I thought she was gay, but this quote from NY Magazine makes it sounds like she's bisexual:
“Guys don’t ask me out because they think I like women. Women don’t ask me out because they don’t know who I am. Do I have to write a sign that says EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER?”
She's gay but to protect her career and convince Hollywood producers she can play a romantic lead, she covers her back by saying she's "fluid"
She's been with Holland Taylor for two years
I sometimes wonder if its just a gimmick to create an edgier persona and create a following. She was kind of delicately pretty 20 years ago, but never quite reached that romantic lead status.
Dabbling in lesbianism makes Sarah seem a little more interesting and takes the pressure off the fact that she's fading into the black hole of talented but aging female actress, a place where careers go to die. A little lesbian buzz will buy her into some new roles and perhaps create a niche for her.
Holland Taylor is *76* years old, *32* years older than Sarah. I don't really see Sarah warming up to snack on that, it'd be like having cottonmouth and eating a sleeve of Carr's tablewater crackers. The amiguous bisexual comments are just a way of gaining cover for the fact that Sarah really still likes it the old fashioned way.
The only other explanation is that Sarah is just frigid and sexless. Her ex-fiance is a plump 56; between him and Holland Taylor, it might be evidence that Sarah's best relationships involve no sex at all.
Her pleasure is her career.
Shame too! She is gorgeous!
That's a good theory.
Another one is she is gay and is in love with Holland Taylor and doesn't give a rat's arse who knows it.
Why do we have to come up with ridiculous scenarios to explain her private life like, oh she's just gone lesbian to help her career? Anyone who knows how the entertainment industry works knows that coming out is not going to increase the roles you are offered in any way. You will be offered less. I'm unaware of any "niche" or strong demand for mid-forties gay actresses in Hollywood.
She's just being herself. Leave her alone.
It's unusual in the extreme for people to be involved in romantic sexual relationships with people 32 years older than they are, especially when the older one is in their 70s. Even more unusual is switching from heterosexual to a homosexual relationship with someone in their 70s.
It invites speculation as to what the motivations are as it defies "we're just in love" as reasonable or rational. Further, successful people in the media engage in all kinds of odd lifestyle choices to influence their career opportunities.
Whether or not there's no demand for lesbian actresses in their forties is debatable. Given the amount of data mining and preference polling (ie, Q scores), it would not surprise me in the least if gay and lesbian audiences weren't targeted and opportunities available for actors or actresses with an appeal to them.
Dennis Quaid just got engaged to his 26 year old girlfriend, and he's 65. An older male dating a younger woman will hardly even raise an eyebrow.
Also, prior to her dating Holland, Paulson was in a relationship with Cherry Jones from 2004 to 2009. Although it might not have been public knowledge, it shows she didn't just wake up one morning and decide she might bat for the other team. Jones is also 20 years older than Paulson, so it would appear Sarah likes older women.
It might be hard for you to get your head around, but nothing about this relationship seems fake or born out of convenience to me.
Maybe I'm contrarian, but I still find something suspect about people with 30+ year age gap relationships weird, even if hetero couples generally get a pass. I suspect with hetero couples the underlying "approval" comes from some assumption she's in it for the money, and he's in it for the sex.
Given Paulson's ex-fiance was 10 years her senior, too, maybe she just has some issues with anyone in her peer age group.
"It's unusual in the extreme for people to be involved in romantic sexual relationships with people 32 years older than they are, especially when the older one is in their 70s. "
Actress Joan Collins married her fifth husband Percy Gibson in 2002, a year before she turned 70. Percy was 37 at the time - a difference of 32 years. Everyone applauded her and thought it was great - she was the female Hugh Hefner. Collins herself said she'd never been happier, and was more in love with Percy than any other man in her life as they had so much in common.
17 years and going strong, this is the longest marriage for Collins.
Why does this interest you?
Perhaps the OP just wants to reach out for some sense of community.
Called the dyke's defense for obvious reasons.
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