I am A Superstar.. Get Me Out Of Right here! star Maria Thattil made headlines this week after she got here out as bisexual.
However the Miss Universe Australia winner, 28, hasn't all the time felt snug with revealing her sexuality to the world.
Chatting with Who Journal on Thursday, Maria recalled a heart-stopping incident the place a buddy stumbled upon her on-line courting profile, which specified that she was open to courting each women and men.
Maria hadn't but discovered the braveness to return out about her sexuality, and was terrified that her secret can be uncovered.
'I have courting apps and after I set my preferences to be each female and male, I obtained a message from a buddy saying, 'Somebody simply despatched me a screenshot out of your account and we expect there may be somebody on the market pretending to be you and catfishing individuals',' she recalled.
'Then I freaked out and altered it again to simply being to males,' she confessed.
Maria additionally recalled a current incident the place she'd kissed a lady at a celebration, however fled quickly afterwards.
'Even a few months in the past, I kissed a lady I met at a celebration and ended up leaving quickly afterward, as I used to be frightened about who had seen. It was exhausting,' she stated.
The brunette got here out as bisexual in an interview with The Every day Telegraph on Wednesday, admitting she'dsaved her sexuality hidden as a result of there have been 'many homophobic sentiments in her college round being a lesbian'.
'It's one thing I've felt for a really very long time,' she instructed the publication.
'I grew up having crushes on ladies in class and simply utterly invalidated it due to faith and likewise as a result of there have been many homophobic sentiments in my college round being a lesbian, round something apart from heteronormativity.'
She added: 'You do not have quite a lot of bisexual visibility in fashionable tradition and so you do not perceive what it's.'
It comes as Maria has been having fun with a blossoming romance with Joey Essex on I am a Superstar.
Throughout Sunday evening's episode, the present Miss Universe Australia and the British actuality star's bond continued to develop after they exchanged a flirty dialog within the 'jungle'.
The pair had been enjoyable at camp when Maria revealed the qualities she appears to be like for in a associate - and it wasn't lengthy earlier than they had been connecting on a deeper stage, hand in hand.
'I like people who find themselves adventurous, inventive and open,' she stated, as Olympic swimmer Emily Seebohm and 'pretend influencer' David Subritzky regarded on.
'I've just about obtained all them issues. If there was a chunk of paper with a load of packing containers, I reckon each one can be ticked,' Joey, 31, responded.
He then instructed the cameras: 'It is good to have somebody in right here who I can discuss to, who I might be with in a pleasant means however on the similar time, one thing is there.'
Maria additionally agreed, admitting the pair 'actually hit it off' and are 'having nice dialog'.
'I feel we have hit it off actually, very well, we're having nice dialog. It is actually beautiful. He's very charming,' she added.
