As Demi Moore continues to wear her wedding ring and seems to be focusing on Kabbalah counseling sessions to strengthen her marriage, it is getting more and more difficult to have sympathy for her. Still, I do feel bad. She looks like hell and I wouldn’t trade places with her for all the money in the world. What’s worse is the tabloids seem hellbent on forcing the divorce issue when clearly Demi is all “I can save my marriage!” It’s like she can’t admit that this whole cougar thing blew up in her face. I’d like to think that Demi is strong, that she could walk away and find a better, healthier situation for herself. But it seems like she’s not that strong.
OK! Magazine has a story about how Demi’s daughters are rallying behind her in the wake of Ashton’s douche implosion:
Amid the celebrity scandal swirling around Demi Moore’s crumbling marriage to the wayward Ashton Kutcher, most of the focus has been on Demi’s anguish: The erstwhile Brat Packer has cultivated a sexy, we-should-all-look-that-good-at-48 image, burnished by her union with 15-years younger Ashton.
But now the facade is collapsing as it turns out that her May-September husband is chasing 20-somethings like Sara Leal and, allegedly, Brittney Jones — who are young enough to be Demi’s daughters (with her ex, Bruce Willis).
So, what about those daughters, Rumer, 23, Scout, 20, and 17-year-old Tallulah? How are they handling the betrayal by Ashton, whom the young women always called “MOD,” for My Other Dad?
“They’re horrified,” a close family friend tells OK!. “They really care about their mom and adore Ashton; they don’t want to think of him as a sex-addict monster like Tiger Woods.
“Without a doubt, Rumer and Tallulah are angry with him,” the pal adds. “He slept with a random girl their age [Sara]. I’m not sure which was worse — the fact that it happened, or the fact that he didn’t come clean about cheating until he was caught. It came as such a shock to read about it.”
Adds another insider, “The girls can’t believe he’d humiliate the family like that for one night of lust. Ashton was like a brother to them. They were supportive of him last year, when the story came out (complete with a purported sex tape) about Brittney Jones. They convinced Demi to give Ashton another chance.”
COMFORTING MOM
Devastated as they are in the wake of their mother’s very public ordeal, Demi’s girls are giving her staunch support — as is their father, Bruce.“The girls were all there immediately, comforting her,” Demi’s pal tells OK!. “Everyone has created a unit that’s going to band together. It’s been a surprise to everyone how Bruce has stepped up and served as a calming force supportive not only to Demi and the kids, but also to Ashton.”
FACING THE FUTURE
With divorce talk shadowing the family, some friends hope for a reconciliation.“Some of us think that this might make Ashton and Demi more open and honest with each other,” the pal says.
But Demi’s daughters remain worried. “What if it is a Tiger Woods situation?” the friend tells OK!. “They can only imagine how awful this could all end up. They just want it all to go away.”
[From OK! Magazine]
I think the girls have every right to be concerned that this is a “Tiger Woods situation”. The tabloids just get the low-hanging fruit of infidelity – and Ashton wasn’t trying to hide his hot tub time with Sarah Leal. I wonder if he had some affairs that he was actually trying to hide?
By the way, most tabloids are painting the same version of this story – Now Magazine and The Enquirer had similar ones last week, where sources claimed that “When Bruce found out he flipped. Bruce believes if you mess with someone he loves, you mess with him. He trusted Ashton not to hurt his family and is planning to give him a piece of his mind. When he finally catches up with him it won’t be pretty… Demi is still a big part of Bruce’s life as the mother of his children. He’s clearly concerned about her to the point that when someone [on the set of his new film] made a joke about what’s going on he gave them a real dressing down. No one has mentioned it since.” I would pay to see Bruce kick Ashton’s ass.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I was crying looking at the pictures of her lovely daughters. I am all for women and marriages but not for an unhappy one. Demi should in the name of God leave this diaper boy. Whatever that joined them together was not fair to her. I feel pity for Demi Moore because obviously she is not happy!!! What a shame and a complete bad role model to her kids!
