Is coldplay lead singer 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 amusing 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 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 educational facility 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.”
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
A lot people wanted to know if Coldplay and Chris Martin are gay after watching the Super Bowl
Coldplay were headliners of this year’s Super Bowl half-time show and though they were mightily overshadowed by Queen Bey a lot of viewers had taken an interest in the band.
An interest in their sexuality.
Every morning I always examine Metro.co.uk’s analytics to see which stories did well and what search terms brought people to the site.
Here are some of the most searched keywords and phrases from Tuesday, the day after the Super Bowl 50:
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Even a story from over four years ago suddenly got a surge of views, over 40,000 of them. So why was everyone trying to find out if Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland abd Will Champion were gay?
Maybe it had something to do with this colourful display…
Or this…
The rainbow is obviously an iconic symbol of gay pride, and actually, it was a pretty bold statement for Coldplay to make considering the vast opposition to gay marriage there has been in America.
Not only that, the
Chris Martin Admits He Was 'Very Homophobic' While Discovering Sexuality
Coldplay's Chris Martin has come clean about his homophobic past in a fresh 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 revealing 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 educational facility with a bunch of quite hardcore kids who were also gone for their thing and, for a limited years, they would very much express, ‘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 male lover 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 struggle 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 amusing 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 detecting 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