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Jun 22
'09
Married Michael Gambon, 68, has second child with mistress

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It’s strange for a middle-class American girl - like me - to pass judgment on the British upper class. They have their own way of doing things, which I came to realize as I obsessively read about Price Charles and Princess Diana. Prince Charles’s long-standing affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles was, to me, a case study in how profoundly strange the British upper class is. Charles could have had his pick of any number of young, pretty aristocratic daughters, and was married to to one of the most beautiful women in the world. But he chose Camilla, bless his weird heart.

I bring up the Charles-Diana-Camilla dynamic because I was reminded of the weird British upper class when I read this story about Michael Gambon. Gambon is a very talented Irish actor (though a British citizen), known mostly in America for his work in the Harry Potter films and for his character work in such films as Layer Cake and Gosford Park. He’s also one of the great stage actors working today - he was even knighted by the Queen in 1998 for his services to drama. Technically speaking, I suppose he’s not really the British upper class, but the seems to be the society in which he rolls, so that’s how I think of him.

Michael Gambon has been married to his wife, now Lady Anne Gambon, since 1962. They have a son together, the 44-year-old Fergus. All of this hasn’t stopped Sir Michael from not only carrying out an affair, out in the open, but from starting a family with his mistress. His mistress is named Phillipa Hart, and she just gave birth to her second child with the 68-year-old Gambon:

Harry Potter star SIR MICHAEL GAMBON is a dad again — aged 68.

Sir Michael, who plays Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, had the child with his mistress. His wife knows he is raising a second family and he splits his time between their two homes and a bachelor pad in London.

The baby — named William — is the second Sir Michael has had with 43-year-old set designer Philippa Hart. Their first, Michael, was born in May 2007.

The actor, also has a 44-year-old son with his wife, Lady Anne.

A family friend said: “Philippa gave birth at a London hospital without complications and little Michael is a beautiful bouncing baby. It is a very strange set of circumstances worthy of a film script in itself.”

“But Michael is open with his wife and she accepts the second relationship, though there have been rows in the past.”

Sir Michael shares a house with his wife of 45 years in Gravesend, Kent. He visits Philippa in Chiswick, South West London, “a few times a week”.

He is a private man — described by friends as “delightful” to those close to him but with a “very short temper”.

He joined the Potter films in the third instalment, The Prisoner of Azkaban, after original Dumbledore RICHARD HARRIS died.

The next film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, is out next month.

[From The Sun]

I suppose it’s none of our business. If Lady Anne is okay with it, we should be too. But it just seems profoundly weird. If you want to live with your mistress, why not just divorce your wife and start another family? Why the whole two-family thing? The whole “he spends a few nights with his wife, then a few nights with his mistress” thing? Michael Gambon was raised a Catholic, and I wonder if he still practices to the extent where he thinks divorce is some kind of sin. In the light of his mistress giving birth to a second child, I can only guess that if that’s the case, Gambon feels he only has to adhere to the letter, not the spirit, of church doctrine.

Michael Gambon is shown below with David Walliams on 9/29/08. He is shown in the header on 4/3/06. Credit: WENN.com.

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Posted in Affairs, Babies, Michael Gambon

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May 5
'09
Elizabeth Edwards on Oprah: not sure if Rielle Hunter’s baby is John’s

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The first part of Elizabeth Edwards’ book tour is a stop on Oprah’s couch to talk about how John lied about all of the cheating, and how Rielle Hunter (“the other woman”) is “pathetic”. Actually, all of that is from Elizabeth’s book, Resilience. When Oprah sat down with Elizabeth in the Edwards’ North Carolina home, Elizabeth refused to use Rielle’s name, only calling her “this person”.

Oprah actually had the cojones to ask Elizabeth about the rumor that John Edwards is the father of Rielle’s child, and Elizabeth actually answers! Elizabeth replied, “That’s what I understand. I’ve seen a picture of the baby. I have no idea. It doesn’t look like my children, but I don’t have any idea.” Whoa… that’s intense. Did it occur to Elizabeth to actually ask John? Or maybe she did, and he lied, or Elizabeth doesn’t know if he’s lying? Or Rielle is lying? Did it occur to anyone to get a damn blood test?

