T.J. Osborne and his brother John Osborne opened up about the first time the country star came out.
Back in 2021, the Brothers Osborne singer made headlines when he came out as gay in an interview with Time Magazine.
“I’m very comfortable being gay,” he told the publication. “I find myself being guarded for not wanting to talk about something that I personally don’t have a problem with.”
Since that day, the history-making singer has fully stepped into his truth and has seen support from his vast fanbase and, most importantly, his brother/bandmate John.
In a recent interview on the Exit 209 with Storme Warren podcast, the two Osbornes discussed the early days of T.J.’s coming out process.
When asked if he had any idea of his brother’s sexuality, John revealed that he always had a suspicion.
“As his older brother, you just kind of know, but it’s not my place to ask,” John said.
In response, T.J. joked: “When you saw my internet history, you kind of knew.”
However, it wasn’t until the two were getting ready to sign their first record deal that T.J. opened up to his brother about being gay.
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“I was like, ‘Hey, before we sign this and we get kind of tangled up, contractually entangled in something, you need to know that this is a thing that I need to tell you about me that I think you might know, but I also want you to know that I do intend on coming out at some point. I don’t know when that is, but I don’t want to live my life closeted,'” T.J. explained.
“I knew that I wanted to tell John then, and at that point, I had come out to a couple people that I thought really needed to know, but beyond that, I just kind of just did my thing, and so John was always obviously incredibly supportive of that.”
John added that it wasn’t his place to “pry or ask” before T.J. confided in him because he knew he would eventually have to do it.
“The people I’m closest to in my life are my brother and my wife [Lucie] and my family and you have to be honest and open and with those people, which allows you to be vulnerable, which is where real life happens,” he explained.
John went on to say that after T.J.’s confession, he tried to break the tension by making a joke about his own sexuality.
“I just remember saying, ‘Well, you don’t have to worry, T.J., because the other member in your band is a raging heterosexual, so I’m here to balance you out,”” he said.
“I just wanted to say something to make someone laugh, and it was after that then we just had drinks, and I felt so much happiness and joy for him, and it was beautiful.”
Watch T.J. and John Osborne’s interview here or below.
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