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10:34 pm - 01/13/2013

Jodie Foster Comes Out On Live Television

Finally, after years of avoiding any official confirmation, Jodie Foster just came out at the Golden Globe Awards.




Receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for the many, many great films she has made over the past four decades, an obviously nervous Foster first toyed with the audience a little, dancing around the issue before affirming that, yes, she is a lesbian. (She had previously thanked a female partner in a 2007 speech, but it was not an official, direct coming out.)

Well aware that people have been waiting for this moment for years, Foster explained that her delay wasn't based in shame, but in the fact that she came of age when there was a larger premium on privacy.

She was not of the era when gay or lesbian stars held press conferences to discuss their private lives, she said. But, standing up on that stage, poised and proud, Foster finally did the deed. And we couldn't be more happy for her!

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duchello 14th-Jan-2013 04:05 am (UTC)
Oh is that what she was doing? I couldn't tell with all the rambling.
quizblorg 14th-Jan-2013 04:05 am (UTC)
katie_g_lynn 14th-Jan-2013 04:06 am (UTC)
hahaha
aka_plynn 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
CACKLING
ani_di_franco 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
LOL
megalixer 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
lmao
hearthecity 14th-Jan-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
lol
just444 14th-Jan-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
lol
tigirah 14th-Jan-2013 04:11 am (UTC)
HAHAHA!
icangoforthat 14th-Jan-2013 04:16 am (UTC)
lmao
lolbye 14th-Jan-2013 04:20 am (UTC)
rofl
shanny_w 14th-Jan-2013 04:31 am (UTC)
:O
saikaro_x 14th-Jan-2013 04:37 am (UTC)
omg
aria_grace 14th-Jan-2013 04:43 am (UTC)
oh lord.
cherrybombx 14th-Jan-2013 04:48 am (UTC)
lol
_xxtom 14th-Jan-2013 05:04 am (UTC)
lmfao LAWD
rolt_me 14th-Jan-2013 05:16 am (UTC)
loll
bro_mance 14th-Jan-2013 05:36 am (UTC)
LMAO
nene718 14th-Jan-2013 06:47 am (UTC)
lol
williammiller 14th-Jan-2013 07:27 am (UTC)
lmao
myhipusername 14th-Jan-2013 09:06 am (UTC)
LMAO
setsuna16 14th-Jan-2013 04:05 am (UTC)
I... thought she was announcing her retirement or something.

But good for her.
ani_di_franco 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
It was confusing. Apparently, she will only be directing?
setsuna16 14th-Jan-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
At this point, I don't even know.
williammiller 14th-Jan-2013 07:18 am (UTC)
She said in the press room she's not retiring, she wants to go the directing route.
sursumcorda 14th-Jan-2013 04:06 am (UTC)
I was bawling during her speech omg
schexyschteve 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
The end part to her mom really got me
simplychristina 14th-Jan-2013 04:24 am (UTC)
Same. It was so beautiful.
katie_g_lynn 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
I cried when she talked about her mom.
ani_di_franco 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
I teared up, too.
k5memo 14th-Jan-2013 04:17 am (UTC)
i was slow-clapping.

grammaire 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
I was in tears by the end of her speech. She lost her way a bit in the beginning/middle, but it was very touching. Go Jodie. <3

Edited at 2013-01-14 04:16 am (UTC)
elvenqueen86 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
I thought her speech was lovely. She rambled a bit there in the beginning, but I thought it was really sweet.
stuckmodebabe 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
Honestly, her little speech to her mother made me tear up
crucified 14th-Jan-2013 04:20 am (UTC)
Same.
buncha_cruncha 14th-Jan-2013 04:07 am (UTC)
She was rambling a lot, plus they bleeped her for some reason, so it was a bit confusing...I got what she was saying, but people like my parents (who don't pay attention to celebrity stuff) would probably just be confused.
gpin2084 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
Too bad that every single person she chooses to defend are shitty human beings. Colours my opinion of her somewhat.

The ending made me teary.

Edited at 2013-01-14 04:08 am (UTC)
demented_21 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
OK so what was bleeped out?
abiding 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
Her coming out was the only part I was able to follow. Everything else I was so lost.
simplychristina 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
Even if it's 'known', it's still significant to have visible successful people like her doing this.
ani_di_franco 14th-Jan-2013 04:08 am (UTC)
And now they are both OUT. Love it!

k5memo 14th-Jan-2013 04:18 am (UTC)


love it.
kalysse14 14th-Jan-2013 06:30 am (UTC)
LOL this gif omg dad
barilace 14th-Jan-2013 06:25 am (UTC)
ew. why are people so obsessed with forcing people to come out?
nene718 14th-Jan-2013 06:48 am (UTC)
was that the actual cover?
megalixer 14th-Jan-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
it was a rambly speech but I loved it anyways.

I love her, I'll never be able to bring myself to hate Clarice Starling
so_chic_doll 14th-Jan-2013 04:09 am (UTC)
She's been out though...
k5memo 14th-Jan-2013 04:20 am (UTC)
She has thanked her partner in open occasions before, but to a much smaller audience. But this one is to pretty much to everyone who means anything in Hollywood, so it is of significance.
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