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David Bowie had a very controverial sexual orientation to say the least. In January 1972, he admitted to being a homosexual in an interview with Michael Watts. 4 years later in an interview with Playboy he declared himself bi-sexual. Many believe this was all a ploy to gain media attention and increase his sales revenue, making him different from other artists. In 1983 he then declared that coming out as bi-sexual was the 'biggest mistake of his life' and described himself as a 'closet heterosexual'. He was asked again in 2002 if he still believe this was as much of a mistake as he made out at the time, he said it wasn't too hard in Britain, but in America it was a different story and his sex life stood in the way of what he wanted to do, meaning a singer songwriter.
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Despite admitting he was gay in 1972, 2 years before he had married a woman called Mary Angela Barnett, they had a son and named him Zowie. This marriage came to an end in 1980 when they agreed to divorce. Bowie was the single for 12 years before re-marrying in 1992 to a Somali-American super model called Iman. 21 years later, hey are still happily married.
