Kehlani is setting the record straight on her sexuality.
Last night (April 22), the “Water” singer, who has openly identified as queer and bisexual in the past, shared a TikTok video coming out as a lesbian.
"I'm just gonna f—king say it, cause everybody keeps bringing it up to me. I am gay, gay, gay. … I finally know I’m a lesbian," said Kehlani, validating a 2018 Instagram Live in which she dismissed rumors about her being a lesbian.
“Never have I identified as a lesbian," the 25-year-old said in the clip at the time. "You guys kinda saw me publicly date a woman – which I’ve done before, multiple times, you just haven’t peeped – and ran with it.”
Speaking sarcastically on how her family reacted to her sharing she is lesbian, she said they quipped back, "We know, duh."
The R&B star, whose personal pronouns are she/they, has always been transparent about her sexuality with her fans.
This latest revelation, for instance, may not be a surprise for most of her followers since confirming her sexuality earlier this month, confessing on Instagram, “You wanna know what’s new about me? I finally know I’m a lesbian!”
She further expounded on her sexuality in a recent interview with The Advocate in which she acknowledged that she has “a lot privilege” as a “cisgender-presenting, straight-presenting” woman.
“I think a lot of artists who we talk about and say, ‘Oh, they had to come out or they had to do this,’ a lot of them can’t hide it," she added. "A lot of it is very [much] in how they present. It’s tougher for them. It’s tougher for trans artists. It’s tougher for Black gay men. It’s tougher for Black masculine gay women.”
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