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Adam Leve And Maroon 5 Boyttg Rtrant For Anti-Gay Marriage Stance

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ADAM LEVE: I’M NOT GAY, BUT MY BROTHER IS

Adam Leve ma headl earlier this year when he said that if he were US print for a day, the first thg he'd do is make gay marriage legal. The * adam levine lgbt *

Adam Leve don’t md the gay mors. “There’s no way to hi my straightns, ” Leve adds, “but if people didn’t thk there was a small chance I was gay, then I wouldn’t be dog my job very well. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.

“A lot of people don’t want their kid to be gay and will fight at all sts. Leve, who’s currently datg Victoria’s Secret mol Anne Vyalsyna, is proud of The Voice for featurg performers who are openly gay, two of whom ma to the fale. You n’t be publicly gay?

ADAM LEVE SAYS HIS SUPPORT OF LGBT EQUALY HAS LTLE TO DO WH THE FACT THAT HE HAS A GAY BROTHER

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Adam Leve ma headl earlier this year when he said that if he were US print for a day, the first thg he’d do is make gay marriage legal.

ADAM LEVE AND MAROON 5 BOYTTG MEXIN RTRANT FOR ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE STANCE

The Maroon 5 ontman now says his pro-marriage equaly views have ltle to do wh the fact that he has a gay brother.

ADAM LEVE EXPOSED: TALKS PASSN FOR GAY RIGHTS, ACTG

‘I would feel the same way regardls, ’ he says a new terview wh ‘I happen to have a gay brother, but that don’t mean I’m more of an advote for equal human rights. ‘The relatnships that I have wh people – whether ’s my brother or a iend, gay or straight – that shouldn’t really ever e to play, ’ he adds. Leve, whose fame has grown exponentially sce his gig as a mentor on NBC’s The Voice, genuely seems puzzled why the gay marriage bate ntu to rage on the US.

Adam Leve has long been a supporter of the LGBT muny and once aga he's puttg his money where his mouth is -- this time regards to gay marriage. The Maroon 5 sger and "The Voice" star recently revealed that the band, which is up for the Grammy for Bt Pop Duo/Group Performance on Febary 12, has changed the lotn of their upg post-awards show party due to an unnamed Los Angel rtrant's backg of Proposn 8, which ma gay marriage illegal told People magaze, "We ed to go to this Mexin rtrant to celebrate after the Grammys but the place supported the movement to make gay marriage illegal [ California] so we bailed on that.

"Leve, whose brother is gay, has lent his voice and face to other pro-LGBT like the "It Gets Better" mpaign support of gay teens and earlier this year he appeared on the ver of Out sger's outspokenns isn't limed to LGBT activism. Acrdg to OpenSecrets, a webse that tracks polil donatns, Lev, who is not gay, gave $2, 800 each to two Republin Senate cumbents durg Pri month this year.

