Gillian Anderson has said she identifies as pansexual, just weeks after recalling a “secretive” teenage relationship with an older girl at school.

The 58-year-old The X-Files star, who is reportedly in a relationship with The Crown creator Peter Morgan, discussed her sexuality in a new interview with The Australian.

Pansexuality describes sexual, romantic or emotional attraction to people irrespective of sex or gender identity.

“In my younger years, I was in relationships with women,” Anderson told the publication.

The actress also reflected on the ways her understanding of sexuality has changed, including through conversations about the experiences of other women.

The actress said: ‘I’m not a big flirter. I don’t put it out there very much. But I hear about many women around our age rediscovering their sensuality and their desire for sex.‘

“It certainly sounds as though they’re in the dating world — having lots of fun and opportunities, while also being approached by much younger men on these apps.”

Anderson said playing therapist and mother Jean Milburn across four seasons of Netflix’s Sex Education helped her become more sex-positive. “It all came from that character,” she said.

Anderson is a mother of three as she shares 31-year-old daughter Piper with ex-husband Clyde Klotz and had sons Oscar, 19, and Felix, 17, with former partner Mark Griffiths.

Weeks ago she detailed her ‘secretive’ teen relationship with ‘an older girl at high school’ as she opened up about her sexuality in a candid new interview.

The actress has previously spoken openly about having relationships with women in her past, saying that gender is irrelevant to her when connecting with someone.

Chicago-born Gillian has been married twice – first to production designer Clyde Klotz from 1994 to 1997, and then to documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne from 2004 to 2006.

And since 2016 she has been in an on-off relationship with The Crown creator Peter Morgan, though has never publicly confirmed this.

In the interview with The Sunday Times last month, she opened up about her past after moving to the US from London when she was 11. 

She told the publication: ‘One of my first relationships was with an older girl in high school. It felt secretive and illicit and wrong and we had to hide. Later on I had a boyfriend who found out and broke up with me.’ 

However, she added that she didn’t think she was gay because she’d ‘had a couple of boyfriends’. 

She then explained: ‘But I definitely felt I didn’t have the language for it. Even later on when I had other relationships with women, I’m not sure I ever thought of them as being potentially for ever.’

Though she has never publicly confirmed her relationship with The Crown creator Peter, in the new interview she did say: ‘The person I consider my life partner happens to be male.’

It comes after earlier this week Gillian revealed she couldn’t believe it when she was voted the ‘Sexiest Woman in the World’ in 1996 – because it was the period she felt at her least sexy.

The actress was then one of the UK’s biggest stars through her work on The X Files, but was suffering with crippling self-doubt as she struggled with raising her then two-year-old daughter as a single mother after splitting from husband Clyde.

Gillian reflected on the title in an essay about the secret to sex appeal, saying that she went through phases when she would wear deliberately provocative clothing.

Yet at the moment she was deemed to be at her peak ‘sexy’, she wasn’t confident or comfortable in her body.

Gillian mused: ‘In 1996 I was voted ‘Sexiest Woman in the World’ by FHM readers – a title that arrived with all the certainty of a cultural verdict. 

‘How ‘sexy’ I felt inside – or indeed looked – when the accolade was announced is another story… The ludicrous irony, of course, is that when the ‘world’ declared me its sexiest woman, I felt anything but.’

Gillian continued to British Vogue: ‘I was raising a toddler while working impossibly long days and at the time of the phone interview that accompanied the FHM article, I was in well-worn oversized flannel pyjamas while my daughter darted in and out of the room. 

‘I had been single for a while, having split from her father, and I wasn’t dating. I was shut down, self-protective and detached from my body, a state that was mirrored in my everyday attire. 

‘The fantasy projected onto me bore no resemblance to my reality, despite the latex bodysuit and exposed midriff in the accompanying photoshoot. My life revolved around call sheets, line memorisation and motherhood.’

Gillian went on to note that three decades on she’s feeling sexier than ever, noting: ‘The most seductive thing any of us can wear is the quiet conviction that we belong exactly where we are.’

A Wisconsin mother of three who launched a fundraiser that has collected $1.2 million for Lindsay Clancy’s parents says her effort was driven by sympathy for the family — though the money could ultimately be used to benefit Clancy, who is accused of killing her children.

Brandee Mulligan, 42, a separated TikTok creator with no connection to 36-year-old Clancy, her estranged husband Patrick, or her parents Michael and Paula Musgrove, created the GoFundMe campaign last month before ever speaking with the family.

