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‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Star Layla Taylor Comes Out as Bisexual
Layla Taylor is feeling the love.
After the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star came out as bisexual in a candid interview about her sexuality, many of Layla's Hulu costars spoke out in support of her public revelation.
Commenting on a clip from the 25-year-old's June 29 podcast interview with Jay Shetty, Jennifer Affleck wrote on Instagram, "There’s nothing more beautiful than living your truth love you Lay."
Mikayla Matthews echoed, "You have my support always proud of you Lay," while Miranda Hope gushed that she's "so so proud" of Layla's courage to live authentically.
Meanwhile, Whitney Leavitt, Jessi Draper and Mayci Neeley all left respective "love you" comments noting they were "so happy" for their costar, who shares two kids with ex-husband Clayton Wessell.
Mayci's husband Jacob Neeley even entered the chat by writing, "You’re so strong Layla!"
Layla, responding to the outpouring of support, commented, "Thank you for giving me such a safe place to share."
Fans weren't the only ones surprised by Layla's recent admission about her sexual identity as she confirmed none of her SLOMW costars knew about her bisexuality until now.
"I feel like me coming out, it’s not really a text," the influencer admitted on the June 29 episode of the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast. "I feel like I want to see them in person to let them know. So they might see this before and then I’ll talk to them in person the next time I see them. But yeah, for right now, no one from the group knows."
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Layla also shared that, following her breakup from Mason McWhorter earlier this year, she's currently dating a woman, whose name she kept private.
"[Women are] already more emotionally aware about certain things and very patient," the MomTok star shared. "I feel like at least who I’m talking to right now, she’s just been very understanding and letting me take this at my own pace because it is just still foreign to me and it is so new. [It’s the] level of understanding and just being there for me."
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Layla certainly isn't alone. Keep reading for more celebs' coming out stories in honor of Pride Month.
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Miley Cyrus
The Hannah Montana alum was asked by Variety in 2016 when she first identified herself as pansexual. As she explained, "I went to the LGBTQ center here in L.A., and I started hearing these stories. I saw one human in particular who didn't identify as male or female. Looking at them, they were both: beautiful and sexy and tough but vulnerable and feminine but masculine. And I related to that person more than I related to anyone in my life."
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Jazz Jennings
For the Dazed spring 2016 issue, the I am Jazz star and Youtuber described her battle with her sexuality by mentioning, "That's what it is to be pansexual, you know—loving people for who they are on the inside, no matter their label. Just loving someone. So I guess I am pansexual, but I don't know because I haven't fallen in love."
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Natalie Negrotti
On an episode The Challenge: Final Reckoning the reality star revealed during a confessional, "So, I'm pansexual, and I'm OK with that now."
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Asia Kate Dillon
Last year the Orange is the New Black star admitted to the Huffington Post that she "identified as pansexual and [has] always felt like [she] had the spiritual, emotional, physical capability of being attracted to any gender."
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Caitlin Stasey
At the GLAAD Awards in 2014, AfterEllen.com asked the Reign actress if she considered herself pansexual. She responded saying, "Yeah! It's not a big deal to me. I don't really discern a difference between attraction for men or women."
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Janelle Monae
This past April, the famous singer revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she identified as more than bisexual, "...later I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.' I'm open to learning more about who I am."
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Brooke Candy
In 2014 the American actress explained in an interview with HungerTV, "I'm a feminist, I'm young and I'm gay (though I've now come to the conclusion that I feel more pansexual). I feel like I'm awakening to this new stage of consciousness but my message will always be the same."
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Amandla Stenberg
Two years ago the Hunger Games actress discussed her sexuality in a video for Rookie stating, "I would also use the word pansexual to describe my sexuality. The thing is I use the word bisexual just because I feel like for people who don't necessarily know that vocabulary…it's easier to say I'm bi."
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Courtney Act
This past February the Celebrity Big Brother winner and RuPaul's Drag Race finalist was very candid about how she labels her sexuality in an interview with Attitude Magazine. She mentions, "The reason I identify as pansexual is not because I wander around the street looking at women thinking I wanna bang 'em, it's because I've had sexual and emotional experiences with women, and I don't count that out as being a possibility."
Brendon Urie
Panic! at the Disco's lead vocalist confirmed his sexuality in a Paper Magazine interview. He admitted,"I guess you could qualify me as pansexual because I really don't care. If a person is great, then a person is great [...] I guess this is me coming out as pansexual."
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Angel Haze
Back in 2013 the American rapper was asked by Fusion TV if she identified as pansexual. She responded, "If I had to identify, that is the term I'd use to describe how I feel."
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