In a revealing new interview with Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Edwards says it’s “complicated” when asked about the state of her marriage to former presidential candidate John Edwards, who famously had an affair with videographer Rielle Hunter.

Is it a day by day thing, Winfrey asks her on Thursday’s show.

“Neither one of us is out the door,” replies Elizabeth, who is battling terminal breast cancer. “So I guess it’s day by day, but maybe it’s month by month.”

Elizabeth — who spoke to Winfrey from her family’s 28,000-square-foot home in Chapel Hill, NC — says they’re “still living together.” But when asked if she still loves her husband, she replies, “You know, that’s a complicated question.”

Looking back on their marriage, Elizabeth tells Winfrey she asked John for one gift before her wedding 31 years ago.

“I wanted him to be faithful to me,” she says. “It was enormously important to me.”‘

But, days after declaring his run for president in 2006, John confessed to his wife that he had had an affair. (The National Enquirer broke the story a year later.)

“What John said is that this woman spotted him in the hotel in which he was staying. He was meeting someone in the restaurant bar area, and she verified with someone who he worked with that it was John,” Elizabeth tells Winfrey.

“John went to dinner at a nearby restaurant and when he walked back to the hotel, she was standing in front of the hotel. She said to him, ‘You are so hot.’”

After the Enquirer broke the story, it also reported that John was the father of Hunter’s daughter (which he denied).

Asked about the speculation, Elizabeth says, “That’s what I understand. I’ve seen a picture of the baby. I have no idea. It doesn’t look like my children, but I don’t have any idea.”

Elizabeth — whose memoir Resilience is to be published May 12 — opens up more about Hunter in the June issue of O.

Choosing not to address Hunter by name, she says, “This person is very different from me, and really very different from him. We’re basically old-fashioned people. So, this was a pretty big leap for him. Maybe it’s being so different is what was attractive.”

Asked about her own mortality, Elizabeth says it’s not “frightening,” but she prays for an “ever-after.”

“I would be leaving part of my family, but I can do [that] and join another party and wait for that day when we’re all together again,” she says. “In some ways, it’s something you yearn for.”

[From US Weekly]

“This person is very different from me, and really very different from him. We’re basically old-fashioned people. So, this was a pretty big leap for him. Maybe it’s being so different is what was attractive.” Funny how that goes - Elizabeth is basically saying John wanted a little “strange” - well, he got it. And now Elizabeth is out there, speaking with more honesty than any cheated-on wife in recent memory.

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Written by Kaiser         46 Comments »
Apr 17
'09
John Edwards’ mistress agrees to interview with ABC

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The situation for disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards is really starting to get sticky. We told you how Edwards privately admitted to his wife that he is indeed the father of mistress Rielle Hunter’s 1-year-old daughter, Frances. Now, Elizabeth Edwards, who is dying from terminal breast cancer, will be making an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It’s not clear what Mrs. Edwards will be talking about, but Rielle Hunter is prepared to respond to any potential remarks by making an appearance of he own in an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters.

John Edwards’ mistress Rielle Hunter is “ready for her close-up” with her first national TV interview since the cheating scandal wrecked his career, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

In a startling change of heart, Rielle Hunter has decided to face the cameras and has narrowed her choice of interviewer to either “ABC News” correspondents Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters, say sources.

“Rielle had previously assured John she wasn’t going to spill the beans,” said a close source. “But she’s changed her tune after thinking Elizabeth Edwards might disparage her in the upcoming interview she’s already taped with Oprah Winfrey.

“The interview will be broadcast in mid-May to coincide with the publication of Elizabeth’s new book in which she’s likely to address the affair.”

As a result, a behind-the-scenes war of words is breaking out between Rielle and Elizabeth.

