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Eilish has only publicly dated men, though she spoke openly about her attraction to women during a 2023 interview with Variety.

 After Eilish's revelation sparked headlines, the Grammy winner said she thought it was "obvious," adding, "I just don't really believe in it. I'm just like, 'Why can't we just exist?'"

The "Hit Me Hard and Soft" singer also declared that "nobody should be pressured" to come out or label their sexuality.

"Who fucking cares?" she told Rolling Stone. "The whole world suddenly decided who I was, and I didn't get to say anything or control any of it."

"Dude, I've known people that don't know their sexuality, or feel comfortable with it, until they're in their forties, fifties, sixties," Eilish continued. "It takes a while to find yourself, and I think it's really unfair, the way that the internet bullies you into talking about who you are and what you are."

The "Everybody's Gay" singer took an indefinite approach to gender and sexuality in a 2018 interview with Billboard.

"I personally don't ascribe to just one thing. I cannot sit here right now and tell you I'm just one thing," she said. "That's why the colors for LGBTQ+ are a rainbow! Because there's a spectrum, and right now we try to keep it black and white. That's just not working for me."

More recently, Lizzo described monogamy as "a little claustrophobic" because she doesn't "want any rules" when it comes to love.

"That doesn't mean I'm out here fucking and sucking and ducking. It doesn't mean he is either," she said, referring to her boyfriend Myke Wright. "It just means that there are no expectations, and that way, the love gets to just be the main event."

Bassett clarified that he "wasn't joking" when he said he was attracted to Harry Styles, but also told GQ that he's not "rushing to a conclusion" about his sexuality.

"There are plenty of letters in the alphabet," he said. "Sometimes your letter changes, sometimes you try a different one, other times you realize you're not what you thought you were, or maybe you always knew. All of these can be true."

"I'm happy to be a part of the LGBTQ+ community because they embrace all," he continued. "Don't let anyone tell you love isn't love. They're the ones who probably need it the most."

Rexha opened up about her sexuality in a 2021 interview with Gay Times, saying she's attracted to "whoever inspires me."

"It's just so hard because everybody wants to put people in boxes and I don't like boxes, as you can tell with my music," she said, adding that she believes sexuality is a "scale."

"Until I find 'the one,' I can't just say what I am. I just want to find someone I love and who loves me — and I don't care if that's a boy or a girl," she said.

Mitchell, who played the lesbian character Emily Fields on "Pretty Little Liars," opened up to Cosmopolitan about her fluid approach to dating.

"When I started, people were like, 'What are you?' I'm like, right now I'm dating a guy.
 I don't know what it's going to be in three years," she said.

"You love who you love. Black, white, polka-dot, that's what my dad always said. I'm never going to label myself," she continued. "I could be 50 and dating a woman and then what? I said I was straight and now I'm not?"

Posey told fans that he's had sexual experiences with men during a livestream on OnlyFans. This inspired tabloids to describe him as "pansexual," which Posey didn't necessarily agree with.

"I didn't label that. The kids, the fans, or whoever wrote those articles labeled that," he told Variety. "I thought that was really interesting that it just broke down this wall that I didn't feel like I put up, but it was easier for me to just be honest about all that stuff."

The "Teen Wolf" star also told Zach Sang that he's "sexually fluid," but isn't committed to a specific term.

"I've never defined myself. I don't think I want to put a label on myself 'cause somebody's going to get mad," he said. "Whatever. I'm just me. I've been with dudes, I've been with girls."

Tyler, the Creator seemed to come out as queer on "I Ain't Got Time," a single from his 2017 album "Flower Boy" ("Next line will have 'em like 'woah' / I've been kissing white boys since 2004").

The album's seventh track "Garden Shed" has also been interpreted as a metaphor for being closeted ("Truth is, since a youth kid, thought it was a phase / Thought it'd be like the phrase 'poof,' gone / But it's still goin' on").

On the heels of his 2019 Grammy-winning album "Igor," which explores an emotionally turbulent love affair with a man, GQ asked him about his sexuality.

