The Good Place's Jameela Jamil says her coming out as queer was "not well-handled"
Jameela Jamil has voiced her regret at the way she came out as queer last month.
The Good Place star announced the news shortly after she received a backlash following the announcement she would serve as a judge on HBO Max's competitive voguing series Legendary.
Catching up with Variety recently, Jameela admitted that the timing could have been better.
"It was just an outburst," she explained. "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."
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Discussing how her upbringing added to the imprtance of the announcement, Jameela noted: "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 a long time."
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She continued: "I have never felt like my private life is mine alone, so I've been trying to grapple with how to handle that for so long because I don't like having my love life scrutinised.
"So I kept it quiet for a while to give myself some privacy and then it just burst out of me.
"Not my favourite moment of the year. We live and we learn... it's nice to have it off my chest."
Legendary is due to air on HBO Max after the service launches in May.
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