Julia Fox embraces life without men, comes out as pansexual, and defends her bold fashion moments

Julia Fox has never shied away from bold statements, whether it’s through her bold fashion or her unfiltered opinions. Now, the actress has offered her clearest statement yet on her sexuality, officially coming out as pansexual in a new Allure interview.

Julia also dives into her celibacy, relationship with motherhood, and rejection of the male gaze. “I don’t have to entertain men anymore,” she said when asked about her love life. “No, not at all,” she doubled down after being asked if she missed dating men. 

Her decision to abstain from men, she explained, came after years of disappointment. “There’s just so much more you can do with your time than waiting around to see if a guy’s going to text you back or not,” she added. 

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While not entirely ruling out the idea of being with a man again, she made it clear her focus is elsewhere. “I’m laser-focused on being a good mom, on being a good provider, on making my dreams come true.” While she has teased her queerness in the past, once jokingly calling herself a “lesbian” on TikTok, this is the first time she has put a clear label on her sexuality. 

“I’m pansexual,” she declared. “I could be attracted to anyone and anything.” She elaborated, “If it were just down to the physical, I’m more attracted to the female body. Men don’t do it for me at all [physically], but I can be attracted to a man’s mind. I’m a vibes person.”

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Fox opened up about the challenges many women face. “Women have a harder time [realizing they’re queer] because we are so programmed to perform for men,” she said. She recalled past relationships with female friends that, in hindsight, were far more intimate than she acknowledged at the time. 

“Looking back, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, we were in a relationship,’” she admitted. “But there was no way I was going to admit that to myself, and I couldn’t because so much of my survival was hinged upon men taking care of me.”

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Her fashion, often polarizing and intentionally provocative, has become a centerpiece of her self-liberation. “To a New Yorker, [my style] is normal. But I could see how someone who's not used to that would be like, ‘What's wrong with her? What drugs is she on?"

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She didn’t hold back in defending her art. “To me, that says more about them than it does about me, because, like, damn, you've never gone to the theater? You've never gone to a show, a museum, a fashion show? You've never opened an art book?” 

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For her, every outfit is a performance. “Each one has to have some kind of meaning,” and lets her “play that character,” she said. “Art is supposed to be polarizing.”

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Fox has been celibate for over two years now, something she previously described to Marie Claire as “the consequence of men’s repeated actions.” And she’s been just as honest about cosmetic procedures, something she believes more celebrities should be transparent about. 

She’s admitted to liposuction, a rhinoplasty, and veneers, and is a vocal supporter of what she sees as a necessary cultural shift. “I love it. I think we should be honest,” she told PEOPLE at the North American premiere of The Trainer at the Tribeca Festival this past June.

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“Now, when I see someone and I can tell they've never done anything…I wish I could go back and be that person,” Fox reflected. “I was so hung up on this idea that I needed to be attractive to men so that I could survive.”

She added, “None of us look like this, you know what I mean? Like, we all look really different without the surgery and without the fillers and without the makeup and all the things we do and the face tapes and the wigs and the tanning creams. The list goes on. On and on and on.”