"I like girls — I just end up fucking their brother every time," he said.

Much like Tyler (his former Odd Future bandmate), Ocean has written songs about relationships with both men and women. His debut album, "Channel Orange," was an homage to his first love.

"I was 19 years old. He was too," Ocean revealed on Tumblr.

"Back then, my mind would wander to the women I had been with, the ones I cared for and thought I was in love with," he wrote. "I reminisced about the sentimental songs I enjoyed when I was a teenager.. The ones I played when I experienced a girlfriend for the first time. I realized they were written in a language I did not yet speak."

However, when GQ asked in 2012 if Ocean considers himself bisexual, the singer declined to answer.

"You can move to the next question. I'll respectfully say that life is dynamic and comes along with dynamic experiences, and the same sentiment that I have towards genres of music, I have towards a lot of labels and bos and shit," he said.

"As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences," he continued. "But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that. I'm giving you what I feel like you can feel. The other shit, you can't feel. You can't feel a box. You can't feel a label. Don't get caught up in that shit."

In 2015, Palmer released a music video for her single "I Don't Belong To You," which sees her leaving a man's bed to meet up with a woman.

"The video was to represent the young woman today — it's not the traditional woman anymore — and not the specifics of 'Am I gay? Am I straight? Am I bi?'" she told People.

"I'm making the rules for myself, and I don't have to be stuck down to one label I don't feel the need to define nothing to nobody, because I'm always changing," she continued. "Why say that I'm this or that when I might not be tomorrow? I'm gonna follow my own feelings and my own heart."

More recently, the "Nope" actor explained her fluid approach in an interview with Them.

"I'm not bound in my sexuality. I'm just doing me," she said. "I think that hopefully people are coming around to that reality when it comes to the queer community. Why the hell do I need to declare to you who's laying in my bed?"

After Depp posed for iO Tillett Wright's Self Evident Truths photography project, which "exists to spread awareness and understanding about a broader spectrum of human sexuality," she expressed discomfort with the public's reaction.

"A lot of people took it as me coming out, but that's not what I was trying to do. I was literally doing it just to say that you don't have to label your sexuality," she said during an interview with Nylon.

"You don't have to label yourself, because it's not set in stone. It's so fluid and there's so much pressure on kids to label themselves and say, 'This is what I am, this is what I like.' I was just trying to say that it's unnecessary," she continued.

The star of HBO's "The Idol" added: "It's not anybody's business, because I am going to date whoever I'm going to date."

Depp is currently in a relationship with 070 Shake, a rapper and singer who shares Depp's unlabeled approach to sexuality.

"I don't really identify myself as queer or gay or anything," she told Pitchfork. "I just like girls."

Styles has nodded to queerness throughout his solo career. He released his liberation anthem "Lights Up" on National Coming Out Day, wrote a song about disappointing boyfriends, and starred as a closeted gay man in the 2022 drama "My Policeman."

More recently, he described his Love on Tour set list as "sparkly bi music."

Styles has also insisted that he's not "sprinkling in nuggets of sexual ambiguity to try and be more interesting."

"I've been really open with it with my friends, but that's my personal experience; it's mine," he told Better Homes & Gardens.

"The whole point of where we should be heading, which is toward accepting everybody and being more open, is that it doesn't matter," he continued, "and it's about not having to label everything, not having to clarify what boxes you're checking."

Grande, who has long been an outspoken ally of the LGBTQ community, sparked speculation about her own sexuality when she released the 2019 single "Monopoly."

"I like women and men," she sings in the post-chorus.

The song was cowritten by Grande's close friend and collaborator Victoria Monét, who is openly bisexual.

When a fan asked Monét on Instagram if Grande is also bisexual, the songwriter replied, "She said what she said."

Grande later chimed in on Twitter and defended her decision not to "label" herself.

"i haven't before and still don't feel the need to now," Grande wrote. "which is OK."

All 10 episodes of the FX hit's third season were released Wednesday night, thanks to the show's controversial all-at-once drop schedule. It picks up right after the season two finale.

