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The Bizarre Way Jason Mraz Came Out to His Wife Has TikTok Concerned
"This is polite gaslighting."
Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz has been out as bisexual for a couple of years now but the way he came out to his wife is only now going viral on TikTok.
In a 2018 interview on a show called Shane's Digital Dessert, Mraz says that he told his wife that he was bisexual after cheating on her with a man.
"I came right home and I told her," he says. "I said, 'so I hooked up with a guy. But know that had it been a woman that was the last person at this party, odds are I could've hooked up with her too. I want you to know that it wasn't gender-specific, it was a spontaneous act.'"
While he shares this story, an absurd reenactment of the situation is played for laughs. "That was the initial conversation and led to a conversation about trust," Mraz summarizes, later adding that he wanted his wife to know who she was dating. "Cheating would be having urges you don't share with your partner."
The clip is receiving mixed reactions on TikTok. "This is polite gaslighting," one commenter wrote. "So he isn't actually hers, huh," wrote another, quipping on Mraz's 2008 hit song, "I'm Yours."
While TikTok is digesting the clip at face value, it is a bit unclear how serious the two men are. The tone of the entire interview is very silly and playful and the line on what is true and what isn't is blurry, to say the least.
Perhaps Mraz and his wife are open or polyamorous, which is obviously their business, but the picture he painted in this interview isn't depicting him in the best light. He also has a history of public faux pas.
When Mraz first publicly came out as bisexual in 2018, he mistakenly described himself as two-spirit. "I’ve had experiences with men," he said at the time. "Even while I was dating the woman who became my wife. It was like, 'Wow, does that mean I am gay?' And my wife laid it out for me. She calls it 'two-spirit,' which is what the Native Americans call someone who can love both man and woman. I really like that."
Native Americans and Indigenous peoples have made it clear that two-spirit actually acknowledges gender identity and expression, not sexuality, and that only people who have a tribe can claim the term.
Watch the full interview below:
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
