Jameela Jamil Regrets Coming Out as Queer When She Did: 'That Was Not Well Handled'

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Jameela Jamil came out as queer after facing the backlash of joining HBO Max’s vogueing competition series, and she’s now admitting she maybe should have come out at a different time. “It was just an outburst,” Jameela said during an interview with Variety Live this past weekend. “That was not well handled.

I’m just human and I snapped! If I could go back I would have done it at a different time. I don’t know when it’s ever really appropriate, but that was not the best time.” “I come from a South Asian background, so you just don’t really have a lot of queer idols.

There isn’t a lot of conversation around it. There isn’t a lot of acceptance for it within my culture, traditionally. It was just something that I wrestled with the shame of for