Jason Mraz has publicly come out as gay in 2018, after a tumultuous marriage with her ex-wife. Apparently, during his relationship with his wife, he was sexually involved with men as he explored his sexuality at the time.
Now, Mraz is opening up about the challenges and struggles he had experienced at the time.
Jason Mraz Sexuality Explored
In a GLAAD interview, Jason Mraz reflected on his journey to getting to the place where he can be confident about his sexuality. (via People Magazine)
"I had to play out a lot of other scenarios before I arrived here. It's both hard to do those and hard to unravel those, and what I'm basically describing is a divorce, you know?" he remembered. "And that's very hard. You carry a lot of shame, guilt."
According to Mraz, competing in "Dancing With The Stars" has even helped him in his coming out journey and rediscovering himself.
Notably, Mraz tied the knot with Christina Carano in 2015. However, not more than three years after, they have broken up.
Speaking to Billboard, Mraz confessed to having sexual relations with men during the time of her marriage with Carano, prompting him to question his sexuality.
"But I've had experiences with men, even while I was dating the woman who became my wife. It was like, 'Wow, does that mean I am gay?' And my wife laid it out for me. She calls it 'two spirit,' which is what the Native Americans call someone who can love both man and woman. I really like that," he said at the time.
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Jason Mraz Sexuality: Healing Is A Must
Elsewhere in his interview with GLAAD, Mraz says he needed to be healed first before actually moving forward in his journey and fully accepting himself.
"You want to heal as many relationships of the past as possible and at the same time, step into this new acceptance and new identity or whatever I'm claiming, and that's also hard," he added. "So being on the Out100 is... It's nice to be acknowledged."
Out Magazine hailed Mraz as one of the publications's most influential LGBTQ+ people of the year.
"All day you're looking at yourself in the mirror, and that can be hard for anybody, any human, to accept themselves looking in the mirror," he reflected. "On top of it, then my partner is asking me to move in ways that I've never moved before, and my reaction is, 'I look silly.' And then you break through that and it's like, 'OK, I feel kinda cool.' And then it eventually becomes confidence, and so it is a journey."
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