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Kristen Stewart says she's "so utterly proud" to come out as gay. While promoting her upcoming movie "Personal Shopper", she is asked about the viral "Saturday Night Live" moment in which she joked about being "like, so gay."

"Honestly, I think it was just funny," Kristen told E! News Marc Malkin, "Not to diminish the point because I think that saying things so bluntly is absolutely important, but at the same time, the only reason I haven't ever done that is because there is an ambiguity to that and I wanted things to be really real for me...But honestly, it just worked for the joke." She added that the confession was like a "smack" before clapping her hands together.

The "Twilight" actress continued, "It wasn't like, 'Let's do this thing that's going to be so important.' I just thought it was like a nice, light... and also yeah, I'm so utterly proud that I've had so many people be like, 'Thank you,' and I'm like, 'No, thank you.' It's kind of mutual, full circle."

During the interview, Kristen also open up about stripping down to her birthday suit for nude scenes in "Personal Shopper". "I didn't feel encumbered at all. Quite the opposite actually," she explained, "Those [scenes] for me were really empowering, not because I was taking my clothes off, but just because I was getting to the most primal part of that [character], finally, someone who's really closed off. So then I felt like they were the most revealing, but also the most empowering scenes."

"Personal Shopper" is set to hit U.S. theaters on March 10.