‘I learnt to accept gay people at eight years old.’ – Nick Jonas
The pop star and actor says his acceptance of LGBT people began when his was just a child, after his father told him, “”It’s all love, it’s all the same.”
The Jonas Brother has become one of LGBT community’s strongest allies in recent years, but he has revealed this week that his acceptance of gay people goes back much further.
During an appearance at the Outfest Film Festival – a festival celebrating LGBTs in the film industry – in Los Angeles this week, Jonas thanked his Protestant minister father for teaching him a lesson about same sex love when he was just eight years old.
Whilst performing as a member of the Jonas Brothers, Nick said he realised one of the performers in their show was gay.
“One of my friends who was one of the guys in the show – his name was Mark – was leaving the theatre one day and I saw him leave with his partner,” he said. “I looked at my dad and said, ‘Oh, that’s different,’ and he was like, “It’s all love, it’s all the same.”
“It just connected with me immediately,” he told the gathered crowd at the Harmony Gold Theatre. “I came from a religious background and my dad is actually a pastor. But he is an incredible man with an amazing open mind and heart.”
In June, the Jealous singer stepped in to headline Pittsburgh Pride – after rapper Iggy Azalea dropped out of the event over claims of homophobia and racism.
He has also admitted that The Jonas Brothers didn’t ‘do enough’ to acknowledge their gay fan base, saying: “When my brothers and I started touring and had some success, naturally they [the gay community] became a pretty big part of our following. I don’t know that we ever did enough to really own that.”
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31 Comments
Francis
July 23, 06:20All of una wey wan born pikin abeg learn oh. All this discrimination, prejudice etc wahala comes from you guys. If you stamp it out early, the world would be a much better place.
Max
July 23, 06:33I’m sure the MGM’s and prospective MGM’s here will tell their kids the opposite.
Mtchew
Pink Panther
July 23, 06:35LOL. Come on. The father who wrote https://kitodiaries.com/open-letter-to-my-son/ sure seems to me like he’d be different. Not all MGMs are monsters, you know.
Jamie
July 23, 11:47Yeah, am sure not all, but majority still do!!
Max
July 23, 13:04Colossus is one of a kind MGM… You can’t compare him with the chaff heads here.
pete
July 23, 06:44& you know this how? you are taking your prejudice against MGMs too far
Dennis Macaulay
July 23, 07:51I swear down
kacee
July 23, 07:33Hehehehehehe max ur so wicked.
Sinnex
July 23, 07:44Stupidity at its peak
Tiercel de Claron
July 23, 09:10It’s confirmed,Max suffers from Foot-in-
the-mouth disease.
Don’t you ever think before spewing out all
this rubbish?
Masked Man
July 23, 12:28Pessimism much. Calm down. Don’t be so much a warrior.
Mtcheeew.
Max
July 23, 12:58If you were offended by what I wrote, you know you’re a prospective culprit..
You can start by slitting your wrists and then jumping off NETCO building. The world will have less foolish people to deal with.
Bishes!!
Masked Man
July 23, 14:25I thought you were always cool.
What happened to you?
The witches from your village must really be of the first order.
Perez
July 23, 16:14Sweet Jesus
Max
July 23, 19:57I thought you were too, guess the same witches did a number on you.
Sinnex
July 23, 07:47The guy is cute sha. I just want to cuddle him.
kacee
July 23, 07:59Back off bro, i aint sharing…mtchewww
Dennis Macaulay
July 23, 07:53Okay!
I a! Not buying what he is selling anyways
Pink Panther
July 23, 08:00Your cynicism knows no bounds.
Dennis Macaulay
July 23, 09:59Bite me paper boy
kacee
July 23, 07:55Wow this is the way fathers WORLDWIDE should behave especially AFRICAN fathers, omg nick my baby’s daddy *faints*
Pink Panther
July 23, 08:04African fathers… lol. Funny, I saw the word ‘African’ and thought of the other word ‘Africanness’ and how most people have unwittingly likened it to a lack of progressiveness.
kacee
July 23, 09:46Lol
Mitch
July 23, 08:57It must be nice to come from a family that progressive
Eros
July 23, 09:30Awwwww. This child is so cute. I could just rub nutella all over him and eat him up.
And as for you Max, nawa for you oooo. Where in this whole article did the writer mention anything about married gay men?? Oooo Chim ooo
Perez
July 23, 16:18Beats my imagination
Dominic Obioha
July 24, 03:56Some versions of hatred appears to be valid here. What’s is it with Max and MGM. Stop over flattering yourself scarecrow! You are not relevant. Channel your negative energy to jumping off 3rd mainland bridge. The. World of KD would be better.
MagDiva
July 24, 08:32The very same thing you accuse straight people and others of is exactly what you are guilty of and doing to MGM’s. Your intolerance, dogmatic attitude is not just rude but downright unbecoming. You cannot dictate to anyone how to live their lives, who appointed you moral police?
I get you might feel like it’s a betrayal to the flock, but continuously persecuting them doesn’t make you any different from those you accuse of having internalised homophobia.
You don’t have to accept or like their decisions but respect it. #my2pencewithchange
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ROCK
March 03, 12:34What’s MGM
Francis
March 03, 19:26Married Gay Men