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12. Nonsense. MANY actors and directors, great and not, want and have wanted

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:53 PM

Jan 2013

to keep their private lives private.

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Jodie Foster Is Gay, and It’s None of Your Business [View all] DonViejo Jan 2013 OP

Um, yeah it is our business, sort of. closeupready Jan 2013 #1

fine but she doesn't owe it to you or anyone else cali Jan 2013 #3

100% agreed. closeupready Jan 2013 #5

she is a public figure because of our societies obcession with public figures backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #4

+100 Myrina Jan 2013 #22

And all this time we thought it was because she was an actress FrodosPet Jan 2013 #33

And I need to know if her lymph nodes are swollen and what she ate for breakfast. progressoid Jan 2013 #6

Which, if you watch Entertainment Tonight or read Huff. Post, closeupready Jan 2013 #7

I think most people probably feel the way you do Major Nikon Jan 2013 #44

i would want to keep as much of my life private too WooWooWoo Jan 2013 #2

This is the correct answer. KamaAina Jan 2013 #17

Bingo. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #18

Don't remember asking. Rex Jan 2013 #8

She uses the whole "privacy" beef to deflect attention from what's ultimately a mediocre body work. zonkers Jan 2013 #9

Nonsense. MANY actors and directors, great and not, want and have wanted NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #12

Nominated for an Academy Award 4 times and won it twice Major Nikon Jan 2013 #45

If that's the case then why is this author blithering on about Foster's private life? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #10

There is a certain amount of irony in this headline and article (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #11

"Physician, heal thyself" is the expression that comes to mind. closeupready Jan 2013 #14

John Hinckley: "So.... I never really ever had a chance? Boy, do I feel dumb." n/t Yavin4 Jan 2013 #13

*snerg* TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 #30

Doesn't announcing it on a primetime network awards show sort of make it public? brooklynite Jan 2013 #15

I think you missed the point of her speech. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #19

pretty much nt msongs Jan 2013 #24

If it doesn't matter, why is it part of the discussion? marble falls Jan 2013 #16

No one asked for "details" about her life, but to at least acknowledge that she is gay Lex Jan 2013 #20

Would there be an expectation of a Heterosexual Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #21

People are presumed to be straight, yes. Lex Jan 2013 #23

Perhaps, because I'm younger, and have grown up glowing Jan 2013 #36

"Show us your tits!" TahitiNut Jan 2013 #27

She sticks it in your face and then... Hulk Jan 2013 #25

I agree.... physioex Jan 2013 #31

Really funny that a person choses a career that is all about having us look at them all the time BlueStreak Jan 2013 #26

I think she has a moral obligation to come out FreeState Jan 2013 #28

You have a name like FreeState 4Q2u2 Jan 2013 #34

Freedom includes the freedom to express an opinion tabasco Jan 2013 #37

Tag Line 4Q2u2 Jan 2013 #43

Here's what I wrote when Anderson Cooper came out rocktivity Jan 2013 #46

what a steaming pile and how very, very American of you cali Jan 2013 #47

She walked the line adroitly. TahitiNut Jan 2013 #29

There are STILL idiots in the media who act like this is a career killer.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #32

I'm more concerned about her support of Mel Gibson Orrex Jan 2013 #35

Not to be rude but... ailsagirl Jan 2013 #38

I did not care what her sexuality was before I knew, MineralMan Jan 2013 #39

Why is this "news"? Taverner Jan 2013 #40

Who cares? I don't. RebelOne Jan 2013 #41

That's what I thought Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jan 2013 #48