Superstar golfer Tiger Woods, ‘Mr.Sandra Bullock’-Jesse James, famous Singaporean movie director Jack Neo, they have all made headlines recently for the same reason. What’s sad about it is that infidelity has become something so common these days. It is almost ‘expected’ especially in celebrity marriages despite how beautiful, kind and loving the wife may be.
Men are always going on and on about how it’s absolutely ‘impossible’ to understand women. Let’s take a moment here to try to understand the male species. How is it that a man who vows to be by a woman he loves ‘till death do us part’ can easily jump into bed with the first other woman who shows interest in him? Then why get married at all?
What makes this so hard to understand is that these men have such gorgeous wives. Yet, they decide to stray. And those ‘other women’ they choose to cheat with are nowhere near as beautiful as their wives. Clearly these men are just looking for some cheap, no-strings-attached sex with any random woman. What they fail to realize is, they’re celebrities- and whatever they do appears on Channel E- with some added sugar and spice.
Watch celebrity entertainment news on Channel E and you will be fed with gossip about who’s cheating on who –with who. The ‘other woman’ becomes an instant celebrity, has paparazzi following her everywhere and gives teary interviews about how she is ‘sorry’ for breaking up the marriage or how the affair wasn’t her fault at all. The betrayed wife is forced to go into hiding to prevent the media from scrutinizing her every move and tearing apart her already messed up life while the hero makes a public apology to his fans and says he will do everything he can to save his marriage.
And this is ‘entertainment’ news.
The latest in the string of celebrity cheaters is Jesse James. His gorgeous wife Sandra Bullock recently won Best Actress during the Academy Awards but her victory was marred by the news of James’ infidelity just days after her win. She went into hiding and was understandably a wreck instead of enjoying what should have been the happiest moment of her life. He ruined it for her.
Even the most beautiful women get cheated on by their husbands. How does this make us ordinary looking women feel? Not very secure, I can tell you.
Of course, normal non-celebrity men cheat too. It’s just that they don’t have cameras following them around twenty four-seven to expose their dirty little secrets. So, it is easier for them to sneak around behind their unsuspecting wives and enjoy the time with their mistresses without getting caught with their pants down.
Men, they are like kids in a candy shop; they will grab the candy that is given to them for free, regardless of the consequences. The only difference is, men actually know the consequences of their behavior, yet choose to ignore it. Why say no to free candy, right?
Take Brad Pitt for instance, he cheated on his lovely wife Jennifer Aniston and comfortably landed in the arms of man-eater Angelina Jolie. He didn’t lose anything or even pay for what he had done. Instead the whole world watched as he married Jolie and had an instant family with her while the betrayed wife Aniston remains single till today.
We hear less about infidelity among Indian actors but then, they are less open about their private lives compared to their Western counterparts and maybe the Indian press is less aggressive. I’m sure they have their own dirty secrets but manage to keep them hidden well. Or shall we be naïve enough to assume that they do not cheat and instead have a firm hold on to Indian values, tradition and respect for the institution of marriage? I don’t think so.
I may sound like a man-hater but I’m not. I know well enough that not all men are cheaters and that some men truly believe in monogamy and the sanctity of marriage. But one can’t help but feel frustrated reading, watching and hearing about all these men who cheat and get away with it. At least if the celebrity wife is smart enough to sign a pre-nup, she could walk away with half his financial assets. Of course hundreds of thousands of dollars can’t completely take away the grief of betrayal, but it definitely could help ease the pain.
Aruna ~CineFashion June 2010~
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