'The Voice' Winner Sawyer Fredericks Comes Out as Bisexual

Sawyer Fredericks, the winner of The Voice‘s eighth season, is opening up about his sexuality.

The 22-year-old singer, who was on Pharrell Williams‘ team, came out as bisexual in a post shared to his Instagram account.

Click inside to read the message he shared…

“Hey everyone 🙂 it is time for my #Truthfultuesday 👍🏻,” Sawyer started off his post. “Since I have not publicly said this in a post, I wanted say that I am Bisexual 😊.”

Sawyer continued, “When I was younger I thought I was straight, because I was more attracted to women, and I didn’t know there were more options besides Gay and Straight. So I just assumed I was Straight 🤷🏼‍♂️. I am privileged and have never been discriminated against for my sexuality or ashamed of it. I’m truly sorry for any of you who have been, and I hope it gets better 💙. I’ll probably lose some fans over this post, but that’s fine with me 🥲.”

Sawyer recently did an interview with The Daily Gazette and said he’s been living in a roughly 700-square-foot apartment with his partner.

“It’s very different from living on a farm. It’s cool. It’s got a lot of character. I’ve enjoyed it,” he said.

Sawyer said he met his partner “at a rock climbing gym about five years ago while his partner was attending Russell Sage College.”

“We both have our responsibilities of making sure the apartment is clean,” he said. “I can’t even really call them chores. I’m so used to chores being like ‘you are going to go out to the barn and muck a giant stall.’ So I just sweep the floor? It feels easy.”

Congrats to Sawyer on coming out!