He explained his decision to come out before releasing his album In the Lonely Hour last year, too, saying, "I wanted to do it before, because if I did it afterwards people probably would have thought I was lying just to sell records."
Those closest to him have known he was gay for a long time anyway. "It didn't feel like a coming out. I came out when I was like four years old," he joked. "My mom said she knew when I was like three. So I didn't have to actually properly come out."
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