Is lead singer of coldplay gay
During a recent video interview with Rolling Stone, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin opens up for the first time about struggling with his sexuality as a boy, homophobic bullying he experienced as a kid, and realizing he carried some homophobia of his own.
“When I went to boarding school, I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit,” said Martin. “And I was also very homophobic, because I was enjoy, ‘If I’m gay, I’m completely f*cked for eternity’ and I was a kid discovering sexuality.”
“‘Maybe I’m gay, maybe I’m this, maybe I’m that, I can’t be this,’ so I was terrified,” the 42-year-old added.
He described his classmates at boarding academy in the UK as “a bunch of quite hardcore kids” saying “for a few years, they would very much tell, ‘You’re definitely gay,’ in quite a full-on conduct, quite aggressively telling me that – and it was weird for me for a few years.”
That “terrible turmoil” led Martin to discover his personal escape – music – especially “classic soul, British shoegaze rock and cathedral music” which would all ultimately find its way into the sound that is Coldplay.
And then, at the age of fifteen and a half, after reading about Elton
Chris Martin reveals childhood struggle with detecting himself: 'I was terrified' of creature gay
Coldplay's Chris Martin is being frank about his childhood struggles.
In an interview with Rolling Stone published on Tuesday, Martin shared he went through a rugged time as a teen because he didn't fit in with the boys at his boarding school.
"I don't perceive, I was just going through some stuff with religion and sexuality and everything … fancy most kids at that age," Coldplay's frontman said.
In explaining his relationship with religion, Martin revealed he struggled with his sexuality for a bit when he was younger.
"When I went to boarding school, I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit and I was also very homophobic because I was like, 'If I’m gay, I’m completely (expletive) for eternity,' and I was a kid like discovering sexuality," Martin said. "I was terrified."
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The Grammy-winning artist recalled that his classmates would say him with conviction that he was gay.
"I was in a boarding institution with a bunch of quite hardcore kids who were als
Chris Martin Admits He Was 'Very Homophobic' While Discovering Sexuality
Coldplay's Chris Martin has come clean about his homophobic past in a recent interview.
On Tuesday (December 3), Rolling Stone published the video discussion with the pop crooner, 42, who has been a vocal LGBTQ alley for years, where it sees him admit that he was "very homophobic" as a boy growing up in England. "When I went to boarding school I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit and I was also very homophobic because I was like, 'If I'm gay, I'm completely f**ked for eternity' and I was a kid finding sexuality," he told magazine founder and editorial director Jann S. Wenner. "'Maybe I'm gay, maybe I'm this, maybe I’m that, I can't be this.'"
Martin went on to reveal that he had some rather straight forward interactions with classmates, who told him that he was "definitely gay." "I was terrified and then I walked a bit funny and I was in a boarding institution with a bunch of quite hardcore kids who were also gone for their thing and, for a several years, they would very much utter , ‘You're definitely gay,' in quite a full-on manner, quite aggressively telling me that and it was weird for me
Coldplay's Chris Martin says he was "very homophobic" and "worried" about being gay as a kid
4 December 2019, 21:13 | Updated: 4 December 2019, 21:16
The Coldplay frontman has given an intimate interview, where he's talked about growing up, his sexuality, religion and more.
Chris Martin has opened up about growing up and admitted he was "very homophobic" when he was younger.
The Coldplay frontman has given a rare warts-and-all interview with Rolling Stone, where he talked in-depth about everything from religion to his insecurities, to his fight with growing up in boarding school.
Speaking to the magazine's founder and director Jann S. Wenner about his relationship with God, the Orphans singer revealed: "When I went to boarding university, I walked a bit comical and I bounced a bit, and I was also very homophobic because I was fancy , 'If I'm gay I'm completely fucked for eternity'.
"And I was a kid discovering sexuality and thinking 'maybe I'm gay, maybe I'm this, maybe I'm that? I can't be this.' I was terrified..."
The Clocks singer continued: "I wa