DIVA caught up with the footballer taking to our screens in the new BBC Three sapphic dating show
BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE BY BBC
It’s safe to say that there was not a dry eye in the sapphic community when episode two of BBC Three’s new show I Kissed A Girl came out. The groundbreaking new queer dating show captured a heartfelt conversation amongst the girls about the word lesbian, led by footballer Georgia.
Talking about how the word “lesbian” in the past has been used in a derogatory sense, Georgia tearfully spoke about how she’s learnt to reclaim the word as something powerful and beautiful.
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 last weekend (5 May). Georgia was initially paired up with Cara, and the pair sealed their new match with a smooch of course.
DIVA caught up with the footballer heartthrob who is currently taking over TikTok to find out more about her time on the show.
Why did you sign up for I Kissed A Girl?
It was a bit of a f**k-it moment. The show’s incredible, and I thought that before I even did it. I thought it was groundbreaking, and the first of its kind. It was a gut feeling where I thought “I need to do this”. I needed a change in my life, and it came at the right time. It just felt right.
When you got that phone call saying you were going on, what was going through your head?
I thought “Thank f**k”! In my head and heart, I was very committed to going. If they’d said no I would have been gutted.
When you walked out for the first time, what was going through your head when you were about to have that first kiss?
To be honest I was thinking “Don’t trip up, walk normally”! You’re so conscious of how you’re walking. You’re also conscious that there’s someone else coming the other way. I just didn’t want to mess up the kiss.
Within the first two episodes we see some really amazing conversations happening on screen, what did you learn about yourself and your own identity being on the show?
I realised that I had some shame in me. I am openly gay and proud of it, but I don’t think I was truly proud of it before. I didn’t like to say the word lesbian, I would always just say gay. Obviously, I tried to deny my masculine side a bit more. The show really brought it out of me. The other girls on the show loved me for it, not just from a sexual point of view, they just loved it. And that made me love it.
Dannii Minogue said that your conversation about the word “lesbian” is her favourite moment in the show. When you were growing up what would this kind of representation have meant for you?
It would have meant everything. Growing up there weren’t examples of [being a lesbian] in the media. You didn’t see lesbians. I grew up in a village, so I didn’t see them anywhere. The lesbians you did see were older, and I couldn’t connect with that. Now, we’re cool. It’s cool to be a lesbian or queer. It would have helped a lot.
What were some of your favourite moments in the Masseria?
Obviously, there are bits of drama and sometimes people clash heads, but we were literally everyone’s biggest hype man. It was like being in the girl’s toilet on a night out 24/7. I felt so confident when I was there. You’d put an outfit on and everyone would be so supportive.
What do you hope that people watching take from this?
With it being the first of its kind, it’s important to normalise [being a lesbian] and make it more mainstream that there are lesbians out there. Hopefully, it leads to more sapphic, gay, and queer stuff on telly.
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