I genuinely loved the way Liberty Ross handled her “wronged woman” position. She didn’t milk it to a crazy degree and try to get a reality show. She didn’t get pap’d endlessly. She didn’t go on Twitter rants or issue statements constantly to remind people that Kristen Stewart was a homewrecking lip-biter. Nope. Liberty Ross handled her husband Rupert Sanders’ affair with a surprising amount of grace. She relied on friends. She focused on her kids. She quietly filed for divorce six months (exactly) after Rupert and Kristen’s affair became public. And she moved on after a reasonable amount of time. Not only did she move on, she went for someone more accomplished and a great deal wealthier than her ex. Liberty started dating millionaire Jimmy Iovine in 2013, and now they’re engaged.
He put a ring on it! Liberty Ross and Jimmy Iovine are engaged, a rep for the couple exclusively confirms to Us Weekly. Us broke the news in in February 2013 that the British model, 36, and the music executive AGE had been “spending time together.” That same month, she told the Associated Press that she was “listening to her heart.”
This will be the second marriage for Ross, following her headline making split from director Rupert Sanders, 44. As revealed in exclusive Us Weekly photos, Sanders was caught cheating on Ross with his Snow White and the Huntsman lead actress, Kristen Stewart, in July 2012.
The couple tried to reconcile after the bombshell, but Ross eventually filed for divorce in January 2013 and finalized it in July 2014. She asked for spousal support and joint custody of their two children, Skyla, 10, and son Tennyson, 8. (Iovine has four children from his previous relationship with ex-wife, Vicki McCarty.)
Ross, who even had a small role in Snow White, gave a candid interview about moving on to Harper’s Bazaar UK in September 2014. “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,” she said at the time.
She added: “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.”
Good for her. It’s worth noting that Jimmy is actually 62 years old, which means 36-year-old Liberty might be considered something of a trophy wife at this point. She’s beautiful, she was a successful model and she’s well-connected, and now she’s going to marry one of the wealthier men in music. It’s good to see that she landed on her feet!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
What could go wrong?
Without knowing a single thing about either of these people..I know he must be really rich 😏
Or maybe he’s nice and treats her with respect.
You’ve clearly never met Jimmy. Liberty is definitely a trophy wife – can’t believe she’d date him.
Ross was married for 12yrs and amicably divorced. Iovine was married for 24yrs and amicably divorced (his wife even wrote a piece for HuffPo about how amicable it was and how they even shared the same house & bedroom for awhile). It doesn’t sound like 2 people who are prone to rushing into spontaneous and foolish relationship choices.
I watched him on American Idol and he seemed very business savvy and very well-respected by many famous recording artists.
He’s gotta be rich as heck, tho. He co-owns Beats by Dre, and he & Dre recently donated $70 MILLION to a university.
He is reportedly worth around $950 million.
950 Million ………… My sweet Lord!!!!!
Just because he is wealthy does not mean he is lacking in heart, charm,personality.
Just saying, he may be a sweet man and very respectful and loving to her.
Money corrupts the mind. A change in character comes with in increase in wealth. In most of the cases, rich people have a strange feeling towards justice and fairness. They think, because they are so rich, they are above the rest. That’s why I don’t think this man is sweet and respectful, more the other way round.
Good for her! Agreed she handled the whole thing impeccably.
she is very hot. 🙂
she sounds amazingly grounded.
but i wonder about marrying her rebound guy.
She’s marrying her “security” guy. Even if they break up, she’ll be set for life.
Was her director husband wealthy? She must have gotten a good settlement …no or yes? Just wondering.
that’s just what I mean.
she’s marrying for other reasons.
but, hey, maybe it is “true love.”
😁
Actually, for most of the marriage, she was the higher earner. While she got a good amount of money, she’d probably have had more if she’d stayed single, particularly as she was bigger in Europe and probably damaged her career moving to the U.S. to support her husband’s career.
Guess that’s as good a reason as any. My first thought was why get married again? She’s young, beautiful, and presumably pretty comfortable financially. But I guess one can always be more comfortable financially. As Tia pointed out, marriage hasn’t been such a great investment so far, but maybe she’s in a trophy wife state of mind these days
Wish my mamma taught me about the value of being a golddigger…or at the very least the value of marrying rich. So pissed. She taught me independence, education and work hard. Haven’t seen the inside of a spa in 3 years. Sigh….Mamma lied.
