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Shawn Mendes FINALLY reveals his sexuality in a very telling 'Rolling Stone' interview

"Even though in my heart I know that it’s not a bad thing. There’s still a piece of me that thinks that." - by Bianca Mastroianni
  • 27 Nov 2018

Shawn Mendes knows that there are a lot of rumours about his sexuality. 

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The 20-year-old singer has had a revealing cover interview with Rolling Stone, where things got deep and personal.

In the interview, Shawn explained that people's assumptions about him being gay upsets him... quite a lot.

“In the back of my heart, I feel like I need to go be seen with someone -- like a girl -- in public, to prove to people that I’m not gay,” he explained. “Even though in my heart I know that it’s not a bad thing. There’s still a piece of me that thinks that. And I hate that side of me.”

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Shawn Mendes appears on our latest cover. Click the link in our bio to read the story in full. In the feature, the singer talks to us about his dating life, the rumors about him being gay, being skeptical of his success and more. "I broke down in my hotel room," he says. "I started crying, and I was just like, 'This is why you talk about shit that actually is real.' I was like, 'God, don't ever fucking question the feeling of writing the truth again.'" Photograph by @RuvenAfanador

In 2017 Shawn read comments on YouTube that assumed he was gay. At the time, he addressed the rumours on Snapchat. “I noticed a lot of people were saying I gave them a ‘gay vibe,’” he said. “First of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or wasn’t.”

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It's true, Shawn's sexuality is nobody's business... but if he is taking the time to address it personally, it's time to respect him.

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