Overview
- Stewart told ABC News Live Prime that she refused advice from people she trusted who said her career would fare better if she avoided holding a girlfriend’s hand in public.
- She said the SNL disclosure was less about sharing private details and more about rejecting a system that excludes people who feel forced to hide.
- Before the monologue, she felt it was already obvious whom she was dating and she did not want to commodify her personal life, yet she also did not want to hide it.
- Her 2017 opening monologue referenced 11 tweets Donald Trump had posted about her past relationship, culminating in her line, “I’m so gay, dude.”
- Recent coverage ties her remarks to her current chapter, including her 2025 marriage to Dylan Meyer and her directorial work on The Chronology of Water, with her noting she could look to Europe if U.S. policy were to constrain filmmaking.