“They had no idea and they were just extremely grateful and overwhelmed by all the support,” Mulligan told The Post.

Explaining her decision to establish “The Musgrove Family Fund,” Mulligan said, “And as a mom, like your heart just goes out to Lindsay.”

“And I don’t want to focus too much on the Lindsay aspect of it. But I mean, it’s a huge part of it,” she added before turning her attention to Clancy’s parents.

“Her parents have uprooted their whole life for three and a half years. They’ve given everything to this.”

Mulligan told The Post that she later spoke with Clancy’s father and designated him as the fundraiser’s sole beneficiary.

Massachusetts, however, has no law preventing people accused of crimes from receiving donations to help fight the allegations against them.

The state is among 23 without a so-called Son of Sam law. New York enacted its version after filmmakers sought to pay the notorious New York serial killer for his life story and media rights. As a result, Clancy’s father could give the funds to his daughter or use them to cover her legal defense.

Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington previously said that “every nickel” spent on her defense had been paid by the Musgroves, who were “pretty much depleting everything they have” to finance it.

The fund is the only GoFundMe page publicly confirmed by the platform as being connected to the family.

Mulligan regularly posts on social media in support of Clancy.

“This is truly a jury of her peers,” she gushed on TikTok after a mistrial was declared Sept. 4, before going on to lash out against the lone holdout juror. “And then one total idiot … one f–king man.”

But several posts she shared bashed — and appeared to cast suspicion on — Patrick Clancy’s involvement in the murder of his three children.

In one TikTok she shared, a former prosecutor questioned why Patrick Clancy appeared to be wearing different clothing in surveillance footage from two locations during his alibi and why investigators apparently did not obtain his phone records to corroborate his movements.

Patrick Clancy’s attorney slammed the “escalating campaign of misinformation” being waged by influencers earlier this week — threatening “every appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable.”

Reached by phone, Mulligan didn’t walk back her criticism of the ex-husband, instead telling The Post: “I don’t have any comment on that.”

She said the fund — which has collected donations from more than 1,000 people so far, mostly women — is to cover travel expenses for Michael, 70, and Paula Musgrove, 73, from their home near New Haven, Conn., to Plymouth, Mass., where their daughter stood trial.

When the mistrial was declared, Mulligan raised the goal from the initial $2 million to $3 million.

“They’ve been in hotels, they’ve depleted their savings, and they’re the ones that footed the bill for her legal things,” she said of Clancy’s parents. “They’ve been the ones supporting Lindsay.”

GoFundMe doesn’t allow campaigns to pay for criminal defenses against charges for violent crimes, but the site has ignored repeated questions from The Post about what, if any, safeguards it has in place to ensure the money isn’t used to pay for Clancy’s legal defense.

“Everybody’s very clear on what it can and can’t be used for. And the families, they know that,” claimed Mulligan.

“Being a mom is hard, and it’s resonated with a lot of people all over the world. So many women. It’s incredible,” she said of the fundraiser.

“They tell moms to reach out and get help and then when you don’t get that, then what? And I hope that this case helps change that.”

Mulligan herself has face criticism online, and regularly shares comments from her haters, including one where someone said she was “psychotic” if she supported Clancy killing her children.

“You’re setting women back decades,” she said.

Clancy’s parents, Michael and Paula, have not returned The Post’s calls.

The University of North Carolina found some welcome relief from its recent wave of controversy on Saturday, as the Tar Heels cruised past East Tennessee State 35-3 in Chapel Hill.

The victory gave head coach Bill Belichick a far more comfortable second home opener at UNC than his first. A year earlier, the Tar Heels had lost to TCU while the eight-time Super Bowl champion was still enjoying an early honeymoon period with the program.

That goodwill unravelled in 2026 when Mike Lombardi, a longtime Belichick ally and college football’s highest-paid general manager at $1.5 million annually, was placed on administrative leave. Lombardi later resigned from UNC as a still-unexplained investigation into his conduct continued.

At the same time, Belichick’s son Steve, the Tar Heels’ defensive coordinator, stepped away from the team for undisclosed medical reasons. Lawyers retained for the Lombardi investigation have since reportedly questioned people about Steve Belichick’s drug use, WRAL in Raleigh reported. Sources also told WRAL that the lawyers asked about possible sexual relationships involving assistant coaches and staff members.

