Balthazar Getty would like all of you to forget his affair with Sienna Miller. Just forget all those pictures of Balthazar kissing a naked Sienna a few miles from where his wife and kids were vacationing. Forget about him bringing Sienna back to LA and continuing the whole thing here in a very public way.
What better way to make you forget then to get Rosetta, his wife and the couple's kids all together for a Harper's Bazaar photo shoot and accompanying article.
"I loved and missed my family too much not to make it work. Rosetta is understanding enough and spiritual enough to let us try. In a way it--I don't know...I feel like we're better than we've ever been."
As for Rosetta, "I believe we go through things in a public way to help other people get through it. I'd love to talk about it more with people when I’m clearer about it. I'm going to have to explain this to my daughters one day. I chose not to act from ego because I just felt like it would be too crushing for my children."
You know what? I am willing to forgive the guy. Yes, he cheated on his wife and his kids will have to read about it in the future, but from all accounts he has been pretty decent since and he could have taken the easy way out of leaving his wife and kids but he didn't. He stayed and has tried.
I would have probably done the exact opposite and then eplained that to my daughters.
ReplyDeleteAlso, her (and his!) ego has everything to do with it. I don't like this lady.
I can't muster up anything but sheer ambivalence for this guy, his wife or their kids. Next!
ReplyDeleteKudos to Rosetta for not putting her children in the middle of that mess. My parents still put me and my sisters in the wake of their divorce and it's been 10 years. They've gotten a lot better, but they'll still throw a snide comment every now and then.
ReplyDeleteNumber one reason right there not to get married or have kids.
I am sure Baltazar's reason for getting back with his wife is that its cheaper to stay with her than lose his $ in a divorce especially when the acts of adultery were so publicly documented. Plus she had his family siding with her. The only good thing is his wife probably has her own side flings during during that same time so at least she got hers in.
ReplyDeleteOnce a cheater ... always a cheater!
ReplyDeleteHe'll do it again because he doesn't respect her.(and he's a asshole)
ReplyDeleteIf they wanna give it another try then I say live and let live. I am not one who believes once a cheater always a cheater because every relationship is different and if they TRULY love one another and want to make it work then I say go for it. People can change. Will it work? Who knows, but it will take ALOT of work.
ReplyDeleteI would be more willing to forgive the guy if he hadn't cheated with Sienna Miller. She gross.
ReplyDelete@Karmen - I read you loud and clear. My parents hated each other for years, my Mum wasted no opportunity to say snide and mean things about my father to my sisters and anyone who would listen.
ReplyDelete@Miss_P - my parents (who never, ever should have married each other), both cheated in their marriage. They both moved on to other other spouses and haven't cheated since. So once a cheater, always a cheater, doesn't always apply.
i don't see it as 'he stayed and tried'. i see it as she decided to let him come back and try to work it out. maybe sienna dumped him and that's when he had this big epiphany. in any case, i give his wife the credit---not him. and i also predict she'll be called on to be forgiving again one day soon.
ReplyDelete$$$$$$ makes the world go round.
ReplyDeleteI don't give either of them much credit. He was weak and will probably cheat again, and she was publicly humiliated and likely will be again. And all their kids will not only know, but be reminded of it by other nasty people.
ReplyDeleteOkay, what's the deal? Is he going to inherit money down the road? Does his job or inheritance require him to have a "loving family"? After reading these gossip sites as long as I have, I can't possibly believe that any couple in Hollywood actually loves one another.
ReplyDeleteI smell money somewhere...
Didn't he lose his job on Brothers and Sisters because of his affair with Sienna?
ReplyDeleteHe isn't sorry he just got kicked to the curb so now he's running back home.
No he doesn't DESERVE another chance but it sounds like his wife just wants her husband back or she wants his money.
I might have had a little sympathy for them if they didn't trot their kids out for the photo shoot.
ReplyDelete@not on my dollar - I think his behaviour was becoming increasingly erratic on set according to reports. He's had drug problems off and on for years.
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ReplyDeletei don't see it as 'he stayed and tried'. i see it as she decided to let him come back and try to work it out. maybe sienna dumped him...
Oh yeah, Sienna definitely dumped him.
He was having drug and alcohol problems on the set and the affair was just too much for the folks at Brothers and Sisters. Everyone in Hollywood sided with Rosetta. To salvage any kind of career, he had to go back. Sorry Enty. I just don't buy this one.
If she's willing, then good luck and God bless. Maybe she's got him right where she wants him and enjoying the ass kissing (at least for now).
ReplyDeleteI used to think he was so hot (sigh...). Well, I really don't get the trust issue in this kind of situations, if they wanna give it a go then go, but don't expect the same relationship as before.
ReplyDeletei can't believe you just called this guy decent, enty.
ReplyDeleteseriously?!
*headdesk*
I have a friend whose husband cheated, they have children (won't say how many to protect the family). She had other friends who wanted her to dump him straight away, I, who thought I would say dump him, instead told her that there is no time limit on leaving. Her friends weren't going to have to juggle kids and working, or lose the life they had spent years and years building. I told her that they could try counselling etc and that if she still couldn't live with it, then she could leave whenever she wanted, and if she did, she could look her kids in the face and honestly say she gave her marriage, and their father, her best shot.
ReplyDeleteHaving said all that, this is the perfect example of a couple who should have dated, but not gotten married. The differences between them are Grand Canyon sized.
@feraltart - While I agree that people should try counseling before calling it quits, I draw the line at infidelity. My mom cheated on my dad and he was never able to forgive her. I know that if I were to ever be cheated on, I couldn't continue the relationship. I wouldn't be able to trust the person again. Some people can, but that's not me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I cannot emphasize this enough: Staying together just for the kids is the worst thing you can do for your kids. When I was little, I wanted my parents to stay together, but now that I wish they would have gotten divorced earlier. It would have spared them their time and it would have spared me from listening to their fights. Don't teach your kids that faking a loveless marriage is worth the pain and frustration. Gotta be cruel to be kind.
I would never be able to forgive someone for this...I'm sure there is a lot more to the story than we are hearing. I think having kids changes everything (for some people). It would not for me.
ReplyDelete@Karmen - couldn't agree more with your second paragraph. My exact same experience. I feel like my mother taught me that it's okay to live with a man with whom you fight all the time, who regularly humiliates you, cheats and is a raging alcoholic. Parents need to be role models for the kids that are watching.
ReplyDeleteThanks rocketqueen for answering my question.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that sometimes parents should not stay for the sake of the children if they no longer love each other or one of them has lost trust and respect for their spouse.
My best friend went through this. It was actually a little more humiliating because he had cheated on her with the sister-in-law. Everyone told her to dump him, but I helped her realize what that would truly entail. At the end of the day, they love each other and they have a family. Was what he did right? No, but I truly believe that people make mistakes. We can forgive once. For anyone to think we are all perfect is ridiculous. He has shown upmost regret and has really stepped up to show her the old hubby she knew and loved. I can't judge. No one can. You have to do what's right for you and for your family. You have to do what you can live with.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I applaud them for coming out with everything and letting the chips fall where they may. They owe no one anything. They choose to put out their definition of marriage and what commitment means aside from public opinion, and whatnot. I didn't like what he did, but I don't know him. I don't know what kind of person he is, and can't imagine what they must be going through. I can only think they wanted to clear the air and get along with it.
He could have left and she could have not forgiven him. They both stayed and tried. That's not easy to do.
I smell someone more interested in rebuilding their career than their marriage.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever get married again there's going to be one heck of a "Jesse James/Tiger Woods drugs/hookers/whores" clause in that pre-nup!
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