--- ---  # Here's How Kristen Stewart Felt About Coming Out on _SNL_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 10, 2017 9:49 PM UTC  Kristen Stewart attends the "Personal Shopper" New York Premiere at Metrograph on March 9, 2017 in New York City. Kristen Stewart attends the "Personal Shopper" New York Premiere at Metrograph on March 9, 2017 in New York City.Mike Pont—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 10, 2017 9:49 PM UTC When Kristen Stewart [hosted _Saturday Night Live_](http://motto.time.com/4660577/kristen-stewart-donald-trump-saturday-night-live/) in February, she casually dropped an important line in her opening monologue addressing President Donald Trump. “I’m like, so gay, dude,” she said offhandedly, and the audience roared. In a [new _Entertainment Weekly_ story](http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/10/kristen-stewart-interview-personal-shopper/), the generally private [_Personal Shopper_ actor](http://time.com/4696431/kristen-stewart-personal-shopper-review/) opens up about how it felt to share that particular piece of her personal life with the public on the Studio 8H stage. “I’ve been talking about it for a really long time! I’ve lived pretty openly,” she told _EW_; she had been photographed in the last few years with girlfriend St. Vincent’s Annie Clark. The _SNL_ moment, however, was the first time [meaningful.](http://time.com/4695261/kristen-stewart-on-coming-out/) “I guess because it was simple and straightforward. Just — ‘I’m so gay, dude’… In that moment, to make it normal and cool and completely unashamed? It felt really cool,” she explained of the experience. And while she said she’d love to return to _SNL_, it remains to be seen whether she can come back after accidentally dropping the f-bomb on live television. Kristen Stewart on Coming Out on SNL Interview ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4698857/kristen-stewart-snl-coming-out/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4698857/kristen-stewart-snl-coming-out/"},"headline":"Here's How Kristen Stewart Felt About Coming Out on SNL","datePublished":"2017-03-10T21:49:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:48.631Z","description":"The 'Personal Shopper actor explains why she shared her sexuality publicly.","url":"https://time.com/4698857/kristen-stewart-snl-coming-out/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb019ef90bf0bb048/6988be08656a3f4e97bcf1e1/kristen-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb019ef90bf0bb048/6988be08656a3f4e97bcf1e1/kristen-stewart.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Personal Shopper\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"Personal Shopper\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Mike Pont—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4698857/kristen-stewart-snl-coming-out/","name":"Here's How Kristen Stewart Felt About Coming Out on SNL"}}]}] ```