December 23, 2008
Do you remember the A list film actor who was almost caught by his wife when he was spending time with his girlfriend at the family ski cabin? Well, it turns out that since that crazy incident, he and his wife have reached an agreement. Now our actor spends the week before Christmas with the girlfriend and the rest of the holidays with his wife and family. As for the rest of the year, it is pretty much about 50/50 also. This would shock the hell out of his fans.
Denzel Washington
Sounds like a dignified agreement for all involved. But I don't think it would shock his fans. The urban audience has been talking about Denzel's side pieces for decades.
ReplyDeleteNot surprising. Rumors have swirled around him for years about being a horn dog.
ReplyDeleteWhatever Works for them.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise. But since they've been married forever and the kids are grown, why doesn't she just call it a day and take half?
ReplyDeleteMaybe she like the benefits of being his wife ? Who knows though. It's gotta be a blow to her self respect but obviously if they have this deal she must doesn't care. That or she believes this what marriage is. Some women ( not me ) are brought up to have a blind eye.
DeleteProbably because she gets to be Mrs. Denzel, and enjoys the money and power that goes along with that. Or maybe she doesn't like sex, so told him to seek it out outside the marriage. Or all of the above? Could be lots of reasons.
DeleteWhy did his wife accept this bs?
ReplyDeleteA lot of women will put up with a lot for financial security and the cache that comes along with being a celebrity's wife.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise we wouldn't have reality shows.
@laura: cause she likes the money and perks.
ReplyDeleteAtleast he ain't on the downlow.
I'm sure the wife would rather he didn't. Some women do like being treated badly; that doesn't excuse assholes who treat them so.
ReplyDeleteBut he puts out a wholesome family picture to mainstream America. Like my mom would be surprised, but not us cuz we're gossip freaks.
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteIt's definitely not old Hollywood anymore. It's tough knowing how douchetastic actors are in real life.
It's kinda like loving the music but not the asshole who performs it bc of his behavior.
As long as it's consensual I guess there's no problem. Though I do have a problem with him being a role model for his kids.
ReplyDeleteAs many years as his wife has been putting up with this crap....I'd say her attitude is this, she's staying, all in for life. She wants that money she feels she has earned. Not too mention the status & lifestyle that she has become accustom to. Shes not about to give that up to some sideline HO. Guess I can't blame her.
ReplyDeleteHmmm…maybe after all these years of marriage, the sexual spark is gone for her, too. Maybe they love each other dearly as life partners, and they're OK with nookie on the side. I get that mindset.
ReplyDeleteOh the actors were pretty douchetastic [a lot of actresses were promiscuous] in old Hollywood it just did not get out as much if at all in the press because the studios yielded a lot of power. Well Liz Taylor leaving Eddie Fisher for Richard Burton sure did.
ReplyDeleteHow can we forget Joe Kennedy's affair with Gloria Swanson with long suffering Rose putting up with it and much much more. The same credo seem to apply to political wives.
Absolutely but those stories were the rarities than and that why they are still such big scandals.
DeleteKinda like the whole Tiger Woods incident. No one suspected that.
NaughtyNurse that is the thing, as long as BOTH partners are allowed to get nooky on the side because some douchetastic men will enforce a double standard. OK for them but not for you.
ReplyDeleteI read that studies of couples that have been married for 50 years, the ones that stick it out, in many cases they have been madly in love, hated each other, weathered a few affairs and then they seem to fall back in love or at least a friendship with mutual respect, especially when you get older and you realize you better be good to the one person who has hung in with you all these years or you may die alone.
Others would say polygamy is the way to go.
If all adults are in agreement on the situation I have no problem with it, but he needs to quit selling the loving married couple thing. Weren't he and the mrs just on some magazine?
ReplyDeletePauletta married Denzel long before he hit the big time. They have -no- prenup. That's why she stays, and they keep an arrangement, every year means more $ to the pile she would get half of should they ever split completely.
ReplyDeleteAnd who knows, they may like keeping their family together, may enjoy each others company for the time they do spend together. To each his own.
I just wish Denzel would go away. I am so sick of his portrayal of every character as the exact same person. Even his Malcolm X was nothing but Denzel saying words Malcolm said but not even trying to be Malcolm. He never acts! He is just always reading words.
ReplyDeleteOmg! That is so funny! And true, although I never really noticed it before
DeleteOmg! That is so funny! And true, although I never really noticed it before
DeleteI think he's a good actor, but an unfaithful husband. Pauletta prob does want to stay right where she is, and I guess this is their arrangement. If they happy, so be it.
ReplyDeleteEven in 2007 this would not have surprised me - the rumors about him have been rampant for years.
ReplyDeleteHe's an interesting bird - absolutely will not consort with white women, but pretty much everyone else is fair game.
@ Sandy There were rumors years ago that he and Julia Roberts hook up occasionally.
Delete@Sandy: You ever try dealing with white women? I don't blame the guy.
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ReplyDeleteKeeping up appearances for the children, no matter how grown they are, is a very noble act.
ReplyDeleteShe probably doesn't care, but was upset by his slopiness.
Whatever works for them.
I can't help but think that this lifestyle was forced on her though.
As I've aged my bullshit quotient has dropped. I can't be bothered. With no prenup and living in Cali as long as they have she'd be set for life so the staying has to do with something else.
ReplyDeleteIs she getting hers? I've never heard anything about her. It's always been about him.
No matter how iI look at it I don't get it. Does she have any self respect?
Not that it will matter to how people remember things, but this is the blind that virtually everyone guessed Tom Hanks for, and many quote it as "revealed" that Tom Hanks cheats. (He might, but since this blind was never about him, this blind is not evidence that he does.)
ReplyDeleteSometimes popular guesses are wrong, but since the guess is SO popular, that everyone just "knows" it's "true," even if it isn't.
Also, this was funny, the link back to the blind, in 2008, leads to a link back to the blind's first installment, which was December 20, 2006 (the first year of the blog, right?), and the second commenter says, "i really miss the original author of this blog!"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2006/12/this-actor-was-in-highest-grossing-film.html
big fan here. Not shocked.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great. I'd do it as long as I too can have a boyfriend. I get the perks of being Mrs. Denzel Washington & get great sex from a side piece. AWESOME!!!!
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