AND YOU ARE IN SUCH DEMAND RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

- MY PLEASURE. IT'S--THIS IS--

[cheers and applause]

THIS IS-- IT'S SO WEIRD SITTING HERE.

I WATCH THIS ALL THE TIME.

- YEAH? - ALL THE TIME.

- I'M GLAD YOU HAVE TIME TO WATCH.

AND I'M FLATTERED THAT YOU LIKE THE SHOW.

I'M JUST A HUGE FAN. - THANK YOU.

- CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD.

- THANK YOU. - YOU WON BEST POP/ROCK--

[cheers and applause]

I MEAN, I LOVE YOU.

WHAT A CATEGORY.

JOHN LEGEND AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS,

YOU BEAT OUT THOSE TWO GUYS.

THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

[cheers and applause]

EVERYBODY LOVES YOU THOUGH.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE FANS, BUT YOU ALSO--

EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY ADMIRES YOU SO MUCH.

AND YOUR VOICE IS JUST--

I MEAN, I'VE NEVER HEARD SUCH A--

- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - IT'S A CRAZY BEAUTIFUL VOICE.

AND WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT YOU IS,

JUST BEFORE YOU LAUNCHED YOUR CD, YOU CAME OUT,

WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE YOU'RE JUST KNOWN FOR THAT,

AND IT WOULD HAVE OVERSHADOWED--

- WELL, IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A COMING OUT.

I CAME OUT WHEN I WAS, LIKE, FOUR YEARS OLD.

[laughter]

MY MOM SAID SHE KNEW WHEN I WAS, LIKE, THREE.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROPERLY COME OUT.

- SO YOU WAITED A YEAR TO TELL HER?

- YEAH, I WAITED A YEAR.

[laughs]

BUT SHE--YEAH.

SO I CAME OUT AT A VERY, VERY YOUNG AGE,

AND THEN I KIND OF FELT LIKE I JUST HAD TO MENTION IT

BEFORE I RELEASED MY RECORD,

JUST SO PEOPLE KNEW THE RECORD WAS--

WHO IT WAS ABOUT.

AND IT FELT LIKE A BRAVE THING TO DO AS WELL.

I WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE.

- YEAH.

- BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD'VE THOUGHT--

IF I DID IT AFTERWARDS, PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD'VE THOUGHT

I WAS LYING JUST SO-- JUST TO SELL RECORDS,

WHICH WASN'T THE CASE.

- WELL, THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU DID THAT, I THINK.

AND WHAT'S MORE-- I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

IS, WHAT MATTERS IS TALENT, AND, YOU KNOW,

THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE WHO YOU ARE, BUT IT'S TALENT.

- OH, THANK YOU. [cheers and applause]

THANKS.

- WHICH IS ALL THAT ANYBODY WANTS, YOU KNOW?

- WELL, YEAH, I MEAN,

I'M A SINGER AND A SONGWRITER.

AND I GET UPSET SOMETIMES.

BECAUSE I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH,

PEOPLE WILL SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW,

"HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A SPOKESPERSON

FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY,"

AND IT'S LIKE, I DO. OF COURSE I DO.

BUT I WANT TO BE A SPOKESPERSON FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW?

STRAIGHT PEOPLE, GAY PEOPLE, BISEXUAL, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW?

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIMITED.

- RIGHT, YEAH. [cheers and applause]

WELL, LOOK, I THINK--

I THINK, YOU KNOW,

"SPOKESPERSON" IS A WEIRD TITLE TO HAVE.

I MEAN, NOBODY--

SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THAT,

AND THAT'S FINE.

- I'M 22 AS WELL.

I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.

- YOU COULD CHANGE TOMORROW. YOU COULD BE STRAIGHT TOMORROW.

[laughter]

- I COULD. I COULD.

- NO, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT

TO JUST HAVE A PRESENCE AND AWARENESS,

AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

IS JUST THAT EVERYONE IS REPRESENTED

ON TELEVISION AND IN MUSIC AND--

SO THAT PEOPLE AT HOME THAT ARE SCARED

AND THAT ARE BULLIED

AND THAT ARE SUICIDAL AND ALL THESE THINGS--

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE GOING,

"LOOK, I'M SUCCESSFUL. I'M WHO I AM."

AND YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT JUST IS WHO YOU ARE. - TOTALLY AGREE.

- I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. - TOTALLY AGREE.

[cheers and applause]

YOU HAVE--YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE AMAs,

THAT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY, MANY AWARDS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST KIND OF--

I KNOW YOU SCRUBBED TOILETS FOR A WHILE.

BUT ANYWAY, WE GOT YOU THIS, BECAUSE--

YOU'RE GETTING LOTS OF AWARDS,

BUT BECAUSE YOU DID SCRUB TOILETS FOR SO LONG,

IT'S A PLATINUM--

- OH, MY GOD.

[cheers and applause]

THAT'S AMAZING.

[laughs]

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

OH, MY GOD.

"TO COMMEMORATE THE HUNDREDS OF TOILETS

YOU HAVE SCRUBBED."

OH, MY GOD.

"AND TO CERTIFY THAT YOU WILL NEVER

HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN."

- YEAH. - YES.

[cheers and applause] YOU'RE SO SWEET.

THANK YOU. MWAH. YOU'RE SO SWEET.