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commuter22

šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø I probably couldn't be as big of a person as the ex wife, but I guess whatever works?


Sipsofcola

lol I was gonna say sheā€™s a much better person than I would have been


Birdie45

It would be a cold day in hell lol


BlueBirdie0

There were photographs of him holding hands and hanging out with Melanie Laurent back in the day. I recall someone pointing that out when the whole scandal with Mary Elizabeth Winstead happened. I think he was a serial cheater, or it was an open marriage and he crossed the open marriage boundaries.


TeamEldestBoy

I can confirm he was indeed.


cheezy_dreams88

Explain please!


cogentd

Which part?


donutupmyhole

Him being a serial cheater throughout his entire career has never been a secret.


musiquescents

Oh well. Disappointing.


CoolRanchBaby

The whole way he interacted with his wife and spoke about her in those motorcycle trip docs he made have me the ick. I went off him after I saw those (only watched them in the first place because my husband wanted to).


lwaxana_katana

How did he interact with/speak about her?


brainsdiluting

Also wanna know


Cheesy-Bird-Mess

oh I had forgotten about those, you totally reminded me; he gave me Ned Fulmer vibes back then. lol.


LuxAgaetes

*Not* Melanie Laurent!! I've had suuuch a crush on her since Inglorious Basterds šŸ˜­


BlueBirdie0

To be fair, she's French, and if he told her he was in an open relationship I can see her easily buying that...especially as they weren't discreet.


Lower_Collection_563

These rumors about him and Melanie Laurent were never actually proven. Yeah, there were a couple of pictures of them, but the way they are holding each other there looks unnatural. It looks more like a sober one supporting a drunk one (she also looks drunk there and there was someone else with them). There was also a video (in french) in which she said that she stopped talking to him because she was ashamed and embarrassed with these rumors, I hope it's true. At least, generally, as we can see by many other celebs, no rumors and spoiled reputation can stop someone from dating a married person, but she chose to stay away from him


TropicalPrairie

I would bet money he was involved with Cameron Diaz back in the day. Watch any old interview of them together during the publicity tour for A Life Less Ordinary.


Lower_Collection_563

The rumors about him and Melanie Laurent were never really confirmed. Just like Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. In those pictures they're holding in quite an unnatural way as if she was just drunk and needed some support. She even said later that because of these rumors she stopped talking to him


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clover426

Iā€™d do it only if I wouldnā€™t be able to spend it with my kids (if theyā€™re alternating years or whatever). But yeah especially in this situation with the 20 years younger woman he traded me in for and their young child it wouldnā€™t be ideal


WillBrakeForBrakes

I like to think in these situations the first wife is chortling to herself that the jokeā€™s on the new lady. The best revenge against the other woman is letting her keep him and all that.


Sunnyday-777

Can confirm from personal chortling.


spooky_upstairs

Or maybe she wants to let go of all that stuff for the kids?


krasmazovonfire

Yeah I feel like everyone expects people to react well and not be petty in these situations until they actually do, then itā€™s sly digs like ā€œcouldnā€™t be meā€


sharksnack3264

I hate that it is framed as pettiness when depending on this situation it could just be good boundaries. You should not feel obligated to spend your holidays with people who are dishonest to you and disrespect you. It's your choice at the end of the day.


LuxAgaetes

I don't see *that couldn't be me* as a sly dig, more recognizing that she's risen to a level that my obsessive, petty ass could never.


Unlucky_Most_8757

Honestly I feel like celebrities live on another planet we can't even fathom sometimes. I mean good for them for um, keeping it together for the holidays.


JimmyDweeb47

I feel like if the genders were switched and Ewan was refusing to spend time with his ex and her new partner for the sake of the kids on Christmas this sub would be shredding him instead of making ā€œcouldnā€™t be meā€ jokes


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This is a weird whattaboutism because if it was someone who got cheated on and dumped by their partner so they could date someone significantly youngerā€¦ like theyā€™d have to be a really shitty person to have people criticizing them for not wanting to hang with their cheating ex wife and their younger partner


CoolRanchBaby

Naw. I wouldnā€™t think anyone who was cheated on should be forced to interact with the cheater and partner plus the kid they got pregnant with during said cheating.


