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Chris Martin reflects on being 'very homophobic' and 'worried he was gay' during school
It's no classified that some examples of homophobia stem from insecurities and fear, but it's not often we hear people mirror on it honestly.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has opened up about the "brutal" anxiety and horror he grappled with while attending boarding school - admitting that he held homophobic beliefs born from deep insecurity.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, the 42-year-old father of two explained that he went through "a bit of a uneven 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’m gay, I’m completely f**ked for eternity' and I was a kid discovering sexuality," he said. "[I thought,] 'Maybe I’m lgbtq+, maybe I’m this, maybe I’m that, I can’t be this.'"
The singer continued: "I was terrified and then I walked a bit funny and I was in a boarding
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 harsh 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 … fond of 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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"I was in a boarding institution with a bunch of quite hardcore kids
Coldplay's Chris Martin says he was "very homophobic" and "worried" about being lgbtq+ 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 humorous 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
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 male child, 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 queer , 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 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.”
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