20 Things You Never Knew About David Bowie

18) Bowie declared himself gay

…In an interview with Michael Watts in the 22 January 1972 issue of Melody Maker, which may have been a publicity stunt as it coincided with the first shots in his campaign for stardom as Ziggy Stardust. In a September 1976 interview withPlayboy, Bowie said: “It’s true—I am a bisexual but I can’t deny that I’ve used that fact very well. According to Angie Bowie his first wife of 10 years currently in the Celebrity Big Brother House Bowie had a relationship with Mick Jagger.