After Billie Eilish Was Outed On A Red Carpet, She Shares Blunt Thoughts On Talking About Her Sexuality Going Forward
By Sarah El-Mahmoud,
6 hours ago
This year, Billie Eilish has been the singer behind two queer anthems, between “Lunch” off her new album and “Guess” in collaboration with Charli XCX. While the 22-year-old is now a voice for the LGBTQ+ community musically, she made it clear in a new interview that she will not be speaking about her sexuality going forward.
No, Billie Eilish Doesn’t Want To Talk About Her Sexuality
In Billie Eilish’s new Vogue profile, which has her rocking blonde hair again on the cover, the singer reflected on speaking about her sexuality nearly a year ago, and she has some regrets. In Eilish’s words:
Billie Eilish has been through the wringer in regards to her personal life in the past couple years. She received a ton of backlash for dating The Neighbourhood frontman Jesse Rutherford for their age gap – before they broke up in May 2023.
How Billie Eilish Was Outed On A Red Carpet
In November, Eilish told Variety she was attracted to women while promoting the Barbie movie before being asked about it on a red carpet for the publication’s Hitmakers award show where she won Film Song of the Year. During the red carpet interview, she said she “didn’t realize people didn’t know” before saying she doesn’t really “believe in” coming out before asking “why can’t we just exist?” After the event she wrote this on her Instagram :
While public figures like Billie Eilish get a lot of attention these days for speaking out for being in the LGBTQ+ community, it’s so valid for the singer to keep it as her own business. She has grown up in front of the world, and has been prone to so much public opinion about her life, whether it be scrutiny about her body or what she wears , when she’d rather focus on the music. She’s become a queer icon in the past year, but she doesn’t owe it to anyone to talk about her sexuality or dating life.
Billie Eilish is currently on tour for her album Hit Me Hard and Soft , which started last week in Canada. She’ll play her music all over North America until the end of 2024 before heading to Australia and Europe through the first half of 2025.
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