Steve Belichick did not respond to WRAL’s requests for comment. UNC representatives have declined to address specific details of the ongoing investigation and did not reply to a request for comment from The Daily Mail.

On the field, however, the uncertainty surrounding the program faded into the background. With Bill Belichick’s 25-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson back in the stands, Tar Heels running back Demon June ran for three touchdowns, while quarterback Billy Edwards threw two more in the emphatic win.

Hudson wore white and Carolina blue as she chatted with a friend on the sidelines, where she has frequently been seen during UNC games in Chapel Hill.

Fortunately for her, there were plenty of good things to watch on Saturday.

June ran for touchdowns of 9, 6, and 1 yard for the Tar Heels, who improved to 2-0 for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

‘Good to get that one today,’ Belichick said after. ‘It was a solid effort in all three phases.’

Edwards completed 15 of 20 passes for 244 yards, connecting with eight different receivers. Jelani Thurman had a team-high 71 yards receiving, including a 24-yard catch-and-run to open the scoring just 1:19 in.

‘He’s shown to have the ability to be a Swiss Army knife in terms of how we want to use him and how [offensive coordinator Bobby] Petrino and the offensive staff kind of schemes it up for him,’ Edwards said of Thurman, who had four catches for 94 yards in the season-opening win over TCU . ‘I expect him to continue to get better and continue to kind of evolve as a tight end in this offense.’

The Tar Heels allowed only 255 yards and forced two turnovers. They also registered four sacks, two apiece by Jaylen Harvey and Xavier Lewis.

After going three-and-out to open the game, North Carolina converted five of its next six drives for touchdowns. The second of those scores, a 26-yard swing pass to Benjamin Hall, capped a 10-play, 99-yard drive. That matched the team’s longest scoring drive since 2022 against Miami.

Mason Mims was 23-of-31 passing for 178 yards and one interception for ETSU (1-2).

North Carolina led 35-0 after three quarters before lightning delayed the game one hour and 19 minutes.

One of the Tar Heels’ scandals did poke its head above water on Saturday as UNC did not host any recruits for the home game.

In a statement, UNC spokesman Kevin Best said the Tar Heels aren’t allowed to host unofficial visits because of the violation. While hosting recruits on official visits was permitted, Best said the program decided ‘to concentrate our official visits on the remaining five home games.’

‘The situation has been properly resolved through the NCAA process, and we have worked with the NCAA and University compliance on appropriate and corrective action,’ he said.

The Tar Heels went 4-8 last year in Belichick’s first college season, marked by shaky play on the field and unwanted headlines off it, such as an assistant coach being briefly suspended for violating NCAA rules.

The Tar Heels (2-0) beat TCU in Ireland to open the year, and Saturday’s home opener comes against a Championship Subdivision opponent.

Ringo Starr’s go-to sandwich is as straightforward as it gets: cheese on bread. The Beatles drummer, however, is particular about the kind of cheese he uses.

During a 2021 appearance on “The Late Show,” host Stephen Colbert asked Starr a simple question: “What is the best sandwich?”

“I don’t have a lot of them anymore, but cheese,” Starr replied. After saying that he loved cheese, he added, “But it has to be goat cheese now.”

Asked why he favors goat cheese, Starr explained, “I don’t eat anything from the cow because the molecules are so big. Have you seen a cow? The molecules are so big. And that’s why if you drink a glass of milk, you’re full. With a goat, it’s a good size for our bodies.”

While Starr’s theory about the size of animals and their “molecules” is not supported by science, goat milk and cow milk do have meaningful structural differences.

Studies indicate that goat milk typically has a greater share of smaller fat globules than cow milk, along with differences in its overall fat and protein makeup.

These characteristics, including how their proteins create curds during digestion, may influence the way goat and cow milk are processed by the body.

Goat cheese is also known for its tangy, earthy taste. It works especially well with sweet pairings such as honey and fruit, as well as savory additions including prosciutto.

Content creator @domenicskitchen spotlighted Starr’s favorite sandwich in an Instagram video series dedicated to recreating musicians’ preferred sandwiches.

For his version of Starr’s minimalist meal, he browned two buttered slices of bread in a pan, then layered them with soft goat cheese and grated goat cheddar.

“This sounds incredible,” one Instagram user commented. “Imagine it with a salt and pepper, tomato and some thin slices shallot.”

“This looks awesome,” wrote another.

“Why doesn’t he have a lot of them anymore? Go for it, Ringo!” another person said.