Um, she started modelling while she was still a kid, travelled the world by herself listening to strangers criticising every part of her body but didn’t give up, got some good gigs and became rich in her own right due to her work. That’s pretty hard-working and independent if you ask me. She worked hard just like you did, she was just more succesful than you. No need to be bitter.
So tell me Liberty, what first attracted you to multi-millionaire Jimmy Iovine, 62, was it the scintillating conversation?
Saywhatthen – I was always told “it’s as easy to love a rich man as a poor man . . ” but I never found that to be true. My heart has always belonged to the artsy types with no trust funds.
But sometimes wealthy men have personality and a good heart too. I always found it odd how some assume just because a man is wealthy her has no personality, no charm, no heart. He could really be a good man and kind to her as well as extremely wealthy.
^^ Yes. I’ve always fallen for the more genuine and artistic even though I could have dated and been married a few times to wealthy, status oriented types. I know there are guys that possess both but I haven’t found one that’s available. I couldn’t imagine being with a man close to his senior years and more in my Mom’s range. Good sex is very important to me and I may feel funny in 10 or 15 years when he starts looking like my Grandpa, wrinkly skin and all.
Alas, it takes all types and on the surface, Liberty made an excellent choice for herself in every aspect and she gets bonus points if she’s found a personality match.
The hummingbird dress is so pretty and symbolic as well. Love it!
Let’s hope whoever you fall for doesn’t have the same attitude when you start looking like your grandma, wrinkly skin and all….
@Anne: it’s not “the grandpa, wrinkly thing” that I assume sea dragon was underlining… it’s the “Grandpa wrinkly thing” WHILE you are yourself young that has a super icky factor… very different than growing old and getting wrinkly TOGETHER…. very!
They’ve been dating for two years, so I’m not too worried about them rushing it. However, I am concerned about the huge age gap. She’s in her sexual prime, while he’s a senior citizen. Then again, I guess maybe she feels an old man is less likely to cheat than one her age?
HAHAHAHHAAAAAAA! Suck it Ruuuuuuuuuuuupert! Oh,wait.That;s how all of this started in the first place,but you guys know what I mean. I like her and I wish her well.
bwahahahahaha
Awesome comment.
Rupert always seemed such a douche in his interviews. I remember when they were promote Snow White or whatever that film was and he was going on about the first time he saw Kristin Stewart. It was really visible and an obsessive description. If my hubby said anything like that, he’d be out of the house asap.
Living well is the best revenge, as they say.
THIS
She took those lemons and made some…yellow diamonds 🙂
But seriously, I love what she said about forgiving and moving on. It’s truly best for all involved but rarely easily done.
Agreed. I would be inspired if I wasn’t still invested in being pissed off at my ex. 😉
Lol, me, too. Actually, I forgive him as in I couldn’t care less, but would laugh if I heard he was hospitalized for severe jock itch. I’m really compassionate, too, just like Lib.
Yes, she gave a master class in how to respond to a humiliating public cheating scandal by your spouse. Took the high road and never let them see her sweat. Props to her and good luck with the rich guy.
Living well has its price – dude’s 62.
And looks every minute of it.
It’s like for every year of his life he turned a deeper shade of orange.
Eh. I’d only give him a 2 on the Boehner scale.
Bonus points for Boehner usage.
That’s what she said!
Okay, we’ve established that he’s wealthy.
He may be a lovely person, but, I dunno….
She is landing on her feet if she is in love.
Exactly. That’s a big age difference, but she’s almost 40, so is presumably her own person.
@goodnames
she’s not almost 40, she is mid-thirties otherwise at 28 we can consider that I am already in my early thirthies…and if we go on he is then in his late 60’s
Being your own person doesn’t necessarily mean that you are on the same level of life experience than a guy who is 30 yrs older he will be automatically ahead of… 30 years.
Big age gap+ a lot of money = the easiest way (and the cheapest and lowest) to find financial security… not something to brag about, girl is a working girl, just a more accepted kind.
30 yrs age gap= no possible love (That was your very accurate and very true point on the Susan Sarandon thread…)
30 years age gap = no possible love? Far too sweeping. Love is not a mathematical equation.
@Anne Tommy = Read my comment ! I refer to a previous comment Goodnames made on another thread.
