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Kristen Stewartis opening up about her decision to come out while making herSaturday Night Livedebut in 2017.
In a preview clip from her upcoming interview onABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, theChronology of Waterdirector explained that she chose to address her sexuality during her opening monologue on the sketch comedy show because she wanted to be her most authentic self.
"It was less about sharing the details of my relationship and more so acknowledging that there are people that don't get full access to being alive because they're hiding," Stewart said in thePEOPLEexclusive clip. "I've experienced perspectives [and] I've had conversations with people I've known — loved and trusted and still do — who thought, 'Your career would go better if you didn't go outside holding your girlfriend's hand.'"
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She continued, "And I was like, 'So you want me to live a partial life? And you want me to uphold, perpetuate and sustain a system that excludes people?' And I just can't do that."
Stewart hostedSNLfor the first time on Feb. 4, 2017. During her opening monologue, theTwilightactress reacted to a collection of old tweets thatDonald Trumpmade about her and ex-boyfriendRobert Pattinson's relationship in 2012.
"The president is not a huge fan of me, but that is so okay," she said in her monologue. "And Donald, if you didn't like me then, you're really probably not gonna like me now, because I'm hostingSNLand I'm like, so gay, dude."
While speaking to Davis, Stewart noted that it was "very obvious who I was dating" even before she publicly came out on the show, which is why she hadn't issued any statements beforehand.
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"It felt like I also didn't want to commodify those details," she added. "It just felt like everyone wanted to take 'em and sell 'em. Pictures? Sold. Details? Sold. Quote, headline, boom."
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Still, while Stewart may have wanted to keep her relationship private, she didn't want to keep it a secret. "What I didn't want to do was hide from the world we live in," she elaborated. "I want to define it, I want to make it a more open and accepting place. And so I thought it was necessary for me to… I was already holding my girlfriend's hand in public."
She continued, "None of my relationships have felt guarded because I didn't want people to know me. I want people to know me. I felt like they did, so I didn't really need to fill in the blanks. But at that point it felt like a statement that just might unlock other people's doors."
Stewart would go on to date screenwriter and producer Dylan Meyer in 2019, with the couple tying the knot in April 2025. "I do. I really really really really really do," Meyer captioned herInstagrampost celebrating their wedding day.
Stewart's full interview onABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davisairs tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
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