Kristen Stewart reflects on speculation surrounding her sexuality

Kristen Stewart has reflected on the speculation surrounding her sexuality.

The 33-year-old actress opened up about the public attention on her relationships during an interview diversity, published January 11th. During the conversation, she recalled how she made headlines when she publicly came out as gay in February 2017 Saturday Night Livewhile responding to how then US President Donald Trump had previously urged her ex-boyfriend Robert Pattinson to break up with her.

Stewart announced this before her appearance SNLShe worked to become more comfortable with the press reporting on her relationship with a woman at the time, rather than referring to her partner as a “girlfriend.”

“It wasn’t even like I was hiding,” she explained. “At that point, I had been so open with my girlfriend for years. I think, “I’m a pretty knowledgeable person.”

According to the actress, she had a number of questions about her sexuality before appearing on television. She explained how this curiosity affected her childhood, as she was still a young woman just trying to navigate her romantic relationships.

“For so long I thought, ‘Why are you trying to impale me?’ Why are you trying to ruin my life? “I’m a child and I don’t know myself well enough yet,” she said. “The idea that people say, ‘I always knew you were a little weird kid.’ I’m like, ‘Oh yeah? Well, you honestly should have seen me fucking my first boyfriend.’”

Stewart further discussed her monologue in 2017 SNLwhen she called the former president and said, “Donald, if you didn’t like me then, you probably really won’t like me now because I’m hosting.” SNL and I’m so gay, dude.”

Speak with diversityThe Happiest season The star reflected on the experience on the late-night show, adding: “It was cool to put it in a funny context because anything could be said in it without having to sit down and do an interview.”

She also mentioned some of the questions celebrities ask themselves before coming out publicly and shared, “So what platform will this take place on? And who will make money from it? And who will be the person who broke it?’ I broke it by myself.”

When Trump’s comments about Stewart were made public in 2012, it was after they were seen kissing Snow White and the Huntsman Director Rupert Sanders when she was still dating Pattinson, for which she later publicly apologized. After the incident, Stewart’s co-star quit Panic roomJodie Foster, came to her defense by writing a comment for The Daily Beast.

“It was actually a really nice act,” Stewart said diversity about the comment. “I really needed Jodie to unpack that for other people before I could even understand it.”

During the interview, she also explained how coming out has shaped her acting career, noting that she wants people to “like” her and “want certain roles.” In particular, she acknowledged how her sexuality was integrated into the characters she portrayed.

“I have many different experiences that shape me and that are anything but binary,” she said. “But I got good at the heteronormative quality. I play this role well. It comes from a somewhat real place, it’s not fake. But it sucks that if I were gayer it wouldn’t be the case.”

Stewart continues to be open about romantic relationships as she has been engaged to her partner Dylan Meyer since 2021. During an interview with Andy Cohen in October 2023, she opened up about her future wedding plans and revealed that Guy Fieri could be officiating the wedding.

“Oh, we have very similar fashion and hair sense,” Stewart joked about the Food Network regular, before adding, “Plus, I think he just seems like a really nice guy, and he marries a lot of queer people .” People.”

Stewart also noted that while it would be special to have Fieri at the altar, she and her future wife weren’t necessarily keen on having him there as their best man.

“I think we’ll probably just marry each other,” the Chanel muse admitted to Cohen. “And then call Guy and say, ‘You were here in spirit, baby.'”

Stewart and Meyer first met on the set of a movie in 2013, years before they first sparked dating rumors. In 2019, they met at a mutual friend’s birthday party before being photographed holding hands on a night out.