{"id":182099,"date":"2025-08-28T12:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/28\/betty-who-apologizes-for-harmful-dismissive-comments-about-sexuality-i-will-do-better\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:16:41","slug":"betty-who-apologizes-for-harmful-dismissive-comments-about-sexuality-i-will-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/08\/28\/betty-who-apologizes-for-harmful-dismissive-comments-about-sexuality-i-will-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty Who Apologizes for \u2018Harmful\u2019 & \u2018Dismissive\u2019 Comments About Sexuality: \u2018I Will Do\u00a0Better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter facing a week of backlash from folks across the internet, Betty Who<\/a> would like to clear the air around her recent appearance<\/a> on the Made It Out<\/em> podcast. <\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a statement<\/a> published to their Instagram Stories on Wednesday night (Aug. 27), the Australian pop singer said that after some reflection, she regretted what she said on the show. \u201cIn recent days, I\u2019ve taken time to sit with the conversation around my gender and sexuality. I recognise that the language I used poorly articulated my experience and unintentionally reinforced ideas that were harmful or dismissive, particularly toward the lesbian community,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThat was never my intention, and I\u2019m truly sorry. Everyone\u2019s journey is deeply personal, and I shouldn\u2019t have spoken in ways that generalised or spoke for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comments in question came when Who was asked about how a person\u2019s sexuality can evolve over time, and two fellow pop singers \u2014 Fletcher and JoJo Siwa \u2014 who came under speculation earlier this year after they both announced their romantic relationships with men while still identifying as queer. \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be illegal for you to fall in love,\u201d Who said on the podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like, now we\u2019ve come so far, that our community is so strong, that now it\u2019s like a crime to be straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWho also used noted pop star Rene\u00e9 Rapp<\/a>, who is a lesbian, as an example of fluid sexuality. \u201cRene\u00e9 Rapp is like, \u2018You\u2019ll never catch me dating a man,’\u201d she explained. \u201cLike, \u2018Go off, queen. I love that for you!\u2019 But I also hold space for her in 10 years if she goes, \u2018Oops, I met the love of my life and it\u2019s this man, I didn\u2019t mean to.\u2019 It\u2019s like, that\u2019s OK!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMany users online accused Who of spreading lesbophobic information about queer relationship dynamics, particularly reinforcing the myth that lesbians simply \u201cneed to find the right man.\u201d One such critic was fellow queer pop singer King Princess<\/a>, who talked about Who\u2019s comments on her own TikTok<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cDate a man, it\u2019s not a big deal. But why are you on a podcast talking about it? It\u2019s not an interesting narrative,\u201d she said. \u201cWe live in a country where our rights are being stripped from us every day, and you think it\u2019s important to get on a podcast and talk about how hard it is to be in a heteronormative relationship? Diva!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn their statement, Who clarified that her intention in going on the Made It Out <\/em>podcast was to \u201cdiscuss my own journey\u201d as a bisexual and nonbinary person, and not to project her personal experience onto others. \u201cI understand there is so much nuance in this conversation, and in other people\u2019s lived experiences, that my comments did not reflect,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI also recognize that I\u2019m coming from a place of privilege, and I never meant to contribute to prejudice against the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tClosing out her statement, Who reiterated that the LGBTQ+ community as her \u201chome,\u201d and promised fans that \u201cI will do better\u201d in the futre. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After facing a week of backlash from folks across the internet, Betty Who would like to clear the air around her recent appearance on the Made It Out podcast. Related King Princess Weighs In on Betty Who\u2019s Recent Comments About Dating a Man as a Queer Woman: \u2018You Are Not a\u00a0Victim\u2019 Betty Who\u2019s Inner Light […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}