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Billie Eilish wasn’t aware that a recent interview would be perceived as a coming out story, but she thinks it’s cool.
“I didn’t, but I kind of thought, wasn’t that obvious?” the pop star told Variety on the red carpet for the Variety Hitmakers Brunch, where she and her brother Finneas were presented with the award for Motion Picture Song of the Year for their Barbie Soundtrack “What Was I Made For?” were honored. on Saturday (December 2). “I didn’t know that people didn’t know.”
In the publication’s November 13 cover story, Eilish mentioned that she is attracted to women: “I love them so much,” she said. “I love them as people. I am attracted to them as people. I’m really attracted to them… I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”
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Eilish has only been in public with men, most recently with The Neighborhood’s Jesse Rutherford before they split in May.
Speaking on the red carpet on Saturday about Variety’s cover story and the concept of coming out, she said casually: “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. Oops.”
“But… I saw the article and thought, ‘Oh! I guess I got out today!'” Eilish said with a laugh.
“It’s exciting for me because I think people didn’t know, so it’s cool that they know,” the singer added. “But oh, I’m nervous to talk about it.”
“I’m for the girls,” confirmed Eilish, who will soon appear as a musical guest on the Dec. 16 episode of SNL hosted by Kate McKinnon.
“I’m still scared of them,” she added in the red carpet interview, “but I think they’re pretty.”
Watch the interview clip below via Variety.