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Topics: News, Celebrity, Billie Eilish
Kit Roberts
Topics: News, Celebrity, Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish has opened up about how she deals with trolls online.
In an explosive interview with Variety, the singer slammed people who troll her and other artists on social media.
Speaking about how she was sexualised as she was growing up, Eilish hit back at people who obsessed over her body.
In particular, she said that people drew a lot of attention to her boobs, and her frustration at how people respond when she dresses a certain way.
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She told Variety: “I have big boobs. I’ve had big boobs since I was nine years old, and that’s just the way I am. That’s how I look.
“You wear something that’s at all revealing, and everyone’s like, ‘Oh, but you didn’t want people to sexualize you?’
“You can suck my ass! I’m literally a being that is sexual sometimes. F*ck you!”
The star had also opened up about her sexuality and her own relationship with womanhood, revealing how she didn't always feel 'like a girl'.
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She said: “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.
“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 sexualized is because I’ve never felt desired or desirable."
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Nonetheless, she said that she had built up 'deep connections' with the women in her life, saying:“I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life."
Eilish added that she has also felt attracted to women as well.
She said: “I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”
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While she has a defiant message for the trolls now, Eilish also said that she has felt uncomfortable before.
She said: “I wasn’t trying to have people not sexualize me.
“But I didn’t want people to have access to my body, even visually. I wasn’t strong enough and secure enough to show it.
"If I had shown it at that time, I would have been completely devastated if people had said anything.”
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Despite this, the singer revealed that she is now feeling much more secure in herself, and she is proud of where she is.
She said: “My life is feeling good. I feel like I’m becoming a person I really love and doing things I feel really proud of.
"In many ways in my life, I feel like I’m just now waking up.”