12 Celebrity Same-Sex Secrets Revealed
Feb. 16 2016, Updated 12:59 p.m. ET
Bisexuality may be becoming more acceptable in Hollywood. But while Amber Heard, Anna Paquin and Evan Rachel Wood happily wear that label there are a few other “straight” celebs who have dabbled in same sex relationships. Here is a look at the confessions of Tinsel Town’s bi-curious stars.
Bisexuality may be becoming more acceptable in Hollywood. But while Amber Heard, Anna Paquin and Evan Rachel Wood happily wear that label there are a few other “straight” celebs who have dabbled in same sex relationships. Here is a look at the confessions of Tinsel Town’s bi-curious stars.
When it comes to spicing up her love life, Mel B says she has done it with both men and women. In an interview with Attitude magazine the married mom-of-three revealed she had a girlfriend when she was in her teens. The Spice Girl (who also claims she French-kissed her former band mates in a non-sexual way) said, “I had a great five-year relationship with a lovely lady who I still talk to to this day, and that’s that.”
Angelina Jolie has been very open about having relationships with men and women. Now Mrs. Brad Pitt, back in the 1990s she dated lesbian model Jenny Shimizu. In a 2003 interview with Barbara Walters, Jolie said, “I was surprised when I suddenly found myself having those feelings I’d always had for men for a woman.
Now happily married to a man, Drew Barrymore has also admitted to having flings with women. In a 2004 interview the actress said, “Being with a woman is like exploring your own body, but through someone else. When I was younger I used to go with lots of women.”
Courtney Love once bragged she had a lesbian fling with a British model and was quoted as saying that woman was Kate Moss. But in a 2014 interview with the U.K’s Grazia magazine, the Hole singer denied sleeping with the supermodel but added, “I don’t rule out lesbian activities and I kissed a girl in Venice recently, but I am not gay and I didn’t sleep with Kate.”
Former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak once claimed she was having a lesbian fling with DJ and friend Tracy Young. The blonde told Life & Style magazine, “There were sparks but physically it was a gradual situation. Tracy made the first move. Our first kiss was passionate and exciting.”
“A one-time experimentation” is the term Gavin Rossdale used to describe his same-sex romance with 1980s singer Marilyn back when he was 17. The Bush front man initially shied away from the rumors when they emerged in Boy George’s 1995 autobiography Take It Like A Man, but in a 2010 interview he said, “It’s just one of those things: Move on.”
Back in the 1990s Anne Heche was in a very high-profile relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, making them quite possibly the most famous lesbian couple on the planet at the time. However, according to the actress the same sex romance, for her, was a one-off. Asked by the U.K’s Daily Telegraph if her first lesbian relationship was also her last she said, “Oh, jeepers. Yes!”
Brit singer Jessie J once said she was bisexual and that she loved sleeping with men and women. But in 2014 she backtracked saying that side of her life was “a phase.” In response to the social media backlash that she faced, the singer tweeted, “I was young and I experimented.
– one of Hollywood’s legendary sex symbols and a notorious womanizer – admitted to having an attraction to other men. He once said, “Like a large number of men, I, too have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed.”
Gillian Anderson has openly discussed a romance that she had with a woman, years after she begged her ex-girlfriend to keep their time together under wraps. In a 2012 interview with Out, The X-Files actress said, “I was in a relationship with a girl for a long time when I was in high school…”
Lindsay Lohan’s tumultuous relationship with her ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson seems to be the one same-sex romance the otherwise heterosexual actress has had. In a 2013 interview with Piers Morgan she said, “I know I’m straight. I’ve made out with girls before, and I had a relationship with a girl. But I think I needed to experience that…”
In 2012 Snooki told The Huffington Post that she considers herself to be “bi” but added, “I’ve done stuff with girls before. But I would never be with a girl because I like…penis. But I’ve experimented.”