Golden Globes 2013: Jodie Foster's unconventional 'coming out' speech

Academy award winning actress Jodie Foster wowed the Golden Globes 2013 with her unconventional ‘coming out’ speech while receiving the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. [caption id=“attachment_586979” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jodie Foster poses with the Cecile B. DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to the entertainment field backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013. AP[/caption] While receiving the award, that was presented to her by Robert Downey Jr, Jodie said that since she was being ‘all confessional’ she had a declaration to make, a declaration that she was a ’little nervous’ about, leading the audience to believe that she was going to make a huge public statement about her sexuality. “I just have the sudden urge to say something I’ve never been able to say in public. A declaration that I’m a little nervous about.Not quite as nervous as my publicist, huh, Jennifer? But uh, you know, I’m just going to put it out there. Loud and proud. I’m going to need your support. I am — single,” she began. “I’m kidding.” Foster then said, “I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age. 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 primetime reality show. You guys might be surprised, but I’m not Honey Boo Boo child.” But Foster did specifically thank her ex-partner Cydney Bernard, with whom she has two sons. At the age of 50, Jodie has been in show business for 47 years. She started off as a three-year-old toddler and has won two Oscars in the span of a long and illustrious career.