OK, he isn't "officially out" as gay, but he might as well Wikipedia, "He has stated that "clarg 'I'm gay' leads nowhere" and "If we ntue wh the distctns, homosexualy will ...
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Although, both his songs and his public persona, he owns a vulnerabily that ntrasts radilly wh the tradnal stereotyp of Italian virily, he tak great re to avoid tablished labels and classifitns of sexual inty, potg out that the simple fact of askg him about his sexualy is discrimatory and homophobic. OK, he isn't "officially out" as gay, but he might as well Wikipedia, "He has stated that "clarg 'I'm gay' leads nowhere" and "If we ntue wh the distctns, homosexualy will never be perceived as a normal thg, which is". Acrdg to Italian prs, while he has refed to answer the qutn of whether he's gay, he has stated that he's "happy and taken.