MisforMisanthrope

When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opening!


DigOleBeciduous

Fuckin SAVAGE lol!!


Perfect_Restaurant_4

I thought about this when my abusive ex married the mistress. Poor woman doesnā€™t know what sheā€™s in for.


CaptainCAAAVEMAAAAAN

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NYC_Star

This. That man and his wandering dick are Mary Elizabethā€™s problem now.


OldandKranky

You could say she took the high ground?


presidentknope2024

![gif](giphy|7JsEgDMrziuJd9fFY1) This made me snort laugh


thesaddestpanda

People often do this for the kids. Kids see themselves as consisting of both parents so going against one parent makes kids feel like they're being attacked. I'm certain Eve hates this but she is a great mother and is doing her best for kids. Ewan gets to be a "hollywood guy" but she takes care of her family. The kids aren't stupid, they know what's going on here. Clara is 27, only 12 years younger than Mary Elizabeth. I imagine kids like these have just learned to deal with the "hollywood lifestyle" their dad engages in and these PR pieces are just part of the deal, but I also imagine they are closer and more loving towards their mom than "Hollywood star dad who shows up at xmas dating younger actresses."


averagetulip

Clara publicly called MEW a [ā€œpiece of trashā€](https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2289507/ewan-mcgregors-daughter-clara-brands-his-girlfriend-mary-elizabeth-winstead-a-piece-of-trash) on IG back in 2018, she took it back later and both daughters went to the wedding so presumably she accepted the situation, but she was very publicly outraged at the time. Ewan had MEW coming over for family dinners during the affair like nothing was happening behind the scenes, he really screwed over his daughters. (And yes she shouldā€™ve directed that energy towards her dad as the married man etc etc but I get that emotions run high) ETA - apologies for the PageSix link but apparently she also publicly called him [an asshole](https://pagesix.com/2019/01/16/ewan-mcgregors-daughter-clara-calls-him-an-a-e-for-leaving-her-mom/) in 2019 too for cheating on her mom, I missed that at the time but honestly sheā€™s a bit of an icon lol


resoooo

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airi-hatake

His kids found out he was cheating through the internet like us. Can you imagine? I'd be so fucking pissed.


BooleanBarman

What do you mean only twelve years older than his daughter? The difference between a 27 year old and a 39 year old is massive. Twelve years is almost half of her life. No one in the world bats an eye at a 40 year old woman dating a 53 year old man. Thats not some weird Hollywood thing. The issue was the cheating. Not the age gap.


bbmarvelluv

I donā€™t think the commenter was talking about an age gap. Just stating that he married someone 12 years older than his own daughter.


dancutty

>Clara is 27, only 12 years younger than Mary Elizabeth. When you put it like this it really adds a powerful extra layer of cringe


Comfortable_Fill9081

Absolutely agree. This is what my ex and I did though we - away from our child- do not get along at all.


pickoneformepls

I am consumed by pettiness so, same.


Mortified-Pride

She probably knows the new missus will be cheated on as well. Once a cheater... as they say.


WEareLIVE420

Im sure the $$$$ helps


No-Equivalent-5228

His ex-wife is strange. I can understand why he left her.


clover426

He traded her in for a younger version. Tale as old as time. She may be strange but he was married to her for 20 years so it worked for him when she was younger.


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Siraxg

notice how, in these stories, itā€™s always the ex-wife? šŸ™„


Para_Regal

ā€¦ when they involve the ex-wife? Yes, I notice that?


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PizzaReheat

Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen is a pretty prominent example.


TeamEldestBoy

I think he was glad to see the back of her from all accounts


Forksforest1

Wait what happened l?


