Did Billie Eilish just come out as LGBT … again? The Barbie singer’s recent sexuality, gender and pronoun revelations to Variety, plus crushes on female celebs from Maya Hawke to Ginger Spice

Nov 16 , 2023

Billie Eilish just featured on the cover of Variety’s “Power of Women” issue, and spoke to the publication about her gender and sexuality. Photo: @billieeilish/Instagram

Billie Eilish just opened up about same-sex attraction in a new interview.

The 21-year-old singer, who’s on the cover of Variety’s “Power of Women” issue, told the magazine that she has struggled to connect with other girls and women throughout her life.

However, that began to change earlier this year when she recorded an original song for the Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig.

Billie Eilish rocking a pink outfit at the Barbie world premiere. Photo: @billieeilish/Instagram

“I’ve never really felt like I could relate to girls very well,” Eilish said. “I love them so much. I love them as people. I’m attracted to them as people. I’m attracted to them for real.

“I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life,” she continued. “I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”

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Although Eilish did not use a specific term to label her sexuality, the interviewer described the quote as a “revelation”. (A representative for Eilish didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.)

Later in the interview, Eilish did confirm that she uses she/her pronouns, despite her challenging relationship with femininity.

Billie Eilish – pictured with her then boyfriend Jesse Rutherford attending the Lacma Art + Film gala in Gucci pyjamas, in November 2022 – just revealed she has a complicated relationship with femininity. Photo: @billieeilish/Instagram

“I’ve never felt like a woman, to be honest with you. I’ve never felt desirable. I’ve never felt feminine. I have to convince myself that I’m, like, a pretty girl,” she said. “I identify as ‘she/her’ and things like that, but I’ve never really felt like a girl.”

She added: “Maybe my not really caring about being sexualised is because I’ve never felt desired or desirable.”

Back in May, Eilish split from her boyfriend of seven months, indie musician Jesse Rutherford. She has also been linked to actor Matthew Tyler Vorce and rapper Brandon Quention Adams during her time in the spotlight.

Maya Hawke arrives at the premiere of Do Revenge in September 2022, at Netflix on Vine Tudum Theater in Los Angeles. Photo: Invision/AP

More recently, Eilish named Stranger Things actor Maya Hawke as her “celeb crush” during a Q&A session on Instagram.

Shortly after, a fan asked, “Fruity?” – a term that’s commonly used as a euphemism for queer. Eilish seemed to reply affirmatively, attaching a stock photo of fruit.

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It also wasn’t the first time Eilish has named a woman as her celebrity crush. In August, Eilish said she’s “always had a fat crush on Ginger”, aka Geri Halliwell-Horner from the Spice Girls. Back in 2021, she said she had “such a crush” on Killing Eve star Jodie Comer.

This article originally appeared on Business Insider

Fame and celebrity

The Grammy winner and ‘What Was I Made For’ singer just graced the cover of Variety’s ‘Power of Women’ issue, revealing that she’s attracted to women – but doesn’t feel like one
She broke up with her former boyfriend, indie musician Jesse Rutherford, in May and was previously linked to actor Matthew Tyler Vorce and rapper Brandon Quention Adams