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Jameela Jamil comes out as queer after intense hate on Twitter

"This is absolutely not how I wanted it to come out." - by Bianca Mastroianni
  • 07 Feb 2020

Jameela Jamil has landed a role on the new HBO Max 'Legendary', which is a reality show about ballroom culture and voguing. Essentially, it's like 'Drag Race', so Jameela joining the show p*ssed a lot of people off.

WATCH: Jameela Jamil shuts down rude audience member

Namely, because she was assumed 'straight', so the actress has to, unfortunately, 'come out' to the world on Twitter last night in a way to defend herself.

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Her lengthy post explained why the actress has never publicly come out before, knowing that she would be "accused of performative bandwagon jumping."

After her post, she said she would be "jumping off this hell app for a while."

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Despite her efforts, fans were still upset with her appointment.

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"Twitter is brutal," her post is titled.

"This is why I never officially came out as queer. I added a rainbow to my name when I felt ready a few years ago, as it's not easy within the south Adian community to be accepted, and I always answered honestly if ever straight-up asked about it on Twitter.

"But I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping, over something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil when I was a kid."

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Jameela didn't want to come out this way.

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"I didn't come from a family with *anyone* openly out. It's also scary as an actor to openly admit your sexuality, especially when you're already a brown female in your thirties. This is absolutely not how I wanted it to come out. I'm jumping off this hell app for a while because I don't want to read mean comments dismissing this. You can keep your thoughts."

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The actress expressed herself with a lengthy post.

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The post continued for two more pages, explaining how she understands that being queer doesn't qualify her for ballroom, but would love to use her platform to get the show off the ground.

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Jameela has been dating musician James Blake since 2015.

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