Some critics are calling the new season too indulgent for its own good, but most agree it's still one of the best TV shows right now.

Streaming on: Hulu

The celebrated fashion designer gets the documentary treatment in a film co-directed by Trish Dalton and Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. It tracks von Furstenberg's background as the child of a Holocaust survivor growing up in post-World War II Europe all the way through her career today.

"Woman in Charge" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month but just got a global streaming release this week.

Streaming on: Hulu

The iconic singer opens up about her life and her health struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome in an emotional new documentary.

"I Am: Celine Dion" is raw and moving, with Dion emotionally opening up about powering through her pain to continue performing before her diagnosis was made public and admitting she "could've died" from the high dosages of Valium she was taking to manage her condition while on tour.

Streaming on: Prime Video

Step aside, "Selling Sunset." Netflix's latest reality show about luxury real-estate brokers shifts the focus to the East Coast and to Ryan Serhant, the mogul behind one of the largest brokerages in New York City who previously starred in Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing New York" for nine seasons.

Streaming on: Netflix

This is technically the seventh overall season of "The Mole," which originally aired on ABC from 2001 to 2008 before being revived on Netflix in 2022, when the streamer released its first season of the reboot.

Ari Shapiro takes over as host, but the format is still pretty much the same: Twelve players complete challenges to earn money toward a prize pot, all while one of those 12 is secretly trying to sabotage their earnings.

Streaming on: Netflix

This harrowing new true-crime documentary tells the story of TikToker Ali Abulaban, who was convicted of murdering his wife, Ana Abulaban, and her friend Rayburn Barron.

Streaming on: Peacock

"Killers of the Flower Moon" standout and Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone stars as Jax, an Indigenous woman living on an Oklahoma reservation who takes over caring for her niece after her sister goes missing in this family drama.

Streaming on: Apple TV+

If you liked how "Dickinson" played fast and loose with history, "My Lady Jane" will be your jam.

The British series is a reimagining of the life of the real Lady Jane Grey, who was beheaded after nine days as the queen of England. In this version, there are also shape-shifting humans who can transform into animals, because why not?

Streaming on: Prime Video

This new docuseries follows the uplifting story of Robert Hardwell, a gay Black Broadway performer, as he buys and gut-renovates a 200-year-old Plantation-style home in Massachusetts.

Streaming on: Max

The phrase was first documented in the BBC's "Lenny Henry Christmas Special" in 1987.

"She's great fun, but she's a few sandwiches short of a picnic."

Although it's more often used as a synonym for raincoat, an anorak is something slightly different in playground slang. This word probably originates from the "uncool" appearance of anorak coats and the people wearing them.

"Thomas is such an anorak when it comes to train trivia."

School kids might call "bagsy" on items in their friends' pack lunches, like an apple or a cereal bar, that the friend isn't going to eat.

"Does anyone want thi—"

"Bagsy!"

This phrase became mainstream in the USA in the 1920s despite its British origins, but its popularity in the States has dwindled since the turn of the century.

The "bee's knees" referred to small or insignificant details when it was first documented in the 18th century. Since then, the phrase has evolved and refers to something popular or cool.

"The Beatles are the bee's knees."

Someone on a spree of excessive drinking and mischief is "on a bender." Benders can last over 24 hours, and so you might say that someone is on "a weekend bender," or a "three-day bender."

"I bumped into him towards the end of his four-day bender. He was a wreck."

While the phrase can be interpreted as misogynistic, it's still commonly used. It's usually used to describe a woman between the ages of 18 and 50, particularly one who is attractive.

"Look at that bird over there. She's fit."

The phrase is most commonly used when the individual has been lucky and the person saying it is in disbelief that the first person has managed to pull it off.

"And did you see that equalizing goal in the last minute of injury time? He pulled a blinder there."

The origins of the word are widely disputed. Some believe it's derived from the Dutch word "blute," meaning "bare." Others believe the word is a contraction of the 17th-century phrase "by our lady," and is blasphemous.

