No, Kendall Jenner isn’t a lesbian – here’s what she’s said about her sexuality
Kendall Jenner: ‘If I was a lesbian, you would know’. (Getty)
Kendall Jenner: 'If I was a lesbian, you would know'. (Getty)
Eight years after first addressing rumours that she is a lesbian, Kendall Jenner is once again shutting the theory down. No, she’s not a lesbian. And if she were, she promises, we’d all know about it.
During a recent episode of the In Your Dreams podcast hosted by Overcompensating actor Owen Thiele, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was happy to respond to a question that has perennially plagued the internet: is Kendall Jenner gay?
“I wanna talk about it,” the 30-year-old model told Thiele gamely when he broached the topic.
“A lot of people think you’re a secret lesbian,” he said plainly, to which she responded: “Can you tell me why you think that?”
“I actually don’t know. It’s really hardcore. It’s kind of great,” he replied, though Jenner was less sure. She urged that while she has no problem with people believing she’s queer, in her experience, they aren’t very nice about it.
“You wanna know what really bothers me? It’s how mean people are about it. It’s not with a welcoming arm, like ‘Hey, if you were, yes, come join!’ It’s not kind. It’s very mean. It’s very like, ‘What the f**k are you doing?’” she explained.
Considering the intensely public life she and her famous family lead, Jenner insisted that if she were a lesbian, she would be up front about it, and we’d all be well aware.
“I understand that coming out is not an easy thing for anybody, if not most people. And I’m not saying that that’s an easy thing, but I can speak for myself here, knowing myself. I think at this point in my life I’d be out if I was,” she told Thiele.
“I’m not saying it’s an easy thing but knowing me and knowing how I would wanna live my life, I would be. I have no problem being that. I think there’s whole narrative that I’m hiding this thing. I’ve seen really f**ked up things that are like ‘[she’s not out because] it’s bad for business’. I’m like, ‘What? How?’ I don’t understand it.”
She went on to clarify once and for all that “as of today, I am not” a lesbian. “I don’t think I will be. But I’m not closing doors, do you know what I mean? To experiences in life.”
“I promise,” she rounded off, “that if I was, I think you probably would know for real.”
What has Kendall Jenner said about her sexuality?
Somewhat depressingly, this isn’t the first time that Kendall Jenner has been forced to defend her sexuality and deny that she is a lesbian.
During a 2018 interview with Vogue, the then 22-year-old was questioned on the long-standing rumours that she is gay, and where she thinks they originated from.
“I think it’s because I’m not like all my other sisters, who are like, ‘Here’s me and my boyfriend!’ So it was a thing for a minute because no one ever saw me with a guy. I would always go that extra mile to be low-key with guys, sneaking around all the time. You don’t want to, like, look crazy,” she told the publication.
She added that she doesn’t “have a bisexual or gay bone in [her] body” but that she is “down for experience” and “not against” the idea.
“I’ve never been there before,” she continued. “Also, I know I have kind of a… male energy? But I don’t want to say that wrong, because I’m not transgender or anything. But I have a tough energy. I move differently. But to answer your question: I’m not gay. I have literally nothing to hide. I would never hide something like that.”
Where did rumours that Kendall Jenner is a lesbian start?
Even more depressingly, the rumours that Kendall Jenner is a lesbian appear to have started based on, um, vibes. Just vibes, really.
As Jenner herself said, while she has had numerous relationships with high profile men – from Harry Styles to Bad Bunny – they have all been relatively low-key comparative to the relationships her sisters have had. All pop culture heads know the ins and outs of Kourtney Kardashian’s marriage to Travis Barker, or Kim Kardashian’s tumultuous relationship with Kanye West. Kendall Jenner’s romance with NBA player Devin Booker? Less headline worthy.
Others have cited her “tomboy” energy – again, relative to her feminine sisters – her tactile relationships with friends including queer model Cara Delevingne, and statistical data – the fact that she is one of nine siblings, none of whom are publicly queer – as apparent “evidence” of her LGBTQ+ sexuality.
One Reddit, one user claimed to have once worked in Jenner’s orbit, and suggested that she had “queer vibes”. Again: just vibes!
So yeah, it’s all pretty inconclusive, insubstantial evidence, and it’s best to listen to the truth from the model’s mouth. Sorry sapphics: she’s not gay.
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