American woman, and [so are] her sisters and my sister and all of that, so growing up I was already the awkward theatre kid. “I always got along with theatre kids.

I always got along with gay kids and girls, so I was like, ‘OK, these are my people.’ But I don’t know. Everyone keeps telling me that I am gay, and I’m like, 7.