“I like boys and girls”

Billie Eilish has declared that “I like boys and girls” after seems to come out in a recent interview.

In November, the singer of “What Was I Made For?” was interviewed by diversity where she talked about her relationships with women.

She told the entertainment industry bible, “I have deep connections with the women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life.” She then added, “I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”

This led to a flood of news articles calling this the “bad” singer’s coming out. Unfortunately, it also seems that the singer lost 100,000 followers on Instagram as a result. Social Blade has reported that Eilish’s popularity has increased from 110,300,420 when the Variety cover went live to 110,200,603 now.

Eilish then commented on the commotion on the red carpet at Variety’s Hitmakers event in Los Angeles on Saturday (December 2)

“I just don’t really believe in (coming out)” – Billie Eilish

When asked if she planned to come out, Eilish said, “No, I don’t, but I kind of thought… wasn’t it obvious? I just didn’t realize that people didn’t know.” She went further, “I just don’t really believe in (coming out)… why can’t we just exist? I’ve been doing this for a long time and I just haven’t talked about it… oops.”

Eilish also said, “It’s cool that (people) know,” before adding, “I’m for the girls.”

On Sunday (December 3), Eilish posted on Instagram that she won the award for Original Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For?” Barbiethanked Variety for the award. She then thanked the magazine “for also outing me on a red carpet at 11 a.m. instead of talking about something else that matters.”

Eilish then confirmed: “I like boys and girls, please leave me alone with that, who really cares, stream ‘What was I made for?'”

While her recent comment seems to be somewhat sarcastic towards Variety, it still touches on an important point in the discourse surrounding sexuality.

When it comes to “coming out,” there seems to be a growing preference for it to be less of a formal declaration and more of a subtle nod.

At times, this has led to confusion, much like how some celebrities have faced accusations of “queerbaiting,” or adopting or using a queer aesthetic or culture without being authentically queer. But that’s exactly what many in the LGBTQ+ community have been striving for, a time when being queer isn’t such a big deal.

As Eilish said, “Why can’t we just exist?”

Attitude has contacted Variety for comment.

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