That's actually a great response of hers. Coming from her, I'll take it!

i'd never seen a pic of her partner before. dyke alike! they look exactly alike! they're twins! dyke alike!

it seems something like this must have occurred at the interview. "I'm an 'open' person. *Jodie looks puzzled at interviewer's clueless facial expression* I live 'openly'. *surprised at interviewer's continued blank reaction* I've always been 'open'! *exasperated at interviewer's eyes glazing over* I'm 'open' *wink wink nudge nudge*".

You know, I really respect Jodie, both as a serious actress and a person, and I do respect her right to not have to be all out about her personal life.

However, there is a certain point where a) you have a responsibility due to your success to give back to the society that gave you that success in the first place, and providing a respected role-model to LGBT youth is honestly something she should do, and b) she has benefited from all the effort those of us that quietly work for LGBT rights have done, AND the work of those celebrities that have come out as LGBT to break ground, so she honestly needs to give some back.

At this point, everyone knows anyway, so why not be TRULY 'open' and just do the matter-of-fact, no-big-deal thing that a number of people have?

i disagree with sarah. as an actress, and merely an actress, albeit a rather well-paid one, she owes nothing to society. she achieved success because she's a terrific actress and beautiful to boot, but while we may appreciate her talents, we shouldn't make her out to be all of society's b.f.f. she owes us nothing, and we owe her nothing as well.

i respect her privacy because i conduct myself as she does when others. sure, i ain't famous or well-known, but even so, i don't want people to know me or get to know me; they're allowed to know only what i want to show them. people are funny because they'll believe what they want to believe, see what they want to see. so even if i mislead their perceptions, whether purposefully or accidentally, or if they mislead themselves, then either way, it's still nothing to me. one shouldn't have to please anyone but oneself.

No one is obligated to do anything. Relying on another person in a public eye to annouce their personal manner of living does not make me feel more or less accepted by the world around me.
It does not empower me nor do I feel like the exposure of their life improves the quality of my life. How I present myself to the world and the contributions I make in being authentic matters. The media will only take this to pounce on and shred for their amusement. I commend her intelligence and judgement to allow people to make their own observations.

Just FYI, the woman in the top left picture is Jodie's body double, not her partner. No wonder they look alike!

Sorry about the photo mix-up - her body double looks a lot like Cydney! I swapped out that photo with one of Jodie and Cydney on the set of Anna and the King.

"The media will only take this to pounce on and shred for their amusement."
Disagreed. Every media outlet will run one story on it, then do the same collective shrug they did when Lance Bass, TR Knight and Neil Patrick Harris all came out in the last several weeks. Same with the public. We all knew before those gentlemen admitted it, and it doesn't really affect our lives much, so we go, "Oh." Or "It's about time." That's what happened with Rosie--even in the MSM, no one was really shocked, were they?

I do agree that just because we want her to come out doesn't mean she should. But what I'm saying is: She should want to come out. She should want to support the community at large and any questioning young queers. She should want to show that gay actresses not only can win awards as well as straight ones, but they also deserve the same civil rights. She should want to mobilize for gay marriage and put a familiar face on gay parenting.

Jodie's objection, I suspect, has more to do with her own hangups. She wants to be known as Oscar winner Jodie Foster, not lesbian Jodie Foster, for the rest of her life. And I understand that to a degree, but at some point don't you have to let go of that? Just as an adult, mature person? That's what coming out is, isn't it? It's letting go--and no, you don't have "contol" (if you ever did) of the info anymore, but that's the way it goes, that's being your own woman.

She doesn't live in some poe-dunk town where she'd be assaulted or worse for being gay. She lives in no-morals Hollywood, for God's sake. She's not admitting to alcoholism or anti-Semitism (like her pal Mel), she isn't cracked out on drugs or beating her kids. She'd only be confirming what everyone else knows anyway, a la Ellen, Rosie, Lance, TR, Neil...

