Is the 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 teen, 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 like, ‘If I’m gay, I’m completely f*cked for eternity’ and I was a kid discovering sexuality.”
“‘Maybe I’m same-sex attracted, 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 school in the UK as “a bunch of quite hardcore kids” saying “for a few years, they would very much say, ‘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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Muslim Anti-LGBTQ Groups Protest Coldplay Concert in Indonesia
Hundreds of conservative Muslims held a demonstration outside Coldplay&#;s first-ever concert in Indonesia to protest the band&#;s past support for the LGBTQ community.
Several Islamic groups had called for the British band&#;s concert in the Muslim-majority nation to be canceled due to their views regarding LGBTQ rights, which they say are in rivalry to the country&#;s conservative religious and moral values.
Coldplay has been known for being outspoken about their political and social views on various issues, with lead singer Chris Martin having previously worn rainbow colors and waving queer Pride flags during performances as a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ community.
The band was scheduled to play before a crowd of 70, at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in the capital metropolis of Jakarta on Wednesday, November 15, as part of its &#;Music of the Spheres World Tour,&#; which sold out within hours of tickets going on sale, reports Agence France-Presse.
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Chris Martin reveals childhood struggle with revealing himself: 'I was terrified' of existence 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 coarse time as a teen because he didn't fit in with the boys at his boarding school.
"I don't understand, I was just going through some stuff with religion and sexuality and everything … enjoy 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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Coldplay's Chris Martin says he was "very homophobic" and "worried" about being same-sex attracted 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 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 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