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Billie Eilish talks about ‘coming out’ in an interview

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Nikka Avegail Sabio

<p>American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish opened up about how she finds women pretty in an interview with Variety during the magazine’s Hitmakers Brunch last Saturday, December 2 (US time).</p><p>“I’m so scared of them but I think they’re pretty,” the 21-year-old singer said when asked how she felt after female fans and non-fans clarified that they never disliked her like she thought.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:576px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1731063087170560332&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-12-04T15%3A44%3A01.521036%3A8c1918f6-984b-4523-b574-ce47cf6a42c4%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=db48799607dbd18cf1bef9332ffb940beb005daa&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1731063087170560332"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The reporter then asked the singer if she meant to come out in the cover story.</p><p>“No, I didn’t. But I kinda thought, wasn’t it obvious? It’s kinda been, I just realized people didn’t know,” the singer replied.</p><p>She also added, “I just don’t really believe in it. I’m just like why can’t we just exist? I’ve been doing this for a long time. I just didn&#x27;t talk about it. Oops.”</p><p>The &quot;Happier Than Ever&quot; hitmaker also expressed how she was surprised upon seeing an article about her &quot;coming out.&quot;</p><p>“I was like, oh my gosh okay cool. But I’m, I’m, it’s exciting to me because I guess people didn’t know so it’s cool that they know. But oh, I’m nervous talking about it,” the singer expressed.</p><p>The video ended with a statement from the Grammy award-winner saying: “I am for the girls.”</p><p>However, after the event, Billie took to her social media account her thoughts after being interviewed about her sexuality.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0abAXNxnpV/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1891922.7000000477%2C%22ls%22%3A1891019.2000000477%2C%22le%22%3A1891518.100000143%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="878" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>“thanks variety for my award and for also outing me on a red carpet at 11 am instead of talking about anything else that matters,” she wrote as caption for a couple of photos.</p><p>The 21-year-old singer also fired back at questions about her sexual orientation.</p><p>“I like boys and girls. Leave me alone about it please,” she said.</p><p>Billie also added, “Literally who cares.”</p><p>She ended her post with a reminder to everyone to just stream her single for Barbie movie, &quot;What was I made for?&quot;</p><p>The singer was interviewed for Variety’s The Power of Women issue last November.</p><p>“I love them so much. I love them as people. I’m attracted to them as people. I’m attracted to them for real,” she said in an interview posted by the magazine as she discussed her feelings of how other women didn’t like her.</p><p>The singer then explained how she has deep connections with women in her life.</p><p>“I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence,” she added.</p><p>The cover story later led to the follow-up questions addressed to the award-winning singer during the event.</p><p>Fans and followers then expressed reactions and support for the singer.</p><p>“Love you Billie, we already knew girly don’t worry.”</p><p>“yeah can we just let queer people live pls.”</p><p>“seriously the audacity to do that to u what the f*ck.”</p><p>“nah because they were so out of pocket for asking that, people are too obsessed about that kind of stuff.”</p><p>“WE SUPPORT YOU NO MATTER WHAT BABY 🫶🏼🤎🤎”</p><p>“KEEP YOUR HEAD UP BILLIE ♡♡♡♡ I am so proud of you for how you handled this. God D*MN can people just let this girl LIVE!!!???? SH*T”</p><p>“We stand by you ❤️”</p><p>“(s)he’s said time and time again that she just wants to live a private life and yall keep putting her sh*t on blast tryna be ‘fans.”</p>

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Billie Eilish talks about ‘coming out’ in an interview

Nikka Sabio

Published December 06, 2023 02:35 PM PHT

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