Which "Iconic Sci-Fi Sex Symbol" Actress is Ready to Come Out Lesbian?

Posted byriese

on June 27, 2011

"Which iconic sci-fi sex symbol with a history of bad relationships has gone lesbian? The once red-hot actress’ life is usually an open book, so it’s no wonder she’s telling friends that she’s ready to come out!"

As you know, Blind Gossip is always totally true and reliable, and this particular story seems EXTRA TRUE because it's so oddly specific. Also, this piece of Blind Gossip is extra EXTRA special for its perpetuation of the idea that a "history of bad relationships" would inspire one to "go lesbian." How exactly does one "go lesbian"? Does it involve an alternative lifestyle haircut? I feel like it involves an alternative lifestyle haircut. Regardless, the mystery woman is in for quite a surprise if she thinks lesbians and Bad Relationships are mutually exclusive.

So, who could it be? It'd be fan-fucking-tastic if it was Katee Sackhoff, Carrie-Ann Moss, Jennifer Garner, Sarah Michelle Geller, Jane Fonda or Sigourney Weaver but the odds are radically out of our favor with respect to those ladies.

So, here's our best guesses -- and just for the record our money's on Kelly LeBrock.

Carrie Fisher

+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol: Princess Leia in Star Wars
+ Open Book: Fisher writes a lot of memoirs!
+ History of bad relationships: Briefly engaged to Dan Aykroyd, but then got back together with Paul Simon. They divorced in 1983. Her second husband, Bryan Lourd, turned out to be gay.

However:
A few months back, from an interview in The Advocate:

In the September 2009 issue of Out, you participated in its monthly Can I Be Blunt? column by sharing 10 things that gay men should know about straight women. One of those things was, “We don’t really care that John Travolta is gay.” I know you and Travolta go way back, so let’s get really blunt here: Does his legal team have any business demanding Gawker remove a recent post suggesting that he’s given blow jobs?
Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it, and that’s all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be.

Would she really speak openly like that about John Travolta while keeping her own sexuality a secret? Carrie Fisher is relatively legendary for her tendency to spill-all, after all, this would be highly out of character.

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Jeri Ryan

+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol - Borg Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager and a regular role on Dark Skies
+ History of bad relationships: Married Jack Ryan and they had a child together. They eventually divorced and Jeri accused Jack of "asking her to perform sexual acts with him in public, and in sex clubs in New York, New Orleans, and Paris."

However:
+ Ryan Married French chef Christophe Émé in 2007, the couple had a daughter in 2008.

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Kelly LeBrock

(our pick!)

+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol: Charlotte in Weird Science
+ History of bad relationships: Married Victor Drai in 1984, divorced in 1986. Married action star Steven Seagal for nine years and divorced, she says he kept a sex slave in the basement.
+ Open Book: Is currently writing a tell-all bio which promises to reveal lots of secrets about her marriage to Steven Seagal.
+ Once Red-Hot: Her first film was "The Woman in Red," her career has died off as of late though she recently appeared on Celebrity Fit Club and Hell's Kitchen.

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Linda Hamilton

+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol - Sarah Connor (The Terminator)
+ History of bad relationships/Open Book: has been married and divorced twice, once to James Cameron, who she says has a "Titanic-sized ego"

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Gillian Anderson

+ Scully probably made you gay
+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol : Scully on X-Files
+ Red Hot: Gillian has red hair

However:
+ After her 2006 divorce, Anderson started dating Mark Griffiths. They have a baby together and seem to still be dating.

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Cindy Morgan:

+ Sci-Fi Sex Symbol: Lora/Yori in Tron
+ Open Book:"According to the documentary Caddyshack: The Inside Story, Morgan is currently a resident of Florida and is working on a book about her experiences during the making of Caddyshack."
+ Red-Hot: Tron costume!

Thoughts/feelings?

73 responses to “Which "Iconic Sci-Fi Sex Symbol" Actress is Ready to Come Out Lesbian?”

Molly
June 27, 2011 at 12:34 pm Permalink Reply

If it turns out to be Stephanie Jacobsen, my life will be enormously enriched. Just saying, Stephanie Jacobsen.

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1. Raksha (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 9:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh my Gods, Stephanie Jacobsen! I’d love her to be queer!
  
