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BBC Strictly Come Dancing singer Becky Hills imposter feelings
The singer, who is engaged to her long-term partner Charlie Gardner, opened up about difficult feelings she experienced after coming out in 2021

Becky Hill spoke out about feeling like an 'imposter' after coming out as queer. The Worcestershire-born star, who rose to fame on The Voice and is performing on Strictly Come Dancing tonight, has been engaged to her long-term boyfriend Charlie Gardner since 2022 when he proposed on a romantic trip to the Maldives.

They started dating when the star was just 22, but broke up three years later. Becky, now 30, admitted she had been dealing with a lot, and the pair got back together the next year. Earlier this year, she shared that her relationship is in a 'better place', saying: "My 20s were incredibly turbulent so I’m very glad to get to a place where I know who my friends are, my family are healthy, my relationship’s in a better place and I know who I am. I’m a lot more confident and comfortable in my own skin, and that’s been really helped my music, too; I’m so much more focused.."

In April 2021, she came out as queer on her Twitter account, stating: "I've definitely felt uncomfortable branding myself as straight, or anything else for that matter, but queer seems to be the most fitting identity for who I am".

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She later about coming to terms with being accepted to Attitude magazine, revealing: "I felt a bit like an imposter because I've had a boyfriend for five and a half years… I feel much better now I am under the queer umbrella.

"I also think it's important for women to own their queerness, instead of over-sexualising their desire for other women for the sake of straight men. I know I enjoy sleeping with women, to what degree of that I don't know, but I'd rather call myself queer and name it for what it is, than have men fantasise over the idea that I might be bi-curious or like a cheeky threesome here and there."

She also opened ip about facing awkward questions during an interview in Poland about her saying that she is "queer". The singer told MailOnline at Capital's Jingle Bell Ball: "One of the things that I found especially difficult is talking about my queerness in different countries.

"I recently went to Poland and I was asked about being queer in an interview and what it meant considering I had a boyfriend who was in a heterosexual relationship. I answered it very honestly - as I would always answer any question I get asked.

"But it's difficult when attitudes in certain areas of the world haven't been brought up to the same date as us. Everybody's got to come into the 21st century, everybody's got to get used to the idea that queer people are here and not going anywhere."

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