Robin Wright & Ben Foster call off engagement, ‘Ben was kind of immature’

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I always thought Robin Wright and Ben Foster’s relationship was a little bit odd. It wasn’t even the age difference – she’s 48 and he’s 34 – it was the fact that they both seem like very “intense” people. She can seem rather icy and he seems like a very dark, serious guy. Putting too serious, intense people would usually be a recipe for disaster, but for whatever reason, the relationship seemed to make Robin a lot “lighter” and happier. But now it’s over! Us Weekly says that Robin and Ben have called off their engagement:

It’s over! Robin Wright has called it quits with her fiancé of 10 months Ben Foster, multiple sources tell Us Weekly exclusively in this week’s issue.

“She got swept up in the engagement last Christmas, but then their schedules got crazy and she realized it wasn’t the right decision,” an insider tells Us of why the House of Cards actress, 48, called it quits with her beau.

This past summer, the source adds, was the breaking point for the actress, who was juggling working on the Netflix hit in Baltimore and then spending weekends in Los Angeles with her and ex-husband Sean Penn’s kids Dylan, 23, and Hopper Jack, 21. Meanwhile, Foster, 34, was busy in London with a production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

The couple’s 14-year age difference didn’t help matters either, another insider adds. “The gap just ended up being too much,” a source close to Wright told Us. “Ben was kind of immature. She couldn’t deal with him anymore.”

Wright first stepped out with her engagement ring from Foster this past January. The now exes met on set of their 2011 film Rampart. This would have been the third marriage for Wright, who was previously married to Dane Witherspoon and Penn.

[From Us Weekly]

That’s sad about the age difference because I had always gotten the impression – from Robin’s interviews! – that she loved being with a younger guy. And now all of a sudden, there’s a maturity issue? Hm. It sounds more like they were doing the long-distance thing for too long and one of them cheated. And seeing as how Ben’s maturity level is being thrown under the bus, I think he was the one who cheated. Anyway… sad. I guess she’ll have to get her “B” tattoo removed from her ring finger.

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  1. QQ says:

    ahh Pooh! I mean I was never into it, but she seemed kinda into it?… I wonder if Sean Penn is gonna stop the Charlize thing now that it’s not an arms race to the altar

    • mimf says:

      This. All parties involved are on the vengeance wagon, big time. (Sorry, just saying.)

      • QQ says:

        that’s the sense I got too

      • mimf says:

        I’m so thankful I don’t ever have to call off my engagements to the press. I mean, it would be like LewhateverAnn’s twitter feed is right now. #boyfriendfrommountdoom 🙂

      • QQ says:

        I hate you so much! I’m in a tender mood about the boyfriend from Narnia! he just had THEE worst allergic reaction to penicillin and i was up all night with him in the ER he looked like instead of turning Violet, Violet a la Willy Wonka he was turning Cherry Red….

      • Ag says:

        QQ – hope he’s ok! (penicillin haters of the world, unite!)

      • siri says:

        Sorry, but THAT’S immature. Theron& Penn are a real match- for how long, god knows. I also really doubt that Penn thinks about racing to the altar with anybody right now. I was surprised at the engagement news from Foster/Wright, thinking it’s kind of rushed.

    • Paula says:

      Stop the Charlize thing? Are you nuts. Face it, Sean is way into Charlize… and she’s Charlize Theron. Robin has even said that the only reason her and Sean stayed together as long as they did was because of the kids. They are grown now. There was no race to the altar. How could there be? Only Robin was engaged. Sean and Charlize are the real deal and she has him whipped.

      • santana says:

        Plus let’s face it: watching how ugly and leathery old Penn has became and Robin being able to get younger dudes, why on earth should Robin care about what Penn and Charlize do. Robin must be relieved that someone took that baggage out of her life. And she can do way better than Foster. Lainey keeps pairing her with Keanu and I think that would be amazing, they had great chemistry on The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.

  2. Erinn says:

    Well… I mean, a 14 year age gap – do you really get to pull the ‘he was immature’ card?

    At least they’re splitting now before a marriage happened – it’s a lot easier for everyone involved.

    • Bridget says:

      Its kind of a weird thing to say about a 34 year old.

      • Delta Juliet says:

        Eh. My husband is 42 and pretty damn immature. It’s not unlikely.

      • Erinn says:

        Well yeah, exactly. I’m not sure what she considers immature. He’s a 34 year old who’s had a career for years – it’s not like she plucked up some college frat boy. I don’t know what either of them are like in their personal lives – but it seemed like a weird comment.

      • A. Key says:

        Not really, have you spoken to any men in their early 30s recently?

      • Granger says:

        It depends on the person — age has nothing to do with maturity. By the time my husband was 34, we had a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old, and he was diligently working on his PhD. He was VERY mature. But he had friends the same age who were still living with roommates and spending their weekends getting drunk. Everybody’s different, and maybe Ben is in the latter category. You’d think Robyn would have known that before she started dating him, though. Maybe she thought he’d mature and only recently realized he isn’t ready for the next stage.

      • Erinn says:

        Yeah – that’s kind of what I mean though – you’d think she’d have known before the engagement if she thought he was too immature. Unless he’s hit some kind of weird crisis. I guess, when my parents split for a year or so, dad went out and bought a completely non-kid-friendly sporty car (which we repayed him for by throwing up profusely in) and he was probably around 34, 35 when that happened.

        I think it just baffles me because my husband, while only 25, is pretty darn mature most of the time, and my ‘favorite’ of his friends is the same way. I’m spoiled that way, I guess. And the guys I work with are relatively responsible, functioning human males. We do have one friend that I’m sure will fall into the ‘living with multiple room-mates and drunk ever weekend’ category at that age.

