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Jason Mraz Says He Came Out Later in Life Because He Didn't Want to Be the 'Punchline of a Joke'


Jason Mraz said during a podcast interview that he didn't want to be the 'punchline of a joke.'

Mraz began the conversation by noting that he realized he wasn't straight as he "got older." After spending time in New York, Mraz took off for California where he "met a community of people that would see me in a new way." "You want to heal as many relationships of the past as possible, and at the same time, step into this new acceptance and new identity or whatever I’m claiming, and that's also hard."

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