Jodie has a right to stay "closeted." I'm just disappointed she doesn't want to come out.

while I would love it if Jodie would "oficially' come out, I can understand why someone who has grown up in the spotlight, had a book written about her by her brother and had an obsessed fan try to kill the President for her! may not want to open her personal life up any more than she already has.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if she just started talking about her partner during interviews. You know, if an interviewer asked how her partner was, maybe saying "she's fine, thanks" and leaving it at that. I think we're approaching the point at which queer female actresses can be openly queer and not "that lesbian actress". Cynthia Nixon seems to have figured that out just fine.

Sometimes I forget about what things on tv were like before Ellen came out, and I forget that there have been some radical shifts in what we see, who is out, etc. Sometimes I think that things are really the same, and then I run across an old interview with ellen (check youtube-- there are a bunch from 1996 before she came out) and I remember what a non-gay wasteland tv was. I think that Jodie Foster simply acknowledging that she's sharing her life with someone to the public could have the same kind of effect. I understand her need for privacy, and I don't think we should pry, but I do think her choices send a message to the rest of hollywood that it is not okay for a-list celebrities to be queer.

MJ, right on! I read in an interview with Cynthia Nixon in which she said the only way to stop people from chasing you is to stop running, and that was her philosophy on coming out. Jodie should stop running too.

Yum, love her arms in the photo with the gun.

Yet, I shall not be persuaded by those lovely biceps to keep quiet: I call bullshit on her non-statement statement. She doesn't want to exploit her personal life for the sake of selling a movie?

Riiiight, and that's why she always mentions her two boys in her interviews, which are done for the sole purpose of box office promotion.

She wants it both ways and fine, she can have it, but it's still intellectually deceitful to yammer on about mothering whilst keeping the wifing part private.

t's just a shame that in this day and age, lesbian women aren't confident in themselves. And I'm not talking about Jodie Foster.

Why do we feel the need to have ‘out' celebrities. I've heard people say it's because they're out ‘kin' and we need all the 'support' we can get. Personally, I'd rather have confidence in myself than some celebrity I'm NEVER going to meet.

And another thing - did any of you get a standing ovation when you came out? No. Why should celebrities then? It's like celebrities who get cancer, or some other illness. Yes, it's a shame, and no body should have to suffer like that. At the same time, what about the thousands of others who aren't celebrities who are diagnosed with cancer every day? Why don't we hear about them? Oh, wait. They're not important, they're not celebrities. You tell that to my son, whose mother died of cancer. Tell him she's not important.

In conclusion, I think it's about time we all stopped going on about Jodie Foster. I adore her as an actress, but that's it, nothing more. Whatever sexual preference she chooses doesn't make her any better or worse, doesn't make her any more important. Leave the woman alone and focus on yourselves for a change. Aren't you just as special?!?

Yeah, I get what you are saying whitney. Celebrity is a very wierd thing. It's the
new royalty. But I guess the thing is you feel like you know them, they are in our
homes every day, in movies, tv shows, the news.

But my point being… I understand why Jodie Foster does not come out (if she is gay…).I don't think she would get the same roles if she came out. Like Rupert Everet never plays the straight guy, he's always stuck playing the really gay guy, and I don't think anybody would believe it, him making out whith a woman, even if it is acting.And it works the other way around too- I know some people who couln't believe in Brokeback Mountain because they knew that the two guys making out were both maried.

So yes, it would be very cool for Jodie Foster to come out, but I think that there is more at play than just- some people won't like her because she's a lebian. It's her whole credibility as an actress. And I think that in a way, she has come out, sort of between the lines, so it doesn't affect her career- because every body knows she is, but the fact that there is still a doubt, makes it possible for her to get certain roles,with a husband and kids for example.

My God, Genevieve, did you fly in from 1958 or something? I hope you're a deluded straight person because otherwise you need a self-loathing health check.

If I understand you correctly, gay/lesbians actors, regardless of their talents, are not qualified to play straight characters. And straight people absolutely fall short of portraying gay/lesbians characters. Everyone must act within the confines of their individual characteristics.

Dear Leisha, don't bother dying your hair blonde anymore, you can only convincingly play a brunette. Nicole, what were you thinking when you inserted those brown contacts? You'll never win an Oscar because everyone *knows* you have blue eyes! That's all they'll be thinking about.

I can only pray you're not in the casting business.

Sidenote: Neither Jake G. or Heath L. are married. Heath is partnered with a woman but there are an abundance of rumors about Jake's sexual interest. I can only hope that was the sound of your head exploding.

