Is chris martin from 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 prefer, ‘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 year-old added.
He described his classmates at boarding noun in the UK as “a bunch of quite hardcore kids” saying “for a few 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 for a few years.”
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Chris Martin reveals childhood effort with discovering himself: 'I was terrified' of being 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 harsh time as a teen because he didn't fit in with the boys at his boarding school.
"I don't know, I was just going through some stuff with religion and sexuality and everything … like 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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Chris Martin reflects on being 'very homophobic' and 'worried he was gay' during school
It's no secret that some examples of homophobia stem from insecurities and fear, but it's not often we hear people reflect on it honestly.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has opened up about the "brutal" anxiety and dread he grappled with while attending boarding school - admitting that he held homophobic beliefs born from deep insecurity.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, the year-old father of two explained that he went through "a bit of a adj time" during puberty, including "some stuff with religion and sexuality and everything".
"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&#x;m gay, I&#x;m completely f**ked for eternity' and I was a kid discovering sexuality," he said. "[I thought,] 'Maybe I&#x;m gay, maybe I&#x;m this, maybe I&#x;m that, I can&#x;t be this.'"
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Coldplay's Chris Martin says he was "very homophobic" and "worried" about being gay as a kid
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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 battle 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 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 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 b