Dove Cameron Talks About Sexuality in Hollywood
Recently, Dove Cameron talked about her life in Hollywood and her sexuality being assumed. The Powerpuff actress, 25, came out as bisexual in August of 2020. A year later, Cameron did an interview with Gay Times, discussing her sexuality. It was then when her fans realized she isn’t straight.
“People need me to have a f*cking megaphone,” Cameron said during an interview. “I came out a year ago and thought that was going to be it. I didn’t realize that nobody f*cking knew.”
you have no idea how much i love you and proud of you for literally everything, you help me everyday accept my body, my sexuality, myself, and i’m forever grateful for you, thank you for everything you do:]
— emma ✡︎ 🏳️🌈 (@RVNB00S) July 6, 2021
In many interviews, Cameron has explained consistently that she always knew she was bisexual. In the midst of it, she is embracing herself and her sexuality.
“With the process of coming out, it was about who I am as a whole rather than who I choose to date or sleep with,” Dove said in another interview last month. “I’m choosing to love myself, to be who I am every day and not edit myself depending on the room that I’m in. I’m making no apologies for who I am.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @DoveCameron thank you for teaching me to accept my body and my sexuality. you deserve all the happiness, i love you deeply & can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on. pic.twitter.com/4Q87v6EOrw
— maddy ४ (@dovestydia) January 15, 2021
thanks to dove for always helping us to love ourselves, and for being so opened about your sexuality, for representing us.
— agatinha (@louvdove) October 25, 2020
i love you deeply @DoveCameron 🕊🤍#BeautifulDovelies pic.twitter.com/KLBW77FyLi
Cameron joined the entertainment industry in 2012. She landed the role of twin main characters, Liv and Maddie Rooney, in Liv & Maddie at the age of 15, and at 18, played Mal in The Descendants trilogy. Even as a teenager, Cameron knew she wasn’t straight and had to blend in. She had to put on a mask and pretend to be someone she wasn’t.
“When I went into the industry, there was so much performative femininity happening, especially around 2012, especially being blonde on the Disney Channel. I didn’t stand a f*cking chance.”
“There was a lot of looking for male validation, right? Trying to please a massive corporation like Disney, I never had a conversation with them about my sexuality,” Dove added. “They never asked me to hide anything. It’s more that people see me and go, ‘Oh, femme, straight, heterosexual, blonde.’ Who is going to look at me and guess otherwise? Everybody knew Kristen Stewart was gay. Nobody is going to think I’m gay. Nobody.”
For more updates on the rising star, follow her Instagram.
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