And yes 30 years gap = no possible love… issues like fear or aging / daddy issues/// search for financial security… but that is no love… As I am sure you already know, love is a hormonally induced phenomenon …a very well documented scientific fact (google…)… and in nature a 62 yrs old male does not induce any pheromon anymore to attract a female at her sexual prime…
PS: I love how everyone tries to cover by a romantic blanket a very icky and backward type of relationships for women (mind you if the gender were reverse everyone goes bonkers in this case…)
I am not generally a huge fan of big age differences and am well aware of the tendency for powerful men – and a few women – to have much younger partners, sometimes “trading in ” a long-standing partner for someone with less miles on the clock. But the ageism on this thread has been a bit depressing. If I was to try and post a comment about how revolting it was to have a person of an ethnic minority to “lie on top of me” as has been posted elsewhere on this thread, it would probably not get past the moderator and would be rightly condemned. It should be possible to debate liberty and Jimmy and the wider issues of age imbalances without sending the message that a man of 62 is invariably totally repellent.
@Anne Tommy: its not him being repellent to ALL women, It’s him being gross to YOUNGER women. I am sure a lot of women his age might find him attractive.
Otherwise why is this shocking news? 99 % of people prefer people their own age.
A fact based on simple biology.
If a 62 years old man doesn’t want to be made fun of , he shouldn’t put himself in the old fool position. Except money and financial comfort a man in his 60s cannot provide and offer to a 36 yrs old woman all the other things man her age can, sexual attraction and interest to begin with….
PS: race and aging are very different things….VERY!
PS2: I don’t think you are a woman… too shocked to be a female, even ladies in their 60s understand this very basic fact of young women being disgust by grandpas…
Very happy for her! Glad she is doing well.
I wonder who Rupert is dating now??
Rosie Palm and her five sisters.
Lol @ Rosie Palm!!!!!
tee hee.. didn’t know what Rosie Palm meant, never heard that expression before – googled it, and turns out there is a german ‘Schlager’ singer with the stage name Rosie Palm. heheh.
Well seems like karma repaid her. Michael K at Dlisted joked Liberty should send a gift basket to Kristen 😂
Well played Liberty, well played!!
Wow. Rupe really f*cked up. Very classy statements to Harper’s Barzaar. Good for her for not being the stereotypical bitter ex. Brandi and co could do with the lessons.
That’s a bit unfair to Brandi. Liberty’s fiancé has 4 kids of his own and no interest in interfering between parents and kids; Rupert didn’t end up with the person he was having an affair with. Leann started calling Brandi the bio-mom, and continually interfered in parenting, co-parenting, etc. She used and uses Brandi’s own kids as pawns, tools against their mother, and publicity pieces. That’s where Brandi gets crazy. Anyone would. But I like Liberty and am glad she’s landing on her feet. Jimmy has 4 kids and doesn’t want more, and Liberty already has 2. She’s beautiful, but not ridiculously young, and she has her own identity. This could work out really well, and I hope it does.
Well said … and true. I read an article on them a while ago. She loves his personality traits. He sure didn’t become that wealthy by being stupid, for God’s sake. He loves smart women, too. His ex-wife is very, intelligent and a successful lawyer/writer, a former Playmate, Miss September 1979. With the way Liberty handled her marriage break-up, I’d say she was classy and smart too. She’s not bitter or angry. I like this coupling.
Sorry to be nitpicky- but what’s the point of having their ages included in the headline? This isn’t a Kim-bot/Tyga kind of relationship.
IMO, for the story there’s a big difference between her starting over with a man her own age, possibly having more children, and her marrying a rich old dude to settle into a pampered trophy-wife existence.
@bettyrose
While I see your point, I (who tend to be sightly cynical about these things) in my old age have seen these types of unions can turn out to be very happy ones. A man who knows the value of this woman in his life and she knows that the man she loves is just as committed to the marriage as she is tends to produce a happy household. They are successful people in their own right and at this point the money is a bonus.
I wish them the best.
HK9, ITA. 36 is old enough to know what you’re doing, and I’m sure they will be happy, but I was answering the question about why their age is relevant. It’s still an important detail.
It’s true that there’s a significant age difference, but she’s middle aged, not in her 20s, has a career and children. She has her own identity- this could be a true happy ending. Hope it will be.
Um, middle aged? Those of us in our mid- 30s most definitely take exception to that.
Jesus, I’m past my 30’s and didn’t think I’d hit middle aged yet. Let me grab my walker as I leave!
