![]() ![]() By the end of the week, she'd agreed to perform with Dan's band at a mutual friend's wedding Over the next few days, she dropped in to see her "friend" with suspicious frequency. They made small talk while he did the dishes. Fresh from a shower, he padded into the living room wearing only a towel. The pair met in 2013 in Broome, while Missy was visiting a mate who shared a house with Dan. There's nothing worse than pretending to be someone you're not out of fear the other person might leave." We allow each other to have our ups and downs. "In previous relationships," she says, "if someone was less than positive and chirpy, I'd freak out and think, 'What have I done wrong?' Being with Dan, I've learnt it's okay not to be your best self at all times. She's dressed as Like a Virgin-era Madonna: white lace, red lipstick, artfully scrunched hair, a mole painted above her lip. There's a photo of her on the cover, aged six. Late last year, she released her best-of album, The Special Ones. And when they lash out or put you down, it's usually not about you." Then you realise that behind the facade, everyone is still a little child everyone is vulnerable. I was sceptical that anyone could be trusted. ![]() "When I was young, I was afraid of most people. "The older I get, the more I realise how similar we all are," says Missy, now 35. Some thanked her for helping them come out others said she inspired them to live more openly. What they responded to was her honesty, her lack of shame, her rejection of the labels others tried to pin on her. Her fans didn't care where she pegged herself on the Kinsey scale. Ironically, this cemented her status as a gay icon. She eventually told The Age she was comfortable with the term "bisexual". "It's so rare for people to publicly say they're still figuring it out." That's a big reason why I retreated."Ī conversation with musician Ben Lee, her close friend, changed everything. The media were pushing me for an answer but I couldn't give them the headline they wanted. "I was living in LA, hanging out mostly in the gay community, and they didn't take fondly to the idea I might be bisexual. "I felt a lot of pressure back then," says Missy, currently touring Australia with John Butler Trio. ![]()
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