Jason Mraz reveals why he waited to publicly come out
Jason Mraz has gone into further detail about his coming out journey, including why he waited to share his sexuality publicly.
In 2018, the singer-songwriter wrote a love letter to the LGBTQIA+ community as part of Pride Month, where the line “I am bi your side, always” led fans (and the press) to believe that he had come out as bisexual.
The following month, he told Billboard that he had sexual experiences with men during his marriage to ex-wife Christina Carano.
In the years since, Mraz has been open about his sexuality. In a recent interview with actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his Dinner’s on Me podcast, the ‘I Won’t Give Up’ singer revealed that he waited to publicly come out due to social attitudes towards homosexuality. “In the ’90s, being gay was like [the] punchline of a joke, and I didn’t want to be the punchline of a joke,” explained Mraz, who chose to keep his “nose down” until he could “get out and see the world one day”.
