Darren Hayes

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830 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 3 Sep

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Take 5 · Take 5 with Darren Hayes from Savage Garden · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

I always felt like a prince.

My mother had this ability to identify what I now realize was probably my emerging sexuality.

She saw this gentleness in me, but I just felt special and magical in a very hyper-masculine community.

I remember being afraid of that.

because my dad would wear stubbies, uh uh a Bonds shirt, um everyone smoked, um, everyone drove like a Ute.

everyone played football, you know, I was just this delicate kid that was recreating scenes from Star Wars by making the toys kiss uh sometimes 69.

I would just be honest.

I a that was a thing that happened.

I know.

But in order to not feel like the town freak, from a very early age, I decided that I was just famous.

So by the age of ten, I was famous.

For no reason.

No reason.

Yes, I mean this is the best therapy I've ever had.

You've just cracked the code.

So yes.

That'll

Do you take Venmo?

I think at this very crucial moment in my life where I was beginning to be bullied very severely.

I had a decision to make, and that decision was like the one I make when I go out on stage.

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