Jake Zyrus talked about the person he grew up as and the person her fans all know, Charice, in two separate interviews.
His announcement on June 20 that he had changed his name to Jake, served as his official coming out party as a transgender.
“I just let her go,” Jake said about Charice to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “She’s free.
Zyrus told Rappler he hasn’t spoken to his family since making his announcement, but he understands why things right now might be a little tense.
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“This is just another challenge for us, as a family. I just hope that it was more private. But it’s out there. So I hope other people will understand that when it comes to families, sometimes you fight, sometimes you get along.”
Zyrus originally came out as a lesbian in 2013, but in his interview with Rappler he said he knew even then that wasn’t who he really was.
“I felt [before] that I’m going to come out as lesbian because I felt at the time, I said only being gay or being lesbian was recognized. Even though, before, I explained that I was a man, [what people would tell me was], ‘No, you’re a lesbian.’ It’s as if it was the only thing there was before.”
Zyrus had his breast removed on March 29. He told the Inquirer he had no doubts this was the right thing to do.
“I’m a man. But I was insecure about my breasts, my body. I wanted to act like a man, to sit like a man.”
He said his voice may be a little deeper, but essentially won’t change.
You can read the full interviews in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Rappler.
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