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TEN 'BISEXUAL' CELEBRITIES YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE BISEXUAL

Fake it 'til you make it, I guess.

by Giovanni Perez | Posted on April 12, 2024

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9. CRUELLA QUEEN

[PHOTO: Singer Cruella Queen with boyfriend Ritchie Mendoza at the 2023 Grammy Awards, where she took home Best New Artist.]

Starlet and singer Cruella Queen is not one to shy away from making headlines in her five years since joining Hollywood. Her coming out post on Instagram touched hearts for those who believed her, and many celebrity coming outs since have cited Queen's was a reason they felt safe doing so. But there's no evidence to suggest Queen has ever been part of the LGBTQ+ community, despite her being a so-called inspiration to others. Every song she sings uses either you or he/him pronouns, reflecting an absence of women romantically involved in her life.

Queen is frequently seen on the arm of on-again-off-again boyfriend, Ritchie Mendoza. When she isn't making headlines for her stints in rehabilitation centres, she's making headlines with Mendoza, for better or worse at any given moment they're together. The two are seen either messily arguing, or ferociously kissing, and there appears to be no in between—no women in Queen's sights, either. Though she is known to sample chardonnay rather than same sex relationships.

Similar to others on our list, Queen is an active ally to the LGBTQ+ community when she's not under 24 hour surveillance. Her hard-earned money is split between funding her rehab visits and donating to LGBTQ+ nonprofits. During the month of June, she is outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights around the world and frequently fights right-wing conservatives on X when they disagree with her opinions on what equality should look like and how pride should be celebrated. Queen is never one to shy away from being loud and her social media accounts showcase that.

Since her shot to fame, Queen has always been pinned as the girl who kissed a woman once for fun and decided that made her bisexual, and nothing we've seen about her has done anything to deter that feeling of false claims of bisexuality.

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7. STEVIE

[PHOTO: Singer-songwriter Stevie Kealoha with Formula One racer boyfriend Brendon Ellis at the 2023 Grammy Awards, where her and her band MARS would take home seven Grammys, including Album of the Year.]

Outspoken about her supposed bisexuality, Stevie Kealoha, better known by the mononym Stevie, frequently attends LGBTQ+ events hosted by nonprofits like the Trevor Project and likeminded foundations. Despite this, the only public relationships that Kealoha has been in have been with male Formula One racers Bruno Tetuanui and Brendon Ellis. Although the affair with Tetuanui was brief, there was no denying it was full-throttle. Her current relationship with Ellis is rumoured to have started in mid-late 2022, and the couple live in Los Angeles together when Ellis is off-season and Kealoha is not touring. At best, her charity work is allyship from someone who profits off false claims of her being part of a community. Further, she has pulled Ellis into her charade, forcing him to go to LGBTQ+ events with her despite neither being a true part of the community other than allyship.

With little proof other than a claim from the woman herself, it's safe to say that Kealoha is hardly bisexual in practice as much as she is verbally. In the age of uplifting queer artists, it's no wonder her band's albums outsold many of their straight counterparts; three members of MARS—dubbed the tri-bi's at an album release party by Kealoha—claim bisexuality without evidence. The band even went so far as to have their 2022 sophomore album, Escape Velocity, colour-coded the same as the bisexual flag. A marketing ploy at best. Colours do not dictate sexual orientation, nor do lyrics that never venture into same sex relationships.