Josh Groban: 'If I was gay, I would have said so from day one'

Josh Groban has discussed the gay rumours that have followed him throughout his career.

Groban, 34, who has sold over 25 million records worldwide since releasing his self-titled debut in 2001, has insisted that if he was gay, he wouldn’t have had an issue with being open about it “from day one”.

“Honestly, if I were gay, I would have had no problem saying it from day one,” the singer told PrideSource. “I would have nothing to hide if that were the case. People have speculated, have wanted to speculate – whatever, fine. I’m not gay, but if I were, I don’t review it as a bad thing. If I were, I’d say, ‘OK, fine, speculate all you want and let’s talk about it.'”

He went on to add that he was blessed to have grown up in an “open-minded” home that wouldn’t have cared if he was gay: “I’ve grown up with gay friends; my parents have had great gay friends. I come from such an open-minded family background.”

“I am so lucky to have the parents that I have and to have grown up with the environment of ‘accept and be accepted’ and ‘love and be loved,’ so when that kind of talk comes up, I think to myself, ‘All right, I’m happy to say what is and isn’t true,’ but at the same time, I don’t see why that’s like, ‘Ohhhh.’ Like that would be an insult. I don’t get that,” he added.

Josh Groban: ‘If I was gay, I would have said so from day one’

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