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Topics: Hailey Bieber, Celebrity, US News, LGBTQ
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Hailey Bieber, Celebrity, US News, LGBTQ
In a brand new podcast interview, Hailey Bieber revealed she's often asked by online 'trolls' if she is transgender.
As opposed to distancing herself from this categorisation, however, the Rhode beauty boss made a vital point in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
The 28-year-old's remark was made this week during an appearance on the In Your Dreams podcast with host and Hailey's long-term pal Owen Thiele.
At one point during the show - which is filmed in a studio that mirrors a teen bedroom - the star adjusts the blanket beside her, after pointing out that her denim jeans had bunched up to create the effect of a penis.
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After Thiele jokes, 'Hailey, you're hard', she bursts out laughing, jibing: "The rumours are true."
The presenter then checks her meaning behind this, after which Hailey claims she is often subjected to 'trolling' over her gender identity.
"People are trying to be mean," she began. "They're like, 'She looks trans'. And I'm like, why do you think that's a diss?"
Continuing with her important point, the mother-of-one - who shares a 14-month-old son, Jack Blues, with husband Justin Bieber - went on to demand: "As if being trans is a diss? They’re some of the most beautiful women in the world - and men in the world - are trans."
Hailey added: "I don’t take that offensively at all."
Unsurprisingly, the brunette beauty has since garnered mass praise for her defence of the transgender community, with hundreds flocking to the comments to thank her.
Alongside a clapping emoji, one fan gushed: "Hailey clocked people using 'trans' as an insult."
Another added: "She speaks so well, I could listen to Hailey all day!"
"This is honestly the first interview where I've seen her be herself this much," a third noted.
"I love Hailey sm , she's so beautiful and kind," another added.
Elsewhere during the show, the former model was asked by the host what her 'big dream' is today, to which she courageously responded: "That people have more empathy and that we could relate to each other a little bit more.
"The way that people are so awful to each other and mean to each other, on social media and all of it, if we could meet each other with a little bit more understanding, I feel like society would be a better place. That's my big dream."
She also admitted she was a 'full blown' nepo baby - her father is actor Stephen Baldwin.
Speaking about what is was like to 'have a nepo baby' herself, she responded: "The whole nepo conversation is a conversation about privilege and I think having that dialogue with your kid is important."