'Outer Banks' Star Madison Bailey Opens Up After Coming Out As Pan

Madison Bailey, one of the stars of Netflix's popular teen drama series Outer Banks, is opening about her sexuality, and how freeing it was to finally come out as pansexual.

During a recent Instagram Live Q&A with her friend Lacy Hartselle about mental health, Madison talked about what her experience was like coming out, and how although she knows a lot of queer people don't have the best time, she was fortunate enough to have a good coming out experience and feels better for doing so. 

"I feel zero shame, and I don’t feel that way because nobody’s ever really shamed me for it and I know a lot of people have had lot of hate and lack of support. I know so many, countless stories of queer people that did not have support," she said. "But if you’re asking me personally, that’s just my experience with it. It was worth it. I feel lighter, I feel happier that I can just be so open and honest. It feels nice."

But this isn't the first time Madison has talked about her queerness, though.

As Teen Vogue points out, last month, Madison made a TikTok explaining what pansexuality means.

And as a matter of fact, during PRIDE's interview with Madison and the rest of the Outer Banks cast from earlier this year, Madison proudly proclaimed herself as queer and part of the LGBTQ+ community!

"Being a part of the queer community, I'm really happy about that," Bailey said when asked about the show's decision to move production from North Carolina to its downstate neighbor South Carolina in protest of HB 142, the state's awful, anti-trans bathroom bill that legally barred transgender people from using restroom facilities that match their gender identity. "It's so hard to not just be like, 'Yeah, we're just gonna film in North Carolina.' And it's like, the fact that they stood up for that and made that important and put their foot down like, this is not what we stand for, this is not what we're doing and just move it somewhere else, like it's not that big of a deal. I really love that."

"If you're gay, tell everybody that you're gay. It's worth it," Madison concluded on Instagram Live.

Congrats on living and speaking your truth, Madison! Welcome to the fam!!