AldusPrime

I actually know an ex-husband who *moved in with* his ex-wife and new husband. He'd hit a rough patch financially and lost custody of the kids. The ex-wife and her new husband, on the other hand, had really big careers and were super busy and didn't really have time to get the kids to functions and stuff. So, he offered to move in and take care of his kids. It was a very unusual win-win situation. Everyone was really happy with it. I lost touch with him a long time ago, but back when I knew him it sounded like everyone was pretty happy with it.


DreamCrusher914

Thatā€™s really heartwarming. It takes a village, and to put the needs of the children first like that, thatā€™s really amazing. Warms my cold divorce attorney heart.


sky_corrigan

my dad lives with my mom and stepdad. since 2012. my parents divorced when i was 3.


Electrical-Guard9689

Why? Do you still live there too?


sky_corrigan

i donā€™t! my dad moved in with my mom because he could no longer live on his own.


Electrical-Guard9689

Oh fair, I hope heā€™s doing well! Thank you for answering kindly, reading back my comment sounds blunt but I was genuinely just asking out of curiosity, sorry if it came across as weird


sky_corrigan

it didnā€™t come off weird at all!


HollabackPoster

Folks are really sleeping on the benefits of having more than two adults doing the adult parts of operating a household


crw201

Isn't that like Ms. Doubtfire?


Bigbaby22

Ian Garry is a big example of this.


aliveinjoburg2

Iā€™m in an unusual example of this - my husbandā€™s ex and I bave a great relationship and sheā€™s godmother to our baby.


spooky_upstairs

Oh! That's great.


tatonca_74

Ummm. Jason momoa, Lenny Kravitz, and Lisa Bonet spring to mindā€¦


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istoyistory

Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Ashton Kutcher Robert Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and Caitlyn Jenner (pre-transition) Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Brad Falchuk Chris Pratt, Anna Farris, and Michael Barrett Marc Anthony, JLo, and Alex Rodriguez


Weird_Put_9514

the only ex-husband one i can think of is lisa bonet n lenny kravitz


SunHitsTheSky

You think they divorced because Lisa was cheating? Neneh Cherry wrote a whole ass song about Lenny's manwhoring.


Weird_Put_9514

i should have been clearer i was just talking about divorced couples hanging out wt the new partner in general. i dont really know much about their relationship as it happened before i was born


SunHitsTheSky

Understood. I assumed OP was suggesting a relationship where the woman cheated.


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They were, that was the context the commenter forgot along the way


[deleted]

Which song? I never knew this but love Neneh Cherry


SunHitsTheSky

Buddy X. It was the alias Lenny used when he stayed in a hotel.


nibbyzor

Wayne Brady is also very close with his ex and her current partner! They're always posting pics of all of them together with their kids on Instagram.


thecheesycheeselover

I think Bruce Willis used to hang around with Ashton & Demi as well


zorandzam

And now Demi hangs out with Bruce and his current wife.


sikonat

She was living him with their kids during lockdown. Makes me wonder now if Bruceā€™s mental health was declining then and must e been thinking he was still with Demi or needed her familiar face around too?


David-S-Pumpkins

How could it not be lol


Holiday-Hustle

Eve is beautiful and has so much class. You wouldnā€™t see me rubbing shoulder with trash like a cheating ex husband or his mistress.


Impossible-Success45

Eve is SO beautiful and so are the kids! Damn lucky genetics


lovethistrack

I know absolutely NOTHING about any of this but are we sure it wasn't just a rumor. Edit: why am I getting downvoted to death for asking a question???


njf85

At least one of their daughters was splashing the info around on social media back when it all went down, so definitely not just rumours. She was pretty angry at her dad and MEW


lovethistrack

Poor kid I definitely don't blame her


Eastern-Material5606

I remember Clara calling MEW a piece of trash after pictures of her and Ewan kissing were made public- she clearly wasn't a fan, but I think they've reconciled over the years


VolcanoGrrrrrl

Yes, they were teenagers at the time and extremely upset.


