'I'm bisexual': Twice married music industry legend Clive Davis reveals he's had relationships with men since the late '70s

Music industry legend Clive Davis, the man who discovered or signed countless multi-platinum recording artists including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys has revealed he is bisexual.
In his new memoir The Soundtrack of My Life, the 80-year-old record executive, who has been married and divorced twice, says he has been involved in two monogamous relationships with men over the past 20 years.
Davis, who has never before publicly addressed his sexuality, writes that his first sexual encounter with a man was during ‘the era of Studio 54’ in the late '70s.

Music industry legend Clive Davis, who discovered Whitney Houston, has revealed he is bisexual

Twice married Davis, pictured with Alicia Keys, says he has been in two monogamous relationships with men over the past 20 years

Davis, pictured at the 2012 U.S. Open with an unknown male acquaintance, has been in his current relationship since 2004

‘On this night, after imbibing enough alcohol, I was open to responding to his sexual overtures,’ he writes. Prior to that he had only been with women and he writes that being with a man provided ‘welcome relief.’
Davis separated from his second wife in 1985 after a period of ‘soul searching and self-analysis’ and says that he went on to have simultaneous relationships with two women and a man. 

Then in 1990 he entered into a ‘monogamous relationship’ with an unnamed male doctor. That relationship ended in 2004, but Davis says he has been in a relationship with another man ever since.
Davis said his current partner attends industry events and travels with him, but he declined to reveal his identity in order to protect his privacy.

Davis won a grammy for producing Jennifer Hudson's first album in 2009

Speaking to Katie Couric, Davis said that despite his experience with a man in the late '70s he didn't consider himself bisexual until after the end of his second marriage in 1985

Star signing: Clive Davis and Whitney Houston signing her first contract with Arista Records in 1983

Father of four Davis also writes that his coming out deeply affected his ties with one of his three sons, Mitchell.
However after ‘one very trying year’ they managed to work out their differences, he writes.
Speaking on The Katie Couric Show on Tuesday, Davis said that despite his experience with a man in the late '70s, he didn't consider himself bisexual until after the end of his second marriage in 1985.
‘It didn’t affect either of my marriages,' he told Couric. 'But when my second marriage ended I opened myself up to the possibility that I could have a relationship with a man as well as the two that I had with a woman.’
‘I'm still attracted to women. … You don't have to be only one thing or another. For me, it's the person.’
Davis also hopes that his coming out might lead to a 'greater understanding' of bisexuality.
'I’m not lying,' he told ABC News. '[Bisexuality] does exist. For over 50 years I never had sex with a male. It wasn’t repressed. I had very good sexual relationships with women.'

Davis with Carlos Santana at the Grammy Awards in 2000. Santana's awards included album of the year for 'Supernatural' which Davis co-produced

Davis, right, pictured in 1967 with Angela Lansbury, is a music industry legend who has been in the business for more than 50 years

Davis pictured with TLC at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2000