Kristen Stewart came out during a monologue on Saturday Night Live! (SNL) nine years ago. The director of The Chronology of Water addressed this in an upcoming interview. It was on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis, where she explained her decision.
Kristen Stewart talks about her coming out on SNL in 2017
Kristen Stewart has remained one of the most acclaimed actors over the years. She also made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed The Chronology of Water.
In a rather unexpected manner, Stewart chose to come out to the world during an episode of SNL. In a recent interview, the actress has dissected why she chose to address her sexuality during her opening monologue on the sketch comedy show.
“It was less about sharing the details of my relationship and more so acknowledging that there are people that don’t get full access to being alive because they’re hiding,” Stewart said in an exclusive clip by PEOPLE. She continued, “I’ve experienced perspectives [and] I’ve had conversations with people I’ve known — loved and trusted and still do — who thought, ‘Your career would go better if you didn’t go outside holding your girlfriend’s hand.”
Stewart added, “And I was like, ‘So you want me to live a partial life? And you want me to uphold, perpetuate, and sustain a system that excludes people?’ And I just can’t do that.”
During the SNL episode in 2017, she had said, “The president is not a huge fan of me, but that is so okay,” refering to Donald Trump, “And Donald, if you didn’t like me then, you’re really probably not gonna like me now, because I’m hosting SNL and I’m like, so gay, dude.”
In this recent interview, the Twilight actress further added that it was already obvious at the time who she was dating. “It felt like I also didn’t want to commodify those details,” she elaborated, “It just felt like everyone wanted to take ’em and sell ’em. Pictures? Sold. Details? Sold. Quote, headline, boom.”
She further added, “What I didn’t want to do was hide from the world we live in…I want to define it, I want to make it a more open and accepting place. And so I thought it was necessary for me to… I was already holding my girlfriend’s hand in public…None of my relationships have felt guarded because I didn’t want people to know me. I want people to know me…But at that point it felt like a statement that just might unlock other people’s doors.”
Stewrat ultimately married screenwriter and producer Dylan Meyer in 2025.
