Billie Eilish expressed her love and attraction towards women in an interview with Variety and she later addressed people’s shock towards the revelation during the red carpet event for the Variety Hitmakers Brunch. Ever since her former fans have started to leave the fandom. Read the complete story below.
Billie Eilish comes out as Bisexual and becomes a victim of homophobia
On December 2, 2023, the pop star attended Variety’s Hitmakers Bruch for her Barbie soundtrack tune “What Was I Made For?” She was going to receive the honor for the film Song of the Year award with her brother Finneas when she was asked about her comments on women going viral.
Billie Eilish talks about coming out at Variety’s Hitmakers event:
“I kinda thought, wasn’t it obvious? I didn’t realize people didn’t know”
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 2, 2023
The star nonchalantly expressed surprise that how come people didn’t know. “Wasn’t it obvious?” she said further confirming that she is part of the queer community. Around a month ago, the star had expressed her attraction towards women in the cover story of Variety.
She had admitted to feeling attracted towards them as people and physically. She also mentioned feeling intimidated by women’s beauty and presence. However, following the confirmation on the red carpet the star has lost over 100,000 followers from her social media account.
Many of her fans came to her defense saying that her romantic preferences are her private matter. Many of them also mentioned that losing 100,000 followers means nothing to a star with massive reach and impact.
However, Many netizens have come forward to highlight that these numbers show how just a simple nod to bisexual feelings results in boycotts and criticism. Read some of their reactions below.
Saw someone say that Billie Eilish has lost 100k followers on IG since coming out… she has 110M followers, 100k ain’t a damn dent
— mina (@mariannita001) December 4, 2023
https://twitter.com/SmilezStan/status/1731543690810622331?t=SlKn1XrQh4AWfHL8EzkILg&s=19
Homophobic people are so lameeeee wdym you unfollowed Billie Eilish after she came out akdjsks
— trulybooboothefool (@AmaiUrabe) December 3, 2023
The singer responds
Billie Eilish once again responded to her romantic preferences going viral on social media. She uploaded a post with pulled down jeans image featuring a belt with two figures and a caption calling out Variety for ‘outing her.’
She began the caption by expressing gratitude for the Barbie soundtrack award before calling them out for ‘outing her’ on the red carpet. She further added that it was 11 AM and the news portal talked about her liking boys and girls instead of anything else that matters. Lastly, she asked people to leave her alone.
Through the Billie Eilish Variety interviews, netizens have begun discussing how celebrities should have the right to privacy about their romantic preferences. Nobody should feel forced to come out and their boundaries should be respected. Many have also expressed their disappointment in news agencies for asking irrelevant questions on the red carpet.
