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Pop star Billie Eilish has confirmed that she by chance got here out in a recent interview with Selection journal.
Speaking on the red carpet at a Selection occasion in Los Angeles on Saturday, the 21-year-old Grammy award-winner mentioned she didn’t wish to make an enormous deal out of unveiling her sexual preferences.
Requested by the pink carpet interviewer whether or not she supposed to return out within the cowl article, which was printed in November, Eilish replied: “No, I didn’t. However I form of thought, ‘Wasn’t it apparent?’”
“I didn’t understand individuals didn’t know. I simply don’t actually consider in it. I’m simply, like, ‘Why can’t we simply exist?’ I’ve been doing this for a very long time, and I simply didn’t speak about it. Whoops,” she added.
“However I noticed the article, and I used to be like, ‘Oh, I assume I got here out at this time.’ OK, cool. It’s thrilling to me as a result of I assume individuals didn’t know, however it’s cool that they know,” she mentioned.
“I’m for the women,” she added.
Within the Selection article, Eilish talked to journalist Katcy Stephan about how she pertains to different girls.
“I’ve by no means actually felt like I might relate to women very effectively,” she mentioned. “I like them a lot. I like them as individuals. I’m interested in them as individuals. I’m interested in them for actual.”
“I’ve deep connections with girls in my life, the chums in my life, the household in my life,” added Eilish. “I’m bodily interested in them. However I’m additionally so intimidated by them and their magnificence and their presence.”
Regardless of her earlier feedback, on Sunday Eilish criticized Selection for its pink carpet interview in a post on Instagram.
“Thanks selection for my award and for additionally outing me on a pink carpet at 11 am as a substitute of speaking about the rest that issues,” she wrote. “I like girls and boys depart me alone about it please actually who cares.”