Billie Eilish on Coming Out_ “Wasn’t It Obvious”
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00:00 But I kind of thought, wasn't it obvious?
00:03 Billie Eilish says she unintentionally came out.
00:06 The pop star attended Variety's Hitmakers on December 2nd,
00:10 where she and brother Finneas were honored
00:13 with Film Song of the Year for "What Was I Made For?"
00:17 featured in Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie.
00:19 When asked to clarify if she meant to come out
00:22 in her recent Variety cover story while on the red carpet,
00:26 Billie said this.
00:28 All right, we gotta talk about your cover story
00:30 because you mentioned that you felt like for a long time
00:32 women didn't like you, and when that came out,
00:34 all the women were like, "No, we love her!"
00:36 How did that reception feel?
00:38 Has your mind changed a little bit?
00:39 - I'm still scared of 'em, but I think they're pretty.
00:42 (laughing)
00:44 - Billie, did you mean to come out in the story?
00:48 - Girl.
00:49 No, I didn't, but I kind of thought, wasn't it obvious?
00:55 Like, it's kind of been,
00:57 I just, I didn't realize people didn't know, so.
00:59 - We need to get to a point
01:00 where you don't even have to come out, so.
01:01 - I just don't really believe in it.
01:04 I'm just like, why can't we just exist?
01:06 I've been doing this for a long time,
01:08 and I just didn't talk about it.
01:09 Whoops.
01:10 - Same, I literally was like,
01:11 to my mom, I'm dating women now.
01:12 - But I was like, I was like, I saw the article,
01:14 and I was like, oh, I guess I came out today!
01:17 I was like, oh, I guess, okay, cool.
01:19 But I'm, it's exciting to me because,
01:22 you know, I guess people didn't know,
01:23 so it's cool that they know,
01:24 but ooh, I'm nervous talking about it.
01:26 - Her comment comes in reference
01:28 to Variety's Power of Woman issue published November 13th,
01:32 where the Grammy Award winner got candid
01:34 about her own femininity and womanhood.
01:37 Billie said, "I've never felt like
01:38 "I could relate to girls very well.
01:40 "I love them so much.
01:42 "I love them as people.
01:43 "I'm attracted to them as people.
01:45 "I'm attracted to them for real."
01:47 Explaining how she's always assumed
01:49 other women didn't like her,
01:51 the 21-year-old continued,
01:52 "I have deep connections with women in my life,
01:55 "the friends in my life, the family in my life.
01:57 "I'm physically attracted to them,
01:59 "but I'm also so intimidated by them
02:01 "and their beauty and their presence."
02:03 As for her past relationship,
02:05 Billie was last with the neighborhood musician,
02:08 Jesse Rutherford.
02:09 The pair split in May after less than a year of dating.
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