# Is Jane Krakowski gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427 "2009-03-23T04:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/1 "2009-03-23T04:11:45Z")
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I read a recent mention of Jane Krakowski that said she has “never married”. The quotes were in the original article, which seemed to indicate a kind of secondary meaning to the phrase. If so, the most obvious innuendo is that she’s gay. According to Wikipedia, she really hasn’t ever been married. But it also said she’s dated men. A google search under “Jane Krakowski lesbian” doesn’t lead to any gossip sites but I did find that she’s played several lesbian characters. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/2 "2009-03-23T04:13:55Z")
[Wiki:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Krakowski) “Krakowski is in a relationship with British documentarian Marc Singer, whom she met at a screening for Children of Men in 2006.[7] Before that, she dated Julian Ovenden.” ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/3 "2009-03-23T04:15:29Z")
Having not read the article in question, I can’t really comment on the supposed innuendo. I would take “never married” as being just that, never married. What is the big deal here anyhow? Can you link to the article? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/4 "2009-03-23T04:38:55Z")
[Jane Krakowski](http://www.broadway.com/Jane-Krakowski/broadway_interview/4525) > [@](#): > > From smarquette: > Do you date hot young New York guys that enjoy musical theater? > > Jane responds: > Are you straight?!? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/5 "2009-03-23T04:48:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Having not read the article in question, I can’t really comment on the supposed innuendo. I would take “never married” as being just that, never married. What is the big deal here anyhow? Can you link to the article? It wasn’t an online article so I can’t link to it. It’s not a big deal but I’m curious. And I felt there was a difference between saying _Jane Krakowski has never married_ and _Jane Krakowski has “never married”_ - the quotes seemed to mean something. ---
**Author:** ![There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/There_Goes_a_Tenner)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/6 "2009-03-23T05:02:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It wasn’t an online article so I can’t link to it. It’s not a big deal but I’m curious. And I felt there was a difference between saying _Jane Krakowski has never married_ and _Jane Krakowski has “never married”_ - the quotes seemed to mean something. I know what you mean, those quotation marks, when inappropriately placed, catch my eye. You’re not the only one though who notices them; there is a whole blog dedicated to misuse of quotation marks. [http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/](http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/7 "2009-03-23T05:26:46Z")
If she has been in a long term, live-in relationship, it might mean that she wasn’t officially married, but considered herself so. My wife and I lived together for 8 years before getting married, we considered ourselves husband and wife. We got officially “married” a couple of years ago to share health insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/8 "2009-03-23T05:59:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It wasn’t an online article so I can’t link to it. It’s not a big deal but I’m curious. And I felt there was a difference between saying _Jane Krakowski has never married_ and _Jane Krakowski has “never married”_ - the quotes seemed to mean something. It could simply mean that she was directly quoted as saying she was “never married”. The quotes could, you know, be used to indicate a quote… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/9 "2009-03-23T16:01:53Z")
Egads, I hope not. I lust for that woman. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/10 "2009-03-23T16:04:01Z")
I’ve been following NYC musical theatre for years, and I’ve never heard a hint that Jane Krakowski is a lesbian. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/11 "2009-03-23T16:05:32Z")
I know absolutely nothing about Jane Krakowski’s personal life. Still, I can’t help wondering… is it possible someone just heard, via the rumor mill, “that cute blonde on \*Ally McBeal \*is a lesbian,” and wrongly concluded it was Jane Krakowski, rather than her co-star, Portia diRossi? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/12 "2009-03-23T18:47:34Z")
Jane Krakowski taught me how to stir Kool-Aid without a spoon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/13 "2009-03-23T18:54:10Z")
Also, let’s remember, not in specific regards to Krakowski, but married ≠ straight. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/14 "2009-03-24T14:08:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Still, I can’t help wondering… is it possible someone just heard, via the rumor mill, “that cute blonde on \*Ally McBeal \*is a lesbian,” Courtney Thorne-Smith is a lesbian??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/15 "2009-03-24T18:09:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, let’s remember, not in specific regards to Krakowski, but married ≠ straight. In specific regards to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, their marriage is strong evidence of the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/16 "2009-03-24T18:24:09Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Jane Krakowski taught me how to stir Kool-Aid without a spoon 🙂 Is this a reference to National Lampoon’s Vacation? Was that Jane Krakowski? I havent seen the movie in many years, but remember the scenes at Cousin Eddie place (“Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?”) as being the funniest of the movie… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jane-krakowski-gay/490427/17 "2009-03-24T18:41:57Z")
[quote=“MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake, post:16, topic:490427”] Is this a reference to National Lampoon’s Vacation? Was that Jane Krakowski? [QUOTE] Yep. Cousin (daddy says I’m the best at it) Vicki.