A few years ago, a previous interview with Jodie Foster got viral online.
For many celebrities, fame and public visibility can be a test. They make every effort to conceal confidential information from outsiders, such as their homes, children, and other personal details. In order to get the “hot scoop,” the press frequently asks celebrities overly personal inquiries. And, on occasion, this imprudent curiosity forces artists to conceal their real selves from everyone. This was the case with Jodie Foster, who spent years gradually revealing her real self to the rest of the world.
Gay silence
An old interview with Jodie Foster went viral online a few years back. In the video, a journalist questions the 17-year-old actress bluntly, “What kinda fellas do you like?” Despite her youth, the girl maintains her cool in front of the camera and deftly sidesteps the query. Her expression, on the other hand, says for itself. This period became known as “gay silence” over time.
Jodie Foster realized then that it was best not to discuss her interests and personal life details publicly. She preferred to keep them to herself and concentrate solely on her job. She would stick to this approach for many years. Ricky Martin acted similarly for many years prior to coming out publicly.
Jodie Foster
Several tabloids speculated in the 1990s that the actress of The Silence of the Lambs was a lesbian. However, there was no confirmation of this, and the actress herself ignored the impolite inquiries, continuing to live one of Hollywood’s most private lives. She had her first boy in 1998 and her second three years later. She had previously remained quiet about the children’s father.
Confession in public
Almost 35 years had passed since that same interview, in which Foster, then 17, attempted to avoid the journalist’s queries when she decided enough was enough. By 2013, Jodie Foster had won an award for her contributions to the film business. She’d been dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” several times. Who could talk freely about herself if she couldn’t?
Speaking from the stage at the Golden Globes, she eventually revealed the truth to those in attendance: “I hope you’re not disappointed that there won’t be a big coming-out speech tonight because I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the Stone Age.”
Jodie Foster, who was standing on the stage, brought up a subject that everyone in the room understood. The actress was fed up with the media’s continuous attempts to turn her personal life into a reality show. And she decided to alter the rules by telling the truth herself: “I guess I just have a sudden urge to say something that I’ve never really been able to air in public while I’m here being all confessional.”
The actress revealed that she is presently single and that she lived with producer Sidney Bernard, with whom she had two sons, from 1993 to 2008. The actress referred to Sidney as her best companion and expressed gratitude for their modern family. Only two individuals in the room were not taken aback by Foster’s speech. Charlie and Kit were her boys. Others in the crowd were crying. Many people were moved by the actress’s candor that evening.
Demonstration of happiness
Jodie Foster found her love the same year she revealed herself to the world. Alexandra Hedison, who had previously performed as an actress, was that person. She appeared in TV shows in the 1990s but realized it wasn’t for her and instead explored photography.
Alexandra was a star in her own right. She worked in interior design, and her photos have been shown in museums, galleries, and public and private collections worldwide. She had previous dating experience with a prominent figure. She dated Ellen DeGeneres from 2000 to 2004. The TV presenter then began dating Portia de Rossi, with whom she is still in love.
Meanwhile, Foster and Hedison maintained a private existence, rarely appearing together in public, so their wedding surprised many. In 2014, the pair married. Have you observed that celebrities are increasingly marrying in secret?
Despite the fact that their relationship is no longer a secret, the ladies rarely appeared in public together. Only at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival did they walk the red carpet together. Under the flashing cameras, the couples glowed joyfully and kissed each other. In the same year, Jodie Foster won another Golden Globe for her performance in the film The Mauritanian.
And, as she did in 2013, the actress was incredibly candid in her acceptance speech. She spoke from home, seated next to her beloved, via video. “I love my wife, thank you, Alex!” she began her speech. She sealed the deal with a smooch to Hedison. It was an “iconic display of coolness and queer joy,” as it was later described, the joy of finally being true to oneself.
