interview he joked with andrew he was supposed to sit there and play guitar and he would take care of the rest. patti ann: interesting. but as you say, he broke out even further as a solo artist. he also came out as gay, not very uncommon right now but back then considered a gutsy move. interesting this year we also lost prince. the two of them i think were so adept bending their sexuality and keeping people guessing and sort of challenging gender norms. he really didn t coming out until 2008 when he was arrested for, in 1998, rather, when he was arrested for performing a lewd act just outside of los angeles at will rogers park. he said one of the reasons he didn t want to come out because he didn t want people harassing his mom. and he apologized publicly many times for some of the run-ins he had with the law because he was worried after he came out that it would, it would have an effect on gay people and it