In 2007, Jodie Foster confirmed she had been in a relationship with her rumored partner, producer Cydney Bernard when she mentioned her at the Power 100 Women in Entertainment ceremony. “My beautiful Cydney, who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss,” Foster said. Foster reportedly met Bernard in 1993, when they worked together on the period drama “Sommersby.” That means Foster welcomed her boys with Bernard.
After 15 years together, Foster and Bernard went their separate ways in 2008, a year after they went public with the relationship. But the two remained close after their split. “There is no way I could ever stand here without acknowledging one of the deepest loves of my life, my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life, my confessor, ski buddy, consigliere, most beloved BFF of 20 years, Cydney Bernard,” Foster said in her acceptance speech at the 2013 Golden Globes.
Foster continued to raise Charlie and Kit with Bernard as a united front. “Thank you, Cyd. I am so proud of our modern family,” she added. While there’s clearly no bad blood between Foster and Bernard, their breakup was reported to have been contentious. According to tabloid reports, Foster had fallen for another woman. “The relationship has been shattered,” a source told The National Enquirer, MTV News reported in May 2008. While the cheating claims remained just rumors, Foster did move on fairly quickly.
