Out singer David Archuleta reveals 3 failed marriage proposals, suicidal thoughts during concert

Singer-songwriter and former American Idol contestant David Archuleta revealed during a holiday concert that he struggled with religion, unsuccessfully tried to marry women three times, and even contemplated suicide while coming to terms with his identity.

Archuleta publicly wept on stage on December 23, during the final show of his “The More the Merrier Christmas Tour” in Chandler, Arizona. He said he contemplated not performing his song “My Little Prayer” during his concert because, “I don’t know if I can really get into the Christmas spirit this year.”

However, he said his manager encouraged him to perform the song, saying, “I think you should do it because it’s still a part of your story, and what’s led you to where you are now and who you are today.”

Archuleta then said that around age 12, he began praying a lot to God for many years “because I was afraid of who I was and how I was, and I thought I needed to be able to change that in order to be acceptable and to be okay.”

“I spent a lot of time praying,” he continued, “and years went by and I just thought, ‘Well, maybe, maybe God doesn’t like me because you know, or maybe I’m just not good enough. I don’t have enough faith because I’m not changing.’ And I thought, ‘Well, maybe I just need to put more effort into it.’”

He then said that he had purchased at least…

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