“I didn’t have too many sexual experiences in high school,” said Mraz, who grew up in Virginia. “I was bullied and was just ready to get out of town. So that’s why New York City was great and then, even eventually, California was great.”
He continued: “The romance in my songs was just copying other romance in songs ― these are things that you sing about to please others or something. It wouldn’t be probably until I got to California that I met a community of people that would see me in a new way that I’d never fully been seen before. And I liked how I was being seen and heard.”Mraz, now 47, catapulted to global fame with the 2002 album “Waiting for My Rocket To Come,” which featured the smash single “.
The singer-songwriter initially alluded to his sexuality in June 2018 as part of a Billboard feature celebrating Pride Month, in whichthat he hadn’t intended for the poem to be interpreted as his coming out. Still, he noted, “I’ve had experiences with men, even while I was dating the woman who became my wife.”Elsewhere in his “Dinner’s on Me” chat, Mraz described himself as a “late bloomer” in many aspects of his life, and acknowledged that “other people my age might be more experienced.
Listen to Mraz’s “Dinner’s on Me” interview below. His comments about his sexuality begin around the 23:30 mark.I Was A Pastor At A Megachurch. Then Someone Asked Me A Question That Turned My Life Upside Down.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our