Here are some photos of Liberty Ross in London this week. She attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards, and she’s been staying at Claridges, just like Kimye. I think in some of these photos, you can see Liberty’s boyfriend Jimmy Iovine behind her. He’s an older gentleman and very, very rich. Not only did Liberty make out like a bandit in her divorce from Rupert Sanders, but she also hooked a big fish for her jumpoff. Good for her. Anyway, Liberty has a new interview in Harper’s Bazaar UK. Liberty has given interviews about the Rupert-Kristen Stewart thing a few times before and she never says anything too specific or bitchy, and that doesn’t change in this piece. Still, it’s interesting! You can read the full piece here and here are some highlights:
The Rupert-Kristen scandal: ‘Unfortunately, we live in a world where everything is so overexposed that it’s actually terrifying. I was horrified at how relentless and extraordinary going through something like that was.’
She was thankful that the scandal happened over the summer: ‘I was able to go and be somewhere secluded for a good month. And then when school went back, I had no choice but to be as strong a woman as I could be for the children.’
Two years later: ‘It’s amazing what two years does. Today, I feel happier than I’ve ever felt, and I’m in such a great place. All of us are: my kids are great, Rupert’s amazing, we have all moved on and everyone is doing really well.’
Does she resent Rupert’s betrayal? ‘God, no. Ugh. People need to learn to forgive. I have no problem with anyone involved. I’m completely compassionate, I really am. No life is perfect, we all have our problems and issues and I believe that it’s good to be true to who you are.’
Her relationship with Rupert, then and now: ‘Rupert and I were together since we were very, very young. I was 18 – essentially, I married my first boyfriend. I always used to say we were more like brother and sister anyway. We’d been together for so long, we weren’t really evolving together as a couple so much. Rupert was very much part of my family, and still is – he was like another sibling. We’ll always have this amazing love for each other. I spent 17 years of my life with him. I have nothing but love and respect and compassion for him. He’ll always be my family, you know. We live close to each other, we continue to raise our children absolutely together, it’s really good.’
She wouldn’t change anything: ‘No,’ she says. ‘I think we can grow from all experiences, even the most tragic, sh–ty ones where you think you’re going to die. Actually, you know, there are ways of growing with them and learning from them and moving past them and accepting them. I just feel so lucky and peaceful with everything in life, and excited and happy.’
That line about feeling “compassion” for Rupert sounds familiar, but I looked it up – I linked to a similar story last week, which might have been a preview of this longer interview. Either that or she’s just been using the same line over and over again. Either/or! Anyway, I do believe her when she says she’s happier now and she’s at peace. She conducted herself with a lot of dignity, she never bad-mouthed her ex or “the other woman” and she came out of the scandal completely unblemished, if not stronger than before. I also like that after two years have passed, she can admit that her marriage wasn’t really on steady footing at the time of the affair – it doesn’t sound like she’s making excuses for Rupert’s wandering dong, it just sounds like she’s realized how happy she can be without him. Again, good for her.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
She looks great, she sounds happy and looks happy so good for her.
Then maybe see can stop talking about? We know that’s part of her healing/money game, not to mention the only way she can get an interview because no one knows or cares who she is. Celebitchy, can we cover other stories?
You realise people ask her about that mess right? She said nothing untowards, she could have said no comment but that would have made into something too
If you don’t care about here you don’t have to click on stories about her.
So don’t read the story. Simple.
This is a Harper’s Bazaar UK. emphasis on the UK. She was a much more successful model and socialite there than in the US. eg They ran pics of her wedding years ago.
You’re obviously not into fashion because she’s actually a well known model. More well known than Rupert, who wasn’t known until he cheated on her.
This is the first time that I’ve actually seen pictures of this woman and thought that she was attractive. The first time. While I do think that her eye make up is boss, these are the first photos that I’ve seen where she’s looked genuinely happy. She looks gorgeous. Given what she did have to go through, and in front of the world, I am happy for her that she is in a good place.
The way she has conducted herself through this mess makes me think Rupert Sanders is a total idiot.
What she really knows would shock Kristen’s fans. She is classy or was given very good legal and pr advice. I like her.
She is fond of that particular black and white pattern, isn’t she? I count three separate pieces in two different outfits.
that’s all i took from this, she bought a bolt and ran up a few things
It sounds like her marriage had evolved into more of a sexless, unromantic love, as she says, almost like brother and sister. So I can see how you would be understanding when it finally fell apart. Who wants a marriage like that? Sounds like it was just a matter if time. Anyway, I’m happy for her if she’s happy.
I agree…sounds like the marriage was coming to an end, anyway. Sounds like her life is pretty great, now…and isn’t that the best revenge!
