At Variety's Hitmakers event on Saturday, she elaborated on the magazine's November cover story - in which she explicitly stated her attraction to women for the first time. "I kind of thought, 'Wasn't it obvious'? I didn't realise people didn't know. I just don't really believe in it (coming out). I'm just like, 'Why can't we just exist'? I've been doing this for a long time, and I just didn't talk about it. Whoops." Billie Eilish / Variety. However, once the article was published, she realised that her LGBTQ+ status was important to others.