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

[MNUse]

Been mildly curious about this for a while. I’m a gay woman and my loving well-meaning mother will occasionally make slightly clumsy attempts to bring up gay films or famous gay women that she assumes I must be interested in because they are also gay (e.g. Ellen Page as was). But she has never mentioned Jodie Foster, and although I haven’t tested it I get the impression she isn’t aware, maybe partly because although JF is now ten years married to a woman she has never quite made the big ‘I am gay’ speech.

AIBU to think a lot of straight women still haven’t really noticed that Jodie Foster is gay? And, if I’m wrong, when did you become aware?

YABU - I know, I’ve known for ages, yawn

YANBU - I didn’t know, or didn’t know until very recently, but anyway, yawn

OBVIOUSLY what matters is her acting, but I am mildly curious about what causes someone’s gayness to register/not register with the wider public

This maybe true but you asked for the views of straight people and on an anonymous forum you have no idea of the sexuality of those posting.

asking then attacking as you don’t like the answers isn’t ideal.

It’s possible she’s bisexual. She’s never directly addressed it.

I've known she was gay for years but that's because someone told me, not because of any kind of "gaydar".

Lesbians. Lesbians care.

I asked straight women whether they knew that Jodie Foster is gay or not, and if so how long they’d known. I didn’t ask whether they think that information is important, but some people decided to tell me anyway. They’re entitled to do that, and I’m entitled to respond with my own thoughts when they do. Given the thread is explicitly addressed to straight women, I think it’s reasonable to assume that’s who’s responding unless they tell me otherwise.

I think I knew but haven't given it much thought because (selfishly) it doesn't affect me. I wonder if she has kept her personal life private through good lawyers? Starting acting as a child and being seriously talented may also have helped and now she is 'older' so the press will only be interested if she does something shocking.

I think it was talked about for ages and people gradually realised before she made it official. No one really took much notice.

She a beautiful clever talented woman. I genuinely think this is most people's opinion of her.

I loved her in her first "lesbian role" in Nyad. She is mesmerising.

My sister tells me likes girls and guys, fair play to her.

PS I'm straight, seeing as you asked that in your OP

Yes, because she came out publically years ago. :)

Why is it selfish to be unaffected by another person's sexuality? Especially one (I assume) you don't know.

Yes known for years.

It was quite a late coming out to be fair. It had been well known for many years before.

I've known for years but since she's never houng to ask me out, I figured itcwas NOMB.

It's a non-issue.

Yes. Well known for years.

I am about the same age as JF, and have been aware of her career most of my adult life. I have a vague recollection that there was speculation about her sexuality around the time of Somersby , which was early 1990s, but it was only made clear by her own speech in 2013.

I am straight and my gaydar is not strong by any means. I have only thought of her as a very versatile and watchable actress, who clearly has a lot of intelligence. I totally understand why she waited so long to confirm her relationship publicly, Hollywood is such a hypocritical place ( as indeed are the viewing public)

I guessed when I saw her in Taxi Driver.

Yabu, known for a very long time, she's always been open about her sexuality but also doesn't make a big thing about it, she's a woman, an actor her private life isn't our business

I think what @Delphiniumandlupins meant is that, as she’s straight and not hard up for role models/visibility/a sense of community, she can afford not to care about whether a celebrity is gay or not, whereas she recognises it’s likely to be more important to gay people (hence the ‘selfishly’). Seems a reasonable point to me.

She’s a superb actor & clever woman. The least interesting thing about her is that she’s gay

since at least the90s

What a weird thread.

feel free not to click on it

She's fab, and mostly does serious drama. But my fav movie that she was in was a comedy. It was called Maverick, and you could tell she had a blast filming it. She's great at comedy, I wish she had done more.

Other fun highlights in the movie were Graham Greene and Danny Glover.

She has always been a very private person good for her she never felt she had to promote herself just her talent

she is a fantastic actress not a celebrity famous for being famous