“Rielle’s decided she’s not going to sit back while Edwards’ wife gives her side of the story,” said the close source. “As much as John hates it, he’s defenseless to stop either woman from saying what she wants. It’s now erupted into a war between his wife and his former mistress over who will have the last word in what could be dueling TV interviews.”

Rielle intensified talks with the ABC superstars in early April in preparation for going in front of the cameras.

“No deal is done, but Rielle seems to favor Barbara Walters over Diane because Barbara admitted recently she engaged in a long-ago affair,” said the close source. “This makes Rielle believe Barbara will show her more compassion than Diane would.”

Following a series of world exclusive Enquirer exposes, the former presidential candidate finally admitted to the affair last summer - after our reporters caught the ex-senator visiting Rielle and her baby in a Beverly Hills hotel.

Both Edwards and Rielle have publicly maintained that Edwards is not the father.

Rielle claimed that the father is Andrew Young, a married Edwards crony. But we’ve reported that Rielle has privately told close friends that she never had a sexual relationship with Young - and has confided that Edwards is really the baby’s father.

Will Rielle spill her guts on national TV?

[From The National Enquirer print version, April 27, 2009]

Between his wife doing Oprah and his mistress doing ABC news, John Edwards’ head must be about to explode. And I say, serves him right! This jerk thought he could get away with cheating on his terminally ill wife AND fathering a child with that mistress. He admitted in that interview last year that not only did he cheat, but he is a narcissist. Damn right. I don’t really have any interest in hearing what this Rielle person has to say. She’s just as bad as he is. It’s not like she didn’t know what she was getting herself into with Edwards. The person I’d love to hear from is Elizabeth - although it seems like she has chosen to stand by her man- even though he’s a total scum bag.

Posted in Affairs, Babies, Elizabeth Edwards, Infidelity, John Edwards, Oprah

Written by MSat         24 Comments »
Apr 7
'09
Ron Wood makes public outing with 20-year-old girlfriend
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As the saying goes, there’s no fool like an old fool. That’s certainly the case with 60-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, who attended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this weekend with his 20-year-old girlfriend, Ekaterina Ivanova. Ekaterina and Ron started their relationship while Ron was still married to his wife of 23 years, Jo, and the guitarist was in the throes of a weeks-long drinking bender. Ekaterina was a cocktail waitress at the bar in Ireland where Ron was sousing it up for days on end. While his wife, Jo, thought he was in rehab for alcohol abuse, Ron was hooking up with then-19-year-old Ekaterina. Since leaving his wife for the girl, he has been off the wagon in a major way. Perhaps that’s why he thought it was in good taste to take Ekaterina as his date to the Hall of Fame ceremony.

Rolling Stone Ron Wood attended Saturday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies with his new girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova, 20.

Wood and the former waitress have been together since last summer, as he divorces his wife of 23 years Jo, but this weekend was their first outing at a public event.

The Woods have two children, 30-year-old Leah and 25-year-old Tyrone.

[From Huffington Post]

What is there to say about a man who dates a woman younger than his own kids? Ekaterina has been alive for less time than Ron Wood was married to his long-suffering wife. Multiple sources say Jo managed Ron’s business finances for years, so she knows exactly what he’s worth. Rumor has it that Jo Wood is going for the legal jugular in the divorce case after being so publicly humiliated by her husband. And according to reports, Ekaterina sure likes it when grandpa Ron buys her expensive gifts- including a guitar played by Jimi Hendrix worth more than £13,000. Looks like Ronnie is going to get bankrupted coming and going - I sure hope this new young thing is worth it!

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Mar 19
'09
Video of LeAnn Rimes making out on a date with also married co-star

Married country singer LeAnn Rimes has stirred up quite the controversy for herself. Yesterday US Weekly came out with a cover story in which they detailed video evidence that she’s having an affair with married actor Eddie Cibrian. The two costarred in a Lifetime movie together. Now US has released the video, in which the pair are clearly on a date.

Us Weekly has the exclusive video of LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian kissing, holding hands — and even sucking on each other’s fingers during a March 7 date at Mosun and Club M in Laguna Beach, California.

