Lucasfilm/DisneyFor the record, Billy Dee Williams is not “gender fluid.” He identifies as a man. A very cute man, he specifies to The Undefeated.
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Whether it be wooing Diana Ross in Mahogany, trying to sweet talk Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back or implying the skirt-dropping properties of Colt .45 malt liquor on TV, Billy Dee has always been seen as the quintessential ladies man.
Which is probably why a recent interview with Esquire in which he seemed to imply he was gender fluid went immediately viral. “…And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine,” he said.
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