Shawn Mendes opened up about his sexuality during his Colorado concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater on Monday.

The Canadian hitmaker, 26, addressed the crowd during an intimate moment of his For Friends and Family Tour show and spoke about the “truth” about his love life.

The singer, who famously dated Camila Cabello, told fans he was trying to be “really brave” and revealed he was still “figuring it out.”

“There’s something about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it for so long,” he added, saying it was “kind of silly, because I think sexuality is so beautifully complex, and it’s so hard to express it.” to put in boxes. .’

“The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m figuring it out just like everyone else.”

Shawn Mendes, 26, got candid about his sexuality during his Colorado concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater on Monday; seen in September

“The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m figuring it out just like everyone else,” he told the audience

‘It always felt like an infringement on something very personal to me. Something I was figuring out within myself, something I had yet to discover and still need to discover.’

‘And it feels very scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that. And I try to be very brave and allow myself to be human and feel things. And that’s all I want to say about that for now.’

Shawn also shared, “I was really young when I started. I was 15 years old. The truth is that as a 15-year-old I didn’t get to do many things and discovered parts of myself that you do at 15.”

The artist sings about his sexuality on his new song, The Mountain.

He made the comments while introducing the song on the show.

The song’s lyrics include the line, “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.”

He also spoke about his journey writing the new song.

“Writing the song felt really important to me because it felt like a moment where I could tackle it in a way that was close to my heart,” he said.

The Canadian hitmaker addressed the crowd during an intimate moment of his For Friends and Family Tour show and spoke about the ‘truth’ about his love life

The singer told fans he was trying to be ‘really brave’ and revealed he was still ‘figuring it out’

‘And it feels very scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that’

“There’s something about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it for so long,” he added, saying it was “kind of silly, because I think sexuality is so beautifully complex, and it’s so hard to express it.” to put in boxes. ‘

“And I think I’m just speaking out now because I just want to be able to be closer to everyone and just kind of be in my truth.”

He previously addressed speculation about his sexuality in a 2018 Rolling Stone interview.

“I thought, ‘You damn boys are so lucky that I’m not actually gay and I’m terrified of coming out,’” he said at the time.

‘That’s something that kills people. It’s that sensitive. Do you like the songs? Do you like me? Who cares if I’m gay?’

He also spoke about feeling pressure to be seen with women to prove he’s ‘not gay’.

‘In my heart of hearts, I feel like I need to be seen in public with someone – like a girl – to prove to people that I’m not gay. Even though I know deep in my heart that it’s not a bad thing. There’s still a part of me that thinks that. And I hate that side of me.”

In 2019, Shawn said in an interview with The Guardian that whispers about his sexuality were “hurtful.”

The superstar again addressed the ongoing rumors about his sexuality in 2020 on the Dax Shepard podcast.

The artist sings about his sexuality on his new song, The Mountain. The lyrics include the line: ‘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’; seen in 2023

He previously spoke about feeling pressure to be seen with women to prove he’s ‘not gay’; seen in 2024

Although he has been the subject of wild speculation about his sexuality, Shawn has only publicly dated women, such as fellow singer Camila Cabello; they can be seen in 2021

Shawn and Camila went public as a couple in the summer of 2019 and split in 2021, briefly reuniting last year before splitting after six weeks; seen in 2019

“It was so frustrating for me because there were a number of people in my life that I was very close to who were gay and in the closet,” he said.

“And I felt a real anger for 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 know how to respond to the situation.’

‘Everyone has called me gay since I was fifteen. I’m not gay and I’m like, “What does that mean?” I was having problems with the way my voice sounded. I say, “How should I sit?” I’m always the first to cross my legs and sit in this feminine position, and that really bothered me.”

He also outright denied that he was gay in a Snapchat message to his fans in 2016, while urging them to focus on his work.

“So normally I don’t do this and raise issues, but I was on YouTube watching some of my interviews, and I was scrolling through the comments and noticed a lot of people were saying that I was giving them a ‘gay vibe,'” ” he said.

‘First of all, I’m not gay. Second, it shouldn’t make any difference whether I was or not. The focus should be on the music and not on my sexuality.’

Although he has been the subject of wild speculation about his sexuality, Shawn has only publicly dated women, such as fellow singer Camila.

Recently, Sabrina Carpenter made headlines with her single Taste, an acid-tongued song said to be aimed at Shawn and Camila.

Sabrina was briefly linked to Shawn in 2023, during one of the gaps in his long-running on-off relationship with Camila.

Shawn and Camila publicly reunited not long after his dating rumors with Sabrina, but have since split again.

He also previously sparked romance rumors with his chiropractor, Dr. Jocelyne Miranda, 52; the two seen in an Instagram snap

Shawn was also paired with Big Brother UK’s Sabrina Carpenter (L) and Charlie Travers (R) in 2023

Shawn and Camila went public as a couple in the summer of 2019 and split in 2021, briefly reuniting last year before splitting after six weeks.

This summer, Shawn released his song Why, Why, Why, about a pregnancy scare that “shook me to my core” — though he declined to name the woman involved.

‘I thought I was about to become a father, it shook me to my core. I’m still a child,” he sings on the bridge. “Sometimes I still call out for my mother.”

Earlier in the song, he confesses the regrets he still harbors over the end of a relationship with a woman he never identifies by name.

‘Sweating through the sheets, shaking in bed, visions of her naked in my head, but I left and chose myself instead. Why, why, why? Set my mind at ease,” he groans.

He also previously sparked romance rumors last year with his chiropractor, Dr. Jocelyne Miranda, 52, 52.

Shawn was also linked to Big Brother UK’s Charlie Travers in 2023.