The majority of what I've read indicates that
1) Robert Pattinson (RPatz) moved out of his and Kristen's shared home, won't have anything to do with Kristen and is working really hard to hold his head up.
2) Kristen Stewart (KStew) moved out out too and is holed up while beating herself and crying buckets of tears.
3) Liberty Ross is considering divorce and is flaunting her independence.
4) Rupert Sanders is doing all he can to keep Liberty from divorcing him.
5) Liberty and Robert should be sainted.
6) Kristen and Rupert should be burned at the stake.
Well, maybe not that bad. But from what I've read, Kristen is reaping more than her share of negative vibes and judgement while Rupert Sanders is the "poor misguided" older man whom Kristen bewitched. Ahem. Let me read that again. Rupert Sanders is 41 years of age. Kristen is 22. Rupert has been married 7 years and has 2 children. Kristen has been in a relationship with RPatz for 4 years. And what's worse...the tabloids toss about words like "affair" and "intimate" when no true intimacy has been confirmed.
All that has been confirmed is a hug and a loved-up kiss. And the lives of several people are now potentially forever compromised. How sad. How sick and sad that money mongering people have to chase others around, forever sticking cameras in their faces, yelling to get their attention, and then selling photographs to the deepest pockets. Yes, the objects of the paparazzi work as actors, models, and directors, to mention a few. Yes, their names and faces may be known world over. But guess what. They are people. They pee, poop, fart, burp, chew with their mouth open, snore, and every other disgusting thing the rest of us "normal" people do. They wake up grumpy, have pimples, go a few days without washing their hair or shaving their face/legs. They go to the store and shop for tampons, underwear, socks. They get angry, are misunderstood, get their feelings hurt, get depressed, have weak moments.
And now. Now a 7 year marriage and a 4 year near-marriage are possibly irreparably destroyed. I truly hope not. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I watch the Twilight movies, but there is one thing you can't deny. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have a very real chemistry and a very real relationship. Or at least they had one. And I, for one, hope they can repair their relationship. Because even from very, very afar I see a very special duality between the two.
But more important to me; I hope Kristen Stewart will continue to be strong. Even when she feels weak. She stays try to herself. She acts like a bad-ass, but when hundreds of cameras are jockeying for a prime shot 24x7, I would act the same too. Moreover, knowing myself, I would be arrested more than a few times for spitting, hitting, breaking cameras, kicking and cursing. That Kristen does none of these things speaks of immense self-control.
Jodie Foster wrote an essay for the Daily Beast in which she addressed the turmoil Kristen has been facing. Who better than another child actor? One who successfully traversed the hills and many valleys and who is a successful, well-adjusted mother of two, still very much in the business. I quote directly from the article:
"My mother had a saying that she doled out after every small injustice, every heartbreak, every moment of abject suffering. “This too shall pass.” God, I hated that phrase. It always seemed so banal and out of touch, like she was telling me my pain was irrelevant. Now it just seems quaint, but oddly true … Eventually this all passes. The public horrors of today eventually blow away. And, yes, you are changed by the awful wake of reckoning they leave behind. You trust less. You calculate your steps. You survive. Hopefully in the process you don’t lose your ability to throw your arms in the air again and spin in wild abandon. That is the ultimate F.U. and—finally—the most beautiful survival tool of all. Don’t let them take that away from you."(Entire article can be viewed: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/15/jodie-foster-blasts-kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-break-up-spectacle.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat+Sheet)
Bottom line, give the young people a break. Give them room, space, time. Let them work their issues out in private. As for Rupert and Liberty, they have a few decades on Kristen and Robert. They have a few more years of life-experience. They can work it out.
And Jodie Foster? One day I'd like to meet you. A good conversation will be had.
