David Archuleta responds to hateful comment “I have never felt confidence in myself like I have today”
Three years after coming out as LGBTQ, David Archuleta continues to get blowback from former fans. In a recent Instagram post, the American Idol season 7 runner-up addressed a cruel comment from a person who is presumably a member of the Mormon faith, from which the singer has distanced himself after coming out.
The cruel comment reads: “He only thinks he is happier because he doesn’t have the devil pressuring him as much to live up to the covenants he made with Heavenly Father,” The message continues, “He isn’t happier. Take his images from now and place them side by side with how he was even a couple years ago. The literal light of Christ in his eyes is completely gone. He has no true joy in his eyes anymore.” They conclude their ominous message, “David has fallen to the ways of the world instead of clinging to his Father in Heaven. Our whole world has fallen to this sad state and I pray God sends our Savior back to us soon.”
David kept a smile on his face because “that’s what I was supposed to do”
David responded: “I had to work to look happy while debating whether I should keep living or take my life. I hated myself for being attracted to men and told I had to rid of it to be pure. I thought I should end my life because of the “evil” I thought was in me that no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t ‘overcome.’ But keeping a smile because that’s what I was supposed to do and was told I needed to show how happy my beliefs made me vs having the courage to just be as I was created by the very God who answered my prayer one night to be as I was created to be. Even if that meant I fall in love with a man and…even if it was against what everyone at that point in my life told me.”
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“My understanding of God told me to not listen to what people who feared what I was said. David insists that no matter what the naysayers say, it’s not going to change how he moves forward with his life. “…If anyone else is going through the same things they should know living your life even if it’s not according to your church’s rules you grew up in, is still a life worth living.”
“Allow yourself to love and be loved”
David concluded. “…allow yourself to love and be loved. That’s the godliest feeling I’ve ever experienced and didn’t fully until I embraced what God, or at least what I’ve always understood was God, told me to do.”
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What photos is this person looking at? After coming out, David looks more comfortable in his skin than he ever has! It’s also none of their business how David chooses to live. If he says he’s happier and no longer wants to end his life after struggling with his sexuality for years, maybe take his word for it.
In the caption accompanying the post, David share that he expected more criticism as he chooses to share more of his life and after OUT Magazine honored him as one of their 2023 OUT 100.
“That’s on them. Not on me. Not on you.”
“I am going to post from time to time this reminder in case there is anybody else out there who happens to be where I was a couple years ago at a rock bottom. Despite what people may say of me now, I have never felt confidence in myself like I have today. Love for myself. And light,” David continues, “People’s perception of darkness I now understand is their own judgement and dark take because they were taught to judge and be afraid of anyone queer. That’s on them. Not on me. Not on you.”
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“Please don’t give up,” Davis implores fans who may be struggling with their sexuality like he did. “Regardless of what people around you might say, with comments and judgements like this.”
“I cherish a lot of what I grew up with and being raised on with beliefs of faith and community,” David writes. “But a lot of it also caused me to fear a lot of things, including myself and hating me for it. I’ve learned that’s not how it has to be, nor how it should be.”
“Let’s keep working together,” David ends his message.
