Marissa Bode is opening up about her personal life.
The 25-year-old actress, who plays Nessarose in the Wicked movies, got candid about her sexuality in an interview with Them.
During the conversation, she spoke about meeting her partner, coming out as queer, and how it all went.
Keep reading to find out more…
On how she and her partner met:
“Shout-out to my girl, Hinge…not an ad, but it can be, if Hinge would like me to. You don’t always see success stories on the apps, but this was one. We met in 2023. During the actors’ and writers’ strike, not too long after I came back from filming Wicked.”
On coming out:
“I had made it my New Year’s resolution almost three years in a row to pull the trigger, finally. And the last year leading up to it… This was post high school. I was still in college at the time. I was definitely ready at that point. I wanted to just talk about it freely and not feel like I was hiding anything. And I would just drop little hints, like blasting very queer music and singing very loudly to it in the car whenever I had the aux…I definitely felt ready when I came out during Pride Month. What better time? I knew I wanted to finally do it because I had been back home for Zoom college and I wanted to explore dating women. I identify as bi, but I like to say ‘queer,’ in general, because I don’t necessarily want to label it. But I knew that I wanted to explore that side of me. But before doing that, I wanted to be honest with my family about it. I baked these little hand pies that were very dry and not good, and I made this little sign and set it by a plate of said hand pies, and it said, ‘Roses are red. Have a hand pie. Happy Pride Month. Surprise, I’m bi.’ Just a little poetry.”
On their reactions:
“A little flair, yeah. I also made them because if their reaction was horrible, at least there would be food for them to have. My dad was immediately very accepting. My mom, it definitely took a minute for her to come around. And then my brother’s reaction was the stupidest reaction on planet Earth. He didn’t really say much. He went to his room, and then he came back out with a poster of a half-naked woman and was like, ‘So does that mean you want this now?’ I was like, ‘You keep that. That’s okay.’ Don’t need it, but thanks, I guess.”
On coming out to friends after:
“Yeah, I told my friends immediately after. Honestly, I think it was just being from the Midwest and being in such a small town where queerness was mainly talked about as something that was funny and silly. But I knew my friends, specifically, would be accepting. I messaged the group chat and I sent a photo of the same sign that I made for my family, and they were all great.”
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