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anon7
June 27, 2011 at 12:34 pm Permalink Reply

Carrie Fisher’s ex-husband is Bryan Lourd. Billie is her daughter with him. Just sayin.

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1. allie (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 10:37 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  http://www.dennishensley.com/CarrieFisher2003.htm
  
  theres alot of mentioning of teh gay in that article, mostly in regard to her mothers flings, and she herself says that she isnt gay but wanted to be sure so i have my doubts its carrie fisher.
  
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  1. anon7
    June 28, 2011 at 12:10 am Permalink Reply
    
    I agree with you. It was wrong in the article (it listed Billie as her ex-husband, but they fixed it). That’s all I was saying. I don’t think it’s Carrie Fisher either.
    
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Melly
June 27, 2011 at 12:40 pm Permalink Reply

My first thought was “OMG SCULLY.” But that is probably only because Scully made me gay.

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1. novastar (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 12:50 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Same.
  
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Andrea
June 27, 2011 at 1:00 pm Permalink Reply

Dear once-red-hot actress,

Here is the hype. It is building you up in people’s minds to the point where anyone who’s not currently a mega-jumbo-superstar will be unsatisfactory, and when you do step out, some people are going to be jerkwads about it.

Do not listen to these jerkwads.

You’re doing an awesome thing, a thing which is important for all the little geeky queer girls growing up in the middle of nowhere, and we non-jerkwads will be behind you 100%. Thanks!

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PatsBard (member)
June 27, 2011 at 1:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Jeri Ryan was lusting after her husband yesterday on Twitter, so I think she’s out…of the running. *sigh* Why not Sigourney? I’m sadly out of the loop on some of these things.

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1. TLC DEMON (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 4:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Jerri Ryan is tots gay, the card board cut out I have of her has at least experimented with the idea…
  
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  1. Flic (member)
    June 27, 2011 at 8:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    THIS.
    
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Sweet (member)
June 27, 2011 at 1:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Carrie Ann Moss. Carrie Ann Moss. Carrie Ann Moss.

Please???

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meagan
June 27, 2011 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply

it’s Princess Leia, btw. /nitpick

if it’s Linda Hamilton, my childhood Terminator dreams will become ACTUALLY POSSIBLE. Aside from the killer robots, anyway. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE.

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1. jifener25 (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 3:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  THIS.
  
  seriously, one of my first crushes. all of my friends liked lil john conner. i wanted him mom.
  
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  1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
    June 27, 2011 at 4:18 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    you didn’t like Edward Furlong? C’mon, he totally looks like a baby dyke in Terminator 2!
    
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    1. meagan
      June 27, 2011 at 6:40 pm Permalink Reply
      
      i actually lusted after the entire conner family equally, up to and including claire danes in the third movie. (this probably should’ve clued me into the bi thing a little earlier.)
      
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    2. jifener25 (member)
      June 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      not as much as i loved his mom. awkward family threesomes ensue!
      
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Jess (member)
June 27, 2011 at 1:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user

ugh, it’s gonna be chely wright again, isn’t it?

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1. Rachel B (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 1:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  lol Jess.
  
  Best comment.
  
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2. Rachel (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 2:19 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  THIS.
  
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Valentina
June 27, 2011 at 1:51 pm Permalink Reply

Let’s just hope this actress (or her publicist/network) doesn’t pull a Marcia Cross on us.

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1. terracottatoes (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 2:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  i was like, what is ‘to pull a marcia cross’? and then i googled it. those anonymous internets commenters. you never know what kind of shit they’ll stir up!
  
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  1. Paper0Flowers (member)
    June 27, 2011 at 5:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    lol Your comment is 4th on the Google hits for “pull a Marcia cross”
    
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    1. riese (member)
      June 27, 2011 at 10:32 pm Permalink Reply
      
      PULL A MARCIA CROSS EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL
      
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Carmen SanDiego (member)
June 27, 2011 at 2:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Linda Hamilton cocking a shotgun with one arm in Terminator 2 made me gay

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1. bookbound (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 4:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Linda Hamilton’s arms in Terminator 2 made me gay
  
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  1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
    June 27, 2011 at 4:15 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Sarah Connor is one badass MILF
    
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  2. Misha Mleko
    June 28, 2011 at 5:51 am Permalink Reply
    
    I think there was some rumours back in the days when Cameron and Hamilton split of her being with a woman. For sure i read it somewhere and i remember it as that other one about Kim Bassinger after the madness with Adam Baldwin.
    
