Clive Davis reveals bis*xuality in new memoir
Industry legend Clive Davis is recounting both his personal and professional life in a new memoir called "The Soundtrack of My Life."
The exec, who helped form the careers of artists like Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys, focuses mainly on his work with such varied and marquee stars over the past five decades, Rolling Stone reports.
But it wouldn't be a memoir if Davis didn't get personal.
Toward the end of his tome, the 80-year-old record exec goes into detail about his s*xuality. Davis, who's twice-divorced, reportedly explains that he began to explore relationships with men during "the era of Studio 54."
On one particular evening, Davis writes that he was "open to responding to [the] s*xual overtures" of a gentleman admirer.
"Was I nervous? Absolutely," Davis writes, according to Entertainment Weekly. "Did the heavens open up? No. But it was satisfying."
Through subsequent years, Davis writes, he held relationships with both men and women. He's been in a monogamous relationship with a man for the past seven years.
Timed in conjunction with his book's February 19 release, Davis will also appear on Katie Couric's daytime show "Katie" to discuss the stories he's chosen to share.
In a preview clip of their Tuesday chat, the exec explains to Couric, as he reportedly does in the book, that he considers himself to be bis*xual.
"I'm still attracted to women. You don't have to be only one thing or another," Davis says. "For me it's the person. I'm in a monogamous relationship, [and] I respect monogamy. And I hope that this is understood."
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Wednesday, February 20th 2013 at 10:43AM
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