Renee Rapp makes us proud by standing up for herself - Queerty

Reneé Rapp is known for making headlines through her direct comments as much as through her work as an actress, singer, and Broadway performer. She has been open about mental health struggles, an eating disorder, and her LGBTQ+ identity. After coming out as a lesbian in a 2024 Saturday Night Live sketch and dating musician Towa Bird since 2024, she continued to speak candidly about personal topics others may avoid. Her breakout role as Leighton on The Sex Lives of College Girls included difficulties on set, and she left after three seasons to focus on music. Playing a lesbian college student who struggled with sexuality triggered self-doubt, including panic and fear about how her sexuality would be perceived.

"The 26-year-old star is one of those celebrities who seems to make just as many headlines for things that she says in interviews or in the comments of TikTok posts than she does for her celebrated work as an actress, singer and Broadway star. And we mean that in a complimentary way-Rapp is brash and blunt and unapologetic, consistently winning us over with her cut-the-BS approach to being a public figure."

"While Rapp's breakout role came as Leighton on The Sex Lives of College Girls, the actress hasn't shied away from addressing the difficulties she had on the set of the HBO Max series, which she left after three seasons to focus on her music career. It wasn't an easy project for her-and not just because of rumors that she didn't get along with her co-stars. As it turns out, playing a lesbian college student also struggling with her sexuality triggered her own self-doubt."

""I was just in a panic constantly," she said on Call Her Daddy in 2023. "I was so freaked out by the idea of my sexuality, not being finite or people laughing at me or me laughing at myself that I hated that first year of filming.""

"Over the past year, Rapp-who played Regina George in Mean Girls on Broadway before reprising the role in the musical's 2024 film adaptation-has gone viral as a result of both her own candor and the candor of others. Her June 2025 interview with Ziwe was a must-watch, while her response to Be"

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