Kristen Stewart infamously got here out as queer in the course of her Saturday Evening Dwell internet hosting debut.
“I’m just a little nervous to be internet hosting as a result of I do know the president’s most likely watching, and, um, I don’t assume he likes me that a lot,” Stewart quipped in her February 2017 monologue, referring to former president Donald Trump disapproving of her dishonest on Robert Pattinson. “The president just isn’t an enormous fan of me, which is so OK, as a result of Donald, should you didn’t like me then, you’re actually most likely not going to love me now. I’m, like, so homosexual, dude.”
Stewart, who had beforehand dated Communicate costar Michael Angarano and Twilight love curiosity Pattinson throughout her early years within the highlight, had by no means publicly disclosed her sexuality.
“Actually, I believe it was simply humorous,” she informed E! Information one month later. “To not diminish the purpose, as a result of I believe that saying issues so bluntly is completely essential, however on the identical time, the one motive I haven’t ever executed that’s as a result of there’s an ambiguity to that and I needed issues to be actually actual for me.”
She continued, “I’m so completely proud that I’ve had so many individuals be like, ‘Thanks,’ and I’m like, ‘No, thanks.’ It’s sort of mutual, full circle.”
Since popping out, Stewart dated the likes of Alicia Cargile, St. Vincent, Soko, Stella Maxwell and Dylan Meyer. Stewart and Meyer acquired engaged in 2021.
Hold scrolling for extra of Stewart’s candid ideas about sexuality and popping out as a member of the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood:
August 2015
“Google me, I’m not hiding,” she quipped to Nylon when requested if she was relationship Cargile. “I believe in three or 4 years, there are going to be an entire lot extra individuals who don’t assume it’s mandatory to determine should you’re homosexual or straight. It’s like, simply do your factor.”
Might 2016
As a baby actor, Stewart all the time felt a have to label herself within the public eye earlier than she finally put a cease to it.
“I needed to have some reply about who I used to be,” the Spencer actress informed Selection. “I felt this bizarre duty as a result of I didn’t wish to appear fearful. However nothing appeared acceptable. So I used to be like, ‘F–okay, how do I outline that?’ I’m not going to.”
Stewart added that “not defining” her sexuality is the epitome of “what [she’s] about,” including, “Should you don’t get it, I don’t have time for you.”
October 2016
Months earlier, Stewart confirmed her romance with Cargile earlier than telling Elle she was “not ashamed” about relationship a girl.
“I’m not confused,” she mentioned. “Issues have modified. And never simply with me — we’re actually allowed to encourage this new acceptance and be superior.”
The right match! After plenty of notable romances through the years, Kristen Stewart discovered The One in Dylan Meyer. The actress began relationship her Twilight costar Robert Pattinson in 2009. Three years later, the Adventureland star had an affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. Stewart and Pattinson briefly rekindled their […]
March 2017
She informed the Sunday Occasions that she got here out on SNL as a result of “it simply appeared essential and topical,” denying that she dated Pattinson out of confusion.
“I wasn’t hiding something,” Stewart famous. “I didn’t discuss my first relationships that went public as a result of I needed issues which can be mine to be mine. I hated it that particulars of my life had been being was a commodity and peddled world wide. However contemplating I had so many eyes on me, I abruptly realized [my private life] impacts a better variety of folks than simply me. It was a possibility to give up a little bit of what was mine, to make even one different individual be ok with themselves.”
September 2018
“Yeah, ambiguity is my favourite factor ever. By way of sexuality? For certain,” she mentioned throughout an interview for Paris’ Mastermind Journal. “And in addition in making movies, should you completely reply each query, you don’t enable for folks to have their very own expertise and actually bask in thought. I really feel that very same means about how we f—okay one another. You don’t wish to know every part on a regular basis.”
Dylan Meyer and Kristen Stewart. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
January 2024
Since popping out, Stewart sees Twilight in a brand new mild regardless of it specializing in a heterosexual, teen love triangle between a human woman, a vampire boy and a werewolf man.
“I don’t assume it essentially began off that means, however I additionally assume that the truth that I used to be there in any respect, it was percolating,” Stewart informed Selection. “It’s such a homosexual film. I imply, Jesus Christ, Taylor [Lautner] and Rob and me, and it’s so hidden and never OK. I imply, a Mormon girl [Stephenie Meyer] wrote this ebook. It’s all about oppression, about wanting what’s going to destroy you. That’s a really Gothic, homosexual inclination that I really like.”
March 2024
Stewart appeared on the duvet of Rolling Stone the earlier month, the place she wore a jockstrap and suggestively put one hand down the entrance of it. The picture sparked backlash, which she referred to as “ironic.”
“I really feel like I’ve seen quite a lot of male pubic hair on the duvet of issues. I’ve seen quite a lot of palms in pants,” she mentioned on the Late Present With Stephen Colbert. “I believe there’s a sure overt acknowledgment of a feminine sexuality that has its personal volition in a means that’s annoying for people who find themselves sexist and homophobic. Feminine sexuality isn’t supposed to truly need something however available. [The cover] feels prefer it’s protruding in a means that may be annoying. However f–okay you.”
