I'm 65. I came out one person at a time over ten years. Whenever I hear someone talk about coming out the pain and doubt and lack of love, I am grateful for them sharing their experience. Thank you. Love is the answer.

I have met David in person and he signed my CD to one of his albums. He is such a caring, friendly and humble person. I just love his songs and videos. He is so awesome!!!!

I’ve seen David in a small concert (Dallas, 2021 Christmas) and have to admit, he is wonderful, so much talent, such humbleness, and his voice… perfection! I am waiting for whatever he does next with anticipation!

Imagine a person like David in public office! Someone this honest and of high character! David will change the world!

David is amazing. So much respect for him To find a partner with David’s values and beliefs would be a blessing. Nos gusta David

When David smiles, it’s like… the cutest thing ever. Like, he should never stop doing it. His smile is everything 🤩

Thanks for this great interview! I’m a longtime fan of David Archuleta’s, and to see him so comfortable in his own skin and embracing his whole authentic self is music to my ears, no pun intended, lol. And Faith in Me is pure 🔥!

I love this kid. He is just amazing in every way

Well done David......I know the the LDS faith well. This isn't just a case of learning how to be true to yourself but having to redefine all that you know and love......so very well done for being brave and free to embrace life as you now know it

I'm lds women. I don't judge people how they live their life's. I'm proud 👏 of him being honest 👏 with himself. I believe 🙏 God wants us to be happy human beings!!! as long as David is happy. That's all that matters.

Love is love. Sin is the absence of love.

Thank you for this interview! I've been so worried he's had some rough times. I know today wasn't easy. This lets me worry a little less. I can see he is working through this. THANK YOU.

Such a sweet spirit! Nothing but blessings for him!!

You are soooooo Loved. Never ever forget that

I saw you last Xmas in SLC concert. Your songs were beautiful and your thoughts and words in between were so emotional.

I have so much respect for David Archuleta identifying as "queer" and publicly saying that he doesn't know where he falls on the spectrum of sexuality. I'm the same way, and I think it's important to think of sexuality more as a spectrum than clear-cut lines of same-sex attraction, opposite-sex attraction, bisexuality, and asexuality. Queer is a good catchall term- it's the least label-like label that I could find for myself, and I really enjoying hearing a person in the public eye using the term in interviews.

I love David archuleta. He’s a good singer and a beautiful man. Want to meet him one day.

David, I’m so glad you can be yourself ! I wish you the best on your journey 👍🏼

Thank you, I love this and seeing people on the journey and truth!

Boo be you, married to my best friend for 26 years, us old guys have being fighting for years to be married. Don’t be afraid.

Bless him ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I will always be a fan of David Archuleta every song he has sung I can relate to in some way especially his last album Therapy Sessions spoke to my heart-I’ve only met him once and it was an embarrassment on my behalf 😊I was so overwhelmed with excitement I froze but he is so sweet and caring to his fans and just in general his talks at his concerts have so much meaning behind them and I cannot tell you how many times his beautiful voice has brought me to tears-I’m loving this new chapter in his life and I wish him nothing but the best❤

I've always thought he was so talented and sooo handsome.

You're listening to yourself because you're listening to your own voice affirming you. You're ministering to yourself and that's powerful.

David, be who you are… Be what you are… Just be ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙

Oml this is so cool ^^ I started being honest with myself and my queerness in the church and stopped caring what others thought. I am my own person and thats all people need to know

His smile literally makes my day better. I am crushing on him so hard. If give anything to meet him in person .

Please come to Portland Oregon would love to see you in concert

When David Archuleta was on American Idol I loved him. I voted for him and only him thousands of times, and now that he has come out as gay I love him a million times more.

Love him

This is reality. Almost no one has opened up to talk about this. I m happy you can help others to feel good about themselves.

BE YOURSELF YOU DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN OR JUSTIFY WHO YOU ARE... YOU SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON. DON'T RUSH TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IT WILL JUST COME NATURALLY AND ON THE RIGHT TIME.

I knew he was gay within two seconds when he was on American Idol.

David is Wonderful. Very Talented & Beautiful Voice.

ugh i love him

Im so happy for you David!

Can I just say something David when someone is confused or let’s say insecure with their thoughts and looking to others for wisdom and knowledge I don’t believe the source is to go to others. I believe to look inside and figure that out on your own not by the voices of others not even religion

David when you tell your story you tell mine! Hugs and the love of God be with you!

