In a candid interview with Rolling Stone, Chris Martin admits that as a young teen growing up in England, he was “very homophobic” and that he questioned his sexuality.

“When I went to boarding school I walked a bit funny and I bounced a bit and I was also very homophobic because I was like, ‘If I’m gay, I’m completely f–ked for eternity’ and I was a kid discovering sexuality. ‘Maybe I’m gay, maybe I’m this, maybe I’m that, I can’t be this,’” the Coldplay frontman said.

He also recalled that some of his classmates told him at the time he was “definitely gay.” When asked whether he also thought that he was gay at the time, the singer remembered thinking: “I don’t know and even if I am, I can’t be because it’s wrong” and “If I am, I can’t be, so that was creating a terrible turmoil.”

When he turned 15, Chris said he started to really worry about his sexuality, but over time his homophobia eventually lessened as he matured.

“I don’t know what happened, I was like, ‘Yeah, so what?’ and then it all just stopped overnight,” he said. “It was very interesting. Once I was like, ‘Yeah, so what if I’m gay.’”

“[The experience] made me question, ‘Hey, maybe some of this stuff that I’m learning about God and everything — I’m not sure if I subscribe to all of this particular religion,’” he added. “So for a few years, that was a bit wobbly and then eventually I just was like, ‘OK, I think I have my own relationship with what I think God is and it’s not really any one religion for me.’”

These days, Chris is a staunch LGBTQ activist and advocates for equality across the globe. Thank you for being so open, Chris.

Read the Rolling Stone interview HERE.