      • Artemis says:

        @Granger

        You’d think Robyn would have known that before she started dating him, though. Maybe she thought he’d mature and only recently realized he isn’t ready for the next stage.

        She probably realised after the lust phase was over. But it’s easier to blame the other party for being immature (possible ) then to admit she was in lust and relied on her heart a bit too much. Which is also immature considering this isn’t her first boyfriend. Exhibit A: getting a tattoo with his initial and admitting she used to be anti-tattoo. Like, it’s not as bad as a name and I get it, it’s romantic, it’s MORE but it’s not the pinnacle of maturity either.

        Also, it’s stupid to let that type of information (blaming the other party) get out. If the break-up was that messy that she wanted to get that info out to embarrass him then there are other ways to make it clear that you’re over it without looking petty.

      • Bridget says:

        All I’m saying is, its a weird thing to say – I thought the only people who cited “immaturity” in a break up were usually in their early 20s themselves

    • NYer says:

      You get to play that card when your ex is Sean Penn. She is probably sensitive to immaturity.

  3. whatsmyname? says:

    At least they split before they got married, would’ve been messier otherwise.

  4. Nikki says:

    Maybe, she can find a more mature, even hotter guy whose name starts with a B!

  5. don't kill me i'm french says:

    Since they weren’t seen together since several months,it’s not a surprise!

  6. Sumodo1 says:

    Waay younger men are a lot of work.

  7. Loopy says:

    You are really going to pull the immature card on a 38 year old?

  8. Bella bella says:

    Those “insider” comments sound like BS. First of all, her kids are in their 20s — she needs to caretake them? I can understand the distance issues of their careers leading to an estrangement, but not the age gap. Robin always comes across to me as private, thoughtful and deliberate in her choices. That “immature” comment sounds way meaner than anything she’d even insinuate to a friend.

    • RobN says:

      Somebody ought to “caretake” the son before he kills himself or somebody else. That one’s going to end up in serious trouble at some point.

    • santana says:

      I get the feeling that one of this “sources” is no other than Robin’s daughter Dylan penn. She was recently interviewed by US weekly at a party and was asked about her father’s girlfriend. It’s legitimate to think that the reporter also asked about her mother’s relationship and she said this, off the record, since the breakup wasn’t still out.

  9. A. Key says:

    Duh.
    Why does it have to be cheating? Why can’t it really be that he’s too immature for a 48 year old woman? Why is that surprising?
    It seems you’re not allowed to comment on people’s age differences anymore today which is crazy! There really is such a thing as maturity and wisdom. And yes, it does come with age and life experience, no matter what anyone tells you. You can’t learn it or fake it.

  10. Belinda says:

    Can we please just keep this about Rampart?

  11. Hawkeye says:

    She’s in Baltimore and Los Angeles, he’s in London. Where is the relationship? Also, can I just say that blaming schedules makes it sound like these Hollywood break-ups are completely unforeseen? Relationships (romantic, platonic, family) take time and effort.

  12. bns says:

    Ben Foster gives me a bad vibe. After all of those years she wasted on Sean, Robin clearly isn’t putting up with anymore bullsh-t, so good for her.

  13. TuesdaysChild says:

    They seemed an odd couple to me too. Not the age difference, there just didn’t seem to be a lot of chemistry between them. I don’t know why there’s an automatic assumption that cheating was involved, i think the scheduling/long distance thing simply took its toll. Maybe he was the one that wanted out so these “sources” are sticking the knife in a little bit. Whichever way, pretty sure they’ll both be just fine. Now just waiting for the even more bizarro coupling of Penn/Theron to also crash and burn. #sorrynotsorry

    • siri says:

      I agree with the non-chemistry. They always looked a little bit like older sister/younger brother. And the engagement happened a bit fast, I thought. But Penn/Theron crashing? I doubt that this will happen soon, they seem to be a real match…

  14. Meow says:

    A tattoo removed? Ouch. I hope she finds a lovely new guy.
    I like her.

  15. scout says:

    Robin is beautiful, deserves better, good decision if that’s what she thinks of him.
    I know it’s not relevant here, but here is the latest pic (I think) of AC. She looks healthy for a change with tired eyes. Healthy eating or bun in the ……? 🙂

    http://instagram.com/p/vRTXDJLFN4/

  16. Ag says:

    this dude has sketched me out ever since his stint on 6 Feet Under, i have never been able to divorce his character from him.

  17. RobN says:

    Sometimes immature is fun for awhile, but it can wear on you. Think Courteney Cox.

  18. roxy750 says:

    How many times must this be said. “Never EVER tattoo your partners name anywhere in any way on your body”. NEVER! There are a few exceptions, but seriously….just don’t.

  19. Dorothy#1 says:

    I would be happy if she called up Cary Elwes for a date 🙂

  20. Jayna says:

    Well, when you’re not seeing each other and in different countries, that’s what happens. Using her weekends to see her kids 21 and 23? My parents were begging me to come home those years, but most weekends I was off with my life, my boyfriend, friends and never came home as much as they wanted. Maybe she should have focused on him a little more.

  21. lowercaselois says:

    So she says ” he was immature” – maybe she was the immature one.

  22. MoeC23 says:

    Um. I’m sorry, but she got a ” B” tattoo on her ring finger before getting married and questions his maturity level? This is coming from a women with tattoos too!

  23. Cas says:

    I saw him in streetcar this summer and he was brilliant!

  24. Rusty machine says:

    http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2014/11/blind-items-revealed-2-3.html

    Might CDAN be right every once in a while?