Shawn Mendes is opening up about the “frustrating” rumours surrounding his sexuality. In a tell-all interview with Dax Shepard on his “Armchair Expert” podcast, the Canadian singer, 22, shared how he “really suffered” from the speculation surrounding his sexual orientation. “It was so, so frustrating for me because there were some people in my life that I was very very close to, who were gay and in the closet,” Mendes explained. “And I felt like this real anger for those people.
It’s such a tricky thing. You want to say, ‘I’m not gay but it’d be fine if I was gay — but also there’s nothing wrong with being gay but I’m not.’ You don’t really know how to respond to the situation.” RELATED: Shawn Mendes Achieves 4th No.