david archuleta became a star when he was just 16 years old on "american idol."t but first he is here catching up with us. hey there, good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> oh, i'm doing great. listen, you know, you have had such a big year. you know, we're talking about here after 13 years in the public eye you finally -- you decided to come out and you told us here on "gma" that it felt like a weight had been lifted off your shoulders. tell me about that. how are you feeling right now? has it freed you as an artist as well? >> yeah, i feel like i'm still learning how to -- learning it because i -- i always thought it was something i needed to change and work on and if i prayed enough and fasted enough, you know, coming from a religious background, i'm still religious so i thought if i thought i work hard enough i can get rid of this. but after realizing it's like god said, you know what, hey, david, you can see at this point it's not something i intend to change about you because that's how i intended you to be and i need you to understand why and