Maren Morris Says She “Didn’t Want To Make A Big Press Release” About Coming Out As Bisexual

Yeah, she’s always been one that hates attention…

In case you couldn’t detect the sarcasm, Maren Morris seems to be an artist who gets more attention for what she says and does than she does for her actual music. There was the time she decided to ignite a feud with Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany Aldean, and accuse her of being anti-trans because Brittany joked about being thankful that her parents didn’t change her gender when she went through her tomboy phase.

And more recent, Maren decided to call out all of country music as “toxic” and say she was leaving the genre, before quickly backtracking and claiming that she was only leaving the bad parts behind.

But yeah, clearly somebody who doesn’t want the attention.

Last June, Maren found herself back in the headlines yet again after her divorce from fellow country singer Ryan Hurd when she used a Pride Month post to announce that she was bisexual, saying that she was “happy to be the B in LGBTQ+.”

Maren hasn’t really said much else about her sexuality, but during a recent interview with the AP she opened up on the decision to come out as bisexual and said that it took a while for her to get up the “bravery” to make it public:

“I knew that about myself but I didn’t really feel like I was a part of the community. I felt like I was an ally and like, supportive of the community, but I just maybe internally hadn’t had the bravery to go there in myself and say the words out loud, which is so funny because I’m so open.

I think there was just like, a full sweep after my divorce of like, I know these things about myself and I’m learning and learning how to verbalize a lot of it, and that was one of the pieces that like, set the rest free I suppose.”

And during a recent appearance at West Hollywood’s OUTLOUD Festival, Maren thanked fans for their support after coming out while claiming that she didn’t want to be treated differently after the announcement:

“Thank you guys and girls and everyone in between for supporting me. I never try to like, even though I’m the one at the microphone right now, with that last summer I didn’t want to make a big like, press release or anything, I just wanted to like, say it and then like, be normal. I think that’s all any of us want.”

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Classic Maren, always wanting the spotlight on others and not her.

Of course the pop singer previously said that she wasn’t in a hurry to jump back in a relationship after her divorce, saying that she was going to take some time for herself:

“I feel like for so long, just being an artist and taking care of a lot of people on the road, you get so used to being the boss. I sort of lost sight of truly taking care of myself. I feel like this is just a perfect moment for me to make that statement.”

And she also revealed the lofty requirements she has for a future partner:

“I think pouring myself into another person is probably not a healthy way of going about things. I think it shifts the expectations and power and entitlement a lot. I just have to put 100 percent into myself, and you truly have to be a spectacularly impressive individual to add something to my life because — and I don’t mean to sound full of myself — but the life that I’ve built, I am really, really happy with.”

Apparently it’s harder than it sounds though: Maren said recently that she was having trouble with what she called the “new mutant strain of fake liberal men,” who she claims “pose as progressive dudes on dating apps.”

It’s tough out there in the dating world. But at least Maren found the “bravery” to be herself for once.The post Maren Morris Says She “Didn’t Want To Make A Big Press Release” About Coming Out As Bisexual first appeared on Whiskey Riff.