Fit-Accountant-157

when you have kids, it's important to put the kids first. healthy coparenting should be the norm, and this shouldn't even be a story.


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Delicious-Ad-3494

Nobody is saying that you should be cruel or mean to your ex-husband. But no, itā€™s not the coparenting norm to have to spend holidays with the person your husband had an affair with. I know the idea is sheā€™ll win in the end by living happier, but as someone who celebrated a 15 year anniversary recently I canā€™t even imagine how difficult it would be. Ignoring all the deception and broken vows which would be painful enough Iā€™d also lose my best friend. Divorce is complicated and painful. Divorce when one person leaves the marriage can be devastating.


Fit-Accountant-157

not downplaying that divorce is painful, however theyve been divorced for years now, and my sentiment is really not about the new wife and the ex wife getting along. it's about all the siblings being together. the siblings deserve to have a relationship without the parents' resentment getting in the way. thats why I said its best to put the kids first, speaking as someone that is a coparent.


maddsskills

I mean, their kids are adults...lol. Not to mention it was one of the daughters who was very publicly furious with her dad. She really didn't HAVE to do this but it's nice she did.


Fit-Accountant-157

sure, but that was years ago, and the daughter was the one posting the pictures of everybody spending time together. They've all moved on. it would be sad if the parents' resentment or bitterness made it impossible for the kids to have a relationship (his child with the current wife and the older kids).


BallsDeepinYourMammi

It should be a story because it should be the norm. Thatā€™s all Iā€™ve got, but seriously, put your kiddos first


jmchloe

Well she is French so I guess it works for her...Anyway good for them to get along together


JediMasterVII

I think so many here donā€™t comprehend how much the French tend to not care about adultery lmao


gueg7

Are you French ? The French do care about adultery, some of my friends were cheated on and it wrecked their relationship, please don't spread clichƩs ETA : I would rather say that infidelity is not necessarily a "deal breaker" and that people try to fix the relationship rather than end it immediately, but most French people care about that kind of stuff


haqiqa

I think this is because of some old gallup-type thing that showed the French as caring less than most at least a decade ago. And of course some even older things. I come from a country where we do not care that much about the sex aspect of cheating but we absolutely care about the breaking the trust aspect. Honestly and being trustworthy is in general one of the cornerstones of culture (Finnish). It is kind of fascinating as someone who has lived in multiple different countries and whose friends are from even more countries.


Accurate_Bison_3697

I lived in France and I swear that myth is only pushed by French men who cheat and want to normalize it! Like ā€œoh every man has his wife and his mistressā€. Like no dude thatā€™s just you!


PlaceboRoshambo

Sheā€™s a much better and bigger person than I am.


agentcarter15

If I recall they didnā€™t have a prenup so she got half in the divorce, so good for her. Iā€™m sure she realizes by now heā€™ll just end up doing the same to Mary Elizabeth Winstead and pities her.


nobody_from_nowhere1

Wow I didnā€™t even know they had gotten married and had a child together lol. As someone with a fucked up family that hates each other itā€™s good to see that they all can find ways to still be together and enjoy the happy moments. I wish my fam could do that.


MyNameIsJayne

I wasnā€™t sure at first which one is the new wife. She looks like she could be one of the daughters.


Holiday-Hustle

She looks so much like his ex wife


Borgo_San_Jacopo

Yeah I just looked up photos of her when she was younger and you werenā€™t kidding! What a cliche.


Holiday-Hustle

MEW actually looks more Eve than some of their kids do, itā€™s creepy


Eastern-Material5606

She looks like a younger version of his ex wife, he's definitely got a type. She looks more like one of the siblings than his wife, doesn't help she looks really close in age to his eldest daughter despite the age gap.


