--- description: The actress says a comment about having "many" of them was taken out of context. title: Cate Blanchett Denies Past Sexual Relationships With Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf53abb0a57f132a/69884cf5e20a873827a8b068/cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cate Blanchett Denies Past Sexual Relationships With Women  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 17, 2015 2:54 PM CUT  Actress Cate Blanchett attends the "Carol" Photocall during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France. Actress Cate Blanchett attends the "Carol" Photocall during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France.Dominique Charriau—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 17, 2015 2:54 PM CUT Cate Blanchett [denied](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/17/cate-blanchett-ive-never-had-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-woman "undefined") having past off-screen relationships with women on Sunday, at the Cannes premiere of her film about a lesbian affair, a comment that comes days after she was reported to have said that she had “many” of them. Blanchett sought to clarify remarks she made in a _Variety_ interview that ran last week, _The Guardian_ reports. “From memory, the conversation ran: ‘Have you had relationships with women?’ And I said: ‘Yes, many times. Do you mean have I had sexual relationships with women? Then the answer is no.’ But that obviously didn’t make it.” The star, who plays a woman involved in a lesbian relationship in _Carol_, said her comments were taken out of context and used the occasion to call for worldwide progress on gay issues. “In 2015, the point should be: who cares?” Blanchett said. “What often happens these days is if your are homosexual you have to talk about it constantly, the only thing, before your work. We’re living in a deeply conservative time.” \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/17/cate-blanchett-ive-never-had-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-woman "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3881817/cate-blanchett-carol-gay-relationships/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3881817/cate-blanchett-carol-gay-relationships/"},"headline":"Cate Blanchett Denies Past Sexual Relationships With Women","datePublished":"2015-05-17T14:54:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:23:45.683Z","description":"The actress says a comment about having \"many\" of them was taken out of context","url":"https://time.com/3881817/cate-blanchett-carol-gay-relationships/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf53abb0a57f132a/69884cf5e20a873827a8b068/cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf53abb0a57f132a/69884cf5e20a873827a8b068/cate-blanchett.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Cate Blanchett attends the \"Carol\" Photocall during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France.","caption":"Actress Cate Blanchett attends the \"Carol\" Photocall during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2015 in Cannes, France.","creditText":"Dominique Charriau—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3881817/cate-blanchett-carol-gay-relationships/","name":"Cate Blanchett Denies Past Sexual Relationships With Women"}}]}] ```