I’ve known several couples now that were together forever but never wanted to get married for various reasons, from it not being important to “not believing” in marriage. Then they broke up and within a year one or both of them were already shacked up with someone else and planning a wedding. What happened to all…

That also takes away any excuse the contestants may have that they’re doing it for scholarships, rather than a fake crown that says they’re hotter than the other girls they competed against.

No. What’s the point of any type of pageant?

I think it’s obvious he cheated. But I also think the happy, quirky marriage image people had of them from instagram and his shows was only ever that, an image, and not just because he’s an addict. She’s got a shitload of issues and demons as well so my guess is his cheating was just the tip of the iceberg

I don’t think they broke up earlier though, given the comments his ex-wife has made publicly that claim she was blindsided. Or they were in relationship limbo and she assumed that was temporary and he took it to mean a separation and then filed divorce papers. That said, she has her own share of issues so my guess is…

Because people love gossip and speculating about who cheated and when and why, etc. It’s human nature. And I’m not going to pretend to I’m above it, I love that shit.

My guess is he and Munn didn’t exactly plan to have a baby like mature, responsible adults and it was more like he was a drunken/high mess who couldn’t be bothered to ask/care about birth control and she... might have let herself get pregnant accidentally on purpose... and he at least had the decency to not fight it…

What the fuck?

Maybe didn’t have that much of a choice in the matter? Consider the very likely scenario where he was drunk/high and careless and didn’t ask or care about birth control when he was with Munn and when she decided to keep it he was at least decent enough to step up and take responsibility and pretend to be delighted…

Yeah, that’s what I mean. Using the term sexual assault to describe what Chris Noth did and to describe Taylor Swift getting her ass grabbed during a photo, is a problem. Not that both men don’t deserve to get punished but this overly broad use of the term isn’t helping. 

Thanks! And tea is definitely the plan. 

The comment you’re responding to is a bit weird and rape is never a woman’s fault but your ‘don’t have crushes’ isn’t as hyperbolic and sarcastic as you may think. Women have a lot to fear from men, I learned early on not to be as trusting or assume the best of men right away the way I would do with a woman or a gay…

I agree with you. If the phrase ‘sexual assault’ can mean anything from grabbing someone’s ass to rape, it loses some of its impact. Rape is rape.

Thank you. Slapping socially conscious words on something doesn’t change the fact that it’s a contest to pick a pretty girl so she can be a pretty prop in photos promoting brands and the odd charitable crap so they can pretend it’s not just about looks and money.

I have a bag of psilocybin I’ve been wanting to take for a while but I’ve been too nervous. I haven’t done shrooms since a few years after university, I used to love them but I have no idea how my brain will react almost 20 years later. Thanks for this. 

Thank you! I have no interest in the public figures who always say the right thing and probably have everything pre-written and vetted by their PR people. Fake and boring.

Personally this shit makes me like someone more, and makes them more human, than the celebrities that just spit out what their PR people wrote up for them. But I guess I’m not most people and fake and fabricated with all the rough edges carefully sanded off is exactly what most people want.

People stay in unhappy marriages for the kids (which I take to mean both for the kids and because of the kids) all the fucking time. Even when no one is depressed or addicted to alcohol. Not saying it publicly won’t make it any less true. I know a lot of marriages that would already have ended if it weren’t for the…

I don’t think that doesn’t mean he wasn’t already drinking a bottle of scotch when he was married with Garner. It can take years for people to hit rock bottom. Especially if they’re rich and have years of experience being functioning addicts.

Seriously. No need to go all “Will somebody think of the children!” here. I understood it the same as you, that he was unhappy in his marriage and he escaped by turning to alcohol, or even as an admission that he couldn’t handle being a parent at certain points.