(CNN) Actress Jameela Jamil came out as queer in a Twitter post on Wednesday. "The Good Place" star had added a rainbow to her Twitter name years ago, but she had never revealed her sexuality officially, Jamil said in a post to her Twitter"I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping, over something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil when I was a kid." Jamil said that it was scary to come out as a South Asian actress in her 30's, and that Twitter was not the place she wanted to do it. This week, Jamil has been addressing backlash surrounding her involvement in "Legendary," an upcoming HBO Max ballroom competition show.

Source: CNN February 06, 2020 10:30 UTC