"I'm just going to put it out there, loud and proud": Jodie Foster 'comes out' during Golden Globes speech

"I'm just going to put it out there, loud and proud": Jodie Foster 'comes out' during Golden Globes speech

Jodie Foster sort of stole the Golden Globes show by sort of coming out in a long, breathless and rambling speech at the ceremony's 70th bash last night.

Foster was on stage as this year's winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, which had been announced previously.

But her acceptance speech was anything but predictable as the Panic Room star seized control of the boozy ballroom by making it clear that she had something important to say.

The private 50-year-old Oscar-winner was initially bashful, joking that she had a big announcement that would make her publicist nervous.

Then she stated: "I'm just going to put it out there, loud and proud," before pausing for dramatic effect... "I am, uh, single."

"I hope you're not disappointed that there won't be a big coming-out speech tonight. I already did my coming-out about a thousand years ago."

 

She continued to half-joke that celebrities are now expected to reveal they are gay "with a press conference, a fragrance and a prime-time reality show. ... You just might be surprised but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child. Please don't cry, because my reality show is so boring."

"If you had been a public figure since you were a toddler, maybe you'd value privacy above all else, too," she added defiantly.

Foster also thanked Cydney Bernard, identifying her former film producer partner of 20 years with whom she has two sons, 14-year-old Charles, and Kit, 12. Her mother was also in attendance.

But the star, who was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar in 1976 at the age of 13 for her role in Taxi Driver, also made it sound as if she planned to retire from acting.

However, she later clarified for reporters: "No. Not really. I think it stands for itself and it's an expression of who I am and what I'm thinking and feeling."

Her barely-cry ptic speech was unsurprisingly an immediate topic of interest for Twitter users, with several film and entertainment types offering their take on Foster's words.

 

Those Golden Globe winners in full...

- Movies

Supporting actor

WINNER: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Alan Arkin, Argo

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

- Drama

WINNER: Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

- Comedy or musical

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

WINNER:  Les Misérables

Moonrise Kingdom

Silver Linings Playbook

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

- Actor, drama

WINNER:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Richard Gere, Arbitrage

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

- Actress, drama

WINNER: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Helen Mirren, Hitchcock

Rache l Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

- Actor, comedy or musical

Jack Black, Bernie

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

WINNER: Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables

Ewan MacGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

- Actress, comedy or musical

Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

WINNER! Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Maggie Smith, Quartet

Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

- Supporting actress

Amy Adams, The Master

Sally Field, Lincoln

WINNER! Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

- Director

WINNER: Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unc hained

- Best Screenplay

Chris Terrio, Argo

WINNER! Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Tony Kushner, Lincoln

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

- Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat, Argo

Dario Marianeli, Anna Karenina

Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas

WINNER: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi

John Williams, Lincoln

- Best Original Song

Keith Urban, For You (Act of Valor)

Taylor Swift, Safe & Sound (The Hunger Games)

Hugh Jackman, Suddenly (Les Misérables)

WINNER: Adele, Skyfall (Skyfall)

Jon Bon Jovi, Not Running Anymore (Stand Up Guys)

- Best Animated Feature Film

WINNER! Brave

Frankenweenie

Hotel Transylvania

Rise of the Guardians

Wreck-It Ralph

- Best Foreign Film

WINNER! Amour

The Intouchables

Kon-Tiki

A Royal Affair

Rust & Bone

- Television

Miniseries or TV movie

WINNER: Game Change, HBO

Hatfields & McCoys, History

The Girl, HBO

The Hour, BBC America

Political Animals, USA

-Drama

Boardwalk Empire, HBO

Breaking Bad, AMC

Downton Abbey, PBS

WINNER: Homeland, Showtime

The Newsroom, HBO

- Comedy or musical

The Big Bang Theory, CBS

Episodes, Showtime

WINNER: Girls, HBO

Modern Family, ABC

Smash, NBC

- Actor, drama series

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire, HBO

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom, HBO

Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC

WINNER: Damian Lewis, Homeland, Showtime

- Actress, drama series

Connie Britton, Nashville, ABC

WINNER: Claire Danes, Homeland, Showtime

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey, PBS

Glenn Close, Damages, DirecTV

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, CBS

- Actor, comedy or musical series

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, NBC

WINNER: Don Cheadle, House of Lies, Showtime

Louis C.K., Louie, FX

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes, Showtime

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS

- Actress, comedy or musical series

Zooey Deschanel, The New Girl, Fox

WINNER: Lena Dunham, Girls, HBO

Tina Fey,30 Rock, NBC

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, NBC

- Supporting actor, series, miniseries or movie

Max Greenfield, New Girl, Fox

WINNER: Ed Harris, Game Change, HBO

Danny Huston, Magic City, Starz

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland, Showtime

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC

- Supporting actress

Hayden Panettiere, Nashville, ABC

Archie Punjabi, T he Good Wife, CBS

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story, FX

WINNER: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, PBS

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family, ABC

- Actor, miniseries or TV movie

WINNER: Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys, History

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock, PBS

Woody Harrelson, Game Change, HBO

Toby Jones, The Girl, HBO

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO

- Actress, miniseries or TV movie

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn, HBO

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story, FX

WINNER: Julianne Moore, Game Change, HBO

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals, USA