This second theory has been disproved, however, by the slang's first documentation predating the widespread use of the phrase "by our lady."

Nowadays, "bloody" is used widely — it's even used in children's films such as "Harry Potter" — and is arguably one of the most quintessentially British words on the list.

"That was bloody good."

This phrase is often used to describe a process that seems more difficult than it actually is.

"Press down the clutch, put it into gear, then slowly ease off the clutch again. Bob's your uncle — you're driving!"

Its origins are somewhat unclear, but a "bog" is another word for a toilet in British slang, adding to the connotations that something "bog-standard" is unglamorous and unspecial.

"How was the hostel?" "Oh, nothing exciting to report. Just your bog-standard dorm, really."

A popular pastime in the United Kingdom is attending or having your own "car boot sale," in which people usually sell knick-knacks and old personal items out of the back of their cars.

"Shove the shopping in the boot."

A "botch job" can also refer to anything that's been done haphazardly, like a work assignment.

"Sam did a botch job on these shelves — they're wonky!"

On a rainy day in London, you would definitely want a brolly on hand.

"Grab your brolly, it's drizzling outside."

An informal way of asking someone to make room where they are sitting for you to sit down, too, would be asking them to "budge up."

"Hey, there's loads of room on that bench. Budge up and make some room for us, too!"

It's common courtesy to offer a laborer or builder working on your house a builder's tea while they're working — especially if they're working out in the cold. This is probably how the term came about.

"A bacon sandwich and a builder's tea. Now that's a proper breakfast."

Therefore, if you're "having a butchers," you're having a look at something.

"Would you take a butchers at this broken bike for me?"

"Being cheeky" means being funny or humorous, but slightly mischievous at the same time. 

"Joe's children are absolute rascals — they tied my shoelaces together last week!"

"Those cheeky monkeys."

A "good old chinwag" is a good chat, catch-up, or gossip with someone.

The action of chatting away — with the jaw bobbing up and down — resembles a chin "wagging" like a dog's tail.

"Those two are having a proper chinwag — I haven't been able to get a word in edgeways for half an hour!"

This is sometimes shortened to "chocka." The phrase is most often used to describe heavy road traffic.

"We should've taken the other route. This road is chocka!"

If you get a promotion or meet someone special, you might describe yourself as "chuffed."

"I heard you got the promotion. Congratulations! You must be chuffed."

Although no one is completely sure of the word's origins, it could derive from the words "cod" and "wallop," which historically meant "imitation" and "beer" respectively — implying that "codswallop" is the kind of rubbish you make up when drunk.

"Oh, what a load of codswallop!"

The term probably came about due to the fact that it rhymes with "knacker." A "knacker" was the person who slaughtered worn-out horses in the 19th and 20th centuries for their meat, hoofs, and hide. So, if you're "ready for the knacker's yard," you're exhausted beyond relief.

"This week's done me in already, and it's only Tuesday. I'm cream crackered."

Dench is the equivalent of "solid" or "cool" when used in response to someone else.

Its reported creator, British rapper Lethal Bizzle, elusively told The Guardian that the word "means anything you want." 

"I'm going to make us spaghetti carbonara for dinner."

"Dench."

On the other hand, someone who's intelligent might be described as "bright."

"She's a bit dim."

The word could be a variation of "toddle" — like a young child's first steps.

"This will be a doddle."

It is also sometimes referred to as a "dog's breakfast."

"You've made a dog's dinner of that paint job."

"Faff" comes from the 17th-century word "faffle," which means to flap about in the wind.

"What did you do on your day off from work?"

"We were just faffing about."

If you see someone you find attractive, you would call them "fit."

"He's fit."

"Flogging" also refers to whipping a racehorse in order to make it move faster, so there is some speculation into whether you flog goods in order to make them shift faster, too. However, there is no proof for this theory.

"I'm trying to flog my old sofa. Do you know anyone who might be interested?"

After "The Full Monty" film was released in 1997, there was some international confusion over the phrase, which it was taken as a euphemism for stripping. However, "the full Monty" now usually refers to taking something as far as it can go, similar to "the whole nine yards."

