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Jodie Foster comes out... finally
Times of London ^ | 12/12/07 | Veronica Schmidt

Posted on 12/13/2007 11:23:09 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

December 12, 2007

Jodie Foster comes out... finally

The notoriously private Oscar-winning actress has acknowledged her lesbian partner in public for the first time

Veronica Schmidt

After guarding her private life fiercely for 15 years, Hollywood actress Jodie Foster has publicly acknowledged her lesbian partner.

The Oscar-winning actress thanked "my beautiful Cydney" after winning an award at the Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast in Los Angeles.

She went on to praise Cydney Bernard, saying the film producer "sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss".

Despite more than a decade of speculation, questions over the paternity of her two sons and critics calling for her be “out and proud”, Foster has refused to discuss her sexuality.

The 44-year-old maintained her silence when, earlier this year, gay American magazine Out put a picture of her on its cover above the words “The glass closet – why the stars won’t come out and play.” Inside, it was argued “the stars aren’t willing to make the jump to being officially labelled queer and all that it represents in the business.”

Now that Foster has, reactions are mixed. On American website Gay.com, readers posted comments praising the actress for coming out, while others expressed anger that it was considered news.

“It is her life to live as she pleases. Why do so many gays worry about who is and who is not gay?” asked one reader

“Whether or not Jodie comes out is definitely her own decision, but she would provide an excellent positive role model to GLBT [gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender] people everywhere. I think that is why we get excited when someone comes out,” posted another.

Foster is one of only a few Hollywood actresses to have publicly acknowledged they are lesbian. Comedian Ellen de Generes made headlines when she came out in 1997, as did her partner Portia de Rossi when she was photographed kissing then girlfriend Francesca Gregorini in 2001.

Foster reportedly met Bernard on the set of Sommersby in 1993. The actress later gave birth to sons Charles, 9, and Kit, 6.

The actress found world-wide fame at 14, playing a prostitute opposite Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver before going on to star in Bugsy Malone, Freaky Friday, The Silence of the Lambs and Nell.

Her latest movie Nim’s Island is due for release in May next year.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: headedstraighttochat; hollyweird; hollywoodbastards; homosexualagenda; jodiefoster; johnhinkley; lavendermafia; lesbian; whoopdedoo
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1 posted on 12/13/2007 11:23:10 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

She is the best looking (admitted) lesbian I can think of.


2 posted on 12/13/2007 11:26:23 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Dear John Hinkley:

Thanks. Dummy.


3 posted on 12/13/2007 11:26:54 PM PST by McCloud-Strife (John McCain first, the rest of the "gang of 14" next)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

4 posted on 12/13/2007 11:27:22 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

*sigh* Another one gone.


5 posted on 12/13/2007 11:27:50 PM PST by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: McCloud-Strife

ROFL


6 posted on 12/13/2007 11:27:56 PM PST by sofaman ("This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

One of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood. It was none of our business.


7 posted on 12/13/2007 11:27:58 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Gee, I’m real surprised.

“Nell”, one of the worst, most ridiculous and pretentious movies I’ve ever seen. It was a hoot.


8 posted on 12/13/2007 11:28:16 PM PST by garyhope
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To: Old Sarge

I wish to announce that I am a male lesbian and I think that Jodi Foster is hot ...


9 posted on 12/13/2007 11:28:52 PM PST by sofaman ("This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.")
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To: Jet Jaguar
Amanda Bearse “Marcy” on Married with Children wasn’t bad either.
10 posted on 12/13/2007 11:29:14 PM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Good point.


11 posted on 12/13/2007 11:31:07 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Taaa!
Tay Tay Taaa Taaa!
Taa!
12 posted on 12/13/2007 11:31:14 PM PST by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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hey llev! Good to see you, mate.


13 posted on 12/13/2007 11:33:58 PM PST by sofaman ("This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.")
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To: sofaman
...I think that Jodi Foster is hot ..

So does my husband. I've told him that she was a lesbian but he said he didn't care, she's still hot.

14 posted on 12/13/2007 11:34:14 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Veronica Schmidt just arrived home from Obvious Day at Camp Stupid.


15 posted on 12/13/2007 11:34:37 PM PST by GOPyouth (Common Sense! Conservative Principles! Fred Thompson for President!)
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To: uncitizen

I wholeheartedly agree with your husband. He is, truly, a wise man.


16 posted on 12/13/2007 11:35:11 PM PST by sofaman ("This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

IMHO, people should keep their private lives to themselves - behind closed doors.


17 posted on 12/13/2007 11:37:02 PM PST by yorkie ( For God so loved the world........................ that He didn't send a committee.)
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To: uncitizen

That never deters a man. He always thinks that he could convert her.


18 posted on 12/13/2007 11:38:04 PM PST by iowamark
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bush’s fault. Really!


19 posted on 12/13/2007 11:39:35 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Fred's the only one I can get at all enthusiastic about.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I like mine better. ;-)

20 posted on 12/13/2007 11:40:05 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
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