Could you convincingly play straight, Teri? I know I sure as hell couldn't.

As for everyone having to act within the confines of they individual characteristics, at least it would make it easier to know who was gay and who wasn't, right? Theoretically, if that were the case, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. Wouldn't it be ironic if Jodie Foster was then cast ONLY as a straight woman? Oh wait.... I believe that's already happened....

Now, I hate to be all petty during a serious discussion about whether a woman is a gaymo or not, but My God- Jodie is so fantastically swoon-worthy I'm almost jealous.

Good point, Sarah. Flightplan did suck just slightly.

Ok, Teri, no I did not fly in from the 50's, but I am, and we all are, unfortunatelly in a very straight world. And I was speaking OF THAT STRAIGHT WORLD,and the way they see things, which believe it or not- they are 90% of the world. And maybe you only have gay people around you, but even today, alot of heterosexuals have never seen two people of the same sex make out or hold hands. Nowhere did I say that is was my opinion that gay people can't act straight. I was talking about that 90% of the movie ticket buyers not believing Jodie Foster in a love scene with a man if they know she's gay. It's a big risk to make,coming out, and I understand her not wanting to take it just to make the lesbian community happy. It would be great,though... but she kind of did anyway... that is what I meant.

you people can go on about her life and I will just say GODDAMN love her. grrrr...

The job of an actor is to be convincing. They're supposed to be so good with nuances in body language, facial expression and tone of voice that audiences forgot about who they are outside of the role they're playing. If a gay/lesbian actor/actress can't convince their audience even for just a few minutes that they they are straight(and so many of the closeted ones would have had a lot of practice at that!), then they're just not that skilled. Or at least, not that skilled in doing love scenes.

No matter what audience they're playing to, be they people who read the gossip mags so often that they already have solid, prejudiced opinion of the actor as a celebrity, or be they people who have no idea(or don't care) who the heck the actor is behind the screen, the actor should be able shine through all that. Examples of out LGBT actors who could act hetero without looking fake or pathetic(*cough i'm looking at you Tom cough*): Ian Mckellen, Greta Garbo, Sophie Ward, Portia de Rossi, Dirk Bogarde.

Not getting 'straight woman' roles is probably the least of Jodie's concerns if she were to come out. After all, she lives 'openly', so directors/producers probably already know she doesn't prefer men, yet she still gets those roles. And anyway, Jodie isn't renowned for playing straight romantic leads. People always think of her as someone who plays a tough chick who shows the world that a woman can make it(see "Silence of the Lambs", "Panic Room", "Contact"). So yeah, everybody already assumes she's a lesbian, yet they still watch her movies.

Wow! everybody's all fired up about Jodie. I love Jodie Foster. I will watch her in absolutely anything, even Flightplan. This woman has been in the business since she was three years old. There is a reason why she hasn't ended up like all the other child stars gone bad. She has always been a private person and crazy stalker fans who shoot the President in your honor, I would imagine, doesn't help the situation. What if by chance Jodie was just one of those people who considered her job to be her job. Nothing more nothing less. Yes she is in the public eye but that doesn't give us the right to make demands on her about her personal life. If she wants to talk about her kids then I see nothing wrong with that. I'm not a parent but that's just what they do, gush over their children.

Anyhow when is the last time you saw Jodie makeout with anyone on screen. No disrespect to any of the other celebs mentioned but they are no Jodie Foster. Jodie making that statement would be the equivalent of Tom Hanks saying 'Yep I'm Gay'. Would she not get roles? Who knows. She works when she wants and how she wants anyway. She owes us nothing. Her obligation is to her family. Her responsibility is to protect her kids. If you don't like the machine don't buy into it. Do you ask the Starbucks girl if she's a lesbian? It would be cool to know but bottomline it's none of our business.

haha, her new look is like moira/max from the l word! O_O

Word, Ajay.

Perhaps having a stalker who shot someone for your 'benefit' tends to give you a different perspective on privacy. Not to mention the same stalker actually having been in the same room with you but deciding not to kill you because you were too beautiful. I think she's said enough. She lives her life with another woman--that's pretty obvious--and open. Let her private life remain as private as she wants it to be.