"The full Monty" historically refers to an old tailor called Sir Montague Burton. Going "the full Monty" meant purchasing a full three-piece suit, a shirt, and all of the trimmings.

"Our Christmas dinner had everything from sprouts to Yorkshire puddings. If you're going to have a roast, have the full Monty!"

This phrase could be a reference to coffee beans, although these claims have been disputed.

"Goodness, you're full of beans this morning!"

Although the origins of this phrase are largely unknown, a gaff in the 18th-century was a music hall or theater, and so it's believed to derive from this.

"What are you up to this weekend? We've got a party at our gaff, if you fancy it?"

Men from east London are also commonly referred to as "geezers," where the term is more interchangeable with "lad."

Geezer is thought to stem from the 15th century "guiser," which meant well-dressed.

"That guy's got such swagger — he's a proper geezer."

If your favorite football team were to lose, you'd be "gutted."

"I was absolutely gutted."

This phrase is used to confirm or agree with something that another person has just said.

"It's really cold today."

"Innit."

The term is usually used to refer to a nap, but it can also mean a long sleep.

"What a long day. When we get home, I'm going to take a quick kip."

It's used most commonly when you're trying to get out of a situation by physically running away.

"That's when all of the lights came on, and so we legged it."

"Miffed" possibly derives from the German "muffen," meaning "to sulk."

"I was a bit miffed, I can't lie."

It's derived from "mint condition," which refers to something pre-owned that retains its pristine condition — although something that's just "mint" doesn't have to be pre-owned.

"Those shoes are mint!"

Derived from the Newcastle sociolect, "mortal" was made widely known across the country in 2011 by the reality TV show "Geordie Shore."

"Did you see Scott last night? He was mortal."

"Mug" likely originated in London with Cockney slang. It means a stupid, often gullible, person who is easily taken advantage of.

"You signed that contract? You're such a mug."

The phrase is common on the hit British reality show "Love Island."

"He's going on a date with Amber? I feel so mugged off right now."

"You're mugging me off."

"The Nick" can refer to a prison. The origins of the phrase are largely debated online, however, it's believed that "to nick" as in to steal influenced the slang term for prison, as being imprisoned is similar to being "stolen" away.

"Did you just nick that?"

"Don't get caught, or you'll end up in the Nick!"

"Pull" can also be used as a verb. If you've "pulled," you've kissed someone.

"You look nice. Are you going on the pull?"

It's most often used to say something is unsatisfactory, like "blows" or "reeks," rather than actual trash.

"That is pants."

The idiom was first used to describe the thick, choking smog that settled over London, caused by lots of people burning fossil fuels in close vicinity, as early as 1200 c.e.

The smogs were compared to pea soup due to their color and density.

"Be careful when you're driving — it's a pea-souper out there."

This cheery phrase is widely believed to originate from Northern factory workers around the time of the industrial revolution. When they were working on the factory floor, employees had to wear hard clogs to protect their feet.

The idea is when someone popped, or cocked, their clogs, the toes of the clogs pointed up in the air as they lay down dead.

"Did you hear what happened to John's old man? He popped his clogs, didn't he…"

Not referring to actual poppies, this quintessentially British idiom derives from the Dutch "pap" and "kak," which translate as "soft" and "dung."

"What a load of poppycock!"

Someone who's "quids in" has invested in an opportunity that is probably going to benefit them massively.

"Quid" is British slang for "pounds." For example, "five quid" means £5.

"If it all works out as planned, he'll be quids in."

The meaning of this slang has been debated at length.

The word "shirt" is derived from the Norse for "short," hence short-tempered. However, other people believe that "shirty" has connotations of being disheveled.

"Don't get shirty with me, mister."

It means literally tilted on one side rather than slightly off or uneasy, as askew can mean in the US.

"Is it just me or is that painting a bit skew-whiff?"

"Skive" is derived from the French "esquiver," meaning "to slink away."

"He skived off school so we could all go to Thorpe Park on a weekday."