@jenn12: LMAO middle aged? LOL! So what is he then? A fossile? LOL
Ha! To a teen or 20-something, 36 is middle aged but women in their 30’s (like me) know it’s their prime. The combination of maturity in mind and youth in action can make for the most generative and exciting years of one’s life. I DO hope it better because I always hope it will but internally, now is better than ever before. 🙂
@HK9- I agree. I sense their union will last. Will it be perfect? Probably not because women who want to get ahead will do a lot to advertise their availability to a man of power and prestige. But the self awareness, confidence and desire to be coupled that these two project is a huge start. Their faces and bodies also similarly proportioned. Another vote in their favor. I wish them well.
@Sea Dragon: I am a 20 something and to me 36 is quite young ;)!
Awesome, Truthful. 🙂
She should teach courses on how to stick the finger to people who hurt you. trashing your ex in public wont help at all, the way she talks just rubs it in bigger and make no mistake no guy is going to be happy if his ex is going to marry a very wealthy guy. thats like a younger woman to women.
Wasn’t she doing well enough on her own? Money wants money though. I’d give anything to be comfortable and secure on my own. Having excess wealth that I didn’t earn and give up being independent to be married to, well that- just doesn’t seem worth it.
Agree.
Double agree. If they don’t plan to have children (?), why marry?
I’m confused as to why it’s weird that people are asking why is she choosing to marry. Why not marry if she chooses? Perhaps they both believe in marriage, which is likely since both were married for a long duration before. I’m with Liberty on this one. First time, marry for love. Second time, marry for money and it will be an extra boon if you two are soulmates.
He’s only $50m shy of being a billionaire, so she’s chosen well!
Seriously, I really like her. She seems to have a cool, edgy vibe and is a stunning-looking lady. She may be a little older than other models on the catwalk but looks younger than her years (well, I think so).
It’s cool that she has a really good relationship with her ex now (which she was talking about in a recent interview) … especially considering she did better out of the divorce than he did.
Just to close, before anyone jumps down my throat and asks for evidence of my comments as they did on something I posted the other day, I’m just gonna smile sweetly and say “Time to learn how to use Google, sweetie” 🙂 (There are some very sad sacks that comment here, whose only purpose seems to stir up arguments with other posters).
Someone asked you for evidence of something? That doesn’t sound like a very Celebitchy attitude. I enjoy posting here because most opinions are accepted with good humor.
I need proof of this, minx.
i don’t believe her, I’ll need a link posted.
Liberty Ross is only 36? Only one year older than me?
She looks older, not in a bad way, but just older than that.
When I first saw these two together I didn’t think there was that big of an age difference between them.
Minx, i even went back in the gossip machine time and saw the posts from 2012. She has a more mature look and her former husband looks younger than he is too.
I thought she was in her late 40s this whole time.
I don’t think she looks esp old for her age but she has kept her catwalk figure and the camera picks up on thinness as age.
She’s only a year older than me. I cannot imaaaaaagine a 62 year old on top of me. 62!!!
LOL!
right?
To put it in another way-can you picture someone 24 years older on top of you? Some can and are smiling, so good for you.
She was low key about her troubles. Excellent. But I’m not going to praise her for finding a rich spouse and a easier retirement plan.
This. She wouldn’t be with this man if he was a penniless ( or even of average wealth) pensioner. Does being low-key & “cool” & revengefully classy supercede her being a gold digger?
I don’t think it’s just the money. She runs in certain social circles and lifestyle. It’s a whole different world, but if she loves his world and the people in it (they had mutual friends), then it’s not just about the money. It’s the world they mutually travel and live in. They could both have a huge passion for art and music and throwing interesting dinner parties with people they find fascinating and interesting and are friends with.
They could be very compatible. As I said, a different world to what I understand, but one in which they are well matched.
To put it in another way-can you picture someone 24 years older on top of you? Some can and are smiling, so good for you.
She was low key about her troubles. Excellent. But I’m not going to praise her for finding a rich spouse and a easier retirement plan.
Edit: 26 years. Sorry, I can’t do math today.
This one I could.
Around age 60 here in this photo on the beach.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/nottinghamclone/Liam.jpg
Ok, imagine this…..a 62 year old laying on top of you on a bed of $100 bills!!!!!
And his balls are made of diamonds?
I just couldn’t.
Imagining this 62-year-old now. No hundred dollar bills needed. LOL
http://image.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Liam-Neeson-002.jpg
You will be 62 one day if you live long enough. You may not appreciate such comments then.
But hopefully we will be reasonable info to understand that younger crowd will think it if we try to interact on an intimate level with them. The laughable thing is that an old man expose himself to such jokes when he doesn’t want to age gracefully
I expect the relationship with Liberty is worth a few jibes about him being an old man at 62.
