Y no se confundan: Spain’s Chanel Terrero has given the opening speech for Madrid’s Pride and one of her lines is making headlines: “Thanks to all the men and women I loved for teaching me how to love without prejudice”.
Chanel’s words have been doing the rounds on social media, with some criticising her for allegedly queerbaiting.
The truth is that the singer has on several occasions said she feels attracted to women as well as men, even though she’s never explicitly said “I am bisexual”.
Chanel also revealed how she was bullied and suffered from racism when she was a child.
Chanel (@ChanelTerrero): "Desde muy pequeña sufrí racismo y bullying. Fueron experiencias que, lejos de hundirme, me han convertido en una mujer segura de sí misma". #OrgulloRTVE https://t.co/JG5uDKGCNl pic.twitter.com/xSOMUOvFII
— Eurovisión RTVE (@eurovision_tve) July 6, 2022
And quite honestly, in her speech she sounded like she knows what she’s talking about: “Now that there are voices who try to tear us apart, it’s essential that minorities unite like a wall, as we’ll only triumph if we walk hand in hand”.
“It is not only about being respected for loving who you love, it’s also to be respected no matter who you are”.
“Ahora más que nunca es esencial que las minorías nos unamos como un muro infranqueable, porque solo triunfaremos cogidos de la mano”. Acertadísima en esto @ChanelTerrero ?????? #MadridOrgullo2022 #OrgulloRTVE #OrgulloLGTBI #Eurovisionpic.twitter.com/nRwtGK99Xv
— Luis Fuster (@luisgfuster) July 6, 2022
Chanel and more on Pride Parade
On Saturday, Chanel and other Eurovision 2022 stars will take part on RTVE’s float at Madrid’s Pride Parade – and wiwibloggs will be there too!
Make sure to join Luis on Saturday from 18.30 CET. He’ll be uploading everything to our social media accounts. Are you excited for more SloMo?
I honestly don’t understand the problem…
She clearly counts herself amoung the Lgbtq+ community, and rightfully so. Just because someone doesn’t push their sexuality down everyone’s throat doesn’t mean they are “queerbating”. I get queerbating is a thing, but for god’s sake, let people be what they want to be.
Also, maybe she just doesn’t want to label herself? There isn’t a label for everyone, even if some people desperately try to push it that way.
I believe there is a label for everyone. Whether they accept it or not is another matter.
uh…YES! Also my country’s act from Torino, Brooke, will also be there!
didn’t she literally get caught on camera kissing a woman in the green room at some point? It’s silly to me that her sexuality is still up to speculation for some people
nah it didn’t happen???
If only people accepted the Benidorm Fest results in January! 🙁 As much as I love “SloMo”, I seriously think ‘tongo’ should be removed from Benidorm Fest vocabulary. Chanel deserves the world. If anyone wants to label a national final for the international contest as ‘rigged’, they should think again.
all those Karens complaining back then are now praising Chanel saying YAS QUEEN. It happened in 2014 exactly the same.
I swear people just invent stuff to be permanently “offended” by nowadays. The side effect of spending your whole life on Twitter.
SAY IT LOUDER! It’s even offensiveto state you’re biologically female or male these days…
She hasn’t put a foot wrong all year, and that frock is super
Stepping off topic for a moment: Benidorm Fest runner-up Rigoberta Bandini announced yesterday on television that she will be retiring (or at least taking an extended break) from music following a farewell tour set to begin this autumn. Thoughts?
what was the reason? Mental health?
she says she has been attracted to woman as well as men and people are accusing her of queer baiting…
Did she really say that? Because we just assume it based on what she said which could be interpreted in multiple ways.
Imagine gatekeeping sexualities