He's my crush since I was a teenager 🤩😍

So proud of him for being honest. I hope he still believes in God. He could be the best role model for the gay community. 💕

You have to LOVE yourself first before you can LOVE someone else.

if he thought he was a mistake then he is god's mistake, but if he feels that god never makes mistakes then he is no mistake. what ever he feels, just go with it, life is so short, don't waste it on feeling guilty.

Sweet David, you certainly have a journey you must travel. I am staunch LDS. I love the gospel. It's who I am and love. God loves you kiddo. You have your agency to decide if you choose Him or yourself. One can be gay yet not act upon it. Difficult, I know. We all want to be loved and accepted. We want that one person we feel most comfortable with. I've been married and divorced. I thought I would find someone else but it didn't happen. Took time but I've been able to accept my journey. I have missed the companionship of a partner but I had to choose between Father and myself. I chose Father because He Can give me what I need which is better than what I want. God be with you kiddo. He loves you without question. God bless...😊

The mormon church leveraged him and used him for his talent. Now that he is out they are begging him to suppress his feelings and "get him a nice girl." So glad he is escaping and being able to be himself.

Hey David! Love you !

Welcome to the family David 🤗. God don't make no junk. You are now living as you were born. You're adorable and seem to be a genuine good soul. Looking forward to watching your journey, finding that special guy and living happily ever after 🌝

People love David for his authenticity!

Faith is the most important thing. Same-sex attraction is not a choice. Resolving Mormon and gay is a big deal. White socks are a nice bonus 0:35

The world isn't perfect but you shouldn't be afraid to just be yourself ❤️

I also hid in the church and asked for my gay to be took away. Tough living in the south. These days I’m gay married and happy being me. God still loves all us.

Maybe David is my soulmate. Glad to find out he's gay😂 I've been a fan since teenage 😍

Wish you would do something with Clay Aiken would be cool to listen to.

Honesty is the most important. Don't worry. Just be true to yourself.

I left the church once but my life just wasn't the same I went back never to leave again. Much talant David.

Three engagement rings, "cringe". In our world, I envision a collab with Lil Nas X, Troye Sivan, Steve Grand, David Archuleta, Sir Elton John and others in Song. David, you are a part of a wonderful group of male singers who appreciate men. I like being appreciated by guys like you, David. And I also enjoy you music!

When he started on American Idol at the age of 15, I already knew he was gay.

Gay, David, Gay is our word. It means happy. Queer is a word people that are looking to denigrate others use. It means weirdly, oddly different. You're gay, my friend! Beautifully, upliftingly, wonderfully gay - with a voice as pure as we've ever heard. Your heart and personality come through in your art. You are, quite simply: beautiful inside and out. Thank you for being you :)

Yesssssssssssssssssssssss lgbtq

Run David ! Run !!! Your church will not help you being you !

People are evolutionary. They evolve. You evolved into a gay man. Big deal. Some end up liking girls. Some boys. It really doesn’t make any difference. Your role here isn’t to get married and have children unless you restrict all other accomplishments you could make. You have talent. You are well known. You can do a lot to make living easier for others like yourself and you already have. Continue with it. Not everyone is meant to marry and have a family. Some are cut out to be married and some aren’t. Of those some are meant to have children. Others aren’t. You see too many examples where family life has failed millions of people. Too many divorces are happening and the children are the sufferers. Go on with your life as you are. If your church wants to embrace you then let it. If not then don’t feel you are left begging for validation. You can establish your own validation by leading a responsible life.

🎉 the Lord loves David, even if he is queer…. The Lord loves me and I am queer…..

So how's your relationship with GOD? For me, when I came out and learned to accept myself as Gay it got better. How can you accept GOD if you can't accept yourself. As for children you can still do that. It takes some effort and some work a rounds but you can still have kids We have come so far.

David, You can be a Christian and Queer. There are churches that accept it. Hugs. Be you! That is great.

3:50 "So I have to come see you". Girl, can you not flirt with your guest during the interview?

I wish David would abandon pop altogether and front a symphonic metal band and scream. It would solve all of his problems.

Phrases like "embracing his queerness" make me wish there were a cure for my homosexuality.

Gay or not who gives a damn?? I love his music, that's all matter.

