Lrence Watts talks to Darren Hay about mic, Star Wars dns and marryg his high school girliend before the realisatn he was gay changed his life.
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- SAVAGE GARN'S DARREN HAY SAYS MIC 'SAVED MY LIFE' AFTER YEARS OF DENYG HIS GAY INTY
- ONE OF SAVAGE GARN GAY MARRI HIS BOYIEND
SAVAGE GARN'S DARREN HAY SAYS MIC 'SAVED MY LIFE' AFTER YEARS OF DENYG HIS GAY INTY
It's OK, we know what you're thkg. You're upset that Oprah Wey isn't gay, aren't you? We know, 's hard to take. but here's a kd of miseratn - Darren Hay om Savage Garn is gay. Oh e on, like you didn't know. You mt remember Savage Garn - somehow, 23 ln of you bought their Affirmatn album and billns more of your will have suffered through appotments at hairdrsers while their songs blasted your eardms. Anyway - Darren Hay, the Savage Garn sger, has e out to his fans. And jt to make kd of official, Darren Hay married his boyiend. A month ago. * savage garden gay lovers *
The 50-year-old openly gay sger penned an emotnal op-ed for the HuffPost on July 1, revealg that stggl he had g to terms wh his sexualy led him to "the brk of suici. After the group disband 2001, Hay — who was married to ex-wife Colby Taylor om 1994 to 2000 — eventually me out as gay. But the HuffPost say is the first time he has ndidly addrsed the severe mental health stggl he once faced due to beg gay.
The pop duo then suffered a turbulent breakup, and Hay set his sights on solo stardom — only to face homophobia om mic executiv and embrace a smaller-sle reer before exg the dtry altogether 2012. Now, Hay is back wh a new album about his journey tled Homosexual, which was wrten, produced and engeered entirely on his own. He faced homophobia om not only his father but bulli at school based on mere speculatn, leadg him to supprs klgs that he uld be gay for s.
ONE OF SAVAGE GARN GAY MARRI HIS BOYIEND
"I didn't know any gay people. While rerdg Savage Garn's first album the next year Sydney, he found himself one of the cy's queer districts, walked to a theater to secretly view a gay pornographic film and quickly felt both aroed and alarmed.
After pourg his heart out to "the sassit, most hilar woman" on the other end of the ll, he rells beg told: "'Oh honey, you're gay. Followg effective upl unselg wh a relig therapist who told him to extguish homosexual urg and stay married, which ma Hay "suicidal, " Taylor enuraged him to explore his te feelgs.
After seeg Lu Guadagno's Call Me By Your Name and takg the plot pots about gay romance and El's relatnship wh his father, he "left the cema floods of tears" and quickly went to the stud to wre the charmg "Let's Try Beg Love. Unrstandably, Homosexual featur trospective lyrics about tense topics om Hay' fay life, mic bs experienc and relatnships to overg suicidal thoughts and payg tribute to queer liv that've been tragilly lost.