Some social media users were surprised that the sandwich wasn’t grilled with the cheese inside to melt it, as with a traditional American grilled cheese.

Others remarked that they weren’t surprised the famously quirky Beatle — who is 86 years old — would prefer a less conventional version.

“I wonder if Ringo will ever do or enjoy one normal thing in his life,” one Instagram user wrote.

Others questioned Starr’s molecule claim, while one commenter pointed out, “Goat milk fat molecules are smaller and finer than cow’s milk, makes it easier to digest.”

Some other celebrity sandwiches @domenicskitchen has recreated include rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard’s — peanut butter, banana and honey on white bread fried in butter — and country star Alan Jackson’s — pineapple and mayonnaise on white bread.

Also recreated: country music icon Dolly Parton’s, which was pimento cheese on white bread.

A Louisiana man who was previously accused of repeatedly stabbing a woman and holding her captive in a motel room is now wanted by authorities after four people were found fatally stabbed and a child was critically injured.

Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soignet said detectives have identified Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, of Houma, as a person of interest in what appears to be a series of stabbings in Houma’s Ashland Drive area.

Deputies were first dispatched to the 200 block of Ashland Drive, where they found the injured child, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The child was airlifted to a hospital outside the area and was listed in critical but stable condition after sustaining what Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Lt. Blake Tabor described to News Media as “extremely significant” injuries.

“That’s not something that you want to see ever,” Tabor said.

While searching the surrounding neighborhood, deputies made the devastating discovery of victims inside nearby residences.

The sheriff’s office said at least four people were found dead. Authorities have not identified the victims or said whether they were related to one another, the wounded child or Solet.

Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive for the violence or whether the victims were attacked in more than one home.

Solet has not been arrested or charged in connection with the latest deaths. The sheriff’s office stressed that identifying him as a person of interest does not mean he has been accused of a crime.

Authorities believe Solet is likely still in the area but said they are not ruling out other possibilities.

“We’re using every investigative tool that we have,” Tabor said. “Our hope is that we plan to get him in custody very quickly.”

Tabor said investigators do not currently have information indicating Solet intends to leave the state or “go on the run,” but added that authorities are “exploring all options.”

Solet had not been located as of the latest update.

The latest investigation is not the first time Solet’s name has surfaced in connection with violent crime allegations.

Solet was arrested in December 2019 after allegedly stabbing a woman repeatedly and leaving her locked inside a Houma motel room, according to a police news release from the time. 

Houma police responded to the Red Carpet Inn shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve 2019 and found a 59-year-old woman lying on the floor of her room with numerous stab wounds.

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The woman was taken by ambulance to a medical facility with injuries considered life-threatening, police said.

Witnesses told investigators they heard someone yelling for help from inside the room. When they entered, they found the woman on the floor and unable to move.

Investigators identified Solet, then 40, as the suspect and said he had been invited into the woman’s room before the two became involved in an argument.

Police alleged the confrontation turned physical and Solet repeatedly stabbed the woman in her head and upper body. He then allegedly fled and locked the motel room door behind him, leaving the critically wounded woman inside.

Officers located Solet approximately 18 hours later and took him into custody without incident.

He was transported to the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex and booked on one count of attempted second-degree murder, according to Houma police.

Terrebonne Parish detectives had also obtained a warrant for Solet’s arrest on a charge of second-degree murder in January 2019, according to a separate sheriff’s office news release.

The warrant was obtained during the investigation into the Jan. 9, 2019 killing of Kemple Paul Scott Lovell. Then-Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said detectives were searching for Solet, who had last been seen in the Houma area.

The final dispositions of both 2019 cases were not immediately available.

Asked why Solet was no longer in custody, Tabor said authorities were also searching for answers.

“I can’t tell you. Certainly, that’s the hot question, right? Why is he out?” Tabor said. “We’re probably just as stunned as everyone else is.”

Tabor emphasized that the sheriff’s office has a strong working relationship with the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office but said questions remain about how Solet’s previous cases were handled.

“How this slipped through, I certainly don’t know, but it’s a question that probably needs to be answered,” Tabor said.

News Media reached out to the district attorney’s office seeking the circumstances surrounding Solet’s release and whether he remained under any court-ordered supervision, but did not immediately receive a response.

Detectives are continuing to gather evidence and develop information surrounding the latest deadly incidents as the search for Solet continues.

The sheriff’s office urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives at 985-876-2500.

The investigation remains active and in its preliminary stages. Authorities said additional details will be released as they become available.