Quoting what you said “THERE’RE like God is truth god is light The way to have light is to have truth” but then you said you’re honest and they say oh not that TRUTH… who is they? You keep referring to them people isn’t gods connection and the things you believe in between you and God? Not they…

His Truth will set you free. Don't get engaged 3 times 4 times 5....focus on Christ and he will heal you completely 🙏✝️

I liked him since I was 16 but know wow I'm finding out he's gay 😲

You know alright David so why can’t you just say it? It’s the guilt 😅 hard to say out loud aye., well everyone else knows long before you said it

They would be a cute couple 🤗

Not for nothing but the Mormon Church has really helped out the gay porn industry a lot. So many performers are Mormon or ex-Mormon so ummm... Thanks, I guess 😃

I love David. But I have to express my ambivalence with the word "queer" by the community because it means "abnormal."

Saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before, if indeed you trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ "alone" for salvation. Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of eternal life to all who trust Him alone for salvation.

Really sad that he stepped away from the church, wickedness never was happiness…when you choose to go the wrong way you won’t be truly happy, makes me sad for him that he won’t have those blessings living that lifestyle…hope someday he finds his way back to the church must be heartbreaking for the parents

Marry A man and have children.😀

I’ve learned for myself that nobody is actually gay. It is just temptation-and we all are susceptible to our own temptations. The adversary confuses our perception of identity. There are seducing spirits of lust and curiosity that attach themselves to us and we mistake their feelings as our own. When we recognize the lies and cast the spirits out, that is when we are free. Embracing the temptation and giving in not only binds us down, but gives the devil great power over us. We have to overcome lust and the temptation of the world to be free.

Dear Lord, David, you are a sweet, probably good person for those around you. Your real confession is that you remain gay tinsel in a world that condones it. I wish you to quickly turn to the real living Jesus Christ and accept His love. Do not replace the love of Christ with false love from people. I wish you baptism and salvation, not games with this world. Love you.

David, you didn’t realize you have been rationalizing your actions. For now, you are feeling free and feeling accepted by the world. But for how long? Where’s your eternal perspective now?

David knows that being gay or lesbian is not a sin, but doing something beyond that, like immorality or having sex with the same gender or out of marriage is a big sin, I hope we know our true identity, that we are all children of God, please know who we really are, same sex attraction is just a challenge for everyone that we need to overcome, that sometimes if we dont know how to deal with it we will just give in to it, and that will lead somebody to belive that, that is his/her true identity but in the end it's not, because God create only man and woman and they can only have sexual relationship when they got married. DAVID I KNOW IT'S DEPPRESSING FOR YOU to stay in the church but I hope atleast stay in what you believe, and don't let the world overcome you. Yeah staying away from the church will give you happiness but the question is how long? Until the grave? You know that the joy being with God is eternal.

He came out but doesn't know who he is? OMG this guy is still confused AF

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So sad that david is going to a wrong way. i understand him but im just so sad to know his ways...

David seems like a nice genuine guy however God has said in the Bible that those who practice the homosexuality will not inherit the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) and we can't live in sin and go to Heaven. Please repent and go for deliverance. Moments of sin in this world is not worth an eternity of hell.

Why do you always have to mention the church in your interviews?

Please don’t mention the church in your interviews.

The depression will hit David even harder than before in the next few years.

Sucks that religion and a mythical book has made him hate himself so much.

Young people are so confused

The Christian Bible ( not Mormon Bible) says that homosexuality is sin. If you want to be saved, you have to turn away from sin and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Following the Father God and the Lord Jesus Christ requires turning your back on sin.

Yup. I'm done with him. "The way to build up the kingdom of God is by marrying a woman." That's because that's the only way to get into the celestial kingdom.

Very sad that David was another victim of the Mormon church’s bigotry. Many people (gay and straight) are able to break free of Mormon oppression and live happy lives - I hope that is what the future holds for him.

The truth will set you free. There's lots of truth though. Being gay is a very small part. Keep looking.

Why continue using the word 'queer'. U r gay, simple as that, nothing wrong with it, sounds like he still can't admit it is ok but saying 'the way that I am'.

Just don't drink the Kool aid David. We are gay. No different than other people except who we are attracted to. We want to be treated the same, respect and equal. It's what we fought for and some have died for. But please let's not go down the whole queer road thing. We are not queer. We don't need queer schooling or queer related courses. Makes us sound like a bunch of oddball. I'm gay. Not queer. Please don't set the lgbtq community back 50 years. Who the hell identifies as queer. It's ridiculous. We fought so hard to not be looked at and not using the term queer. Queer means odd. Please don't mix up gay and queer. Watching people on tv with their queer theory bs makes me sick.

Love him