Benjamin Siksou doesn't split the armor very little about his privacy. The French knew, however, that the former candidate for New star had maintained a love affair with the young mother Joyce Jonathan, as the singer confided on October 19, 2020 during an interview with RFM. "Benjamin Siksou, he was my first lover when I was 15", she remembered.
It's in an interview with the podcast Coming Out and posted on Spotify on Thursday, February 4, 2021, which the 33-year-old singer says he's attracted to men. An observation that already dates from his childhood. "I didn't doubt my sexuality for long", he said before adding: "Very early on, I knew – it was very clear – around 6 or 7 years old, that I was also attracted to boys. I have very precise memories of memories or fantasies that one can have of these. ages. "
Happy and in love
Benjamin Siksou was slow to say more about his sex life for fear of the eyes of others. "I felt forbidden. A shame, what. That's why I did not doubt my homosexuality but how I was going to live it". He also confided to be opposed to the term "coming out" often used in these circumstances. "I don't like that word", he explains. "These notions make homosexuality very heavy to bear. " Either way, Benjamin Siksou is very happy in love. He met his current boyfriend following his separation from a woman he broke up with at 25.
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