‘The Voice’ champion Sawyer Fredericks comes out as bi
Singer-songwriter Sawyer Fredericks, who rose to prominence when he competed on and won the 8th season of The Voice, has come out publicly as bisexual via social media.Posting to Instagram, Fredericks, 22, told fans that “since I have not publicly said this in a post, I wanted say that I am Bisexual.”“When I was younger I thought I was straight,” he continued, “because I was more attracted to women, and I didn’t know there were more options besides Gay and Straight.
So I just assumed I was Straight. I am privileged and have never been discriminated against for my sexuality or ashamed of it.
I’m truly sorry for any of you who have been, and I hope it gets better.”He concluded by guessing he’ll, “probably lose some fans over this post, but that’s fine with me.” A post shared by Sawyer Fredericks (@sawyerfrdrx)Fredericks won The Voice in 2015 when he was just 16 years old.