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IN 2011, HE BRANCHED OUT TO TELEVISN AS A JUDGE/ACH ON THE REALY SGG SHOW THE VOICE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, MAROON 5 RELEASED S FOURTH STUD ALBUM, OVEREXPOSED, FEATURG HS LIKE "ONE MORE NIGHT" AND "PAYPHONE." IN 2014, LEVE AND HIS BANDMAT H THE CHARTS WH V, WHICH CLUD "MAPS" AND "ANIMALS," AND THREE YEARS LATER RELEASED RED PILL BLU (2017), OFFERG HS LIKE "WHAT LOVERS DO," "WA" AND "GIRLS LIKE YOU."EARLY LIFE AND FIRST BANDADAM NOAH LEVE WAS BORN ON MARCH 18, 1979, LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. HE FORMED HIS FIRST BAND, KARA'S FLOWERS, WHILE ATTENDG THE PRIVATE BRENTWOOD SCHOOL WH IENDS AND FELLOW STUNTS JSE CARMICHAEL, MICKEY MADN AND RYAN DICK. THE BAND RELEASED S FIRST ALBUM, THE FOURTH WORLD, 1997, AS HIGH SCHOOL SENRS. KARA'S FLOWERS RELEASED ONE SGLE, "SOAP DIS," AND APPEARED ON AN EPISO OF BEVERLY HILLS 90210, BEFORE BREAKG UP. LEVE AND CARMICHAEL LEFT LOS ANGEL FOR LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, TO ATTEND FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE, A MIC AND PERFORMG ARTS SCHOOL. LIVG NEW YORK EXPOSED THE PAIR TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MIC SCENE, VOLVG LARGE DOS OF R&B AND HIP-HOP, AND LEVE WOULD LATER SAY THAT LIVG NEW YORK HAD A LARGE IMPACT ON HIS MIL POT-OF-VIEW.MAROON 5LEVE AND CARMICHAEL DROPPED OUT OF FIVE TOWNS AND RETURNED TO LOS ANGEL 2000. THERE, THEY RNED WH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF KARA'S FLOWERS AND ADD A NEW MEMBER, GUARIST JAM VALENTE, WH CARMICHAEL MOVG TO KEYBOARDS. THE BAND THEN CHANGED S NAME TO MAROON 5 AND RELEASED S BUT ALBUM, SONGS ABOUT JANE, 2002. TWO YEARS LATER, AFTER SLOWLY CLIMBG THE CHARTS WH HS LIKE "HARR TO BREATHE," "THIS LOVE" AND "SHE WILL BE LOVED," THE ALBUM WENT PLATUM. THE SGL' ACPANYG MIC VIOS TURNED LEVE TO AN STANT SEX SYMBOL. MAROON 5 EARNED THEIR FIRST GRAMMY AWARD (BT NEW ARTIST) 2004. THE BAND WOULD GO ON TO W GRAMMYS FOR BT POP PERFORMANCE 2005 AND 2007.SONGS ABOUT JANE WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SUCCSFUL ALBUMS IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG (2007) AND HANDS ALL OVER (2010), THE LATTER OF WHICH FEATURED THE SMASH H "MOV LIKE JAGGER." LEVE ALSO FOUND SUCCS ALONG THE WAY BY APPEARG ON OTHER MICIANS' ALBUMS, WORKG WH SUCH SUPERSTARS AS {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}KANYE WT, ALICIA KEYS AND NATASHA BEDGFIELD. IN 2012, MAROON 5 RETURNED TO THE CHARTS WH S FOURTH STUD ALBUM, OVEREXPOSED, FEATURG HS LIKE "ONE MORE NIGHT" AND "PAYPHONE" WH WIZ KHALIFA. LEVE AND HIS BANDMAT WENT ON AN TERNATNAL TOUR TO PROMOTE THE RERDG. THE BAND NTUED TO ENJOY GREAT POPULARY WH S NEXT EFFORT, V (2014). THE ALBUM NTAED HS "MAPS" AND "ANIMALS."IN 2017, MAROON 5 RELEASED THEIR SIXTH STUD ALBUM RED PILL BLU, FEATURG ARTISTS LIKE ASAP ROCKY, JULIA MICHAELS AND SZA. THE ALBUM H NO. 2 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 AMERI AND PRODUCED THE CHART-TOPPG SGL "WHAT LOVERS DO," "WA" AND "GIRLS LIKE YOU."MAROON 5 WENT ON TO HEADLE THE SUPER BOWL LIII HALFTIME SHOW FEBARY 2019, WHICH ALSO CLUD APPEARANC BY RAPPERS BIG BOI AND TRAVIS STT.TELEVISN APPEARANC AND JUDGE ON 'THE VOICE' ADAM LEVE BEGAN BRANCHG OUT TO TELEVISN 2007, WHEN HE MA AN APPEARANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. HE ALSO APPEARED ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S A NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS AND HAD A MEO ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE. IN 2011, LEVE MA THE JUMP TO A FULL-TIME TV GIG AS A JUDGE/ACH ON THE REALY SERI THE VOICE, AND THE FOLLOWG YEAR HE LAND A MOR ROLE THE SERI AMERIN HORROR STORY. IN 2013, LEVE ENTERED HIS FOURTH SEASON ON THE VOICE, APPEARG ALONGSI BLAKE SHELTON AS WELL AS NEWERS SHAKIRA AND USHER, WHO REPLACED CHRISTA AGUILERA AND CEE LO GREEN AS JUDG FOR THAT SEASON. THAT SAME YEAR, LEVE BUTED HIS FIRST PERFUME LE, WHICH FEATUR PRODUCTS FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. HE ALSO SIGNED A AL WH NBC TO HELP VELOP NEW SERI AND SPECIALS FOR THE TELEVISN WORK.LEVE'S N ON THE VOICE END MAY 2019, FOLLOWG 16 SEASONS ON THE POPULAR SGG PETN SERI. NOTG WAS "TIME TO MOVE ON," HE THANKED HIS FELLOW ACH AND THE SHOW'S CREW AND FANS A LENGTHY INSTAGRAM POST. ACTIVISMOUTSI OF SGG AND APPEARG ON TELEVISN, LEVE HAS VOTED HIS TIME TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF VAR , CLUDG AWARENS FOR ATTENTN-DEFIC/HYPERACTIVY DISORR, TTICULAR NCER (FOR WHICH HE POSED NU FOR COSMOPOLAN MAGAZE) AND GAY RIGHTS.IN NOVEMBER 2013, LEVE WAS NAMED "SEXIT MAN ALIVE" BY PEOPLE MAGAZE. CARSON DALY, THE HOST OF THE VOICE, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE ON THE SHOW. IN HIS TERVIEW WH THE MAGAZE, LEVE STATED THAT HE YOGA AND SPNG TO KEEP HIS STAMA AND PHYSIQUE TACT.WIFE & CHILDRENLEVE BEGAN DATG MOL ANNE VYALSYNA 2010, AFTER THE TWO WERE TRODUCED AT THAT YEAR'S SPORTS ILLTRATED SWIMSU ISSUE RELEASE PARTY. THE UPLE SPL MAY 2012. IN 2013, LEVE PROPOSED TO VICTORIA'S SECRET MOL BEHATI PRSLOO. THE UPLE MARRIED ON JULY 19, 2014, CABO SAN LUS, MEXI. TWO YEARS LATER, THEY WELED THEIR FIRST CHILD, A BABY GIRL NAMED DTY ROSE. IN 2018, THEIR SEND DGHTER, G GRACE, WAS BORN. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Lev told Queerty, “I’ve ma donatns to the AIDS Project LA (APLA), the LA LGBT Center, and recently ma a mment to Gay Men’s Health Crisis ( New York Cy). The adored ont man of one of the biggt pop bands, who recently told MTV that if he were print his first missn would be to legalize gay marriage, is also a straight ambassador for the gay muny. In this exclive chat wh the pop star, Leve talks how fightg for gay rights has ltle to do wh him havg a gay brother, what he really thks of people who don’t believe marriage equaly and if we’ll see him, ahem, overexposed on Amerin Horror Story.

Chris Azzopardi: Of all the thgs you uld’ve said, why did you tell MTV that you’d legalize gay marriage first if you were print?

People have their personal preferenc as to what they want to do wh their own liv, and they have every right to do that – jt like a gay uple has every right to do that. People have a ln different jtifitns and reasons why they don’t want (gay marriage) allowed, but don’t check out. Whether ’s gay or straight, there are issu wh .

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