Earlier this month, in the midst of promoting his supporting part in Spy, Jude Law stepped out a few times with his new girlfriend, Phillipa Coan. We didn’t have access to those (exclusive) photos, so you can see Phillipa and Jude together here. She’s very beautiful, very blonde, very model-y and she’s 29 years old. She’s also a doctor of psychology. Doctor, heal thyself! For some reason, Jude Law still gets to sleep with accomplished, beautiful women… even though he’s 42 years old and he recently became a father for the fifth time with his third baby-mama. Why does this bug me? Probably because the UK papers have an interview with a woman named Rachel Bourlier who claims that SHE was secretly dating Jude when he fathered his latest child with Catherine Harding AND when he stepped out with Phillipa. Oh, Jude. You can see some photos of Rachel here.

Fans were surprised when Jude Law went public with his rumoured new girlfriend Phillipa Coan at the Hay Festival in May. But no one was more shocked that his alleged love interest, French journalist Rachel Bourlier, who was reportedly ‘utterly heartbroken’ when she read in the papers the Hollywood hunk was dating someone else.

The 43-year-old widow is said to have been secretly involved with Jude, 42, for months, with the pair’s friendship turning romantic around the time his child with his 23-year-old ex-fling Catherine Harding was born last October. According to The Sun on Sunday, Rachel said: ‘I offered him a quiet place to get away from it all – somewhere he could relax and have peace. We had an amazing physical connection together. Jude spoke to me in French and told me many beautiful things.’

The paper claims the pair first met when they were stuck in traffic near their homes in the upmarket area of Belsize Park, London in 2013. They got chatting through their car windows and Jude asked for her mobile number, allegedly striking up a text flirtation which went on for a year before they finally met up. While their busy schedules are said to have kept them apart, with Jude jetting all over the world for his acting career and Rachel regularly travelling to France for work, they apparently arranged to meet as often as possible.

The secret trysts reportedly took place at the French millionaire’s house while her 21-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son were out, or at a nearby hotel. So it came as a huge shock to Rachel when Jude was pictured with stunning blonde Phillipa, especially since the pair are reported to have been in constant communication up until then. Rachel allegedly phoned the Alfie actor to confront him after seeing the pictures, after which he sent her a text apologising for the way in which she found out.

[From The Daily Mail]

I mean… that’s terrible. Jude should be ashamed of himself. On the other hand, I do sort of feel like these women should know what they’re getting when they start up with Jude. I mean, if you met Jude and he hit on you (which he apparently does with most women), what would be your expectation going into that flirtation? Would you simply shut him down, knowing that he’s a walking petri dish of strange? Would you say “hey, it’s still Jude Law” and hit it but make him double-bag it? Because those are the only two options in dealing with the Midnight Inseminator. You do not, however, pretend that you’re about to date Jude Law exclusively and get pissy when you discover that he’s impregnated another woman and/or he’s dating other people. Boyfriend material? That’s just… not who Jude is at this point.

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