Jodie Foster comes out.

[GlitchWizard]

That, or skyrocket!

We all know hetero marriages are unnatural.

Definitely skyrocket.

 

[JDB]

OHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO Now I have to lose my crush on Jodie too????? NOT

 

[Nova]

OHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOO Now I have to lose my crush on Jodie too????? NOT

Absolutely not!

Comedienne Suzanne Westenhoffer had a great, sarcastic line when there were rumors about Richard Gere: "An overweight Iowa housewife with six kids will be devastated if she hears that Gere is gay. 'Cause otherwise, she's a got a shot!"

Gay people have been crushing on supposedly straight movie stars for years. Don't heteros have as much imagination?

 

[Elphaba]

I love Jodie's work... I could watch her over and over in Contact and Little Man Tate... and I think she did a fab job in Silence of the Lambs.

It has long been rumored that she is gay... this is nothing new. The pushier side of the gay community has been trying to out her... but what is there to out? she wasn't hiding anything... she's just not flamboyant and in everyone's face with her relationship. Same goes for David Hyde Pierce and Neil Patrick Harris. Both of them weren't trying to hide anything... they just don't live in the tabloids for people read about them. (I had a brush with Neil and his SO the night before Thanksgiving... gorgeous pair they are.) Right now, people like Perez Hilton are trying to out Queen Latifah and her partner (another couple that like Jodie have been in a long relationship and lead a quiet life outside of their work)... I say leave them alone...

Back to Jodie: I admire women with brains... and she is one with a helluva amount of intelligence... with a Yale degree under her belt, she could have long left Hollywood behind and found success else where. Too bad no one is ever wanting to know how smart she is... they worry more about what sex she is kissing behind closed doors.

 

[Nova]

...It has long been rumored that she is gay... this is nothing new. The pushier side of the gay community has been trying to out her... but what is there to out? she wasn't hiding anything... she's just not flamboyant and in everyone's face with her relationship. Same goes for David Hyde Pierce and Neil Patrick Harris. Both of them weren't trying to hide anything... they just don't live in the tabloids for people read about them. (I had a brush with Neil and his SO the night before Thanksgiving... gorgeous pair they are.) Right now, people like Perez Hilton are trying to out Queen Latifah and her partner (another couple that like Jodie have been in a long relationship and lead a quiet life outside of their work)... I say leave them alone...

Unless one takes a stand against ALL publicizing of celebrity private lives (and good luck with that, since the film and TV industries thrive on it), I don't understand the double standard that affords a special right to privacy to gay celebs. It's hard not to conclude that people think there's something shameful about being gay that merits special secrecy.

I'm so jealous that you met Mr. Harris. He's a favorite of mine. (I ran into him once in L.A., but he was only a teenager then.)

I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Miss Foster. That she is brilliant is undeniable, and it shows in her work, even when she's doing a simple melodrama. I also find it amazing that she survived her unwitting connection to the assassination attempt on President Reagan. A lot of people wouldn't have made it past that.

 

[Marthatex]

It isn't my theory.

And I think you and Peter Hamilton are right that, in general, we are more accepting of female sensuality of all kinds. So two women making love isn't so shocking.

With males, we find most expressions of affection suspect, even when those expressions are with women.

Hmm. never thought about that. I know men have to be really careful in the workplace now, that something isn't misunderstood.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

definitely not a secret to me!

I love her ... she's one of my favorite actresses.

 

[nanandjim]

I find Jodie Foster attractive, smart and classy and a very good actress. Thanking her partner is not "outing" herself. I really think that it is ridiculous that anyone has to verbally say, "Hi, I am gay." "Hi, I am straight." Jodie has handled it like a normal person. It's no one's business except Jodie's and whomever she feels comfortable telling.

 

[White Rain]

I don't know why she feels the need to come out. Who did NOT know already she was gay? Not to mention who really cares?

my sentiments exactly.

 

[Jules]

I find Jodie Foster attractive, smart and classy and a very good actress. Thanking her partner is not "outing" herself. I really think that it is ridiculous that anyone has to verbally say, "Hi, I am gay." "Hi, I am straight." Jodie has handled it like a normal person. It's no one's business except Jodie's and whomever she feels comfortable telling.

:clap: :clap: Well said.

 

[Nova]

I find Jodie Foster attractive, smart and classy and a very good actress. Thanking her partner is not "outing" herself. I really think that it is ridiculous that anyone has to verbally say, "Hi, I am gay." "Hi, I am straight." Jodie has handled it like a normal person. It's no one's business except Jodie's and whomever she feels comfortable telling.

I don't mean to pick on you, Nan, but I keep asking a question here that goes unanswered.

While we've been posting about Jodie Foster, another thread has announced a new romance for Chris Evert. There you posted the following:

She is going through a divorce, or at least, that's what I heard on the news. I think that she was married for 18 years. Perhaps, Greg Norman is the reason for her divorce and vice versa.

I can't help but notice the double standard. Jodie Foster's longtime relationship is "nobody's business," but Chris Evert's divorce and rebound is appropriate fodder for public discussion.

WHY?

(This is a question to most posters in this thread. What nan has done is not unique and I have no problem whatsoever with her post in the Evert thread. Miss Evert has been in the public eye her entire life (my family knew her when she was a kid) and surely knows such interest comes with the territory.)

 

[nanandjim]

I don't mean to pick on you, Nan, but I keep asking a question here that goes unanswered.

While we've been posting about Jodie Foster, another thread has announced a new romance for Chris Evert. There you posted the following:



I can't help but notice the double standard. Jodie Foster's longtime relationship is "nobody's business," but Chris Evert's divorce and rebound is appropriate fodder for public discussion.

