David Archuleta on How Dealing With the Shame of His Sexuality and Leaving the Mormon Church Led to His Memoir ‘Devout’: ‘It’s an Ongoing Healing Process’

In his darkest hour, pop singer David Archuleta was so overwhelmed by feelings of shame and guilt over his sexuality that he reached the point of either admitting he was gay or ending his life. He grimly recalls this moment in his debut memoir “Devout,” which was released today via Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, by […] Home Music News Feb 17, 2026 2:51pm PT David Archuleta on How Dealing With the Shame of His Sexuality and Leaving the Mormon Church Led to His Memoir ‘Devout’: ‘It’s an Ongoing Healing Process’ By Steven J. Horowitz Plus Icon Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer speriod Latest Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ American Tour 5 hours ago Hybe America Relaunches Big Machine Label Group as Blue Highway Records, Appoints Jake Basden as CEO 6 hours ago Jill Scott Pulls From All Directions Yet Centers the Sound on Triumphant ‘To Whom This May Concern’: Album Review 4 days ago See All Courtesy of Robert Ascroft In his darkest hour, pop singer David Archuleta was so overwhelmed by feelings of shame and guilt over his sexuality that he reached the point of either admitting he was gay or ending his life. He grimly recalls this moment in his debut memoir “Devout,” which was released today via Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, by detailing his plans to drive off a cliff amid his third engagement to a woman in 2020. “I’d prayed so many times,” he writes. “God had apparently given up on me.” Related Stories Sony Pictures Television Takes '100 Choices' Game Show Format to Thailand's Columbia Pictures Aquaverse Water Park (EXCLUSIVE)