    Wait! Kim Bassinger was red hair in that comedy-science fiction movie with Dan Akroid or it was just in Nadine + Blind date?
    
    Sorry not enough coffee today for me
    
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Mindy (member)
June 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user

oh god if it’s Gillian Anderson my prepubescent heart might explode into a rainbow.

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1. Olga (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 7:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I would love that as well. Oh, Scully!
  
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bookbound (member)
June 27, 2011 at 4:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

If Lucy Lawless, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, or Katee Sackhoff were to come out RIGHT AFTER gay marriage passing in New York, I think my queer little heart would explode in a cloud of rainbow unicorns and studded belts and glitter.

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1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 4:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  If I could pick any Sci-Fi Sex Symbol Actress to Come Out Lesbian I would pick M-Rod
  
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  1. Caitlin (member)
    June 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Me too!
    
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    1. riese (member)
      June 27, 2011 at 10:33 pm Permalink Reply
      
      you guys, M-Rod is never coming out. like, ever. she is really not into the idea of ever ever ever coming out, much to everyone’s collective dismay
      
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2. Dina (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 4:52 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Lucy Lawless is married to Robert Tappert (who produced Evil Dead/Xena/Spartacus) so I’m thinking it’s not her.
  
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  1. kat
    June 28, 2011 at 1:22 am Permalink Reply
    
    I thought Lucy Lawless was already out, no?
    
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3. Ash (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 7:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Good gods is Michelle Rodriguez and Katee Sackoff came out I’d spam facebook for days with pics and vids of them with the following text-
  
  DO YOU SEE THIS?! THEY PLAY FOR MY TEAM FUCK YEAH LESBIANS!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
  
  Just unabashed spamming. Because everyone would need to know how relevant to my interests it is.
  
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Ash (member)
June 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Linda Hamilton would be kinda amazing. That could only be trumped by Summer Glau or Morena Baccarin coming out (YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE IN YOUR HEART) however they don’t fit the blind item clues.

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JC (member)
June 27, 2011 at 4:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user

So I’m too young to really specifically care about who of these ladies I would like to be gay, but hot damn, judging by these pictures, if it’s Linda Hamilton I will cry and then make effigies of her wonderful body.

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Dina (member)
June 27, 2011 at 4:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

My first thought: PLEASE LET IT BE MICHELLE FORBES

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1. residentgeek
  June 28, 2011 at 8:00 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Ensign Ro? Admiral Cain? FUCK YES.
  
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fjkds (member)
June 27, 2011 at 5:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Like what if, they all come out simultaneously, and had one giant gay Sci-Fi party?
I think I’ll ponder this more…

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Paper0Flowers (member)
June 27, 2011 at 5:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Ugggggghhhhh I’d give anything in the world to have Jeri Ryan be a lesbian, but alas, she is quite happily married to a lucky French chef. Grr.

(p.s. She’s now in Mortal Kombat, maybe wanna add that to her awesome sci-fi credentials?)

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K (member)
June 27, 2011 at 6:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Please let it be Princess Leia.

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Madeline
June 27, 2011 at 6:25 pm Permalink Reply

Am I the only one hoping for Claudia Black?

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1. Chloe (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 8:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Back when she was on Stargate SG-1 and that was still a show, I taped the first episode of season 9 (I think it was) where she comes on as part of the cast. I would watch that tape every day, starting with her first scene. (This was “before I knew I was gay,” who was I kidding)
  
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2. Raksha (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 9:31 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  CLAUDIA BLACK! She is hot like fire and my little Scaper heart would explode with joy if she were a homogay.
  
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3. TJ (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 10:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Nope I am definitely with you on that one.
  
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4. novastar (member)
  June 28, 2011 at 6:53 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  She’s married to a dude and has had more than one child with him. So, considering how much lesbogays love babies, that’s a definite maybe.
  
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5. JJ (member)
  June 28, 2011 at 7:37 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes! As impossible as it is, she’d still be one of my top choices.
  
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Lora (member)
June 27, 2011 at 7:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m so glad Chewbacca is finally coming out of the closet. Chewie’s not fooling anyone with that full-body alternative lifestyle haircut.

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1. Olga (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 7:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I LOLed. Great comment.
  
