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Advocates praised Jodie Foster's coming out on the televised stage of the Golden Globe Awards last night, but some said she had done little over the years to set an example for others who are LGBT and struggling. This woman who obviously has been afraid to come out in the public sphere has been out in her private life for decades. Some said her long-awaited coming out may have underscored the generation gap in the LGBT world. Foster, who just turned 50, touched on her career, family and her sexuality while accepting the Cecille B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. I'm going to need your support on this," she said to rapt room, cameras showing some stars like Anne Hathaway weeping.

The actress called off the relationship with her partner of 14 years after a series of rows, it is believed. Their alleged split comes just five months after Miss Foster publicly acknowledged for the first time that they were an item by paying tribute to Miss Bernard at an awards ceremony. Over: Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard, seen here at a Hollywood party, had ended their relationship, according to a report. But it was during an acceptance speech at a Los Angeles film gala in December that the two-time Oscar winner first spoke about Miss Bernard, calling her: "My beautiful Cydney, who sticks with me through the rotten and the bliss. The couple have two children - both of whom Foster gave birth to, and year-old Bernard adopted. For several years, the two women have worn matching Tiffany eternity rings on their wedding fingers and Miss Bernard was with the actress throughout both her labours.

She was, of course, ready for her close-up. Deliciously groomed and styled by someone who seemingly doesn't hate women, Jodie Foster was fully prepared for the biggest soliloquy of her life. And yet, because she is an actor, the Oscar-winner began her speech accepting the Cecil B DeMille award at the Golden Globes yesterday by claiming spontaneity: "I have a sudden urge to say something that I've never been able to air in public. This was not a sudden urge, a lightning reflex to pick lint off a loved one's coat.

It's hardly a secret in Hollywood that Jodie Foster is gay. Everybody with an interest in her private life whether prurient or more personal has known it for at least as long as she has been an Oscar-winning actress, which is pushing 20 years by now. She won an Academy Award for her role as a rape victim in 's The Accused, and again three years later for her indelible performance as Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs. An equally open secret is that she is one of the Hollywood few who is actually in a stable long-term relationship.