She came out publicly as bisexual in June, but Lili Reinhart has been open about her sexuality with her closest friends for a long time.
The Riverdale star, 23, opened up further about bisexuality in an August interview with Flaunt magazine, telling them that “I knew full well that I was attracted to women from a young age.” When she entered the spotlight as an actress, she declined to say that she was bisexual publicly, though, for fear of the reaction. “I felt that since I’ve exclusively been in hetero-normative relationships, it would be too easy for any outsider, especially the media, to vilify me and accuse me of faking it to get attention,” Lili explained. “That’s not something I wanted to deal with.