Actor Kristen Stewart said she was once advised to hide relationships with women and candidly explained why she decided to come out.
Kristen Stewart recently appeared on ABC News' Live Prime Time with Lindsay Davis to discuss her sexual identity and public choices. She said, "I did not want to live a partial life," and added, "You cannot ignore the fact that some people cannot live fully because they hide their existence."
Stewart confessed that people she once trusted and loved advised her, "Not holding hands with your girlfriend would be better for your career." She firmly replied, "That was ultimately telling me to live an incomplete life and maintain a system that excludes someone. I could not do that."
She went on, "It wasn't that I wanted to disclose the details of my dating life, it was important to live without hiding," and added, "I was already holding my girlfriend's hand in public settings, and I no longer wanted to run away." She also said she hoped her choice "would be an opportunity to open doors for others."
Kristen Stewart identified herself as bisexual in 2017 and later attracted attention that same year during an SNL monologue when she said, "I'm totally gay." She then revealed relationships with French singer Soko and model Stella Maxwell, and married screenwriter Dylan Meyer, whom she had been dating since 2019, in April 2025.
Meanwhile, she recently made her directing debut with the film The Water Chronicles and is continuing her path as a creator beyond acting. Stewart said, "Actors in Hollywood are often not respected," and added, "When explaining a work as a director, I felt for the first time that I was treated as a 'thinker,'" expressing her convictions about the industry's realities.
The choice not to hide herself, and the changes that choice brought. Kristen Stewart is still broadening boundaries in her own way.<
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