Eddie Izzard Receives Love, Support After Announcing She/Her Pronouns

Eddie Izzard has announced that she is now in "girl mode" and will go by the pronouns "she" and "her."

Izzard, 58, sat as a model last week for an episode of Sky Arts' "Portrait Artist of The Year," an annual event that brings together painters and celebrities as their subjects. During her appearance, the comedian opened up about being gender fluid.

"I try to do things that I think are interesting, and this is the first program I’ve asked if I can be 'she' and 'her.' A little transition period," she told Curtis Holder, the artist whose painting won the competition, according to Entertainment Weekly.

"Well it feels great, because people just assume that they just know me from before but I’m gender fluid. I just want to be based in girl mode from now on," she continued.

Fans and social media users tweeted their support for Izzard after the episode of "Portrait Artist of the Year" aired.

"Eddie Izzard. I love her so much. That's it. That's the tweet," activist Charlotte Clymer tweeted.

"I woke up to see #EddieIzzard trending & feared the worst. I was delighted to see that she's living her best life & it's just some keyboard crybabies melting down over her pronouns," one commented.

"I’ve loved #EddieIzzard ever since her role in Mystery Men telling the world that 'disco is life!!' and I don’t see that changing any time soon. Keep being a badass queen!!" another tweeted.

"We met in the ladies loo. She explained that when she’s in girl mode she uses the ladies loo. I wanted to tell her I didn’t give a s--t what loo she uses, I’m a massive fan. Instead I just gawped cos I was geeking out. Still one of my favorite photos. #EddieIzzard," a third user wrote.

"Glad Eddie has shared her truth with the world. Wishing her nothing but love and happiness," another said.

"Eddie Izzard always had ruled and always will rule," a different netizen commented.

Izzard came out as transgender in the 1980s. The English stand-up comedian described herself as having both the "boy and girl mode," according to The Hollywood reporter. She told THR how her coming out helped her with other challenges she encountered in her career and personal life.

"If you are coming out as transgender or gay or lesbian, it’s such a tough rite of passage and quest," she said. "It assaults your senses because, back in ‘85, everyone said, 'No, no. Hide about it.' I just thought they were all wrong. The humiliation period, the initial period, is so tough. If you keep at it, it gets better."