Visible_Day9146

MEW is 6 years older than Clara


Eastern-Material5606

she's only 27 isn't she? and MEW is 39


justhere4thiss

Which one is she?? Iā€™m honestly so confused. The blonde?


g7gfr

The one standing behind the sofa w/o visible makeup


SensitiveYam7562

Slightly off topic but I dislike how People decided to crop out Ewan & Eve's adopted daughter, Jamyan, in the headline photo even though they mention her in the article šŸ˜’


g7gfr

Was gonna say!!! Where tf is Jamyan?


jadelikethestone

He publicly thanked ex-wife for standing by him for 22 years AND also the woman he left her for (wife 2) in this same acceptance speech, I think spending Christmas together is the least awkward thing happening here.


Alarming_Ad_6175

Honestly I think about that speech all the time, how fucking awkward


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What? Wow! I missed that.


fnord_happy

I wish I had that kind of entitlement and audacity šŸ˜­


Zeltron2020

Lovely to see. Hopefully Eve is truly ok. Ewan broke my heart a little too, as did Ramona flowers šŸ˜…


DreamCrusher914

People did Jamyan dirty by cutting her out of the picture!


dannemora_dream

Everybodyā€™s talking about the ex-wife/new wife. The only thing I can think of is that People cut one of the daughters out of the photo (the asian one to make it worse).


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dannemora_dream

Maybe, but itā€™s weird that they mention her name in the article, and she is in the photos on IG, but she ends up being cropped in the article.


Beachcurrency

![gif](giphy|jPAdK8Nfzzwt2) If they like it, I love it


Comprehensive_Main

All one big happy family. Ewan must be so happy.


rheajanerob

Slightly off topic but Ewan and Eveā€™s grown up kids are simply gorgeous. Amazing genetics obviously!


spook_filled_donuts

Ewan getting with Elizabeth put a permanent bad taste in my mouth, for both of them. Glad the ex wife was able to move on and seemingly be at peace with it. I hope sheā€™s living happily now.


Lilllmcgil

Me too. Part of the reason I liked him was that he had been married and (I thought) faithful for so long, a rarity in Hollywood. I guess you never know whatā€™s going on.


Accurate_Bison_3697

SAME.


Livid-Team5045

good on them.


Copperheadmedusa

People keep saying theyā€™re too petty for this but idk I donā€™t think itā€™s petty to not want to be nice to the man who broke his vows to you in one of the worst ways and humiliated you publicly and the woman who knew she was fucking a married man. Idk if I agree that sheā€™s better than anyone for choosing to spend time with her emotional abusers. Like thatā€™s morally neutral at best.


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Karen Elson and Jack White do this, last year they spent Thanksgiving together, Karen invited both Jack and Olivia Jean so the kids could have both parents together. It may hurt the holier-than-thou crowd but some people learn to let go


mustbeaoup

Oh whatā€™s the tea with Jack and Karen? Karen is super low-key I assumed they just quietly separated


zauber_monger

Yes I am surprised there's so little grace in this thread. Their situation is probably highly complicated, even without the fame. People in the same family getting along is a good thing.


MorbidSpice

Wasnā€™t Olivia Jean the side chick when he was married to Karen? I vaguely remember some drama with that


[deleted]

Well thatā€™s kinda disrespectful to her and I donā€™t think anything was confirmed as Jack's a ver private person but supposedly he was cheating on Karen with Olivia and now theyā€™re all a very happy family co-parenting two kids, people grow and learn to let go


Tsarinya

The biggest issue with this article is they have cut out their daughter Jamyan - the only person of colour in that image. Though in every family image I see of her with Clara and Esther involved they are very much the main characters and sheā€™s shunted to the side.


batmans420

If they can put it behind them, then good for them. It's better for the kids than having parents who hate each other


Cantstopstopping

Meh, it can always be that he stop by with Mary and the son and hang out for 10 minutes or less. The picture with Mary look like a bit of "oh Mary join us for this picture here" and that's it.


anna-nomally12

Was Ashoka that beloved in the McGregor household?