@AnneTommy: I start doubting you are a woman … you are taking the old man thing too personally.
ps: there are no jibes…jibes are for something that worth it… this is the reaction of 99% of the female in their sexual prime at the idea of having to be intimate with a senior citizen… yes senior citizen… nobody is taking offense of the fact that Chris Hemsworth cannot even imagine getting laid by Glenn Close…so why are you taking this so bad…
Woah, this level of humility and maturity is rarely found on people. Good for you, Liberty!
Jennifer Garner should take note from this woman.
Except Jennifer Garner has a career…. well a different career since goldiggging can apparently be a full time job…
She better make room in her closet for more infidelity furs!
I thought Iovine was gay.
You may be thinking of David Geffen?
No matter how he tries to dress, that is not a young 62.
I love the golddigging game 🙂
She started dating this 30 years older “almost billionaire” in the month she divorced her husband. Let´s face it she knows her model days are over and she has a rich background so she prefers money and security.
By by the way Jimmy Iovine cheated on his first wife with Nicole Scherzinger… i don´t think he is a good choice. She already was married to a cheater, no need for another one…. oh yes i forgot he is rich and will die before her…money money money 😉
And how was she low key? This woman was all into the daily pap walks… in skin tight cloths if i remember well.
Wasn’t the month she divorced her husband two years after he cheated on her?
A close friend of the couple turned to Jimmy Iovine when the cheating scandal was about to erupt publicly to help Liberty out. So I don’t know when she started dating him, but I assume not all that long after the dust settled with counseling and it was over.
“He called Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Records (which was once home to Nine Inch Nails), who provided Ross with a P.R. woman experienced in handling media circuses.”
I agree – she milked it for all it was worth!! Seriously, who can say with a straight face that she isn’t a fame-ho?? She’s as bad as the rest of them. Ugh.
The best revenge is being happy. Good for her.
Rich doesn’t equal happy…
Maybe because I like her I don’t see her as a gold digger. Everyone is assuming she is marrying him because he has money, but maybe she genuinely loves him. Shocking, I know.
I think she’s had her big loves and maybe she’s looking for stability in her partner, for her kids as well. Maybe he’s actually fun to be around if not that physically appealing?
No woman marries a man old enough to be her father for “love”. In 2015, we shouldn’t act as if a woman marrying a wealthy man is some sort of an accomplishment or to be applauded, because it isn’t.
ITA. In this day and age, I can’t believe that her big “accomplishment” involves marrying this dude and that now she really stuck it to sanders somehow. This isn’t mad men.
I agree.
Obviously, it’s her life, her decision. The thing is, though, nothing comes without a price. If you marry a really rich guy you have to assume certain responsibilities, perform certain functions, etc. You’re rich but your life isn’t your own, not really. She musn’t care, or she must think the trade off is worth it.
I actually get the vibe of ‘companionship’ from these two. Like, he wants a steady date to his events, she gets comfort and stability now that her career is essentially over. Considering that she met him through her brother and that Iovine apparently advised her through the ‘crisis’ period of her breakup.
W_T_F – why is he so orange?
I don’t think any amount of money in the world could make losing my prime years to a guy who looks like that. She looks older than 36 though.
At least she doesn’t seem bitter. It’s a pity the moral guardians of the internet wouldn’t move on.
I know he is an incredibly wealth and successful producer, but he will always be Vicki Iovine’s husband to me. Her “Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy” series was scarily informative and hysterical.
Agreed. I knew the Vicky Iovine name was familiar. Vicky is 61 fwiw.
Here is Vicky’s column on top 10 misconceptions of divorce: http://www.girlfriendsguide.com/site/?p=300#more-300.
Side eye to the massive age gap. I’m 34 and I can envision dating an older guy, but not someone in their 60’s!
I kind of admire how ruthless she is. Not something I would do myself normally , but this kind of strength and getting what you want makes you stop and notice. She reminds me Salma Hayek. Scary woman, not someone to cross.
Salma’s husband is only 5 or so years older. I believe they are in love unlike these two.
But if she were a guy, would you describe that as “scary” or “tough”? I followed her divorce and Kristin’s papped getaways with LR’s hubby. LR always seemed tough but honest and genuine about it. Good for her for getting some stability in her life. Yes, but Jimmy Iovine’s worth $970 million.
> But if she were a guy, would you describe that as “scary” or “tough”?
