See that eye peering from the crack of the closet door? That’s Jodie Foster!
This week, Jodie Foster was honored at the Sixteenth Annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. Jodie Foster receiving an award? That’s not really new. She’s been in show business for 42 of her 45 years, so of course she’s received plenty of awards by now. But what is surprising was a portion of her acceptance speech:
Toward the end of her remarks, Jodie thanked those nearest and dearest to her. Among them was “my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss.”
What a lovely thing to say! And it acknowledges what has been in the tabloids and on the internets for years. Foster has apparently been in a relationship with Cydney Bernard for more than ten years and the pair are raising two children together. (Both children have the middle name “Bernard,” further proof of Foster and Bernard’s relationship and status as a family.)
Many in the gay community have been waiting for years for Foster to come out, to ad her voice to those demanding tolerance, demanding rights, demanding recognition of our relationships and of our families. Many might see this as Foster’s “first step” toward coming out and speaking out. But I have a feeling that this is Foster’s first and only step …. not because she is still in the closet and plans to stay, but because she’s been doing what we all want … living her life and building her family and raising her children. I have said before that I think celebrities should come out in this way — just sort of casually, matter-of-factly, without fanfare or announcements or “spin.” When you don’t act like something is “wrong” then generally, no one else will either. As it should be.
Jodie Foster, Cydney Bernard, gay celebrities, coming out
December 12th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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