Bruce going all “diehard” on Ashton’s narrow ass? I WOULD pay to see that!
Awwww. Sorry situation
That first photo of her in the red dress is tragic. Run Demi, run!
Go Bruce – I would love to see that also.
Rumer looks good in that one picture with her hair black and short – the hair doesnt draw attention to her jaw.
Completely off topic, but Rumer looks really pretty with that pixie cut.
OMG- love Bruce. I seriously would love it if he kicked Ashton’s ass. And he so could too.
No sympathy. You marry an immature douche, you get an immature douche. She should be setting a better example for her girls. Be sad, that’s fine, but emaciated and pathetic is not.
I don’t think it is weak to try to save her marriage, especially with a family involved. Infidelity isn’t always an automatic deal breaker for everyone.
Rumer looks cute in the first pick. She should return to that styling
i don’t believe that Bruce wants to kick Demi’s ass. and did Demi believe for a second that she would live happily ever after with such a sleazy guy. it seems she really fell in love with him and was too blind to see what all non-celebs could see from that distance. sad.
These smug, entitled morons humiliate themselves every time they strike a pose for the cameras.
I would be willing to bet to a certain extent that Demi is struggling with a 2nd marriage failing. That would suck no matter who you are because at that point you have to look at yourself and wonder what you are doing wrong.
I would love to see this showdown between Bruce and Ashton because we all know that Ashton would get an old school asskicking. BUT Bruce was known to chase tail behind Demi’s back. I guess the difference is that he was smart enough not to get caught by the press.
Of course, this does not have anything to do with her movie that’s coming out does it?
she looks awful, worse than normal. the example she should set is that you don’t run to divorce court right away. but you dont condone bad behavior. give him a chance to fix it and if he doesn’t then you run away.
I love Bruce Willis….go get ’em, Bruce!
The article says, “Without a doubt, Rumer and Tallulah are angry with him.” What about Scout? She’s the middle one – is she not angry with him? Or am I reading too much into it?
Don’t get me wrong here because I am not making excuses for Ashton but why in the world does Bruce Willis have anything to do with this? He and Demi are divorced and he too married someone who is way too young for him. Divorce Ashton, get over the mistake you made and move on Demi, no one is perfect, not you, not your daughters, not your ex and surly not Ashton. I don’t care how skinny Demi becomes or how much work she has done on her face; nothing can erase the age difference. That’s my opinion at least. I could be wrong.
Oh yeah! Bruce we wait patiently for you to Yipee-Ki-Ya that M*@-F@#$er.
He did warn Ashton early in this relationship with Demi
I feel bad for the kids, because from the articles I read, it seemed that he really had bonded with them. I’m sure that she is now wishing they hadn’t thrown their relationship into the media, and put up this united front that regardless of their age difference, their marriage was going to last. Whenever a marriage fails, it is painful especially when kids are involved.
I read an article that said Demi had pushed Ashton to cheat. Come on now, what, did she phyically put his penis where it should not have been. Nobody can push someone to check. That is just ridiculous.
I would love to see Bruce kick Ashton’s ass. In fact, I would pay to see him do it!
All I have to say is this: Is that Rumer or Scout above with the short, dark hair, because she looks ADORABLE…actually CUTE. She should wear her hair that short and that color all the time. I’m frankly amazed. And what a body! Who knew!
Goodness that picture of her in the red dress is horrific, she’s so skinny! The worst part is it seems to just be shaped that way meaning even with the curve in fabric it’s not hanging onto anything.
I feel bad for her. Sorry but I never got the feeling it would work and I’m sorry she hot herself and her children so involved with him. I doubt Ashton was ready for such a serious and committed relationship even if early on he was dedicated. The great change in his appearance also seemed to say he stopped caring.
Gotta say it creeped me out reading that her daughters thought of him as their brother. But that’s the point, he is young enough to be their brother. Not blaming Demi but that always felt wrong to me.
