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Hinckley Claims Reagan Attack Shaped Foster's Sexuality

1/15/2026

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John Hinckley Jr. says in a TMZ interview promoting his memoir that his 1981 attempt on Ronald Reagan traumatized Jodie Foster and shaped her sexuality.
He asserts Foster dated men before the attack and publicly came out in 2013.
Jodie Foster has not acknowledged Hinckley's claims, and her representatives have not commented.
Hinckley spent over 30 years in a mental institution and remains on medication for anxiety and depression.

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John Hinckley Jr. says in a TMZ interview promoting his memoir that his 1981 attempt on Ronald Reagan traumatized Jodie Foster and shaped her sexuality.
He asserts Foster dated men before the attack and publicly came out in 2013.
Jodie Foster has not acknowledged Hinckley's claims, and her representatives have not commented.
Hinckley spent over 30 years in a mental institution and remains on medication for anxiety and depression.