David Archuleta scouted locations for suicide before Faith intervened

David Archuleta chronicles the darkest chapter of his life… and reveals that he was actively scouting locations to end his life before his faith stopped him.

The former “American Idol” star, now 35, makes the heartbreaking confession in his upcoming memoir “Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself,” out Feb. 17, admitting he was in deep turmoil as he tried to reconcile his sexuality with his Mormon faith.

In a devastating fragment obtained by PEOPLEDavid says he took short drives, quietly looking for places where he could crash his car without hurting anyone else.

At one point he remembers finding a bridge that he knew he wouldn’t survive driving off of – and admits that he seriously considered doing so at the time.

Even more heartbreaking, David says that what held him back wasn’t the fear of dying, but the fear of surviving and becoming paralyzed… knowing he might not get a second chance to take his own life.

The turning point came when he prayed that his attraction to men would disappear – only to hear a voice that he believes was God telling him that it was wrong to believe that being homosexual was a mistake, and that he had permission to love whoever he wanted.

David publicly came out as queer in 2021.