Amid her campaigning for social justice, actress Lili Reinhart just came out of the closet.
The actress, known for her role as Betty Cooper on Riverdale, made the declaration via Instagram story. Reinhart made the post to help advertise an LGBTQ for #BlackLivesMatter protest in West Hollywood.
“Although I’ve never announced it publicly before, I am a proud bisexual woman,” Reinhart wrote. “And I will be joining this protest today. Come join.”
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Reinhart also later shared video of herself attending the rally, calling out the names of men and women who have died as a result of police brutality.
In addition to her work on Riverdale the 23-year-old actress is also known for her work in recent films Hustlers, Charlie’s Angels and the forthcoming Chemical Hearts. Reports have also linked her romantically to her Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse, though Page Six reports that the pair split just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cam
Another white woman Hollywood actress who has only famously dated men comes out as Bi. Let me guess, she’ll announce she’s engaged to a man next week.
nystrele
Ugh… every time a B- or C-level celeb is crying for attention, suddenly they’re BI. Janelle Monet is the trendsetter here…
Thad
And the problem is?
I approve of honesty.
boymikefl
I’ll care if Justin Bieber comes out. Can anybody handle a crazy Biebs?
cassiew
This comments section. Ugh. Come on. Attitudes of non-support are why a lot of bi people just stay in the closet.
Cam
I’m completely supportive of Bi people. My problem is that the vast majority of B level hollywood celebs who come out as Bi are always in heterosexual relationships. Won’t mention any bi relationships they’ve had and go right back to dating a man.
Anna Paquin was the most obvious. Comes out as “Bi” while engaged to a man and never mentions dating a woman.
Michelle Rodriguez, Frank Ocean, Amber Herd, and Christina Lokken came out, totally real. People coming out to adopt the LGBT label and then never ever acting on it…..sorry over it.
Donston
I don’t know about the idea that most bi people stay closeted. There are tons of bi/pan/fluid/queer identifying people on social media. You add them all up and it equates to more than any other type of “non straight” identity. Also, a lot of people (particularly women) admit to not being hetero or homo or admit to contending with different degrees of fluidity or questioning. They just don’t feel the need to emphatically attach to an identity or feel the need to remove themselves from “straight” or “gay”. There also isn’t much risk for a feminine, rich, white actress who has seemingly overall hetero romantic/relationship commitment ambitions to “come out”. I believe self-discovery and being “out” is a struggle for everyone. It can be a struggle with your family as well. But the sociological, career and probably the ego risks are just not there for someone like that. And that does need to be acknowledged. It’d be great if it was acknowledged by her.
I for one am all about abolishing sexual identity politics and most of this “lgbtq etc.” stuff. It helps people in some ways. It it also instigates greater division and animosity and often unearned self-pity and sometimes keeps people closeted. While perhaps no other group is more self-pitying than the “bi pride” folks. Less of an obsession with identity needs to be paid. A greater effort on teaching one another the realities of gender and sexual fluidity would be more helpful. Assisting people in comprehending the gender, romantic, sexual, affection, emotional longing, relationship contentment spectrum would be more productive. Rooting for one another to not be bound by politics, sociology and ego and to live the life you really want to live while being real as far as your dimensions are concerned- that stuff would be great. Identity politics often gets in the way of all that.
I’m tired of people being dismissive of “bi”. But I’m also tired of the bi whining, because when it comes to scripted media, social media and celebrity culture, some form of “bi” is most represented. It’s even greatly represented among gay and straight identifying people and non-indentifying
people. It has always been and remains the most widely represented, even when it’s not overt or it’s still perceived as “gay” or “straight”. So, we need to evolve past that particular grievance and move the conversation elsewhere. And this opinion comes from an inherently pan-sexual person.
Bromancer7
Who?
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
I know. My guess is these people are getting under the table pay raises for doing things like this. Every week its another unknown or barely known “star” coming out, as if we care. Either we like the shows or we don’t and just like everyone else we (gays) reach for the remote. You’d think the producers would be catching on by now that we are tiring of this.