Jodie Foster stole the show at the
Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday (13 January) when she officially
came out as a lesbian while accepting the Cecil B. Demille Lifetime Achievement
Award.
'I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in
the stone age,' the actress insisted in an acceptance speech that sent the
Twitterverse into a frenzy. 'In those very quaint days when a fragile young
girl would open up to trusted friends, and family, coworkers and then
gradually, proudly, to everyone who knew her. To everyone she actually met. But
now, apparently I'm told, that every celebrity is expected to honor the details
of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a prime time
reality show. You guys might be surprised, but I'm not Honey Boo Boo child.'
Foster, a child star who went on to become a two-time Academy Award
winning actress as well as a director and producer, has been steadfastly
private about her personal life.
'If you had been a public figure since the time you were a toddler,
if you had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all
odds, then maybe you too would value privacy above all else,' she told the
crowd.
Foster has given birth to two sons who she has raised with her now
ex-partner Cydney Bernard who she thanked in her Globes speech.
'There is no way I could stand here without acknowledging one of
the deepest loves of my life, my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but
righteous soul sister in life, my confessor, ski buddy, consigliere, most
beloved, BFF of 20 years Cydney Bernard, thank you Cyd,' Foster said. 'I am so
proud of our modern family, our amazing sons Charlie and Kit who are my reason
to breathe, and to evolve, my blood and soul. And boys, in case you didn’t know
it, this song, all of this. This song is for you.'
Foster, whose films include The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused,
Taxi Driver, Little Man Tate, Contact and Panic Room, was presented with her
award by Robert Downey Jr. who she directed in the film Home for the Holidays.
I thought her speech was very classy and I appreciated her comments about individual privacy and the need to respect that.
ReplyDeleteMUCH respect to her and the way she lives her live and existence.
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