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Posted: 2019-10-02T04:28:43Z | Updated: 2019-10-02T04:28:43Z

Lil Nas X shared some details about his childhood and his coming-out journey during a CBS This Morning interview with co-host Gayle King that aired Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Atlanta rapper had notably opened up about his sexuality in a series of tweets on the last day of June, which is LGBTQ Pride month. He told King that as a celebrity, he has protections other people dont have.

Me being in this position, its easy for me, he said about coming out to his fans after the release of his now record-breaking Old Town Road with Billy Ray Cyrus. But some little boys ... 10 miles from here ... in the hood ... its not going to be good for him, he said.

Lil Nas X said he struggled as a boy with accepting his sexuality in the face of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and the history of discrimination. He would pray being gay was a phase, he recalled.

He was about 16 or 17 years old when he got to a place of self-acceptance, Lil Nas X told King, but afterward, he still had difficulty with speaking openly about his sexuality.

In July, Lil Nas X said that he once considered never publicly coming out , but that he hoped his doing so would open doors for greater LGBTQ acceptance in country and hip-hop music.

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