Scarborough’s own Lilly Singh has had an incredible year. She parlayed her ridiculously-popular ||Superwoman|| YouTube channel into a late-night talk show on network TV (making her the first queer woman of colour to do so) and just this week she announced that she's the face of Olay’s Superbowl ad (which was inspired by the first-ever all-woman spacewalk) along with Katie Couric, Taraji P. Henson and other powerful ladies. You really have to admire her hustle, drive and talent.In the past year, she also bravely came out as bisexual, not only to her close friends and confidantes, but to the world. She's been open about her sexuality since then, but Wednesday night on
A Little Late with Lilly Singh, she decided to dedicated her monologue to spilling some tea whilst simultaneously drinking it.It all began with
a little tweet last February, which she says brought out the best in the queer community. “As scared as I was, I quickly realized that for every negative comment I received, I’d get 100 that were super supportive,” she explained, looking fierce in a royal blue suit. “And I was now part of this loving community that was willing to step up, support me and fight the trolls.”
If you feel like standing up and cheering at the end of every sentence, you’re not alone, because her audience was hooting and hollering like it was a Harry Styles concert. But her monologue took a serious tone when she admitted that there were certain consequences of her decision to come out.“But let’s be real, before I even came out, there were already people in my community who just didn’t understand LGBTQ+ issues... there’s a lot of homophobia in the Indian community," she said. "In fact, when I came out, people told me I’d lose all of my popularity, fans and business in India. But I didn’t. Turns out in a place with 1.3 billion people, a lot of them don’t give an F about who I give an F.” Someone bring the fire extinguisher down here because we have a sassy lass on FIYAH.She went on to talk about the lack of queer representation in popular culture, how other queer celebs like Frank Ocean are often misunderstood, the anxiety she still feels walking in public with another woman, and how there are still countries on the map she can't even visit for fear of imprisonment upon arrival (“It’s rough out here on these streets, fam!”). These are all very real experiences not just for Lilly but for every person in the LGBTQ+ community, and she made a point to address the higher rates of violence that queer people of colour experience.Why is all this coming up now? In recent months, there has been some online
pushback that she was overusing her self-appointed descriptor as a "bisexual woman of colour." “First of all, I talk about my dog and The Rock way more, so getcha facts straight!” she joked. “And second, no one else on late-night can talk about it.”That checks out.“Everybody talks about themselves!” she continued. “The majority of rap songs are about heterosexual sex. At this point I know more about Kim and Kanye’s sex life than I’m comfortable with. Listen, you don’t get to be the majority and tell me how many times I can celebrate who I am.”[video_embed id='1881291']RELATED: Kim Kardashian reveals how she’s finding balance in her life[/video_embed]True, girl. Lilly finished up with one of the most perfectly succinct take-downs we've seen.“You’re 100 per cent entitled to your own opinion, and you can talk all about it on
your TV show. Oh wait, you don't have one.”Mic-drop. Let this be a mood in 2020![video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: Grandma brought to instant tears when surprised with new puppy[/video_embed]
