Jason Mraz Came Out Later in Life as He Didn’t Want to Be a ‘Punchline’

Jason Mraz is getting candid about why he didn’t really feel comfy sharing his sexuality publicly when he was youthful resulting from societal pressures.

Throughout a latest look on the Dinner’s On Me podcast with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the “I’m Yours” singer, 48, defined why he selected to return out later in life.

“In the ’90s, being gay was like [the] punchline of a joke. and I didn’t want to be the punchline of a joke,” Mraz mentioned. As a youngster, he finally determined to maintain “my nose down” and determine “ways I could instead get out and see the world one day.”

The “I Won’t Give Up” artist additionally famous how being raised in Virginia impacted his journey along with his sexuality amid fears of judgment.

“I still took with me the conservative street that I grew up on, and that was very hard to ignore or to break out of,” Mraz defined. “I was very shy and and scared of what my family would say, or what my hometown would think or just whatever.”

Nonetheless, he doesn’t “want to throw anybody under the bus because my parents are very supportive. I love them very much.”

Mraz opened up about his sexuality in a 2018 interview with Billboard, revealing that he beforehand had sexual experiences with males, even whereas relationship Christina Carano, whom he married in 2015 earlier than divorcing in 2023. Since publicly figuring out himself as a member of the LGBTQ neighborhood, “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” singer has continued to be open about his journey to self-discovery.

Elsewhere within the podcast, Mraz additionally advised Ferguson that whereas he was a “late bloomer,” he feels “like my life is just starting.”

“I love where I am and I feel so much love for myself finally that can only enhance the next relationship,” he mentioned, “when I find one.”