It’s been a month since the Jesse James scandal broke and while there was speculation that Sandra Bullock might suffer some kind of backlash for being married to such a racist cheating bastard, we haven’t heard much about that. The story still gets some press when a new mistress gives details, but when compared to the Tiger debacle it’s just not as scandalous, apart from the fact that the guy was a racist gay basher. The tabloids aren’t covering this scandal as much, but there are a couple of stories this week that focus on Sandra and how she’s coping.

US Weekly also very delicately asks the question “what did she know?,” which is what a lot of us online have been asking all along. I don’t think I’ve seen a tabloid ever question Sandra’s involvement with Jesse, given what’s been reported about his character. US is going there, but they’re doing it in a way that gives her the benefit of the doubt and says that she probably didn’t know. After all, he was cheating on her with a long line of skanks for years. Here’s part of US’s report:

1. How did Jesse Fool Her?
“He became a whole different person when they were together,” a former West Coast Choppers staffer tells Us. “He could really separate the cheating self from the married self.” Not surprisingly, the in-demand movie star and the blue-collar bike shop owner (and reality TV vet) also spent much time apart. “They had completely separate lives,” one pal says. “Whenever I saw her at a showbiz event without him, Sandra would say that it wasn’t Jesse’s kind of thing.” Not that she was hurt about it: “She would glow just at the mention of Jesse’s name.”

With that kind of unwavering love and trust, souces say she was completely unsuspecting of his clandestine affairs. “She was really duped,” a Bullock pal says. “She knew she was marrying a bad boy – but thought she had reformed him into a wonderful man. She didn’t know he had a double life.”

In fact, ex-staffers at James’ bike shop tell US that even though their boss’ infidelity was an open secret (he even bedded one mistress in his office [ed note: one?!] ), Bullock was in the dark. Says a former employee: “I doubt she was aware of anything.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, April 26, 2010]

One of you commented that you saw Jesse on Celebrity Apprentice and that he seemed like a decent, soft-spoken guy. Just look at how Sandra gushed about Jesse – she loved him and while she may have know that he was racist she probably didn’t know the extent of it and overlooked it because she loved it. I believe it that the guy presented one face to Sandra and another one to his coworkers, friends, and mistresses.

Us poses more questions in the article: “Why hasn’t she filed for divorce yet?,” “Who is caring for Sunny?,” and “How is she doing?” As to why she hasn’t filed for divorce, US mentions Sandra’s three step children with James and says she may also be reluctant to leave because “it takes a lot for her to walk away.” They expect that she’s doing that, though, considering that she’s been living separately. For the second question, US says that there’s no evidence that Sandra is caring for Sunny despite reports that she’s watching the girl and her two older half siblings. They report that “sources say Bullock and Sunny are in constant communication via Skype.” And on how she’s doing, US quotes a source who says “She is devastated but being methodical and trying to make the right decision about what to do next.”

Sandra will reportedly grant her first post scandal interview as a guest on her friend George Lopez’s TBS talk show, but it won’t be until November, when Conan O’Brien’s new show launches. Conan’s show will air in the time slot right before Lopez.