My 'sensual' nights with women, by Debbie Harry: Blondie star reveals she is bisexual despite relationship with bandmate



Now 68, she was 1970s pop pinup who adorned millions of teenagers' walls

But she had love affairs with both sexes, saying women are 'more sensual'



She wants 'somebody nice with a sense of humour who loves to have sex'



She's the 70s sex symbol whose image adorned the bedroom walls of millions of teenage boys around the world. But Blondie singer Debbie Harry has now revealed that some of her own most satisfying sexual encounters were with women.

The chart-topping star, now 68, admitted that she was bisexual. When asked whether long-standing rumours of her affairs with girls were true, she said, ‘Yeah,’ adding: ‘Let’s say women are more sensual.’

Harry, who enjoyed a long-term relationship with fellow band member Chris Stein, did not name any of her female lovers. She also insisted that her most enduring relationships had been with men and that she longed to fall in love again.



Relationship: Debbie Harry and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein (left) were in a relationship for 16 years, but commenting on long-standing rumours, the singer said she also enjoyed sexual encounters with women

‘I don’t know if I have any specific requirements,’ she said. ‘Just somebody nice, who has a good sense of humour and loves to have sex. What more could you ask for?’

The American star shot to fame in the late 1970s with the song Heart Of Glass, and the band went on to have a number of smash hits including Sunday Girl, Call Me and Hanging On The Telephone.

With her distinctive bleached hair, Harry became a pop icon and she said she enjoyed exploiting her sexuality at the height of her fame.

She also defended today’s teenage idols such as Rihanna and Miley Cyrus, who have been criticised for their risque performances on stage.

'Sensual': Sex symbol Debbie Harry in 1970

‘I was criticised for being too overtly sexual, which was very innocent compared to what is going on now,’ she said.

‘I think they’re entitled to do what they feel or what they think is going to work for them. And I think they look good. It seems part of the standard for today really,’ she said in an interview in Germany.

Despite her 16-year relationship with Blondie guitarist Stein – they eventually split up in 1989 – Harry has never married and admitted she never yearned to be a mother either:

‘It just didn’t work out that way. I didn’t think I’d be particularly good at it. It all seemed very frightening to me.’

Blondie are now promoting their tenth studio album, Ghosts Of Download, and Harry said she longed to write a book her ‘crazy’ experiences in the music industry.

The band started out in 1974 but split up in 1982. There followed a 15-year hiatus before they reunited, and they are still going strong today.

‘I’m so happy to have new music and to be involved in this crazy world for so many years,’ said Harry.

‘I never expected it to happen. Ups and downs . . . I’ve had a very interesting experience. I hope at some point I can communicate all of this – that I can write some kind of book or story that tells how it really felt to me.

'It might impress people to know I probably have made a million mistakes. But if you don’t make mistakes, what else have you got?’

Such is the band’s popularity, they were invited to perform at the Sochi Winter Olympics – an offer Harry was quick to reject because of Russia’s controversial anti-gay laws.

‘Why make such a big thing out of a personal choice or a natural instinct? It seems barbaric and idiotic,’ she added.