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\n\tJason Mraz<\/a> is a cat fancier. Like, a seriously devoted feline dad. The singer described just how much he loves his kitty during an appearance this week on actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson\u2019s Dinner\u2019s On Me<\/em> podcast, when he revealed that he purposely tried to tank his nearly championship run<\/a> on the 32nd season of Dancing With the Stars<\/em> so he could get back home to his fur baby.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cTwo or three weeks in, I realized I\u2019m probably going to be here the whole time, and I\u2019m terrified, and I have to cancel all my plans for the entire rest of the year, and I\u2019m missing my cat terribly,\u201d he said of his epic run on the show last year, in which he hit the runner-up spot and just missed out on the trophy after landing behind Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/em> star Xochitl Gomez. \u201cI start telling my friends, \u2018Stop voting for me!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe only problem, as it turned out, was that the \u201cI\u2019m Yours\u201d singer has considerable hoofing skills, so he and dance partner Daniella Karagch almost made it to the winner\u2019s circle, even after informing producers at one point \u201cI\u2019m good\u201d and telling them he was ready to leave. \u201cHaving made it all the way to the very end, made it to the buzzer, I look back and laugh and think, \u2018Well, maybe if I\u2019d actually given a s\u2013t!\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I would do it all over again if I could, and I would try really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tElsewhere in the chat recorded at Mel\u2019s Drive-In in West Hollywood with the former Modern Family<\/em> star, Mraz, 48, talked about his decision to come out as bisexual later in life due to fear of how the news might be received. \u201cIn the \u201990s, being gay was like [the] punchline of a joke. And I didn\u2019t want to be the punchline of a joke,\u201d Mraz said of growing up in conservative Mechanicsville, Va, where he said he was bullied as a teen and didn\u2019t have many sexual experiences. \u201cI still took with me the conservative street that I grew up on, and that was very hard to ignore or to break out of. I was very shy and and scared of what my family would say, or what my hometown would think or just whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSo, as a teenager, Mraz said he just tried to keep \u201cmy nose down\u201d and searched for a way out of town so he could see the wider world. Mraz first discussed his sexuality in a 2018 Billboard<\/em> interview<\/a>, in which the twice-divorced Grammy-winner described having experiences with men even while dating his ex-wife Christina Carano; the pair married in 2015 and divorced in June 2023. And though Mraz said he can\u2019t say he\u2019s finally found love yet, he described \u201camazing relationships\u201d that have helped him grow and learn a lot about himself and life. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI love where I am and I feel so much love for myself finally, that can only enhance the next relationship,\u201d he told Ferguson, admitting to still feeling like a \u201clate-bloomer.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tListen to the full podcast below (discussion about coming out is at the 19-minute mark and the cat tale begins around the 37-minute point).<\/p>\n