Thandie Newton Jumps On, Too.

Thandie Newton is the latest celebrity that I know of at least to jump onto the bi bandwagon. In an interview with The Advocate Thandie commented on whether Condoleeza Rice was gay and about her own experiences which I'll post below.

Your husband, Ol Parker, wrote and directed the lesbian romantic comedy Imagine Me & You. Couldn’t you have snagged a role, considering you were sleeping with him?
As he says, he literally fucked his movie, because I got pregnant just before filming. It was a beautiful story, and the movie was actually about him and me. He couldn’t believe that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, so he drew a lot from those feelings. The fact that I wasn’t in it meant that the movie was truly about him. I loved being home every night, making him some nice food, and being a sounding board for him. I was so proud of him.

Have you ever experimented with a woman?
Yes, I had my rite of passage. I was 16, and I wasn’t really in control of the situation, if you know what I mean. It was much more about a male fantasy of seeing two women together. But I loved the girl a lot; she was one of my closest friends. I think falling in love is actually more about falling in love with an individual. We’re all potentially bisexual; it all depends on your circle, your upbringing, and all kinds of things. Or maybe I’m just talking about myself. I could’ve easily fallen in love with a woman over a man. My husband Ol’s kind of a man-woman. Look, I once loved Tim Curry, so there you go.

To which women are you most attracted?
I regularly have girl-crushes on mums of other kids. I actually stalked one woman whose kid is one of my daughter’s closest friends. Solange Azagury-Partridge, a fantastic jeweler in London, is one of my girl-crushes right now, and she knows it.

So here's another bi-dealist for our growing collection. I know a lot of people hate the I-only-date-men-but-gender-doesn't-really-matter bi women out there, but I think they're great. They still risk something coming out, like anyone does. The fact that they are dating men and able to stay closeted but don't is great. But personally, I'd prefer a little here and now bi-ness as opposed to the "when I was a teenager" bi-ness of Thandie and Angelina and Megan. Here's hoping!