I had a crappy step dad too, so I feel bad for the girls, especially the youngest one. It seemed like she was really attached to Ashton.
On another note, I too would love to see Bruce beat the hell out of Ashton. I’ve never liked him. He’s been annoying to me since the first time I saw That 70’s show.
After reading the comments, I see that it’s Rumer with the short, dark hair…love it so much, I’m going to go get mine cut that way! And LOVE LOVE LOVE the black v-neck dress.
with his arrogant, smug demeanor,there is NO DOUBT that there are probably MANY MANY skanks in his closet.
Bruce VS Ashton in a PPV?
Oh yeah I’d pay to see that 🙂
Bruce and Clint(even at his age now)are probably the 2 guys I wouldnt want to be angry at me.
Like duh! Of course they would be if he’s cheating on her.
A cheater is a cheater, age difference is irrelevant. I have several friends who are in marriages with younger men, and they’ve been happy for years.
I respect the idea of wanting to save a marriage if at all possible. Shouldn’t couples attempt to weather the ‘for worse’ part every now and then? Marriages seem to be entered and (more often) exited so quickly nowadays. Infidelity wouldn’t be a total dealbreaker for me, because people do make mistakes (granted, prolonged infidelity is a different matter).
However, I might feel differently if I was in the public eye. The conflict and embarassment can’t be kept private, and then there’s the whole matter of public opinion to contend with…
Demi loooooooks bad.. Been awhile since i kept up with Celebitchy but Demi has..worsened.
I do not want to be like her at 48. No Sir.
I’d pay (and love) to see Bruce kicking Ashton ass.
Go Bruce, let him see what true men are like.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve certainly been in “that situation” where it is obvious what I needed to do….and I DID it! Was it painful? YES! Did it “feel good” to leave? Hell no! Was it good for me in the long run? Absolutely!
I’ve counted, so far, 3 WOMEN Ashton has allegedly boned. All 3 of these women have admitted IN PRINT to sleeping w/Ashton. That count is FAR TOO MANY to “make a go of it…give this marriage another shot.”
Ashton is a serial cheater. Just like a wife beater…there’s no amount of therapy, or ANYTHING that will change his ways, ok? Yeah, Ashton may meet in the future a woman that he’ll be loyal to…but it’s NOT DEMI!!! That train has long ago left the station.
I can’t feel sorry/have pity for her anymore. It’s obvious what she needs to do FOR HERSELF, & she’s acting as if nothing is wrong, & that it’s “perfectly normal” to try and salvage the marriage. Whatever Ashton does from this point on, Demi is sticking around to be hit in the face with.
Alot of people getting satisfaction out of seeing that Kutcher cheated on Demi Moore and she was “stupid” (cos she went younger) and somehow deserves what she gets. This hawkishness over other peoples’ relationships “succeeding” (the 30 year anniversary, I guess?) misses the point that a “good” relationship is more than just longevity. Though I’d run, I can’t judge her so harsh for staying …peoples’ needs from their partners ARE different. Not everyone NEEDS fidelity to stay together (look at Hillary and Bill Clinton) …by the same token I don’t think you can call a relationship a “failure” just cos it ends. They seem to have had seven happy years together, at least. She chose a man who was good to her daughters for a good third of their childhood, which is more than *many* children of divorced parents get, and it probably meant alot to Demi Moore. The “hahah told you so attitude” toward Demi doesn’t take in to account she chose just as good or better than most other ladies dealing with the male species. Choosing a man your own age, or 25 years older than you, does not prevent the rampant cheating that goes on in those more traditional (age-wise) relationships. Cheating happens – especially where power and privilege are combined it happens more than does not happen. Looks are important to Demi Moore (obv.) and she got to enjoy 7 years with a hot young man who was also good to her daughters, not sexually abusive, not resentful of their presence, but a nurturing presence in their lives. He has hurt their mom so now it’s a hard time, but that does not erase the fact he’s been good to them.
