DIVA caught up with the latest addition to the BBC Three groundbreaking sapphic show
BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE BY BBC THREE
If you haven’t been watching BBC Three’s new show I Kissed A Girl, where have you been?! Lesbian TikTok is going wild for the new cast of the sapphic dating show, with fans practically gasping for the next episodes.
Hosted by none other than Dannii Minogue, I Kissed A Girl saw 10 sapphic singles enter the Italian Masseria in the hopes of finding love. On Monday night, we were introduced to the new girl Eva who is here to turn some heads.
While we wait in anticipation to see what’s going to happen as this summer of love heats up, we catch up with Eva to find out more about her time on the show.
Firstly, we are absolutely loving I Kissed A Girl. Why did you sign up?
When I was younger, I used to scour the internet for any little bit of gay girl content. You’d end up watching two or three series of something to get a two-minute clip. Or one of them would get killed off. If I could have watched something like this when I was younger, I could have come to terms with myself so quickly. It’s also just such a cool concept. I honestly think if I didn’t go for it I would have regretted it.
When you got the call saying you were going on, how did you feel?
This is going to sound so cocky, but I had a feeling from the start [that I was going on]. I got the call and I was really happy. It didn’t feel real. It wasn’t real until the day when I was about to go in.
What did you think when you stepped into the Masseria for the first time?
I am known for being a bit confident or cocky, but when I walked in it felt like I was naked. I was so vulnerable. I knew I was coming in quite early, but these girls were already so close. You could even tell by their body language. I was extremely intimated. And I’ve never been around that many hot gay girls. I don’t have a massive queer circle at home. It was gay panic!
What do you think your younger self would have felt like if she’d had a show like I Kissed A Girl?
Whenever I think about myself when I was younger and how invested I was in these small snippets I’d see on TV, if I’d have had a whole show like this I would have felt very comfortable. I grew up in Belfast, and while there is a gay scene there it’s very small, and the gay girls I did know of were 10 years older than me or not similar to me. That was really confusing. I felt like if I didn’t look like that lesbian from down the road, I’m not a lesbian. With this show, because you can see so many different types of queer girls, it would have clicked instantly with me.
What did you learn about yourself on the show?
I learnt a massive amount about myself. I came out of the Masseria a whole different person. I was always comfortable with my sexuality, but I didn’t realise how much internalised stuff I had going on. I didn’t realise how damaging it was to myself. It’s hard to pinpoint all the small parts that changed, but I just really, really am so grateful that I came out the other side of this show a different, better person.
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