Musician TJ Osborne, breaks silence on his sexuality, reveals he is gay

In an interview with Time magazine, T.J. Osborne, half of the duo Brothers Osborne, has publicly revealed for the first time that he is gay. The 36-year-old country singer-songwriter, who was already out to close friends and family, publically confessed about his sexuality. “I’m very comfortable being gay. I find myself being guarded for not wanting to talk about something that I personally don’t have a problem with. That feels so strange,” he told the publication. “People will ask, ‘Why does this even need to be talked about?’ and personally, I agree with that. But for me to show up at an awards show with a man would be jaw-dropping to people. It wouldn’t be like, ‘Oh, cool!” he went on to say. He added that he doesn’t think he’s going to get run off the stage in Chicago. But in a rural town playing a county fair, he’s curious how that will go. TJ’s brother, guitarist John Osborne also spoke to the magazine and explained that he was emotional when his brother came out to him. “He was very open and candid about it, and I was emotional because my brother was finally able to be completely honest with me about who he was. How often, in life, do we hold back parts of ourselves and wish that we didn’t?” John said of T.J. “If I had to have all my money and success erased for my brother to be truly fulfilled in life, I wouldn’t even think about it. Not for a second.

For the unversed, The Brothers Osborne is made up of brothers John and T.J. Osborne, who were born in Maryland and eventually moved to Nashville together.  TJ and John were nominated for their first major award at the 2015 CMAs. However, it wasn’t until the next year that they took home that honor, beating out Florida Georgia Line to win Vocal Duo of the Year. They took home that same award at the 2017 ACM Awards, along with New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year. At the 2017 CMAs, they won Vocal Duo of the Year again, along with Music Video of the Year for “It Ain’t My Fault.” Their hit “Stay A Little Longer” was nominated for Best Country Duo/Group performance at the 2016 Grammys, and they’re up for a Grammy again in 2018 for “It Ain’t My Fault.” The Brothers Osborne have had the opportunity to perform at the same shows as artists like Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Eric Church.  The Brothers Osborne’s third single, “Stay A Little Longer,” reached No. 4 on the U.S. country charts, and led to the successful release of their debut album, Pawn Shop, in Jan. 2016. The album made it to No. 3 on the country Billboard charts. “Stay A Little Longer” is the guys’ highest charting single to date, but they followed up with the release of the record’s second single, “21 Summer,” with”It Ain’t My Fault” released as the next single after that. All five of the guys’ first singles were on the Pawn Shop album.