MetaBeth
The title is my nickname for a group of Hollywood sapphic women who use Megadeth as a calling card. The band’s mascot is named Vic Rattlehead, whose existence is meant to symbolize see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Affectionately referred to as MegaDave by Arsenio Hall, Dave Mustaine wrote a song that addressed this cult of women. Titled Célebutante, it was a reaction to a young woman who ignored him despite the fact that she was wearing a Megadeth dress. If you’re thinking that she preferred him in his younger years, think again. The band’s photographer found out that she wasn’t familiar with the band. This happened in Europe instead of Hollywood, but you have to question who she was trying to appeal to.
Megadeth is compatible with Megan, who came out as bisexual in 2009 (for the June issue of Esquire). In Decemebr 2007, she attended the premiere of Juno while wearing a Motley Crue shirt. The star of the film was a lesbian, and the screenwriter would later write a film about a bisexual woman i.e. Jennifer’s Body (2009) starred Megan. The film was released in September, three months before the below woman officially came out as bi in her interview for Barbara Walters. I say officially because she already came out with a song about bisexuality i.e. Poker Face circa September 2008 - four months after Katy Perry’s sapphic single: I Kissed a Girl. Katy’s best friend, Shannon Woodward, is an actress who would later befriend the star of Juno i.e. Ellen Page.
Annie Clark is a musician who is professionally known as St. Vincent. She had her photo taken with Lady Gaga in 2010. In 2011, Annie participated in an interview for the January/February 2012 issue of a French magazine called New Noise. In issue #8, Annie mentioned that Megadeth were one of the metal bands that she listened to when she was growing up. Alongside the famously bi Kristen Stewart, Annie could be seen with Katy Perry at a Los Angeles celebrity hotel called Chateau Marmont. The special occasion was a CFDA/Vogue Fashion fund show in October 2016. Megadeth fans have noticed a similar chord progression between Katy’s I Kissed a Girl and Megadeth’s Poison Was the Cure. The latter is from a 1990 album called Rust in Peace.
One of Katy Perry’s friends is a model named Cara Delevingne, who dated Michelle Rodriguez in the first half of 2014. Now that Cara is a recording artist, she is in a position where she could tour with Katy. As for Annie Clark, Cara dated her from late 2014 to September 2016. Cara is also an actress. Speaking of actresses, Annie dated Kristen Stewart (K-Stew) for the remainder of 2016. Annie dated a singer/actress named Carrie Brownstein from 2012 to 2014. From late 2014 to early 2015, Carrie was seen dating the aforementioned Shannon Woodward. One of the most popular orbits for sapphic women is the cast of Orange is the New Black where one of the actresses is a queer woman who is also a metal musician i.e. Jessica Pimentel.
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Kendall Jenner is bi. She has been one of Cara’s friends for many years. Kendall has been photographed wearing shirts advertising other thrash metal bands who are Megadeth’s peers i.e. Slayer and Metallica (so much for Anthrax). It’s clear that nobody has spoken to Kendall about the Streisand effect. If you don’t want people to speculate about something then don’t say anything about it at all. In spite of the wildly flirty photos that Kendall has taken with Cara over the years, she denied that anything had gone beyond the platonic between the two of them. A couple of months ago, Kendall said: “There’s definitely a rumor that Cara and I dated, which is not true. By the way, I have nothing against having sex with Cara. Never say never, right?”
Rihanna is another bi singer/actress who has literally straddled the line between being a friend and lover of Cara Delevingne. With Cara being known as a professional singer, there is no reason why they can’t tour together. When they split up, it was on amicable terms. It’s not that they weren’t compatible; they just had other people to fornicate with. Sexual attraction is fickle, especially in the entertainment industry. Like what Daryl Hall told Bill Maher in an episode of Club Random, it’s impossible for a rock star to be faithful if they are highly attractive. As for Cara, she was seen as a performer during Rihanna’s last Savage X Fenty Show. The location was the Simi Valley in California, and it was broadcast four Novembers ago.
Just as a detour, one should pay attention to a model named Stella Maxwell. She has not been photographed wearing a Megadeth shirt, but she has been photographed wearing a Metallica shirt along with a pair of trousers advertising metal bands such as Skid Row and Poison. Stella has not been known to have dated Cara Delevingne, but she did date Kristen Stewart and a Disney actress/singer by the name of Miley Cyrus. Another such artist is Demi Lovato. She did not date Stella but she is a fan of Megadeth according to a metal guitarist named Nita Strauss in 2022. Megadeth had a 1992 song called Skin o’ My Teeth whereas Demi had a 2022 song called Skin of my Teeth. It remains to be seen if Cara will ever go on tour with Demi, who she has met.
Aubrey is bi. She also wore a Megadeth shirt during a January 2023 episode of Saturday Night Live. Aubrey had acted with Kristen Stewart in a lesbian Christmas film called Happiest Season (2020). Aubrey had acted with a bi actress named Alia Shawkat for a film called The To Do List (2013). Alia had starred alongside Kristen for a film called The Wrong Girls. This was filmed in the spring of 2025, and released in the summer of 2026. Besides the fact that the film features a lesbian named Kate McKinnon (a former SNL performer), the film is notable for contributing to the sapphic Megadeth conspiracy by having Alia wear a T-shirt advertising Megadeth’s 1989 cover of a 1973 Alice Cooper song called No More Mr. Nice Guy. More on Alice later.
Many years ago, Alia had acted in a movie starring Taissa Farmiga. Titled The Final Girls (2015), it’s significant for another reason that allows for a reference to heavy metal. Taissa’s mother, Vera Farmiga, is an actress and metal singer in her own right. Her band is called The Yagas. In 2011, she cryptically claimed that you don’t need to be gay to be attracted to your friend. Vera kissed Alexia Fast in a 2016 episode of Bates Motel. Back to Alice Cooper, his daughter Calico had acted in a lesbian short film called Fire F#ck!ng Fire (2024). Alice, Calico and Megadeth bassist David Ellefson were photographed as part of a group shot in Las Vegas on August 9, 2018. The event was a CD release party for the band CO-OP inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
This woman is also bisexual. Danielle is famous for being in a reality TV series called American Pickers. In 2023, she said: “I have had a few beautiful girlfriends that I love dearly to this day and do not in any way regret those relationships.”
