Billie Eilish has confirmed that she recently came out in her Variety Power of Women cover story, where she revealed her attraction to women for the first time.
On the red carpet at Variety’s Hitmakers event, Eilish shared that she had no plans to make a grand gesture of “coming out” and was actually surprised by the public’s reaction to her comments. “I kind of thought, wasn’t that obvious? I didn’t know that people didn’t know. I just don’t really believe in it. I just wonder: Why can’t we just exist? I’ve been doing this for a long time and I just haven’t talked about it.”
In the November profile, Eilish spoke about her feelings for women for the first time, telling Variety’s Katcy Stephan, “I never really felt like I could relate well to girls. I love her so much. I love them as people. I am attracted to them as people. I’m really attracted to them.”
“I have deep connections with the women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life,” she continued. “I feel physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”
At the Hitmakers event, where the singer will be honored with the Motion Picture Song of the Year award alongside her brother Finneas, Variety’s Tiana DeNicola also asked if her view of other women’s feelings for her changed after the story’s release have. Eilish replied, “I’m still scared of them, but I think they’re pretty!”
Eilish is being celebrated today at Hitmakers for her song “What Was I Made For?”, which features prominently in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie.”