Ronald Reagan’s Would-Be Assassin
I Turned Jodie Foster Lesbian
John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan, is convinced he’s the reason Jodie Foster is sexually attracted to other women.
He says Jodie was dating men in the early 1980s and only became a lesbian in the years after he tried to shoot Reagan dead. Jodie first came out publicly as gay during the 2013 Golden Globes Awards. John says this is the first time he’s ever revealed this theory publicly as he promotes his new memoir, “John Hinckley Jr.: Who I Really Am.”
He says he never asked Jodie out on a date because she didn’t seem interested … and in his depression, delusion and obsession, he thought he “could impress Jodie by killing the president.”
In the movie, Travis does not shoot the candidate … instead, he ends up as a local hero for killing the men exploiting Jodie’s character, Iris, a young prostitute … and his love interest seems impressed.
He says he waited for Reagan to leave after the speech … and when RR walked past him, he brandished his revolver and squeezed off six shots within seconds … wounding Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and White House Press Secretary James Brady.
John says he thought he would be killed by the Secret Service … but the crowd turned on him, jumping on him and beating him up until the SS cuffed him and took him to jail.
