It's funny, people ask me all the time, was it hard?
You know, putting out the statement and talking about it,
and funnily enough, it was one of the easiest things
I've ever done, and one of the most liberating things
I've ever done.
I wasn't planning on talking about any of it
and then there was a point where it kind of got bigger
than me and I knew I had to acknowledge it.
Hi, I'm Joshua Bassett and this is my cover shoot
with Attitude magazine, which is on sale now.
My biggest inspiration growing up was probably Billy Joel.
My dad played him all the time around the house,
but another one was Ed Sheeran.
He still is, but mainly because he's able to play
like a 90,000 seat stadium with just a guitar
and a loop pedal.
And I think that there's something really special
about the fact that he just needs his guitar
and his loop pedal.
A lot of people walk away from his shows
saying it's the best show they've ever seen.
My first celebrity crush was Hilary Duff.
Why is because I really liked ‘Agent Cody Banks’
and I wanted to be Agent Cody Banks,
and also Hilary Duff's Hilary Duff.
So, like, you can imagine how that happens.
You know, you want to be Cody Banks and date Hilary Duff.
It just makes sense.
I met her by the way and she told somebody
that she has a crush on me too.
Because I told her that I had a crush on her my entire life.
And she did tell the president of the Disney Channel
that she had a crush on me too.
So, I'm just saying, I'm never going to let that one go.
I'm never going to live that one down.
A song that means the most to me
is ‘Rainbow’ by Kacey Musgraves.
I just love the message
and it's always like a very peaceful song to listen to.
Another one I really love
is ‘You're Gonna Live Forever in Me’ by John Mayer,
because I think that there's something special
about the message aside from the literal context it's in,
but the sort of idea that the love that you share
and give people or have been given will live forever in you,
even if that person is no longer in your life.
A piece of advice I would give my younger self
is not to squander my time on silly things that are futile.
Another piece of advice would be don't waste time
in toxic relationships. When you know they're toxic
it's not worth it, get out of there.
- [Interviewer] You recently opened up
about being happy to be a part of the LGBTQ community.
How did it feel to put that out there?
- It's funny, people ask me all the time, was it hard?
You know, putting out the statement and talking about it
and funnily enough, it was one of the easiest things
I've ever done, and one of the most liberating things
I've ever done.
I wasn't planning on talking about any of it
and then there was a point where it kind of got bigger
than me and I knew I had to acknowledge it.
And I wrote the statement in less than five minutes.
It all came out at once and I was like, yep, let's post it.
And I felt really great about it and I never looked back.
There is no right answer when it comes to your sexuality
or sexual identity, you decide the answer.
So, if you don't know yet, then you don't know.
And that's that and that's OK.
Don't let anybody tell you have to decide anything
or know anything or figure anything out.
Life is so long and life changes too.
You can change throughout your life.
So, don't put any pressure on yourself to figure it out
'cause nobody really figures it out.
Everyone's pretending like they are, but you know,
we're all sort of making it up as we go.
- [Interviewer] And finally, which Disney prince
do you most identify with and why?
- OK, I've been asked the Disney prince question before,
weirdly,
but I think Flynn Rider in a way,
in the sense that he's very like, sort of, reckless
and, sort of, like adventurous.
He does his own thing.
But also Prince Eric,
I think out of all the rest of the princes
is the coolest, in my opinion.
Because I think he’s really sweet and good,
but he's also like a sailor
and, like, can make **** it happen, you know,
and gets it done.
So, I would say somewhere between Prince Eric
and Flynn Rider, but what do I know?
Thank you so much for watching my shoot.
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