Actor Jameela Jamil has come out as queer amid backlash over the announcement that she would be the master of ceremonies on an upcoming television show about voguing and ballroom competitions. “Twitter is brutal,” wrote the “Good Place” star at the beginning of an impassioned note she shared on social media on Wednesday. She wrote that when people asked what it signified, she would tell them, but that ― up until now ― she “kept it low” because she was “scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping.”Amanda Edwards via Getty Images Actress Jameela Jamil attends the Jameela Jamil and Zumba "SELFish" Event at Casita Hollywood on February 04, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The 33-year-old went on to say that being queer was “something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil” when she was a kid. “I didn’t come from a family with *anyone* openly out.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2020 21:56 UTC