Australian singer and model Iggy Azalea
says she's not a “fake lesbian.”
The 23-year-old Azalea first gained
recognition when the video for her controversial single Pussy
went viral on YouTube. Her debut studio album, The New Classic,
is being released today.
In an interview with Michigan gay
weekly Pride
Source, Azalea sets the record straight about her sexuality.
When asked whether she believes people
assume she's gay, Azalea answered: “I think they do because I will
do songs and I'll talk about women, and also, there was such a big
trend of people being fake bisexuals.”
“I don't know what that was about,”
she continued. “Like, 'I'm such a bisexual woman,' and I'd be
like, 'But you had boyfriends your whole life; you're not gay. Why
are you pretending to be? What's with that?'”
“I know I talk about women a lot, and
I think women are beautiful and I like talking about them, but I
didn't want people to misconstrue that and think that I was being a
fake lesbian. It wasn't a, 'Don't think I'm gay,' but more so me
being like, 'Hey, I'm not a fake lesbian.' Straight's cool too, you
know! It's almost like gay nowadays is so trendy that people want to
be gay and then they don't. I'm not gay. I love gay people, but I'm
straight. I don't wanna kiss girls. I'm not into girls. I
appreciate women, and I like rapping about them, but in case you
thought I was a lame person pretending to be gay, um, I'm not.”