Lili Reinhart Thought People Would Accuse Her of 'Faking' Bisexuality

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Though her fans and the LGBTQ+ community at large have been welcoming to Lili Reinhart since her public coming out during Pride Month earlier this year, the Riverdale actress does admit that she was a little guarded about her sexuality in years past.

In a recent cover story interview with Flaunt Magazine for their Summer 2020 issue, the 23-year-old Hustlers star opened up about how that even though she knew she was bi from a very young age, and that her close friends and family knew about her queerness, she was a little reluctant to publicly address her sexuality in the past for fear of being vilified by haters—and the press.

"I knew full well that I was attracted to women from a young age," she tells the magazine. "I felt that since I’ve exclusively been in hetero-normative relationships, it would be too easy for any outsider, especially the media, to vilify me and accuse me of faking it to get attention."

She continued:

"That’s not something I wanted to deal with. But to my close friends, and those in my life, my bisexuality has been no secret."

"Although I’ve never announced it publicly before, I am a proud bisexual woman," the actress, who is set to star in and produce the upcoming romantic teen film Chemical Hearts, said in a statement on her Instagram stories when she publicly came out back in June, sharing the flyer of the peaceful 'LGTBQ+ for #BlackLivesMatter' protest that was being held in West Hollywood.