Billie Eilish‘s sexuality, self-expression and femininity have been scrutinized underneath a microscope for the reason that pop star was a teen. Now 21, she’s prepared to speak about it.
In a brand new cowl story for Variety revealed Monday (Nov. 13), the “Unhealthy Man” singer revealed that she’s each interested in and intimidated by different ladies, with the publication writing that she’s struggled prior to now to really feel like a “ladies lady.” “I’ve by no means actually felt like I might relate to women very nicely,” she advised the outlet.
“I really like them a lot,” she continued. “I really like them as folks. I’m interested in them as folks. I’m interested in them for actual … I’m bodily interested in them. However I’m additionally so intimidated by them and their magnificence and their presence.”
Eilish has solely ever been in public relationships with males, most not too long ago The Neighbourhood’s Jesse Rutherford earlier than their breakup in May. The musician has been the goal of queerbaiting allegations prior to now, one thing she addressed in a 2021 interview with Elle wherein she stated her sexuality was nobody else’s enterprise.
And though she penned the Grammy-nominated Barbie soundtrack hit “What Was I Made For?” — which impressed an empowering development on social media celebrating particular person experiences with womanhood — Eilish says she nonetheless struggles together with her identification as a girl. “I’ve by no means felt like a girl, to be sincere with you,” she stated the Selection interview. “I’ve by no means felt fascinating. I’ve by no means felt female.”
“I’ve to persuade myself that I’m, like, a fairly lady,” she added. “I establish as ‘she/her’ and issues like that, however I’ve by no means actually felt like a woman.”
