Stacy London of What Not To Wear fame reveals she identifies as lesbian - as she continues going strong with girlfriend Cat Yezbak
Stacy London of What Not To Wear fame has opened up about coming out in today's far more accepting society - as she continues going strong with her girlfriend of more than six years, Cat Yezbak.
London, 55, went public with Cat in 2019 after over one year together and has been sharing sweet snaps from their relationship ever since.
The style icon recalled the strides society has made in recent years towards the LGTBQ+ community as she talked revealing her romantic relationship with Cat in her late 40s.
'I came out at 48. I love the fact that people can say the words pansexual, bisexual and have it be a spectrum,' she told Us Weekly.
'In the ’50s and ’60s, there was none of that. When I was growing up, there were none of those words that made people feel seen.'
Stacy London of What Not To Wear fame has opened up coming out at age 48 - as she continues going strong with her girlfriend of six years, Cat Yezbak
She also discussed how she identifies, admitting to the publication it has been a progression.
'I feel like I want to say lesbian because there aren’t enough of us,' she said. 'It’s not just about one type of lesbian culture. I want people to see the spectrum, and so I identify as such.'
The style icon also said a marriage could be down the road for herself and Cat.
'Maybe!' she said. 'We have talked about it, we’ll see.'
London revealed she was dating Cat, her first serious relationship with a woman, back in 2019.
In a lengthy Instagram post, London addressed social media head-on about her relationship with Cat Yezbak after a Twitter user wondered why they had no idea she was dating a woman.
'So no one was gonna tell me that stacy from what not to wear is gay and has a hot butch girlfriend????' the user tweeted.
That tweet and other comments on Twitter prompted London to publicly respond.
London and her girlfriend Cat have been going strong for over six years
London co-hosted What Not To Wear with Clinton Kelly for 10 years
'NOT THAT IT’S ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS BUT... I may as well address all the stuff I hear floating around out there,' London wrote.
'2019 has been a crazy year for lots of reasons. This 1st year of coping with grief and a lot of unforeseen health issues was, at times, such a truly dark place to be. But as with most of life, there has been such incredible joy as well and the person most responsible for that is @catyezbak, who is my girlfriend and has been for over a year,' London added.
The fashionista continued: 'Some of you may have guessed that already. All my friends and family know her well. I haven’t paraded her around on social media for several reasons: 1) I’ve had public relationships before and I don’t love that.
'But I want to be clear here that with Cat I felt I owed us the chance to be private since this is my first serious relationship with a woman and I’m sure there will be some hoo ha about that. But I would never hide her out of shame.
The style icon revealed she was dating Cat, her first serious relationship with a woman, back in 2019
'2.) It’s really easy for me, a privileged white woman who is 50, to suddenly say "I’m dating a woman" with very few repercussions and I am well aware of that. Unlike me, there are countless people in the LGBTQIAP community who have had no choice in who they are, no love from family on which to lean, no support from anyone anywhere,' London said.
The host went on to say that she 'fell in love, truly in love, with this beautiful, sexy, kind soul and I won’t apologize for that but I stand on the shoulders of a community that fought like hell for me to be able to do that openly and proudly and EASILY'.
'It’s one thing to SAY Love is Love. It’s another thing to say Love is Passion and Devotion and Sex and mean it without shame or prejudice when talking about the same sex. So I used to date men. Now I date her. That’s it. That’s all I have to say,' she concluded.
London rose to fame on the popular TLC show What Not to Wear in 2003. She co-hosted the show alongside Clinton Kelly for 10 years.
The show came to an end after 10 seasons in 2013.
