Jodie Foster Golden Globe Awards

Understandably, Jodie Foster's Golden Globes speech sparked discussion raised a lot of questions Sunday night. Three main points she sought to clarify:

1. She's NOT retiring from acting, despite strong allusions to doing so.
2. She is extremely close with Mel Gibson and is not ashamed of this.
3. The "coming out" portion of her speech is what it is.

In her wide-ranging speech, the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award winner, 50, acknowledged that she's gay and seemed to hint at retirement.

However, on the latter topic, she told reporters a different story later.

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Jodie Foster left some people bewildered, others in tears and everyone rived with a long, wide-ranging and emotional speech at the 2013 Golden Globes.

Honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement Sunday, the actress, 50, addressed everything from her sexuality to her ailing mother.

Jodie Foster Golden Globes Speech

"While I'm here being all confessional, I guess I just have just a sudden urge to say something that I've never really been able to air in public," she said.

"[It's] a declaration that I'm a little nervous about - but maybe not quite as nervous as my publicist right now. I'm just going to put it out there - loud and proud."

After a short hesitation and plea for support, she said: "I am single."

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