Greta Thunberg’s pop star sister discusses sexuality and Trump… but refuses to talk about Swedish activist

Greta Thunberg’s pop star sister had an icy response when asked about the Swedish activist in an explosive new interview.

Beata Ernman, 20, who goes by her stage name Bea MonaLisa, sat down with Interview magazine and discussed a wide range of topics including her sexuality and her thoughts on Donald Trump.

However, there was one thing that Bea did not want to discuss: her sister.

When the publication asked Bea, a self-described ‘singer, dancer, actress and model,’ if they could ‘talk about Greta,’ she quickly shut them down.

‘Can we talk about your family? Can we talk about Greta?’ the reporter asked her. 

‘I’m not responsible for other people’s lives,’ Bea fired back, before the journalist quickly changed the topic.

Elsewhere in the new interview, Bea explained that she started dancing when she was three and singing at age seven.

‘I performed in shows at school and everyone thought I was annoying. I was bullied by everyone,’ she revealed. ‘Music gives me the confidence.’

She said she was currently putting the finishing touches on her first album, and described the album as ‘pro-queer, anti-macho.’ 

When asked if she was queer, she explained: ‘No, but my fan base is. I was invited by the host of Drag Race Sweden, Robert Fux, to sing at a queer event. It was the best night of my life.

‘I felt like I was accepted as an artist for the first time. It was thanks to the queer community. I wrote a tribute song in the taxi home called You’re the Upgrade.’

Bea also revealed she has a song on the album in which she ‘makes fun of Trump.’

‘I have many straight male producers who tell me how to sing. They want to feel like they’ve taught me,’ she went on.

‘A loud, young female is very provocative, especially to them because they want to have control. The album’s about the freedom of identity and empowering women.’

Bea was born on November 3, 2005, to former Eurovision contestant and mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman and Swedish film producer and screenwriter Svante Thunberg. 

Previously known as Beata Thunberg, the performer told the Daily Mail last summer that she was now using her mother’s maiden name – perhaps in an effort to put some distance between herself and her controversial older sibling. 

Bea has said that she had to overcome relentless mocking, bullying and harassment often directed at the Thunbergs in response to the firebrand climate change activist’s efforts.

In 2019, Greta, now 23, expressed admiration for her ‘super talented sister’ in a Facebook post – a stance she would reiterate months later, while calling for kindness towards Bea. 

After her famous speech at the United Nations climate summit made her a household name, Greta – then 16 – told Swedish news outlet Dagens Nyheter how her ‘wonderful and strong’ sister had to bear the brunt of her activism work. 

‘The one who suffers is my sister,’ Greta said. ‘She is 13 years old and she has been subjected to systematic bullying, threats and harassment.

‘The people who write threats and hate to me do it to the whole family, even to her.

‘The difference between me and the people who are left at home is that I am always travelling, inaccessible. People don’t know where I am staying, where I sleep at night, where I am. I have no daily life.

‘But for my sister at home, who tries to have a daily life … she is much more reachable.’

In 2020, Bea was cast opposite Malena when she was chosen to play a young Edith Piaf in a musical, with her mother depicting the French singer in her later years. 

Since then, Bea has traveled across Sweden for shows while steadily building an online presence as she eyes a career that extends beyond the European continent. 

Last summer, she reflected on her relationship with her ‘very different’ sister while speaking to Swedish outlet Hänt.

She acknowledged she is often mentioned in the same breath as her famous older sister.

Asked how she feels about the comparisons, she reflected: ‘I think it happens to all people who are in the spotlight.

‘But there you have such different things you do and you have completely different careers, so in the end it will be very different.’

The young singer was pithy in her assessment of how they were as people: ‘Very different.’

She acknowledged the attention can be overwhelming, but said that being an artist is ‘about being seen, being on stage and getting attention.’