{"id":5757,"date":"2026-08-12T07:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:35:38","slug":"john-hinckley-jr-shares-new-message-to-jodie-foster-45-years-after-trying-to-assassinate-ronald-reagan-to-impress-her-i-wish-her-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5757","title":{"rendered":"John Hinckley Jr. Shares New Message to Jodie Foster, 45 Years After Trying to Assassinate Ronald Reagan to Impress Her: \u2018I Wish Her Well\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tJohn Hinckley Jr., the Oklahoma native who tried to assassinate President Ronald Regan in 1981 in an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, shared a new message for \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs\u201d star during a recent appearance on the \u201cMark Joseph Show\u201d (via EW).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5755\">Oscar Nominee Barkhad Abdi, Jim Deddes Lead Teddy Cherim\u2019s \u2018Maalstroom\u2019; First-Look Image Released (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI just wish Jodie Foster well, you know,\u201d Hinckley said. \u201cI don\u2019t really see her movies, but I wish her well, and I know she\u2019s doing quite well. And that\u2019s all I can say is just, I wish Jodie well, and I hope she has a good life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn March 30, 1981, Hinckley waited outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., for President Regan. When President Regan emerged from the building, among a crowd of onlookers, he fired all six shots of his R\u00f6hm revolver at the commander in chief. Several of the accompanying staff and Secret Service agents were injured, and one of the bullets ricocheted off of President Reagan\u2019s limousine and struck him in the chest. Labor official Alfred Antenucci brought Hinckley to the ground seconds after the shooting, with assistance from agent Dennis McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHinckley was tried in federal court, but was found not guilty on all 13 charges by reason of insanity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5753\">Caleb Landry Jones on the Five-Year Battle to Make \u2018Down the Arm of God,\u2019 Confronting Prejudices Against Homelessness and How Luc Besson Saved the Film<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHinckley had stalked Foster while she was at Yale years before the assassination attempt, which was to be his final act to win her over. He was 25 at the time, while Foster was 18, and already had dozens of credits to her name, including \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d and \u201cFreaky Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhen asked by host Mark Joseph what he hoped to achieve by assassinating Regan, Hinckley said, \u201cI wanted to have a union with Jodie Foster and live the rest of my life with her and all these things that, of course, were delusional. But I was believing those things at the time, so the best outcome would have been a union with Jodie Foster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI thought she would, you know, after things settled down, join me wherever I was,\u201d Hinckley added. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure if I was gonna be in jail or the hospital or what after things settled down. 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