Overview
- Stewart tells ABC News it was less about sharing relationship details than acknowledging people who cannot fully participate in life because they feel forced to hide.
- She says people close to her advised discretion, including not holding hands with a girlfriend in public or on red carpets for the sake of her career.
- She recalls rejecting what she called an incomplete life and refusing to uphold a system that excludes people based on their sexuality.
- During her 2017 Saturday Night Live monologue, she referenced Donald Trump’s prior tweets about her personal life and declared she was “totally lesbian.”
- Coverage links her comments to a broader trajectory that includes her move into directing and recent criticism of how actresses are treated in Hollywood.