I Kissed A Girl cast on ‘lesbian chaos’, sad goodbyes and non-binary representation

The second season of I Kissed A Girl is in full swing, with plenty of newbies, some sad exits and, of course, endless drama.

I Kissed A Girl season two started in June (perfect for Pride Month, we say), with six episodes currently available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

The show, hosted by Dannii Minogue – who is hopeful another channel will pick it up after the BBC axed it – sees a group of single queer women enter an Italian masseria to find love.

“It feels out of body,” Kayleigh, who joined the show as a late arrival, tells PinkNews. “But also the biggest privilege in the world, representation wise.”

Pippa, who was also a late arrival, adds: “It feels very special that we’ve all had this experience and that we get to be that last shot of representation for us, unfortunately, but hopefully we’ve done as much as we can. It is just amazing we now have this platform to spread that representation more that it has ever been needed.”

Elisha, one of the original 10 cast members, tells us: “We’re all so grateful, and it is bittersweet, but I think it is so important now more than ever for us all to be so out, loud, proud about it. Get it out across social media, get it everywhere we can to just keep talking about how great this show is and how lucky we are to have gone on it.”

Speaking of social media, TikTok is full of fans dissecting the show and trying to figure out who ended up with who after filming ended.

“I’ve not seen normal TikTok for weeks! I really miss it,” laughs Elisha. “Everyone is so eager beaver this year, they literally want to know everything.”

“Obviously our algorithms are so tailored to it that it’s all I’m consuming,” adds Kayleigh. “Psychoanalysing and theories. I think I’m just so happy to see so much queer media, everyone’s talking about it.”

Pippa adds: “So many people are watching it, so many people are posting it.”

‘I’ve not seen normal TikTok for weeks!’

They tell us: “I know there has been drama, but that’s gonna happen if you get a bunch of queer people in a masseria together. That doesn’t mean that’s why people went on, and people just need to remember we’re all here for this positive thing, everyone is human.”

Elisha adds: “It’s always the best way forward to focus on kindness and positivity, and pushing this show. We’ve been so brave to do something like this, and I think it’s so important to spread the positivity of it, be lout about it. It’s literally history, what we’re doing.”

Of course, the cast are seeing much of what happened for the first time as viewers, too.

“My memory is like a goldfish, so watching it back, I’m finding it amazing,” Kayleigh tells us. “I’m gripped because I have no idea what’s happening.”

She adds: “Watching Ebony and Imogen argue, I never knew what they were arguing about, but it was actually about me. So now realising that, I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s why you were shouting at each other!” But I’m in the massi, eating a toastie somewhere, so it’s very interesting.”

Pippa tells is: “I love reality TV anyway, so not knowing everything, it’s still so exciting, it’s so good. I’m also watching stuff that I said and I’m like, ‘When did I say that? When did I do that? Who is that?’ It’s all a bit crazy.”

‘Just pure lesbian chaos!’

Kayleigh and Pippa both joined the masseria as late arrivals, so also missed out on some of the drama.

“As I’m waiting to walk in, when they did the challenge, I’m just hearing so much, so many laughs, so many shouts,” Kayleigh says. “Just pure lesbian chaos!”

Pippa adds: “It was so scary coming in late, I didn’t have a clue what day I was coming in, so it was taking me so long to catch up on everything. I didn’t even know who the original couples were until the end, so I was slowly piecing things together.”

So far, there have been a number of personal journeys, with Elisha going for Elise, despite entering as a “fem-for-fem” girlie.

She tells us: “It’s so nice to be put in an environment that is so unique. I never would have thought I’d be put into a masseria with so many different queer people.

“Obviously I went in there based on my past and the majority were fem. Going in there, we don’t have our phones, we’re just bonded from the second we meet. I learned so much about myself.

“As soon as I saw Elise, I was like, ‘I think I’m having a second gay awakening because she’s really fit.'”

In this week’s episodes, Pippa, who is non-binary, and Elisha sat down for a beautiful conversation about Pippa’s journey with gender.

Pippa tells us: “When you’re coming into a queer environment, it’s a lot less scary than if I was walking into a room of straight people, who would probably be a bit transphobic, like that wouldn’t have been good.

“But because I was coming into a queer environment, I felt a lot more safe to come in and be open about myself. I was just excited to be able to have the conversations and get that awareness and knowledge out there. So many people have never met someone non-binary in their life, don’t understand what it is. So it was just exciting that I could share my journey and teach people about it, help get the representation out there.”

‘It was just exciting that I could share my journey’

A few girls have already said their goodbyes during the kiss-offs, but the latest episodes ended on a brutal cliffhanger, with Elise and Elisha having to pick someone to go home.

“It’s a lot of pressure to be put in a position where you are in control of who to send home and cut their journey,” Elisha tells us. “It is horrific. It’s not an easy thing to do, because no-one wants to go home, no-one wants to be sent home.”

Kayleigh adds: “It’s pure devastation, because we were on such a high from that night. I think that was one of everyone’s favourite nights, and ultimately we didn’t want anyone to leave.”

“It was a crazy cliffhanger to leave it on for the next two episodes,” Elisha says.

So until then (Tuesday, 7 July) fans will have to wait until which unlucky girl has to say their goodbyes.

I Kissed A Girl is available to stream on BBC iPlayer, with new episodes Tuesdays.

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