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Jodie Foster "Comes Out"
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Was she ever really in? I thought it was pretty well known...
Do you think she was right to address it? I suppose visibility is important for gay rights but I don't think it's an issue so she shouldn't really feel the need to say anything.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/14/jodie-foster-gay-golden-globes?intcmp=122
Do you think she was right to address it? I suppose visibility is important for gay rights but I don't think it's an issue so she shouldn't really feel the need to say anything.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/14/jodie-foster-gay-golden-globes?intcmp=122
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"But now, apparently I'm told, that every celebrity is expected to honour the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a primetime reality show. You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo child."
Totally agree, that's how i read/heard it. Jodie doesnt need to "come out".....
Me too, i think she's a great role model
I used to be a fan but not any more (of him, not Jodie) because of the things he has done. I have zero respect for him.
However, I believe they have been friends for a long, long time and, despite his behaviour, she has stuck by him. She might not like it; she might have lambasted him in private for it. But she's a true friend, publicly standing by him irrespective of what he has done to others.
So I admire her for that AND other reasons.
Fair enough.
But personally I could not and would not associate myself with someone who possesses such disgusting views. Loyalty is one thing but there are certain things that cannot be defended IMHO.
Still, we're all different.
Absolutely. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
Apparently he stuck by her when she was blacklisted by Hollywood film industry (after a crazed fan shot Reagan for her.)
He helped her get acting work again, and he also helped her get her first directing role.
That's what I read anyway, and it seems believable considering how she's sticking by him now.
The thing with Jodie is, she lives her life out of the spotlight and doesn't involve herself in the Hollywood drama. I'm not defending Mel (although I do think his boozing has a lot to do with his problems) but Jodie knows him and has been friends with him for a long time, and the Mel she knows is obviously different to the Mel we've seen over the last few years. I think she's just a very loyal person, a rarity in that fickle world, standing by her friends through thick and thin, and I admire her for that.
Hear, hear!
This reminds me of the time when Dale Winton came out, as if we didn't know he was gay years before he did.:eek:
It is indeed a testament to her loyalty that she remains friends with him but I cannot admire her for it I'm afraid. Drunk or not, Gibson is a disgusting racist and to associate herself with him is, IMHO, unforgivable. (I feel very strongly about it as you can tell)....
Fair enough, Pru.
When she spoke about her mum with dimentia I cried...
That was her point. She came out years ago to the people who matter. She doesn't agree with living her private life publicly, hence the 'not a coming out speech' line.
Her brother even wrote an authorised biography of her 10 maybe 15 years ago that talked about her first girlfriend.
I think the speech is probably more that she's never done it with fireworks.
Why should she have to? Who are you to suggest she do this?