Kendall Jenner Addresses Rumor She’s a Closeted Lesbian: ‘I’d Be Out If I Was’
Kendall Jenner is setting the record straight.
For years, The Kardashians star has been the subject of rumors that she is a closeted lesbian. She addressed speculation about her sexuality during an appearance on the January 9 episode of Owen Thiele’s In My Dreams podcast.
Kendall Jenner discusses ‘mean’ speculation about her sexuality
“There’s the whole side of the internet that thinks I’m a lesbian,” Jenner old Thiele during their hour-long chat.
“You want to know what really bothers me? How mean people are about it. It’s not with, like, a welcoming arm of like, ‘Hey, if you were, yes, come join.’ It’s not kind. It’s very mean. It’s very like, ‘What the f*ck are you doing?’” she said.
Jenner, 30, went on to say that if she was LGBTQ+, she would not hide it.
“I understand that coming out is not an easy thing for anybody, if not most people,” she said. “And I’m not saying that’s an easy thing, but knowing, and I can speak for myself here, and knowing myself, I think at this point in my life I’d be out if I was.”
“I’m not saying it’s an easy thing,” she added. “I’m just saying that knowing me and knowing how I would want to live my life, I would be. I’d have no problem being that.”
The model went on to address “this whole narrative” that she was hiding her sexuality because it would be “bad for business.”
“I’m like, ‘What? How?’ … I don’t understand it,” she said.
“All’s to say, as of today, I am not,” Jenner continued, laughing. “I don’t think I will be, but I’m not closing doors to experiences in life.”
“Truly, if you knew me, I have zero to hide,” she added.
‘The Kardashians’ star is in her ‘me era’
Despite her reality TV fame, Jenner typically keeps her romantic relationships relatively private, In the past, she’s been linked to NBA stars Ben Simmons and Devin Booker and musical artists Harry Styles and Bad Bunny. But she’s not prioritizing romance at the moment.
“I’m actually super in a ‘me era’ right now. And I know that might sound corny … I felt like in my 20s I was in a few long-term, consistent relationships, not right after each other but near each other. So I never really had my 20s to myself,” she shared. “So when I turned 29 I made a minor commitment to myself where I was like, ‘I’m not going to reject anything. I’m going to stay open to anything that feels like it would suit me.’ But I really wanted to have ‘me year’ where I chose myself … I want to do what I want to do do.”
Jenner went to describe herself as a “great girlfriend” who tended to put her partner before herself. Now, her goal is to focus on herself.
“When I turned 29, I was like, ‘I really want to put myself first,’” she said. “So that’s where I’m at … I really wanted to fall in love with myself again.”
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