WHY?

(This is a question to most posters in this thread. What nan has done is not unique and I have no problem whatsoever with her post in the Evert thread. Miss Evert has been in the public eye her entire life (my family knew her when she was a kid) and surely knows such interest comes with the territory.)

We are talking about a person's sexual preference and a person getting a divorce. I myself think that those are two entirely separate things. Marriages and divorces are listed in my newspaper. They don't have a list of individual's sexual preference. One is a private issue. The other is not.

 

[Nova]

We are talking about a person's sexual preference and a person getting a divorce. I myself think that those are two entirely separate things. Marriages and divorces are listed in my newspaper. They don't have a list of individual's sexual preference. One is a private issue. The other is not.

How can you discuss marriage or divorce without implying sexual preference? The answer is: you can't.

There's no reason why Jodie Foster's marriage is private, but Chris Evert's is public, unless you consider Foster's partnership shameful.

It's not.

I'm not accusing anyone here (and certainly not you!) of homophobia, but when heterosexuals all get together and agree (as ya'll have done here) that Jodie Foster's personal life gets a special privacy pass, you imply rather clearly that there is something about her life that needs to be concealed.

As for what your newspaper chooses to publish, that is exactly the problem of which I speak.

 

[White Rain]

Unless one takes a stand against ALL publicizing of celebrity private lives (and good luck with that, since the film and TV industries thrive on it), I don't understand the double standard that affords a special right to privacy to gay celebs. It's hard not to conclude that people think there's something shameful about being gay that merits special secrecy.

I'm so jealous that you met Mr. Harris. He's a favorite of mine. (I ran into him once in L.A., but he was only a teenager then.)

I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Miss Foster. That she is brilliant is undeniable, and it shows in her work, even when she's doing a simple melodrama. I also find it amazing that she survived her unwitting connection to the assassination attempt on President Reagan. A lot of people wouldn't have made it past that.

I know it happens, but I find it so hard to believe why people are ashamed to come out these days...it's so commonplace (or so it seems to me)....I seem no shame in it, but I guess I can't speak for everyone.

 

[southcitymom]

...I'm not accusing anyone here (and certainly not you!) of homophobia, but when heterosexuals all get together and agree (as ya'll have done here) that Jodie Foster's personal life gets a special privacy pass, you imply rather clearly that there is something about her life that needs to be concealed....

I agree with this statement completely and, interestingly enough, my sister and I were having a conversation along these lines today. This, of course, doesn't mean specific people are homphobic, but it does speak , however subtly, to the fact that homosexuality is not yet considered as "normal" as heterosexuality.

The truth is, if we follow the stars, we are interested in who they're sleeping with!

 

[southcitymom]

I know it happens, but I find it so hard to believe why people are ashamed to come out these days...it's so commonplace (or so it seems to me)....I seem no shame in it, but I guess I can't speak for everyone.

It's so much better than it once was, White Rain. That's the truth and a beautiful truth it is! But believe me when I say that not everyone is there. I bet every single person posting on this board knows at least one person that thinks homosexuality is gross or unnatural or whatever.

My husband's step-brother's brother (17 years old with a full ride to Loyola) committed suicide last year. I believe one of the reasons was his inability to accept his sexuality.

 

[Marthatex]

Actors and actresses don't come out as much because it CAN and DOES hurt their business.

Actresses' appeal is still dependent upon sex appeal to males.

I don't know if Tom Cruise is gay, but suppose he had said so while in the process of vaulting himself to stardom via Top Gun and other Macho movies. Few knew that Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter were gay. Women liked them alot.

It is very sad some men are so conflicted that they commit suicide; Heaven can Wait with Dennis Quaid was an excellent movie about that subject.

 

[southcitymom]

Actors and actresses don't come out as much because it CAN and DOES hurt their business.

Actresses' appeal is still dependent upon sex appeal to males.

I don't know if Tom Cruise is gay, but suppose he had said so while in the process of vaulting himself to stardom via Top Gun and other Macho movies. Few knew that Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter were gay. Women liked them alot.

It is very sad some men are so conflicted that they commit suicide; Heaven can Wait with Dennis Quaid was an excellent movie about that subject.

Excellent post, Marthatex.

 

[White Rain]

It's so much better than it once was, White Rain. That's the truth and a beautiful truth it is! But believe me when I say that not everyone is there. I bet every single person posting on this board knows at least one person that thinks homosexuality is gross or unnatural or whatever.

My husband's step-brother's brother (17 years old with a full ride to Loyola) committed suicide last year. I believe one of the reasons was his inability to accept his sexuality.

Yes, I have to agree with you...if I were gay my mom would be ok w/ it, but my dad....boy would he freak.
It's sad, I think (imo) that it is SO hard to find love in this world...if you CAN find it, no matter what/who you are one of the lucky ones.
I would have no problem if either of my 2 girls came out as gay.

 

[Nova]

I know it happens, but I find it so hard to believe why people are ashamed to come out these days...it's so commonplace (or so it seems to me)....I seem no shame in it, but I guess I can't speak for everyone.

I think in the cases of Neal Patrick Harris and David Hyde Pierce (and Jodie Foster, too), they weren't concealing anything. Their partnerships were well known in the gay community and there had been hints in the tabloids.

They just didn't feel a need to hold a press conference and "come out" formally. I agree with nan that they had no obligation to do so. But not because their sexuality is specially private.

None of these three made shows of dating members of the opposite sex for the benefit of the paparazzi.