Wow!! I don't know maybe it's just me...but in that first pic, Jodie looks a little like a blonde Tom Cruise??

No jumping on Oprah's couch Jodie ;)

It's weird - Jodie gets snapped with the same woman, everyone assumes she's living with her. Believe it or not, and you don't have to, that's fine :), but I'm a lesbian whose ALWAYS with her best friend. Kat & I live together and despite being openly out to friends, family, etc, no one's ever made the mistake of Kat & I BEING together. Maybe they're best friends, maybe it's more. Either way, I strongly feel that Jodie's personal life should be respected and left as it is - private. Besides, what difference is it going to make to all of us if she's a lesbian or not? Will that suddenly change our perspectives? Seems that nothing could do that! :)

I've always found it strange and sad that elements of our community get worked up by the suggestion, from the person themselves or some one else, that their same sense partner is a "friend" or "companion" rather than a sexual lover. I understand that in that some naive or homophobic people insist that two women who love each other aren't having sex in order to deny, repress, or cover-up a form of sexuality (lesbianism) that they aren't comfortable with. However, that doesn't change the fact that two womren who love each other AREN'T neccessarily having sex, and that fact shouldn't make their relationship any less important to us, if it doesn't make it less important to them. Queer women should embrace ALL types of love and relationships between consenting adults, especially women. I get the same wave of joy thinking about Oprah and Gayle's "out" relationship as I do Rosie and Kelli's. Yes sex is important, but its up to individual people, not us, to decide whether its a defining element of a particular relationship.. To dismiss these relationships as not the "real" thing is just as unfair and pathetic as homophobes who think that lesbians are just waiting for the right man to come along to enter a "real" relationship.

I have never really been a fan of Jodie's movies, so I'm not really interested in all this. I'm more interested in whether the title of the post is a play on the song "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" by Julie Brown. I start singing it every time I see the title.

I suspect the title is a reference to "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith.

haha movielounge i think the same thing!!!

If she wasn't a lesbian icon before, she sure as hell will be with this movie.

So. Hot.

*DIES*

Is it possible that Cydney could be the children's nanny?

Oh la la... Jodie in a new movie! With a gun again! And with muscles a la Linda Hamilton in The Terminator, and maybe Sigourney Weaver in the Alien movies! Oh boy! I'll be the first in line when this hits the theaters. LOL! Btw, in the picture above, she seems too look a little like Ellen, doesn't she? After this movie, I bet, we'll all see her in a new light... a lesbian light perhaps? Oh wait, we already see her in that kinda shade. Heheh. If only... ;o)

Ah, the masses...arguing over each others' opinions on the Internet. It's simply wonderful to have
so many intellectual beings sharing their views and whatnot about something so trivial (my sarcasm
meter just exploded). Anyway, as much as I hate the argumentative nature of the human being, I
myself am one (hopefully) and so I shall join in on the "fun". I'll get to the point now...the sexual
orientation of an actor has absolutely nothing to do with his ability to portray a certain role (unless
it's Keanu but he's not human). That being said, people who know nothing about acting should not
compare their abilities to portray a "straight" character to those of a professional (you know who
you are!)

I know this is off topic but it's thought provoking and it's for those who complain and complain about
the government. Either shut up and stop complaining or do something about it! That's what's REALLY
wrong with the world today, people who sit there and do nothing about the things they want to change!
Now, go ahead and talk all the smack you want, I won't care because you're one of the masses.
Anyway, enough of my angry rantings...

JODIE FOSTER= SEXY

fuck it all it does not matter we are all going to die one day y dont we just fucking end it all with a nice piece of led between our eyes and fucking forget the meaning less ranting that we recreate.

Oh la la... Jodie in a new movie! With a gun again! And with muscles a la Linda Hamilton in The Terminator, and Sigourney Weaver in the Alien movies! Oh boy! I'll be the first in line when this hits the theaters. LOL! Btw, in the picture above, she seems too look a little like Ellen, doesn't she? After this movie, I bet, we'll all see her in a new light... a lesbian light perhaps? Oh wait, we already see her in that kinda shade. Heheh. If only... ;o)