Jodie Foster Brings Sons Into Limelight at Golden Globes Ceremony
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Oscar winner Jodie Foster may have received one of host Ricky Gervais’ most uncouth comments at this year’s Golden Globes ceremony, but the real buzz was about the actress and director’s dates — her two rarely seen sons.
Foster’s two boys Charlie, 13 and Kit, 10, were with their mom, who was nominated for a Best Actress gong for her role in Roman Polanski’s “Carnage,” when Gervais dug into her, making a thinly-veiled allusion to the intensely private actress’ sexuality.
“I musn’t mention Mel Gibson this year,” Gervais said from the podium during his opening monologue. “Not his private life, not his politics, not his recent films, and especially not Jodie Foster’s ‘Beaver.’ I haven’t seen it myself,” he said — at which point Foster grinned and gave a thumbs up at the mention of her film, which was a box office flop.
After a beat, Gervais said: “I’ve spoken for a lot of guys here, they haven’t seen it either. But that doesn’t mean it’s not any good.”
Foster at that point did not look entirely pleased. Her boys, however, seemed to be laughing along and in good spirits.
The actress, who won two best actress Academy Awards for “The Accused” and “The Silence of the Lambs,” has never revealed who fathered her two boys.
Rarely has Foster, 49, brought the two out in public, but she seemed to be showing them off at Sunday night’s ceremony, posing for the cameras with the smiling boys throughout the ceremony and later at the Sony after party.
Foster has always been famously private about her personal life, but her relationship with film producer Cydney Bernard was revealed at the Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event in 2007, when while accepting an award, Foster referred to the producer saying, ‘My beautiful Cydney, who sticks with me through the rotten and the bliss.’
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Foster reacts to Gervais’ initial gag.
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Foster suddenly looks a little displeased.
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Oh come on, she doesn’t look “displeased” – you guys make it seem like she was going to storm out of the building. If that’s the most extreme photo you have of her reaction, she took it pretty good-naturedly, considering the guy was making comments about her “Beaver” in front of her two school-aged sons.
Posted by: JrzWrld | January 17, 2012, 8:47 am 8:47 am
That was pretty crude on Ricky’s part considering that her boys were right there. I wonder how he would have reacted if someone had said something that wrong about his mother? There was other material sitting right in front of him that he could have used. Shame on him.
Posted by: LW | January 17, 2012, 10:02 am 10:02 am
I agree Ricky should not have mention that topic in front of her boys. We all knew what to he was referring to and it wasn’t the movie. Its good to see her sons as her date, they both looked handsome in their suites.
Posted by: Diane | January 17, 2012, 11:06 am 11:06 am
I don’t think that the media can resist making jabs at celebs who insist on privacy.
Posted by: Christine | January 17, 2012, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
Puritans at their finest. Maybe the boys shouldn’t have been at an ADULT gathering. And Gervais can take it as well as he dishes it out JRZWRLD. Perhaps maybe you can’t.
Posted by: Rodney | January 17, 2012, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
Ricky Gervais has no class and that is why I did not watch the Globes. I can only hope they don’t have him back next year. He is a classless clown and there is certainly much more talent to pick from than to settle for him.
Posted by: Seriously | January 17, 2012, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
Rodney:
You obviously have about as much class as Gervais so it is pointless to argue with you. I won’t have a battle of wits with an unarmed person!
Posted by: Seriously | January 17, 2012, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
@Seriously. I am seriously sorry that you have such a thin skin. Apparently you have no idea what the definition of wit is. I also find it amazing that you could make your assertion of “a battle of wits” based upon such a short comment.LOL!
Posted by: Rodney | January 17, 2012, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
Jodie,
You will probably never see this blog, but, I am sooooo sorry at the unproffessinal behavior of your PEERS.
It is because they are jealous of your career and where they themselves ended in theirs.
I saw this with the people surrounding Sissy Spacek in Ch-ville Va, and am sorry the world is full of such undeserving reprobates.
Posted by: Michael Trainum | January 17, 2012, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
Jodie is a legend.
Posted by: spiek78 | January 17, 2012, 9:18 pm 9:18 pm
Gervais went too far with her 10 year old sitting there.
Posted by: mcs | January 17, 2012, 10:40 pm 10:40 pm
Both of her boys look exactly like James Woods.
Posted by: Teena | January 18, 2012, 1:20 am 1:20 am
@MCS
They look nothing like James Woods, now go find your contacts and put them in.
Posted by: nadia | January 18, 2012, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
I agree..the cute boys look very much like James Woods. It was really surprising! Look at younger pictures of James Woods it is uncanny. @NADIA get some anger management. It is just an opinion – hate somewhere else.
Posted by: NYC77 | January 19, 2012, 3:12 am 3:12 am
@NADIA the comment was posted by Teena not MCS, maybe YOU need to go get YOUR contacts in before trying to tell someone else their sight is bad. They do resemble James Woods now that I look at the photo again. Hmmm..
Posted by: Kaffen | January 19, 2012, 3:17 am 3:17 am
hmm no clue who Ricky Gervais is.. Jodie does not look upset in the second picture. Oh! and I love James woods
Posted by: onlyanegg | January 19, 2012, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
What a beautiful family! The boys are adorable and Jodie looks amazing!
Posted by: Luis | January 20, 2012, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm
I agree with jrzwrld-she does not look displeased. Given that she has been in the entertainment business since she was a toddler, I am quite certain she has a good idea of what to expect at such an event. If she thought her boys weren’t old enough to handle it, I doubt she would have brought them. She IS NOT one of those celebrity parents that hauls their kids around everywhere they go, appropriate or not. Given the name of her movie, and her public acknowledgement of being gay, more than likely she has heard comments of that nature more than a few times by now, and prepared her sons to their level of understanding, given their ages.
What she DOES look like is a parent having one of those moments anyone with a child over the age of 2 has had. Part wanting to laugh, trying Not to laugh and draw more attention from your kids, and mentally hoping you don’t have to explain in more detail later.
Posted by: pmmy | February 13, 2012, 4:24 am 4:24 am
Well Hello hello sexy Jodie foster dang!
Posted by: Jack | March 26, 2012, 11:17 am 11:17 am