Probably, but it would’ve been taken as a compliment. I actually did mean it as a compliment, of sorts. I like strong women.
I can see myself doing something similar if the situation calls for it, and the stakes are high enough. It is just not something I would do “normally” but if the situation is desperate I would do it , absolutely. And when people are desperate they can be pretty scary to deal with , they pull all the stops because there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. That is what I meant when I said “scary”.
I thought he was a fellow gay from when I saw him on AI!
At least she got him to take the silly ball cap off.
I find it annoying that the fact that she is 1)getting married to 2) ultra rich man makes her “landing” somehow truly legit. It’s as if as a woman she couldn’t really be seen as a winner if just found some regular guy to love OR was happily single.
@Tess: Think you! Exactly!
I don’t know if these two are in love or found a place of mutual compatibility but I came here to say that one definitely can love a man twenty-some years your senior. My partner (I decline to marry again) is 23 years older than I (40 and 63) and we have a lovely and vibrant life together. He readily acknowledges that he was an ass is his youth and with maturity truly appreciates the woman I am. I adore his wisdom, gentleness and incredible skill set in the bedroom. There is nothing gross about having a man 23 years my senior on top of me, I assure you. And as time passes and he becomes more and more a part of my heart and my life, I see the signs of aging less and value his uniqueness more. Love is powerful.
Good for you!
“incredible skill set in the bedroom” LMAO ,TM(biologically unbelievable) I….
But for most being grossed out by very much older potential partner is a true feeling. Source: statistics of age gaps between spouses throughout developed countries.
The more a woman is educated and have a steady job the less she would be inclined to be with a very much older partner… again statistics and studies from the OECD (available online and sharply documented and accurate)
So good for you that you have found love , but to most big age gaps are gross (regarding biology too)
PS: plus if the oldest were a woman everybody will be less accepting and less encouraging
Using a word like gross to describe any relationship between consenting adults is immature IMO.
@Anne Tommy: not gross… being grossed out a verb, like being grossed out by brocolis or vomit…maturity is an incredibly versatile value… its varies to fit the agenda of anyone trying to manipulate this very sharp and precise purpose… generally the point of older gentleman trying to convinced to date them… stout’s why I am starting to seriously doubt you are a female…Too hurt to be a woman.
Great post Embee
yay im so happy for her
I say good for her-she has her own money and is a classy lady. She handled things the right way-good living is the best revenge.
I just read Iovine is worth $970 million.
I dunno even being a lot older then her and (myself) he isnt unattractive IMO. He isn’t Harvey Weinstein. He is an attractive older guy and she isn’t 18. Good for her
Trust me……these guys never let you spend a dime of their cash without questioning it. Y’all clearly don’t know any rich people in real life. Seen it happen too many times to mention
Jesus. With comments like this,who needs misogynistic men?
She’s getting married to a wealthy man. End of the information we know. There is nothing but assumption and suppositions to suggest it’s about money, status or anything else. Some of these comments say more about the commentators than the subject.
She left the marriage after the affair because their marriage had been disconnected before it. If she’s found more of a connection and is happy, good for her. She’s a woman, not a girl, so I don’t see a problem with the age difference She knows her mind. I also wish Rupert well. I don’t think he is some evil man because he made a mistake. He fought desperately to save the marriage after that because he knows it was the worst mistake he could have made, but she wanted to move on based on more than just the affair. That was the tipping point, the betrayal. The damage was done. But I think their marriage wasn’t going to last anyway, they they were outgrowing each other in a way, not growing together.
“Stunned as she’d been by the affair, in retrospect, she now sees that something had already been off with her marriage, and that the pursuit of success and fame had corrupted their relationship. “I knew that I wasn’t feeling 100 percent right,” she says of the period of time leading up to the movie. “I found myself on a roller coaster, like, I’m going to keep things moving, keep things going. I’m going to keep up this amazing [façade], everyone looking at me and Rupert, thinking, Oh, wow, you guys have it all Really, I had times when I felt very lonely, very disconnected from Rupert. We’d lost our real connection.”
From another interview:
“While the cheating scandal was far from expected, Ross added that her relationship with Sanders wasn’t exactly perfect before the affair. After exchanging vows in 2002, the couple welcomed daughter Skyla, now 9, and son Tennyson, now 7.
“Rupert and I were together since we were very, very young,” she explained. “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.”
“It’s amazing what two years does,” Ross, 35, told Harper’s Bazaar UK in an interview from the September issue. “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.”