DARLING CELEBITCHY, ARE YOU DIGGING INTO THE ASHTON/JANUARY JONES PREGNANCY RUMORS? THEY’RE BUILDING.
Bruce Willis’s head is HUGE!!!
The “sex addict”, “random” and “for one night of lust” quotes from the source close to the family are telling.
All of the statements minimize the magnitude of Ashton’s personal responsibility in the poor choices he is making; maybe Demi wants to stay together?
demi needs to dump his ass and start eating.
BTW, if there is a bruce/ashton smack-down my money is on bruce.
LMAO at “low-hanging fruit of infidelity”
@12 Lucinda – RE: Demi trying to figure out what she did wrong is actually pretty simple. She MARRIED Ashton Kutcher.
Come on, their all actors playing a game:
– Kutcher and Moore got married for publicity. I’m sure there was a great deal of affection and sexual attraction between them but Moore wanted to up her profile and draw attention to her attractiveness (see plastic surgery body in Full Throtle) and thought snatching a younger, upcoming star would do the trick even better and Kutcher a boost in his career by marrying an “come back” A-lister. Match in publicity heaven
– Moore isn’t a victim. She plays one so when the divorce comes through she’ll be hailed as a strong woman who supported her husband even though he gave her hell. In the end, she couldn’t take it anymore and had the strenght of choosing a life on her own (at her age!) and breaking it off. Smart cookie. First snatching a younger man and then dumping him. People pity her more than condoning her for this. Winning!
– This has been going on for years, since Kutcher’s rep is so bad (he doesn’t even hide his douchebaggery) and his film are almost all the same there is no reason to hold on to this relationship for Moore. They have come to a dead end.
I don’t feel sorry for her, she has been around in Tinseltown forever and she knows how to play the game. She’ll survive. Kutcher however is and always will be a selfish loser. I don’t see his appeal, especially since he is also very hurtful (his comments about Britanny’s weight).
They should also be irritated with Demi for not immediately kicking his cheating a$$ to the curb.
I once read (somewhere) that Frank Sinatra offered to Mia Farrow, to break Woody Allen’s legs because the Soon-Yi affair. I wonder if this is the same with Bruce and Demi. That will be great, I deteste Ashton with all my being. I just don’t get what’s the appealing of this man, he’s such a douche.
I had forgotten about that Frank Sinatra/Mia Farrow/Woody Allen story. It’s hard for me to wrap my mind around divorced couples actually caring about each other, but I suppose it does happen.
In light of what’s going on, I find those pictures of Ashton w/Demi’s kids kind of creepy.
NM9005,
I completely agree with you Demi and Ashton’s marriage was a way for them to get media coverage, for her to come back into the limelight and for him to increase his notoriety, let’s face it he has no acting talent whatsoever if not for the Demi relationship he would have nothing!
I’d pay to watch those 3 girls kick his ass.
Have they tried pouring Kabbalah water on everything, or wearing little red strings? Because it’s my understanding of their little club/cult deal that those things pretty much fix what ails ya.
Demi is obviously in pain, but it’s hard for me to find sympathy…she chose this path for herself. Instead of denying her age and trying to look more youthful by being super skinny (yes, part of it is grief), she needs to accept herself. Being that thin just equals looking like a shriveled-up little ole’ lady and it definitely does not equate to looking sexy. Forty-eight (48) is actually quite young these days–I’d love to be that age again. In fact, if I could choose an age to be forever, it would be forty-seven (47). And I’d also pay to watch Bruce kick Ashton’s prissy ass.
@Lucinda: third.
Didn’t Bruce cheat on Demi when they were married?
@#48,
Demi had an affair with Dicaprio while married to Bruce, true story! I saw it in her Biography Channel bio, they had pap pics of her with a young Leo, so funny.
I don’t get it. Didn’t an affair happen last year too? It’s not like this is the first public affair found out.
So if Bruce didn’t kick Ashton’s ass last year, then why would he do it this year? Also, if I was Demi’s daughter, I’d tell mom to suck it up and move on. Annual public humiliations are not a good thing.
