Actress Maria Bello has spoken out about her long-term relationship with her female best friend Clare. On Friday the Coyote Ugly star reportedly opened up about her sexuality in a column for the New York Times entitled ‘Coming Out as a Modern Family’. She recalled the moment she told her 12-year-old son Jackson: “This was the moment I had been anticipating and dreading for months. I took a deep breath, knowing that my answer, and his response, would have an impact on our lives for a very long time. “I was with someone romantically and I hadn’t told him. I had become involved with a woman who was my best friend, and, as it happens, a person who is like a godmother to my son.” Maria also explained that she only realised her feelings when she came across an old photograph of her and Clare on New Year’s Eve: “It didn’t occur to me, until that soul-searching moment in my garden, that we could perhaps choose to love each other romantically.” Speaking about the father of her son, television executive Dan McDermott, the 46-year-old star explained: “Jack’s father, Dan will always be my partner because we share Jack. Dan is the best father and the most wonderful man I’ve known.” Maria has opened up about her relationship with her best friend.