The challenge of writing about Jodie Foster's personal life...

I've been reading the reports in recent days on all kinds of sites that Jodie Foster's 14-year relationship with Cydney Bernard is on the rocks. Is it true? I have no idea. The first report came from the National Enquirer which is why I ignored it. And now it has gradually spread to such a point that the Enquirer isn't even being attributed anymore...to anyone!

One thing is for sure: Jodie is not going to set the record straight for us. She's not going to release a statement or do an interview with "The Insider." The only thing she has ever said about the relationship was something I heard wirth my own ears back in December when she received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the 16th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Towards the end of a wonderful speech, Jodie thanked "my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss."

I was surprised to hear her thank Cydney publicly and figured it would be all over the news by the time I got to the office. It wasn't. I was the only journalist there who wrote about it and from there, it became worldwide news. That story fell in my lap. If there's a different story going on now, I cannot say.

Earlier posts:
- Jodie Foster thanks "my beautiful Cydney" at women's power breakfast...

-- Thoughts on my Jodie Foster story