Exactly.
Sounds like she was more upset over the fact that she was humiliated in front of the entire world and the way it all went down than she was over the actual demise of her marriage. I can’t even imagine how awful it would be to be in that situation.
She is smiling all the way to the bank. Nothing like a big payday when your husband publicly cheats on you.
Good for her
I also think this is why Miss Ross has been understated too. She kept her mouth shut… and made out like a bandit in the divorce by doing so.
Now she is attempting to find herself a new wealthy companion.
And the last thing you ever want to do is sh*t talk the last one. No matter how bad things may have gotten. If you trash talk the ex-husband in public. There is no way you are going to find a new one. Not in LA.
She played her cards well. She must have hired the correct crisis PR team. And it was money well spent!
I think she is a stunningly attractive woman, and has conducted herself with such dignity.
Ditto. She could give a lot of celebs instruction in how to be classy.
And people compare her actions to LeAnne Rimes/Brandi Glandville. I don’t even see how. She’s handled this better than most of the people I know.
How? The whole situation is nothing like that? We don’t see Kristen Stewart bonus momming his kids. Other than the reported spotting together months after it happened, they haven’t been seen together.
Plus Liberty cashed out huge, Brandi barely got anything if you believe what you read. who knows
Boss.
“I always used to say we were more like brother and sister anyway.” ouch. she sounds like she wasn’t too happy in the marriage. maybe his cheating just prompted her to get out of a less-than-ideal situation. good for her that she’s doing well now.
Yes, I thought that was some very not-so-subtle shade.
Sounds like a woman who didn’t know how happy she could be until old Rupie was gone. Now she’s all, tra la la, I forgive him. He’ll always be family. Life is good y’all.
Had she still been in love with him, I guarantee she’d be singing a different tune.
Agreed, you should see the mess here in France with Holland ex femme (thet weren’t married) book of memoir coming out these days. She is the epitome of furious.
…and the epitome of crazyness.
The thing that I like most about her is she could have still used this as the opportunity to be the total victim, perfect marriage, wronged woman, and played the sympathy card to the hilt.
After going through this storm, she is classy enough to say their marriage had issues already and they weren’t evolving together, essentially saying they were outgrowing each other. Few celebs would ever come out and say that. She seems like a very self-aware and kind person who has gotten to a point of forgiveness and is happy with her life and can see all angles of their marriage. S
he doesn’t want him walking around with a scarlet letter on his back the rest of his life, and she’s a nice enough person that she doesn’t think it should define a very young woman. I agree with you. I think after all the hurt has eased off, the bottom line was she wasn’t “in” love with her husband anymore. She loved him and they had children and a life, so the “uncoupling” in such a way was painful. The children thing seeing daddy move out is very hard. If he were the love of her life and if he had walked off into the sunset with Kristen, much, much harder scenario..
I was a little surprised when she said the relationship was more of a brother-sister thing.
And, yeah, I did wonder if the reaction would be different if they were extremely in love with each other. She’s handled things well, but the brother-sister comment made me wonder if it’s easier to get past cheating if you’re not that in love with the person. (Although I did also wonder if it’s possible maybe she’s just being kind to him and doesn’t want to have a target on his back as that horrible man who cheated with a young woman. Her comments don’t excuse him, but probably make the public less likely to trash him at every turn).
Since she’s handled everything with a calm frame of mind, I did wonder why HE wasn’t still in love with her though. I figured her zen-ness would make him want to keep her, even if her feelings were more platonic.
I think he did. They went into therapy. They didn’t just break up right after this happened. They had children. I’m sure he tried and probably she did for the kids, but it was over.
Nothing to do with class, just that she didn’t care all that much. Would you be angry and jealous if your brother slept with someone? Doesn’t mean she isn’t still a nice classy dame, just that this reaction seems more about her level of investment than anything else.
She’s conducted herself and handled this whole mess with nothing but the utmost class. Good for her. The more she succeeds post-divorce, the more I’m cheering her on. Class act.
I love the graphic print- any idea as to brand/designer? And she’s taking the higher road as she’s done since this whole mess went down. I doubt if she was this “zen” when those pics got plastered all over the world, but good for her for getting to a better
place.
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This is the definition of a classy lady!
Not Jennifer Aniston the eternal victim. And to think Brad never humiliated her in public like Rupert did Liberty… Liberty took the moral high road and I also love the fact that she admits her marriage wasn’t perfect.
FYI cheating on your girlfriend of 14 years with your co-star is public humiliation. But you knew that right.
Money definitely helps. If the marriage was in the crapper already, she probably wasn’t shocked to learn that Rupert had a side piece. Anyway, she came out of all of this a winner. This public affair gave her the opportunity to leave a toxic marriage like a bandit and move on to an even richer man.
