Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleJohn Hinckley Jr. wished actress Jodie Foster well in a recent interview, decades after attempting to assassinate President Ronald Reagan to gain her attention. Speaking on the Mark Joseph Show, Hinckley acknowledged that his past obsession with Foster was delusional and expressed hope that she has a good life. Hinckley shot and wounded President Reagan and three others outside a Washington, D.C. hotel on March 30, 1981. Found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982, Hinckley spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital before being released in 2022. Foster has rarely addressed the shooting, though she wrote in a 1982 essay that Hinckley's primary crime was confusing love with obsession. In fullJodie Foster’s former stalker shares message for actor decades after Reagan assassination attemptMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 after attempting to assassinate the president.

‘I don’t really see her movies,’ said John Hinckley Jr in a recent interview