The March 16 issue of Parade Magazine featured actress Jodie Foster, and the popular family-oriented publication even took a peek inside Foster's personal life"something that is notoriously off-limits to the media.
Parade commented that late last year, Foster opened the window slightly on her emotional commitments by publicly acknowledging her longtime friend, Cydney Bernard, at a Women in Entertainment breakfast in Los Angeles, during which the actress called Bernard "my beautiful Cydney." Parade also noted that both of Foster's sons, Charles and Kit, have the middle name Bernard.
Foster did not openly discuss her orientation or name her kids' father to Parade"putting the "private" in her private life. When asked why she has not been in love, Foster responded, "Oh, my life is basically from the head up. I'm definitely not proud of that. I'm very analytical."