Demi, stop trying to force a boy to be with you when you and the rest of the world knows that he doesn’t want to be with you in the first place. Come on already.
I have no sympathy for her at all. The first time, maybe, but not the 2nd time, not year after year.
Dang … she’s so skinny she looks like a lolly pop …
Demi now looks like when you resize your photos and forget to keep the proportions. She looks all stretched vertically. Sad to see somebody who once conveyed a strong womanly vibe to one that is desperate to hang on to this loser.
Why are Demi and Bruce’s offspring so homely? People villify Michelle Duggar and Sister Wives, BUT their kids don’t look malnourished & frightening with ciggies hangin out of their mouths. Demi created this whole bloody mess with her plastic body and overinflated ego. Demi…be a Mother and forget about Ashton..that dude does not love or respect you. Bruce is a selfish idiot too..those 3 girls must be so confused.
Sad situation… really.. but Bruce.. please stay out of this …
I think this is perfect case of it takes 2 to tango. I think they are both partially at fault IF they have an open marriage. She keeps forgiving his dalliances which makes me think she doesnt really care – she just doesnt want them public so she looks bad.
I also think Ashton figured he hit jackpot when he married her because he wasnt raking in the big money like he is now and now that he is perhaps he is done with her. Pathetic but probably true.
She had to realize when she married a guy WAY younger than her who didnt have his own kids etc that he would eventually want to move on. Not that that is an excuse for a man to cheat but i think this is a very different marriage (open) than your average marriage.
It is hard for the children of women in these situations, even if they are adult. No one likes seeing their Mum get hurt, even if she has been acting like a silly 17 year old. My mother spent years with a sleazy toyboy, 6 years older than me, who would jump anything in a skirt that moved. It was a dysfunctional and horrible situation which our mother continued with for 16 years because she was so co-dependant on the guy. Very hard for myself and my two sisters even though we were in our 20s and 30s. I feel for Demi’s girls, and I hope Bruce swoops in and kicks Ashotn’s arse!
I agree with Jennifer. Who needs this smug “I told you so attitude”? The marriage did work for as long as it did. It’s a long time in Hollyweird years. And I give her credit for not running for the exit at the first sign of trouble.
I think Bruce never stopped loving her, or maybe it has morphed into a brother/sister kind of relationship.
I don’t feel bad for her. She made her own decision to stay with him, that’s her problem. Demi should be the one Bruce is mad at, for being a bad influence on their daughters and staying with an alleged cheater. Plus, I like Ashton in the movies and shows he is in.
I think it is sad that people, especially women, look at a situation like this and blame the female getting cheated on in some way, just b/c she doesn’t act how we want……raise a sword and cut off his balls, walk away like you never gave a shit, I am woman hear me ROAR!! The reality is, we all have/will have our own insecurities getting older and having your husband cheat on you with a younger woman (even if your husband is the same age as you), hurts like a gut punch. Can’t imagine what she is going through and w/ the media in it, it’s worse…just like a normal woman would be embarassed by people knowing and discussing. I wish she’d have more support from other women, and not ones that say just get over it, move on, etc. I mean, look at the comments that Scarjo got even though Ryan has dated more women than she has dated men since the breakup (I know he didn’t cheat on her so it’s not exactly the same, but still, guys are always treated differently in these situations).
He looks more naturally a couple with the daughter then with the mother. She was too old, the cougar thing didn’t work. Move on. No sympathy for her or any other cougars. Grow up ladies.
Why are we ladies so hard on each other? Nobody berates older men who marry much younger women. Demi is still beautiful and young; she is too good for him.
@Samantha, Yet no one gives Bruce Willis ang grief over all the very young girls he has had since his divorce from Demi? She works in Hollywood where a woman over 40 might as well be dead as far as jobs are concerned, her first husband (and father of her children) divorced her and started dating much younger women, and now her current husband after a long marriage by Hollywood standards, does the same thing. Yeah, I can see your point that she deserves no sympathy, Thanks!
