addiction to methamphetamine resulted in a second relapse in 2020, at which point he was discovered in his apartment with both methamphetamine and Ambien in his possession. According to him, this was the result of trauma from his first experience with metamphetamines at age 20, at which point he was raped. This was an attempted suicide, and would later serve as the inspiration behind his song "God or the Gun". Herndon successfully underwent drug rehabilitation a second time in late 2020-early 2021. In addition to this, Herndon was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2021. In August 2022, Herndon began a podcast called Soundboard with Ty Herndon, in which he discusses his personal life and mental health. Guests on the podcast have included singers LeAnn Rimes and Michael Ray. Relationships and sexual orientation Herndon married Renee Posey on March 13, 1993. The couple lived in Dallas, Texas at the time, but held their wedding in Nashville. During the 1990s, Posey worked as a registered nurse. Following Herndon's 1995 arrest, his sexuality became a topic of interest within the country music industry, as many presumed Herndon to be gay. At the time, Herndon's manager told The Advocate he did not know Herndon's orientation, but thought country music "was ready" for an artist to come out as gay. The editors of The Encyclopedia of Country Music wrote of the exposure incident that it "raised sexuality questions" within the genre, and that Herndon's continued commercial success throughout the rest of the 1990s indicated an unprecedented level of tolerance within the fandom. Herndon and Posey divorced in 2002. Herndon came out as gay in a 2014 interview with People magazine, thus becoming the first mainstream male country star to do so. He stated that he had been in a gay relationship for several years at this point, and that his ex-wife and several close family members already knew. Herndon was partnered with his boyfriend Matt Collum for eleven years before the two amicably separated in 2021. In relation to his coming out, Herndon re-issued "What Mattered Most" in June 2019 with the song's pronouns changed to reflect a gay relationship. This re-recording appeared on Got It Covered, and Herndon commented that he wished he could have recorded the song in that fashion at the time of its original release. Many of the songs on House on Fire, including the title track, are about the stigmas