The marriage was already doomed , she took the opportunity to get rid of Rupert and get tons of money. Good for her! I understand how she did not bad mouth anybody, it was quite convenient. Having said they it must have been hard especially with children involved so hats off to her for the way she managed everything. And I am happy she us happy now . But, er, is Rupert happy? What is he up to today?
It’s like that saying, “Time eventually heals all wounds” and Liberty has demonstrated the truth of those words perfectly and with grace. I’m glad she is in a much happier place these days. Her honesty about how her marriage to Rupert evolved into a brother/sister relationship over time and how they will always be in each other’s lives in spite of their divorce is refreshing and admirable.
Now, I hope everybody who was never personally involved in the Sanders lives but continues to dwell on it whenever a story appears involving Liberty, Rupert, Kristen or Rob will also move on. If Liberty can find it in her heart to forgive Rupert and Kristen, then total strangers who have no personal connection to any of the four people directly involved should follow her lead.
When the story and pictures of the affair broke, someone on here said she had given an interview not long before, maybe months. I went and read it, and she seemed at a crossroads in her life. She talked about moving to California for his career and how isolating that was. She had had the children and so also not busy in her career, and leaving England and her friends and life and then living in California, with him off on location while she raised the little ones, she said was hard. I didn’t realize they had been together since they were 18. I can’t imagine still being with the guy who was my boyfriend at 18. I can see how the relationship turned into more like brother and sister. It’s hard anyway when someone is off on location a lot for their job and you’re home stuck out in suburbia like she was in a town and country that wasn’t her home. She was supporting his career by moving and taking a backseat. It sounds like it was inevitable, the breakup.
She has a freedom now she didn’t have before, new possibilities. Still, she handled an awful situation with class, because he caused her pain and embarrassment. I think she can be compassionate maybe because she was ready to move on and he was truly remorseful and went into counseling and probably wanted to stay married. He wasn’t ugly in the divorce as far as the financial part. In other words, I think she looks at the whole of their relationship and not the one thing that happened that defines their life and still love for one another as now co-parents. It was the final nail in the coffin, but when you’re not “in love” anymore and like she said evolving differently, it was probably going to end anyway when the children were a little older. Good luck to her. She is prettier without that harsh makeup she wore in the earlier photos.
Just wow.
We are all human- anger is normal, but this shows real strength and perspective that time and reflection can bring.
And the perspective very expensive therapy can bring.
There’s no way she’d be so cool about things if she didn’t do amazingly well from the divorce and find a better man, as she has done.
Her older boyfriend owns interscope records and just sold beats (which he founded with dr dre ) to Apple. He is indeed very rich.
I don’t see this woman as classy at all. She worked the whole situation. Then she totally took Rupert to the cleaners. Of course she is happy, she screwed her ex and she landed herself an extremely wealthy and respected man. How would she act if she’d landed on her butt, near broke with no prospects of another guy, like a lot of average single mothers. This is a joke.
How on earth did she screw her ex? It’s the other way around. He publicly humiliated her by having an affair with her co-star. They were together for 17 years and in California, that counts for something. So of course she got a great settlement. So what? And she runs in celebrity circles so it’s not a surprise she would end up dating someone in the business. I don’t really understand your point, but it sounds very bitter.
I think everyone under-estimated this woman’s Inner Gangsta. She has one of the smoothest, classiest games I’ve seen in a situation like this. I am glad she made out like a bandit. That cheating pile of treacle didn’t deserve her. And oh, man..the Brits come out at birth knowing how to elegantly shade. I love the U.K. !!
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You nailed it. She’s fab.
Of course she’s okay with it. She made out like a bandit in the divorce and traded her zero-talent husband for a billionaire producer.
she gets all the money from her ex who was more a “brother” for her than a husband and now she sleeps with a 60(!)years old billionaire… yes she is happy… she has billions of reasons to be happy.
Great for her!! A true class act.
Kudos to whomever provided crisis management to her, they did a fine job!
her comments may be BS-maybe she just wants us to think she’s this ‘at peace’? I only suggest that because how tough would it be to marry someone, create a family with them (-which is forever, if you divorce someone you never had kids with you could if you wanted never see or hear from them again, with kids that not an option- ideally anyway) and they throw away it all for something as stupid as that- dry humping in a car? I would be infuriated and so mad that he made the family we created look so unimportant to him. That our family was worth destroying for some girl. As opposed to a woman he fell in love with, has a long commited relationship with. i personally still think the photos of the encounter being released was a set up-those photos aren’t grainy shots taken on some zoom camera.