Did you turn away from playing mean girls because you felt like you were being typecast?

If you're semi attractive, people think that you're mean automatically. People are so shocked at how nice I am when they meet me. They're like, “God, you're just so ****ing nice! Like, wow!" I'm always like, “Thanks! You are too!" People are like, “Oh my god, you're just like you are on your socials. That's so cool."

Speaking of social media, you have an insane following. What's your general approach when it comes to sharing your life?

I try and always use my social media for good. Even if I'm not getting bullied but I see somebody else is, I'm always on people's **** about it on Twitter. It sucks that you have to do that, and people always give me different advice, like “Why do you listen to the haters? Why do you reply to them? You're giving them what they want." And I'm like, “Um, it's really a tough line to balance but I'm not going to just sit here and watch people be bullied or picked on." I've had my fair share of bullying, so I'm like, **** it, I'm not going to let this chain keep going.

Do friends or people you date feel comfortable with you being so open to the public?

They don't realize that social media is such a big thing in my life. So when you're in a relationship with someone who doesn't understand social media, it's a really big ****ing challenge. And it is really hard to work through because they don't understand that this is my life. I step outside of the house and immediately there's paparazzi following my every move. I can't go out without a ****ing photo taken of me. So if you're not willing to be down with that, I can't change that about me. You think I want paparazzi following my every move? You think I want people trashing me on the Internet all the time, talking **** about me? No! But that is my life, and if you're dating me, you need to know that you have to take that on in a sense, too. And it's unfortunate but it's something you have to give up when dating me.

You also used social media to come out as bisexual. What has the reaction been like?

I've gotten a lot of positivity from fans. Everybody was really happy, in my personal life. Everybody was really proud of me. It felt good, but it was also something that I was never really hiding. So I guess in a way to me, it wasn't that big of a deal, because it was always something that I kind of knew and I felt like everybody else kind of knew too, because people were always commenting on my photos. So I never denied it.

Did you realize how big of a news story it would become?

When I did it, I didn't think it was going to be that big of a deal for me. I knew it was going to be a big deal for other people, in the sense that hopefully kids read that and they go, “Oh, that's a big step she took. Maybe I can take the same one." But I never realized that it was going to be a big deal to the public eye, or that it was going to be so crazy or blow up so big. I got a lot of tweets from people saying that I've inspired them to come out to their parents, which is really cool. But I've got some **** from studio heads. I've heard some **** down from the grapevine that I'm just like, are you kidding me? Look at the world we live in. It is so crazy and disgusting and times have changed so much, and yet still not enough whatsoever.