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Ruby Rose is responding to straight women claiming Rose “turned them gay” in an interview with Galore Magazine. 

The model’s androgynous look gained attention after Rose appeared as Piper’s brief crush on “Orange is the New Black.” Rose’s appearance had straight women saying her looks were enough to make them change sexualities.

“I’m one of those people who feels that everybody is somewhere on the spectrum,” Rose told Galore Magazine. “I don’t think it needs to be labeled—love is about the person. When people say to me that I turned them gay, I just laugh, because that’s not really even a possibility. It sounds like I did something against their will in the middle of the night, as if I crept into their brain and pushed the gay button, then did an evil laugh and left them to fend for themselves—newly gay and alone in the world.”

“I break it down like this: Did I find Channing Tatum in ‘Magic Mike’ to be extremely hot? Yes. Could I now turn straight for him without having previously ever had a desire to be with a man? The answer is, nope,” Rose continued.

“But people will say to J. Law, ‘I want to be your best friend’, or to T. Swift, ‘I want to be in your squad.’ Everyone has got their little thing, and the catch phrase I got after ‘Orange’ was ‘She turned me gay,'” Rose says.

Rose continued that she understands “turning gay” for someone is a compliment, but doesn’t believe it’s actually possible.

“I just think that, as human beings, we are drawn to what we can’t have,” Rose says. “We are drawn to fantasy over reality, and often are in love with an idea of a situation rather than the reality of it. I think people like the idea of “turning gay for someone,” but it’s not actually that simple. Ultimately, that statement is just a form of endearment or a compliment, but it’s not real.