Kick him out, woman
@Jordan, Bruce was her 2nd husband, not her first
I agree with Samantha.
Lets be honest, we are not equal, that’s why we are women and they are men. Trying to reach 100% equality between men and women in each situation is negating the psychology of the different genders, of certain physical and physiological realities linked to motherhood and fatherhood.
Females are not only averagely more tolerant and more precocious emotionally as well as physical wise, they also are the nuturing element in the couple/family.
Because of all those inane characters, because of the fact that their fecondity period is shorter than men’s, women from all part of the world and for centuries were able to have mates much older than they are and that balance has been working since primates are on Earth, men included.
The contrary is a recent cultural phenomenon that don’t take into account those physical reality we all face and is really the exception.
In Hollywood, the only couple I recall that succeed in that type of union is actor Maxwell Caulfield who was twice as young as his wife when he married her at barely 20. He adopted his wife’s daughter who was just a few years younger than him. He is still married to his much older wife but it’s an exception.
When you are a woman in your 40 marrying a man who is in his twenties, when you have your own children already, often imply depriving him of that legiitimate joy of having his and it’s a sacrifice for most men and women.
In any case, I personally think that it’s a little bit too young for a man to marry in his twenties when his woman is already in his 40.
Those two should have waited because in such a marriage, the guy was the one who had to give up on his youth, his, growing experience, his paternity and became right away a father of teens while he was barely older.
Demi and him should divorce for the sake of both of them. Then both should find mates who are in the same level of their journey in life so that one wouldn’t feel deprived or there won’t be such unbalanced needs and accomplishments in one half of the couple.
She looks frightening. I hope someone helps her.
How many of you were around in the eighties when demi thought she was all that and a bag of chips? She led bruce around by his chin hair. That lady is a TIGER not a cougar and gives as good as she gets. Don’t waste even half a tear on demi moore, my friends! She is laughing all the way to the bank–always has, always will.
Demi should have known better about marrying a much younger man! He was never gonna not stray.
So…did Ashton ever mess with his step-daughters?
Erm, Bruce Willis cheated on her too didn’t he? I don’t think he’s allowed to be outraged then. Little bit of guilty conscience there?
Id be careful if I were Bruce. He shouldn’t be giving asston a piece of his mind. He really cant spare it.
Demi has had her share of sh1t sandwhiches…aparently she is no longer hungry, judging by her clearly starved countenance.
Cant believe people r actually commenting on the family and judging like u guys…. geez
I think Demi was trying to get pregnant but it failed. A young man without his own kids is going to want kids one day. It is a dream of most men. That is the only reason I would not marry a young man(without kids). I am age 50 and won’t be having any other kids. Plus it is not good to marry someone with an age difference of 10 years or older-You are in different worlds and cannot gel). Demi need to divorce him unless she can give him a child(with his seed) he is going to be unhappy. That is why old men can marry young women–they can still get pregnant not always the other way around.
How can Ashton tell Demi that he wants kids if she can’t get pregnant!! Ashton is getting a bit older and is thinking about having a family with some woman. Demi has been where he wants to go.That journey of raising a child/ a baby is new for him but he wants that. She cannot give it to him. So what can he do-cheat and leave or get thrown out-maybe he is trying to sabatoge the marriage.It’ s not like he wants to make her feel worst saying “shes too old to have his kids”.You all see what happened to Bradd Pitt and Jennifer Aniston-he was over 40 and wanted a child and jennifer said NO. She did not even care what he wanted and was selfish. I bet she wished she had another chance to rethink that. Most men want their own child.
the cheating on either part seems to be an incurable Hollywood malady. No pitty for demi here. She deluded herself thinking that because she is irresistible demi, the cougar thing would work. No pitty here. It’s not as if she was this pure suffering white lilly. She’s been around Hollywood long enough; what made her think AK would love her forever. What I can’t understand is how she left a REAL MAN for a whimpy idiotic child.