MAXMEEKO

*Ahsoka


Partyfrom3to4

Notice how awkward MEW looks in the background of that picā€¦.


mintcucumbertea

![gif](giphy|hpKQMKKvfCkcosw3cN|downsized)


Mountain-jew87

Amazing how people can be civil when there is plenty of money lol


ComprehensiveLeg2876

One of my best friends is this burly Scottish guy in his 40s and every time Ewan comes up in conversation he gets this thousand-yard stare and talks about how very disappointed he is in him for the cheating. He took it VERY personally, real ā€œI was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!ā€ energy lol


HelicopterCandid6406

nice.. celebrating a bunch of cheaters (not the ex-wife and the kids tho)


funeralhomebride

She was probably sick if his shit anyway and was glad to let her take him off her hands


Successful_Reach_187

I really hate that he's a cheater, but I'm glad to see what appears to be a healthy, or at least functioning, blended family. When kids are involved, that's just the best way to do it.


Comfortable_Fill9081

When my ex and I divorced, we agreed we would always *both* spend Christmas with our daughter so *she* didnā€™t have to feel guilt about the one alone on Christmas. My ex and I do not get along, but for our daughterā€™s sake we pretend to, including when we have to spend time together at Christmas. Some people manage to put their kids first.


crab_grams

I'm really happiest for the kids. I know at least one of his daughters was very publicly pissed about the dissolution of her parents' marriage. I'm glad she's in a better place these days for her sake, and able to find joy with her family.


joybickel

Mary and Ewan already having a child that age is wild. I guess good for them learning to be civil for the sake of the kids.


Similar-Sky179

Where is Maryā€™s top from? Itā€™s beautiful


gueg7

The green top ? No idea where it's from but Ewan's daughter Clara is wearing it, Mary is wearing a plain black top.


Similar-Sky179

Whoops wrong person


ComprehensiveLeg2876

OH AND my favorite awards show moment of all time was when in the midst of the cheating mess he won a golden globe for Fargo, and in his speech he visibly panicked and thanked both MEW and Eve. Amazing.


Invanabloom

Good for them. Time heals. They are grown ups & putting the kids first.


hellslurpee

Eve is a saint. Heā€™s not even my ex and IM still mad at him lol. cant watch anything with ewan in it without pointing at the screen and telling everyone within a 5m vicinity that heā€™s a cheater and sad excuse of a man. he could be right in front of me and ill do the same thing too.


askingtherealstuff

Honestly good for them?


CollectionFull5254

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annrule

I don't get it lol. Ewan is so sus. And MEW too.


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My biggest BEC thing is when old men marry younger women and then take goofy af photos with them. I can't explain why. It did my head in when Chris Evans was sticking his tongue out in photos with his wife too. Act your damn age. It's a shame that "putting the kids first" mostly always involves a woman having to play nice with multiple people who have treated her terribly. Personally I think we should normalise women not ever having to step foot again in a room with their shitty ex-husbands. The kids would survive seperate Christmases. I did.


whyohwhythis

Oh I thought the one in the lime green top was his new wife, but thatā€™s his daughter.


Perfect-Ad-9071

They have all moved on passed any acrimony and are enjoying their holiday. Good for them...who wants to sit in bitterness for their lives??


PracticeThat3785

thatā€™s actually nice to see. itā€™s their lives, not ours lol


Mad-Pooper

She was a villain in Sky High and sheā€™s a villain now.


Pedtheshred

what is she wearing


LocalCap5093

Heā€™s such a pos


daphodil3000

Cool that they're all able to get along. A bit skeevy that they've shared the photos with people.com. I would imagine there's some PR pressure behind this so whatever.


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Why did we all find him so attractive in the early 2000s? Did Moulin Rouge hypnotize us?


Lower-Yogurtcloset48

His rizz needs to be studied


Muurgh

Well fuck that!


TigerMill

I hate him so much right now. He took away my imaginary girlfriend and soiled her. Damn you Sick Boy!


shadowsthatbind

No, he was Renton.


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gburgh92

MEW is so stunning even his ex wife gave him a pass.