His Biggest Mistake
In 1983, Bowie told Rolling Stone that his public declaration of bisexuality turned out to be “the biggest mistake I ever made.” He added that he was always a “closet heterosexual.” Later, in 2002, Bowie was asked whether he still believed that it was his biggest mistake. After a long pause, the rock star said that he doesn’t think it was a mistake in Europe, “but it was a lot tougher in America.”
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He stated that he had no issue with people knowing that he was bisexual. But he also didn’t want to hold any banners or be a representative of any groups of people. All he wanted was to be a songwriter and performer – he didn’t appreciate the label for his bisexuality, alluding to the fact that Americans put him into a category that he ended up remaining in.