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Kenny Chesney has been adopted by rumors that he’s gay for greater than a decade — all because of one five-letter phrase on his annulment paperwork.

When you’re as famous as Kenny Chesney is, there are bound to be a wide variety of questions and rumors surrounding you and your own life. The American nation track singer has (so far) recorded 20 albums — all of which have got no less than a Gold ranking from the RIAA — and recorded greater than 40 Top 10 singles. And but, so many of the headlines written concerning the 52-year-old Tennessee local appear maximum fascinated by his sexuality.

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It’s something he’s spoken up about earlier than to set the report instantly. Is Kenny Chesney gay? And if he’s no longer, how did the ones rumors get began?

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Is Kenny Chesney gay?

Back in 2007, Kenny determined to set the file instantly as soon as and for all on an episode of 60 Minutes. When asked in regards to the rumor that he is gay, Kenny stated, simply: “It's now not true. Period. Maybe I will have to have pop out and said, 'No, I'm no longer [gay],' but I did not need to draw any extra consideration to it. [...] I didn't have to turn out to anyone that I wasn't [gay]. I didn't feel like I really did."

So, there you have it. Kenny Chesney says he’s not gay, and he happens to be the only person we’re willing to trust regarding Kenny Chesney’s sexuality (which, admittedly, is really none of our business in the first place). But why did Kenny feel the need to clarify in the first place?

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Rumors that the country singer is gay started swirling back in 2005.

On May 9, 2005, Kenny married actress Renée Zellweger in a ceremony in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They had a whirlwind romance — they had just met in January of that same year during a tsunami relief event. But their relationship was extinguished almost as quickly as it had begun. A mere four months after the wedding, they announced they would be annulling their relationship. The annulment went into effect in December.

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On the official paperwork, the couple cited “fraud” as the reason for their decision to annul. In California, a marriage can only be annulled (rather than ending in divorce) if either party in the marriage is under 18, of unsound mind, bound to a previous marriage, or if the consent to marry was obtained by fraud or force. “We thought the least harmful was ‘fraud’ because it’s kind of broad... doesn't specify," Kenny said. "And boy ... we were wrong."

That unmarried word threw people into a frenzy. Many concept the use of the term “fraud” used to be in connection with Kenny himself, implying that he is gay. Although Renée later clarified that they'd handiest meant fraud within the legal sense, it used to be too late to prevent the rumors. “It made me sad that in some way people have been using that so that you could be cruel and calling any individual gay as a pejorative, which has fateful penalties,” Renée informed The Advocate in 2016.

As a outcome of the rumors that encompass his sexuality, Kenny is regularly put within the precarious position of having to clarify what’s true and advocate for individuals who do happen to be gay. We suppose he summed it up properly with this quote (additionally from his 60 Minutes interview): “I feel people wish to are living their lives the way they wish to, however I'm beautiful confident in the reality that I like women.” Good sufficient for us!

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