Shawn Mendes Says He’s Still ‘Figuring Out’ His Sexuality: ‘It Feels Really Scary’

• Shawn Mendes opened up about his sexuality during his concert in Colorado on Monday, October 28
• “Since I was really young, there’s been this thing about my sexuality and people have been talking about it for so long,” the Canadian musician told fans, according to a video shared on TikTok
• “The real truth about my life and my sexuality is, man, I’m just figuring it out like everybody else,” Mendes added.

Shawn Mendes is open about his sexuality.

On Monday, Oct. 28, the “Mercy” singer, 26, chatted with fans between songs while performing on the For Friends and Family Tour at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado.

Mendes has been performing his upcoming song “The Mountain” during his recent concerts, a song that has the singer talking about his sexuality in its lyrics.

“Some days I change my mind / You can say what you need to say,” he sings in a video shared on TikTok. “You can say I’m too young/ You can say I’m too old/ You can say I like girls or boys/ Whatever suits you.”

The Canadian musician elaborated on the conversation during the Colorado show.

“Since I was very young, there’s been this thing about my sexuality and people have been talking about it for so long,” he told the crowd, according to a clip shared by a fan on TikTok. “I think it’s kind of silly, because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing and it’s so hard to just put it in boxes.”

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“It always felt like an intrusion into something that was very personal to me, something that I understood within myself, something that I had yet to discover, and still have to discover,” the singer added, insisting that he was “speaking freely now” so that he could to be “closer to all”.

Mendes continued: “The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m just figuring it out like everybody else. Sometimes I really don’t know, and sometimes I do. And I feel really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that.”

“I’m trying to be really brave and just let myself be human and feel things. And that’s all I really want to say about it for now,” the star — who performed new music from her upcoming self-titled LP, out November 15 — continues are.

Shawn Mendes.

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Elsewhere on Monday’s show, Mendes also opened up about his dating life, insisting he wants to let go of the “pressure” of finding “The One”.

“When you’re single, there’s this pressure of looking for ‘The One,’ who is ‘The One?’… Damn, that’s a lot of pressure to put on someone when you’re just starting out,” he told fans, in a second TikTok video.

“For me, I was just trying to take that pressure off anybody and just let myself experience the love that’s happening in that moment, wherever and however it’s happening. Man, we all need a little cuddle, a little hug.” , he added, before singing his song “In Between.”

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Shawn Mendes at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Mendes — who dated Camila Cabello for years and has been publicly linked to Sabrina Carpenter in the past — previously discussed rumors about his sexuality while speaking with Dax Shepard on his Armchair expert podcast in 2020.

“It was so, so frustrating for me because there were some people in my life that I was very, very close to who were gay and in secret,” Mendes told Shepard at the time.

He continued: “And I felt real anger at those people. It’s such a tricky thing. You want to say, ‘I’m not gay, but it would be fine if I were gay – but there’s also nothing wrong with being gay, but I’m not.’ You don’t really know how to respond to the situation.”

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