Billie Eilish on Variety Hitmakers Red Carpet: ‘I Like Boys and Girls Leave Me Alone’
Billie Eilish again confirmed that she’s part of the LGBTQ community in a red carpet interview at the Variety Hitmakers Brunch on Sunday (Dec. 3), just a couple weeks after she first told Variety that she’s “attracted” to women in her November cover story. After the event was over, however, she took to Instagram to call out the publication, alleging that she was outed on the red carpet.
“thanks variety for my award and for also outing me on a red carpet at 11 am instead of talking about anything else that matters,” the 21-year-old pop star wrote, captioning clips from the Hitmakers event as well as a photo of her pants pulled down to her thighs, taken while she was presumably sitting on the toilet.
“i like boys and girls leave me alone about it please literally who cares,” she added. “stream ‘what was i made for’🥸,” she added in reference to her Grammy-nominated Barbie soundtrack song.
Eilish’s post most likely referenced the on-camera interview she gave to Variety‘s Tiana DeNicola, who asked the Grammy winner, “Did you mean to come out in [your cover story]?”
As both of them laughed, Eilish replied, “No I didn’t, but I kinda thought, Wasn’t it obvious?“
In the Nov. 13 Power of Women issue, Eilish confessed that she’s “attracted to [women] for real … I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”
“I just don’t really believe in [coming out],” continued the “Happier Than Ever” singer on the red carpet. “I’m just like, why can’t we just exist? I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I just didn’t talk about it. Whoops. But … I saw the article and I was like, ‘Oh! I guess I came out today!’”
The musician went on to pick up the Hitmakers award for Film Song of the Year, earning recognition for her Barbie contribution “What Was I Made For.” The track is also nominated for record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance, best song written for visual media and best music video at next year’s Grammys.
See Eilish’s post below:
Hannah Dailey
Billboard
