Shipwrecked’s X-rated ‘chicken stripper’ Beth Spiby reveals how she came out as a lesbian after finding love on holiday in Magaluf
The former KFC worker shot to fame on a BBC documentary before selling topless selfies online
SHIPWRECKED star Beth Spiby has revealed her touching coming out story after she found love in Magaluf.
The former KFC worker - who shot to fame on a BBC documentary before selling topless selfies online - has opened up about her coming out experience as a teenager when she began to realise she was gay.
Writing on her blog, she said: "It wasn't till I was 18 that i opened myself up to fancying girls. I didn't know that fancying girls was an option!
"I didn't know of any other gay people and I wasn't exactly knowledgeable on the immensely large spectrum of sexuality that is in today's society."
She added: "It wasn't until I moved abroad for the summer to do a season in Magaluf and I met a beautiful and charming girl who confirmed everything for me.
"From the second I saw her, I knew that she was my 'type,' and when we began flirting, I knew that the thoughts that I had pushed to the back of my brain previously, were all very genuine.
"Funnily enough, I wasn't scared. I was just happy to have finally felt a connection with someone on an intimate level for the first time in my life.
"My time on the Balearic islands formed a lot of firsts for me. My first kiss with a girl. My first kiss that I actually enjoyed. My first time involved in the exploration of a romantic relation.
"Although we were best friends above anything, my feelings for her were real and I can't thank her enough for allowing me to be my authentic self when I was in her company.
"She brought the confidence out in me that I had buried prior to our time together and taught me to not care what other people think. "
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Beth later came out to her mum after getting drunk and becoming emotional, but her mum's touching response was to simply ask why she was crying.
Unfortunately some of Beth's friends decided she was "weird" because of her sexuality, but she said that was their problem and not hers.
She added: "Now, if I had the choice to be heterosexual, I would even go as far as saying that I would kindly decline, as the connections I have the privilege of making with other beautiful females are so deep and loving, and the LGBTQ community is amazing, and something i am so grateful to be a part of."
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