Sanjaya Malakar, a contestant on season six of “American Idol,” comes out as bisexual.
Sanjaya Malakar, one of the most memorable past contestants to ever take the “American Idol” stage, is now opening up about a part of his life he never shared with fans on the show — a part he wasn’t even certain of during his season six run on the talent competition.podcast and announced, “I identify as bisexual.”
“I always got along with theater kids,” he said, thinking back to his childhood. “I always got along with the gay kids and the girls, so I was like, ‘OK, this is like my people. But I don’t know. Everyone keeps telling me that I am gay, and I’m like, 7. I don’t even have any attraction to anyone, so why are you telling me this?’”“I was exploring my life as a child, and then ‘American Idol’
It’s a career shift that former “American Idol” panelist Simon Cowell would likely approve of, since the acerbic judge never hid his blunt disapproval of Malakar as a singer. Cowell, however, wasn’t his worst critic. While Malakar earned a legion of loyal fans who helped him win seventh place on the show, he was also a polarizing performer who faced backlash for simply“More than what Simon said, what was perpetuated online by haters — the people that loved me were so balanced by people that were literally starving themselves until I got cut from the show,” he explained.
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