Frhly-mted UK mic sensatn Sam Sparro talks to the Guardian today about beg out and proud. Says Sparro: "I've always thought, 'This is me, I'm happy wh myself,' and so that's what I'm here to project. So that gay teenagers don't have to get the sh kicked out of them school and thk that they're a horrible person. It's easier to be an 'out' pop star today. Morrissey never me out, and Neil Tennant left very, very late, whereas Jake Shears was open om the start." On g out to his parents: "I thought was gog to be the worst thg the world and they were never gog to talk to me aga. I really worried that they were gog to disown me. But I should have tsted them a b more and known that they're better than that. I'm really close to both of my parents, and they're really supportive and they love my boyiend. I've been wh him for two years." Sparro also looks back on what he scrib as a miserable adolcence, documented via tattoos and weird body piercgs, as a good thg: "I thk all that time beg unhappy was a good thg bee I learned to rely on myself. I thk to love yourself is really important bee if you n't love yourself you n't love anybody else." Watch Sam Sparro's vio for his sgle "Black and Gold", AFTER THE JUMP...
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- SAM SPARRO ON BEG GAY: ‘THIS IS ME, I’M HAPPY WH MYSELF’
- SAM SPARRO ON ADAM LAMBERT’S MENTS THAT GAY POP STARS DON’T GET ENOUGH ACCEPTANCE
SAM SPARRO ON BEG GAY: ‘THIS IS ME, I’M HAPPY WH MYSELF’
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SAM SPARRO ON ADAM LAMBERT’S MENTS THAT GAY POP STARS DON’T GET ENOUGH ACCEPTANCE
Sam Sparro is openly gay.
Gay marriage is legal more than two dozen untri around the world, cludg Atralia, after a historic bill was passed the Hoe of Reprentativ at the end of 2017. The bridge ntu the them while solidifyg the track as standg wh the gay rights moment: "We'll all be ee to fall love / Wh who we want, " Mart sgs near the end of the bridge. The gay pri ntext was ferable om the song's tle, but s fal unique lyrics htg right at the heart of the matter really brgs the pot home.
Explanatn: The sger and songwrer is an openly gay man.