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Britain's Independent newspaper came up with this highly scientific, well researched story this week, declaring Sandra Bullock to be the latest victim of the dreaded "Oscar curse".
She is one of 10 Best Actress winners from the past 20 years to have split from their partners.
Clearly, this proves there are malevolent forces at work in the universe.
Somewhere, an omnipotent being has decided these ladies can't have their cake and eat it too, so has decided to wreak havoc on their personal lives by forcing their husbands to sleep with other people. In Sandra's case, a two-bit skank named "Bombshell" McGee .
I feel sorry for Sandra. I really do. She's a class act - and this year's Oscar ceremony was the first in memory that didn't see the best actress dissolve in floods of tears and overwrought histrionics.
Sandra is a funny lady. She fronted up to the Golden Raspberry awards to claim the worst actress gong, just 24 hours before the Oscars. She has chutzpah. And I like that.
So what I am about to say is no way a reflection of my feelings for her. But Sandra Bullock's life has not fallen apart because she won an Oscar.
It's fallen apart because she married a sh*t bag.
And any supporting "evidence" of a supposed Oscar curse is nonsense.
Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce. Seventy-four percent of all third marriages end in divorce - and James has been married twice before. The numbers were always against them.
It's no coincidence that Bombshell McGee decided to make her "shock" announcement 10 days after Bullock's Oscar win. The woman is a fame whore and was trying to capitalise on the star's increased celebrity stock. It was a calculated strategy by a manipulative, self-serving individual.
As for the rest of the Oscar curse victims - Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon - they weren't even married to the men they split with.
Ex-boyfriends are not the exclusive preserve of Oscar winners.
Halle Berry's ex-husband Eric Benet was a sex addict. Reese Witherspoon's ex hooked up with his co-star.
Oscar or no Oscar, it wouldn't change the fact their spouses couldn't keep their pants on.
Peddling a supposed "Oscar curse" is not only ridiculous - it is insulting. It implies that somehow the winners are to blame for being too successful. That they brought it on themselves by daring to have a career.
It ignores the simple truth of the matter, which is - quite simply - there are a lot of sh*t bags in the world.
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