Straight women, were/are you aware that Jodie Foster is gay?

I think the thread asks did you "know", not were you "bothered"?

I don't know when I knew cos it has the same impact on my life as Luke Evans's sexuality.

Why would 'Straight women' be any more bothered, than other human beings?

(I know it was thirty years ago) however,
I remember her in Sommersby, dainty, feminine, resolved

Jodie was brought up in a lesbian, feminist household, has
had low key and also highly visible relationships, no secret,
only private

Yabu I think I remember reading it years ago.
I'm straight and honestly I couldn't care less about other people's sexuality. I remember being at school about 20 years ago and we would gossip about so and so being gay but I think me, my friends and the world have moved on and it doesn't matter if someone is gay or not in 2024. If someone came to me today and said 'this person is gay' I'd find it weird and think 'we'll so what'. Theres a lot more interesting things to gossip about nowadays.

The problem I have with it is that her "relationship status" seems to be all the media want to talk about now, and she presumably isnt being forced to take part in these interviews? When it really counted, her "relationship status" wasnt something the media would get to ask her about, I think as someone said previously lawyers have been used in the past to shut down the more excitable sections of the media on this topic about her? So when it was blockbuster movie era they were not talking about it, now it is all they talk about, IMO she isnt in the same league as someone like Jimmy Somerville who stood up when it was genuinely meaningful (and dangerous) and shouted "Im Gay and proud!", she is in the same zone as a FM or GM who put career first and gay politics second (until in the second case it just became too absurd to keep hiding it) It would have been a powerful statement if she had been doing these interviews around the time of SOTL? Not saying it is her fault though, I think she would have been strongly advised by agents etc. in the 90`s to keep this aspect of her life on the lowest key possible?

I hadn’t given it a moment’s thought.

In SOTL they play up the fact that she is uncomfortable about relationships, or maybe she was just uncomfortable because her older boss seemed to be trying to seduce her? Long time since I have read the book, can`t remember if that was a thing in the book or not?

It is not particularly relevant except that previously (not sure about now) movie studios (and record companies) were VERY edgy about alienating audiences, some classic examples are Rupert Everett running foul of NATO (national association of theatre owners) in America after his revelations in a magazine interview about his lifestyle in London in the mid 80s, basically finishing his career at the top levels. Billy Squire going from major rock star to massive album sales slump after an ill judged and now quite famous video, Queen bombing in America after another ill judged (for the times) video which allegedly FM didnt want to do, probably because he knew what the fallout would be, GM and even the guy from Judas Priest pretending to be straight when everyone in "the business" knew otherwise, no wonder JF wasnt shouting from the rooftops about her lifestyle choices back in the day? Now it doesnt matter because the audience are basically more self-obsessed than we used to think old Hollywood stars were, LOL.

Yes I knew. Who cares?

@SwimmingWorrier REALLY??!! 😱😱😱

Of course!

No I had no idea. I love her though, she's a great actress. Don't know anything at all about her personal life tbh

Known for ages but don’t know how exactly or when I found out. She’s much more private and good for her. I don’t know why people feel the need to make a song and dance about absolutely everything. She will be remembered for being an amazing actor, not her relationship status unlike many actors who thrive on publicity and drama.

Yeah, known for decades, probably. Who cares? She's got more important things to be proud about than her sexual preferences. Her business. She's great.

What does coming out mean to you? Are you picturing an announcement with balloons?

Coming out is literally just not being closeted and ashamed.

Coming out can be Kristen Stewart being in public with her girlfriend. Someone posting a pic of themselves with their partner on social media.

Your wording is very peculiar. I've never known any queer person to expect fanfare when coming out. It can be a scary moment however it happens.

Of course coming out doesn't prevent homophobia! Facing homophobia when you do come out is why it's still scary. That's why people still hide, because homophobia very much still exists.

It must be said, she was good, but Hopkins is another level entirely.

The director of the film (Jonathan Demme) purposely went after a British actor (especially a Shakespearean actor) for the role. Every scene of his is masterful.

From Olivier, Burton and Guinness, to more recent Shakespearean actors in Rickman, Day-Lewis and Ralph Fiennes, they bring an immense gravitas to the films they appear in.

Why don't people just Google instead of saying Who? It's obvious posters are talking about a famous person and not their next door neighbour.

It's not a realisation. My point is, no one should have to "come out". Why should there be a fanfare. Just be what and who you are and get on with your life. "coming out" does not prevent homophobia.

She IS quite masculine in her mannerisms, even as a teenager and this is exactly what made me to suspect yrs ago that she was gay so other poster is not imagining it.

I didn't know. If anyone asked me I might have taken a guess that she is gay, but no one has asked and it hadn't occurred to me to research it! She's amazing though.

😄 There's always one.

The only one making a song and dance of it is you.

It is illegal to be gay in 64 UN member states, punishable by death in some. Funerals of gay soldiers are picketed in the states. I personally have lost family and worked with homeless youth who have been kicked out their homes due to their sexuality.

You don't think it's a problem anymore because it's never affected you.

Yes, maybe because she has kids with her wife / female partner

I also remember reading she was quite good friends with Mel Gibson (bizarre)

This is the end of my Jodie Foster knowledge

I wasn't assuming anything, it's nothing to do with me if you are straight or gay the fact didn't even enter my head and neither should it, the days of gay people really suffering because they couldn't come out are long gone it doesn't bother most people. Your making a song and dance out of nothing.