United Kingdom, Feb. 5 -- Nick Grimshaw "prayed" to be "cured" of being gay.

The 40-year-old broadcaster - who got engaged to Meshach Henry in March 2022 - attended a Catholic school as a child, and the church's teachings led to him experiencing a lot of "guilt" about his sexuality and he desperately tried to "actively be heterosexual".

Speaking on the 'How to Fail' podcast, he said: "Oh, yeah. So, basically, I grew up going to Catholic schools and so I had this guilt about being gay.

"I'd pray to be cured or [think] why me? I'd be like, I don't want to be gay.

"I'd pray for it to be taken away from me and I remember thinking, well if I try actively to be heterosexual, maybe it'll budge over a bit. Plot ruiner, it didn't."

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