Although the adjective's origins remain largely unknown, early documented uses seem to use the word as synonymous with "smear," further suggesting that someone who is "smarmy" is also "slick" or "slippery."

"Don't trust him — he's a smarmy geezer."

"Taking the biscuit" is the equivalent of taking the nonexistent medal for foolishness or incredulity.

If someone has done something highly irritating or surprising in an exasperating fashion, you might say that they've "taken the biscuit."

"I could just about deal with the dog barking at 5:30 a.m., but the lawnmower at 3 a.m. really takes the biscuit."

It can be used in both a lighthearted and an irritated fashion.

"Take the Mickey" is an abbreviation of "taking the Mickey Bliss," which is Cockney rhyming slang for "take the p***."

"Hey! Don't take the Mickey."

When someone makes a great speech while skirting around a subject or saying little of any value, you might say that they're talking "waffle," or that they're "waffling."

In the 17th century, to "waff" meant to yelp, and that quickly evolved to mean to talk foolishly or indecisively.

"I wish he'd stop waffling on."

"What a load of waffle!"

Although its origins are largely debated, the term's meaning has evolved over the last 50 years alone. In the 1960s, someone who was unfashionable might be nicknamed a "wally," according to Dictionary.com. 

"Don't put down a leaking mug on top of the newspaper, you wally!"

It is often deemed as unnecessary or over-the-top. 

"Quit whinging."

If you want to tell someone to not concern themselves with issues that don't directly affect them, you might tell them to "wind their neck in."

This classic phrase is another way of telling someone that their opinion is not appreciated in the given scenario.

 "Wind your neck in and stop being so nosy!"

It can also refer to someone already asleep or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

"I was going to go out tonight but when I finished work I was absolutely zonked."

"When I got home, he was already zonked."

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story was published on November 3, 2017, on Business Insider UK.

The home, located at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, was built in 1929. According to Architectural Digest, the 2,900-square-foot home had two bedrooms, a small guesthouse, and a pool. Two more bedrooms have since been added.

She called it a "cute little Mexican-style house with eight rooms" and a "fortress where I can feel safe from the world," AD reported.

In a sad coincidence, the Latin phrase "Cursum Perficio," which means "The journey ends here," was written on the front porch's tiles. Its origins remain unknown.

Monroe lived there for just a few months — she died of an overdose in the home in August 1962.

The most recent sale was in July 2023, according to the Los Angeles Times. The property was purchased by heiress Brinah Milstein — her family was worth $3.1 billion in 2015 after making their fortune in real estate, according to Forbes — and her husband, Roy Bank, a reality TV producer.

The lawsuit came after a temporary halt on demolition that was issued in September 2023.

According to Milstein and Bank, the home has changed hands 14 times since Monroe's death and there have been "over a dozen" permits issued in relation to remodeling the home.

"There is not a single piece of the house that includes any physical evidence that Ms. Monroe ever spent a day at the house," the lawsuit alleged, The New York Times reported.

Much like Elvis Presley's home Graceland has become a place for fans of the King to come together and celebrate their idol, Monroe's super-fans are connected to this home.

That's according to Scott Fortner, a lifelong fan who runs The Marilyn Monroe Collection. He spoke to KCAL News in September 2023, after the demolition had been temporarily halted.

"This home is the equivalent of Graceland. It's that place where people go to remember Marilyn and just consider the fact that this was where she was happy and really wanted to start something new — a new chapter in her life," he said.

According to The New York Times, on June 26, the council voted unanimously 12 to 0 to add the house to the list of local landmarks.

"There is no other person or place in the city of Los Angeles as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and her Brentwood home," said a member of the City Council, Traci Park. "To lose this piece of history, the only home that Marilyn Monroe ever owned, would be a devastating blow for historic preservation," she continued.

After the decision, an attorney for the homeowners told City News Service, "Traci Park's actions today and throughout the process, disregarding the interests of her constituents and the facts and merits, demonstrate that no one's home or investment is safe."

The lawsuit is still pending, and a hearing is set for August 13.