Made in Chelsea's Olivia Bentley has opened up about going on a date with a woman for the first time, and the way she did it was super cool. Liv casually dropped the news into conversation during a recent episode of MIC, and we love how little of a big deal she makes about the whole situation. PSA: you don't always need to 'come out' if you fancy dating someone of the same gender as you, and it definitely doesn't need to be a huge deal, and Liv 100% proves that.
During the episode, Liv tells her pals, "I've actually got a date later," and when asked, "What's his name?" she casually replies, "It's actually a her."
Liv goes on to explain, "I basically was out the other night, and I met this girl who's gay, and sort of got chatting. And then I kissed her..."
Liv made it clear that this doesn't need to change how she identifies, explaining, "It's not a girl thing, like I'm not attracted to [girls]... I don't think it's a gender thing. It's a person thing."
She was also super casual about the whole thing, showing how going on a date with someone of the same gender as you doesn't need to be a big deal at all. Liv told her friends and fellow cast-members Ollie and Gareth Locke, "It's really weird, I haven't been sitting mulling over it all day or anything like that. Yesterday, I was a bit like 'do I or do I not?' and then today I was like, 'yeah, f**k it."
Later in the episode, Liv reflected on how the date went, saying she didn't want to rush into anything. "For me, it's not like a sexual thing," she explained. "It's not like, 'I'm gonna go and have sex with a girl.' It was more like, I actually really liked her, but I like her personality, we get on really well - and I fancy her.
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"But then at the same time, I still like blokes," she said, adding that she viewed the situation as "normal" and didn't want it to be seen as "weird" - which, BTW, it definitely isn't.
We love how casual Liv was about the whole situation, and we can't wait to see more from her this season on MIC.
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Emily Gulla was Cosmopolitan UK’s Former Editorial Assistant/Junior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer, covering celebs, TV and film for the site, magazine and video. She’s interviewed the casts of your favourite TV shows, from Bridgerton to Derry Girls and Stranger Things, as well as dozens of Love Islanders. She also loves getting stuck into long-read features, writing on all things digital culture (including her favourite topic: memes), and dating - having appeared on the radio to discuss dating.
Emily's work has also been published on ELLE, Women's Health, Harper's Bazaar, Digital Spy and more. She holds a First Class degree in English with Film Studies from King's College London, and even wrote her dissertation on Love Island. You can find Emily on Instagram and LinkedIn, and can see more of her work on her website.