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kd15 (member)
June 27, 2011 at 7:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Please let it be Princess Leia so she can make my dreams come true and hook up with Mara Jade

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1. Chloe (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 8:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Mara Jade!
  
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Randahl (member)
June 27, 2011 at 8:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m pretty sure I was turned gay by Lana Lang played by Kristen Kreuk. [She was pretty much the ONLY reason I watched Smallville]

Watching Gillian Anderson definitely confirmed my gayhood though.

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Nicole (member)
June 27, 2011 at 8:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user

So, I know it’s not going to be Katee Sackhoff but come on, Starbuck? Totally gay. In my head.

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1. TJ (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 10:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Inorite.
  
  I saw Katee Sackhoff at a sci-fi convention earlier this year though and goddamn is she straight. I mean, I knew this but I was still kinda surprised by just how obviously straight she was. Dreams crushed right there, haha.
  
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2. Joy
  June 28, 2011 at 7:56 am Permalink Reply
  
  Especially in season 1. That haircut… oh my god. Besides, she had wayyy more chemistry with Kat than she ever did with Lee or Sam.
  
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jifener25 (member)
June 27, 2011 at 9:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user

the secret is EVERYONE IS LESBIAN.

AUTOSTRADDLE WINS ALL BETS

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1. terracottatoes (member)
  June 27, 2011 at 10:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  everyone??
  
  Anderson Cooper how could you.
  
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allie (member)
June 27, 2011 at 10:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user

man…i dont want to get my hopes up its an a-lister.

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Rose (member)
June 27, 2011 at 11:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I wish it were Summer Glau

But I know it’s not.

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GrrrlRomeo (member)
June 28, 2011 at 2:13 am Permalink Reply Report user

pleasebelindahamiltonpleasebelindahamiltonpleasebelindahamiltonpleasebelindahamiltonpleasebelindahamilton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE-rT9sXPgI

Yeah, I just went from 34 to 14.

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Sebastian (member)
June 28, 2011 at 10:34 am Permalink Reply Report user

Not only am I really excited about the Gossip, but I have to yet again comment on how much I love everything you write. You are fucking hilarious and poignant Miss Thang:

“As you know, Blind Gossip is always totally true and reliable, and this particular story seems EXTRA TRUE because it’s so oddly specific. Also, this piece of Blind Gossip is extra EXTRA special for its perpetuation of the idea that a “history of bad relationships” would inspire one to “go lesbian.” How exactly does one “go lesbian”? Does it involve an alternative lifestyle haircut? I feel like it involves an alternative lifestyle haircut. Regardless, the mystery woman is in for quite a surprise if she thinks lesbians and Bad Relationships are mutually exclusive.”

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Morgan Avery (member)
June 28, 2011 at 10:37 am Permalink Reply Report user

/hopeless nerd flailing/

Any and all of the above are amaaaaaaazing.

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JJ
June 28, 2011 at 10:40 am Permalink Reply

When I was living in NYC a while back, a (lady)friend of a friend claimed she was having a relationship with Linda Hamilton, for what it’s worth.

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BigKahuna
June 28, 2011 at 11:20 am Permalink Reply

Jane Fonda – Barbarella!!!!
Once red-hot = absolutely.
‘actress’ life is usually an open book’ = Her autobiography My Life So Far. I read it and it is amazing. Also, how she used to talk about her Ted Turner break-up and her relationship with her mother, father and step-mother. Probably not but still….I LOVE Jane.

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Remich (member)
June 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

In a discussion a while ago with my mother about getting married (to a man) at some point in my life, my mother also included the possibility that it would also be a woman if, “you know… you… go gay…”

Oh mom.

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P
June 29, 2011 at 3:32 am Permalink Reply

Carrie-Anne Moss❤

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lilyv (member)
June 29, 2011 at 5:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

im still hoping that some day jennifer carpenter will come out. i mean think about it she got a divorce sometime after she stopped by shane’s tattoo shop with masuka (http://youtu.be/aUv5EChHRNs)……..a girl can dream!

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notpolitical
June 30, 2011 at 7:50 am Permalink Reply

Linda/Gillian would be invited to my yearly marshmallows and no clothes party.

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Betty Oh (member)
July 4, 2011 at 10:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Eliza Dushku. pleazzzzzz.

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Kit F
July 6, 2011 at 12:53 pm Permalink Reply

So who was it?? I’m sitting on the edge of my seat here, and I’m starting to slide off!

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