“If a few dozen people walk out, but there are others staying who need to know they’re not alone in this journey. It’s worth it to me,” he wrote on social media.
on Thursday to share an upsetting email his manager received, complaining that his 15-minute speech at the end ruined the “incredible experience” of the Christmas show.
“I do not believe that, that concert was a setting for that to happen,” the email read. “We have some very upset patrons that I will [be] dealing with today. I would hope in the remaining concerts, that would not be allowed and just allow them to have an awesome Christmas experience.”A post shared by David Archuleta
“I am sharing something that I’ve felt I had to keep hidden nearly all my life. Because you believe your existence is unacceptable. That mindset is not healthy,” Archuleta wrote. The 31-year-old rose to fame in 2008 when he came in second place, behind David Cook, on Season 7 of “American Idol.” Archuleta has shared that he struggled with coming to terms with his sexuality while being raised in a strict Mormon — which
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