Twenty-two seconds into the clip, Cibrian arrives at the restaurant and they walk in hand-in-hand. Then they’re seated — as seen in the center left of the frame — and proceed to hold hands (36 seconds) and kiss (1:47). At the 2:10 mark, Rimes suggestively sucks on Cibrian’s finger. They leave together shortly after.

Us Weekly has seen the $95 receipt for the dinner, as paid for by Cibrian on his credit card and signed by him. The newest issue also shows photos of Cibrian and Rimes meeting up for a three-hour tryst March 14 at the Malibu Beach Inn — where the blinds were closed and a do not disturb sign was placed on the door. Cibrian was not wearing his wedding ring.

All the while, Cibrian’s pickup truck sat in the parking lot with a visible child’s car seat in the back.

[From Us Weekly]

US has been doing some hardcore investigative work. I wonder who tipped them off to the affair in the first place? Rimes has been vague in her response to the allegations, while Cibrian has denied them.

The stars of Northern Lights are not fusing together. So says Eddie Cibrian, who costars with LeAnn Rimes in the upcoming Lifetime movie and who awoke Wednesday to find himself the subject of a scintillating Us Weekly cover alleging an extramarital affair between the two.

“Other than being friends and two actors who were romantically intertwined in a movie-for-television we filmed last fall, there is no truth to the reporting initiated by Us Magazine,” the 35-year-old married father of two said in a statement obtained by E! News. “It is a fabricated story that is using random snapshots as connective tissue to create a scandalous relationship.”

Cibrian’s denial follows Rimes’ morning post to her website, in which the country-pop songbird lamented this “difficult time” in her life. “I would like to assure all of you that this is a place for you to hear things directly from me and as you all know, not everything in our lives is always black and white,” she wrote.

But while Cibrian has dismissed the pictures published in Us of what are said to be Rimes and Cibrian on a date, an employee from Mosun in Laguna Beach, Calif., tells E! News that on the night in question, the two were “quite clearly on a date… They came in holding hands, and they left holding hands,” the source said. “It was not a ‘friendly’ situation.”

“They were kissing over the table, holding each other’s hands across the table, kissing each other’s hands, touching each other’s faces,” the source said. There’s also surveillance video of the duo eating dinner, and “there’s no question of who it was,” the source concluded.

[From E! News]

It seems like there’s nearly irrefutable evidence of an affair. At some point it’s better to just come clean. It’s been rumored that LeAnn’s husband, Dean Sheremet (who is one of her former backup dancers) is gay. LeAnn has never addressed the issue, but I can’t help but wonder if she’s hinting at something along those lines when she says “not everything in our lives is always black and white.” It’s safe to say we’ll hear some type of more official response from Rimes in the next few days.

Posted in Affairs, Eddie Cibrian, LeAnn Rimes

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Mar 16
'09
Mel Gibson caught frolicking with mistress in Costa Rica

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Actor Mel Gibson has been trying to rehab his image and launch a Hollywood comeback lately after his drunken tirade against a Los Angeles cop during a DUI bust ruined his career. But it may be harder for the “Braveheart” star to win back fans now that photos of Gibson and his mistress hugging and cavorting at his Costa Rican estate have hit the internet. While the woman in the new set of photos hasn’t been identified, it sure looks like Oksana, the mystery brunette who was photographed with Gibson last November.

He has explained his way out out of tight spots before, and it looks like he’ll have to again.

Mel Gibson has been pictured embracing a stunning bikini-clad woman in the surf near his estate home in Costa Rica.

And while her identity remains a mystery, it was definitely not 52-year-old Robyn Moore, his wife of 28 years and mother of his seven children.

Our source on the beach said: ‘It was near sunset. The two of them were playing in the surf, ducking into waves.

‘Then Mel sort of took hold of her and she came willingly into his arms. They put their arms around each other and kissed pretty passionately for about four or five seconds. The two of them then wandered down the beach and popped in and out of the surf.’

Gibson, 53, owns a 300-acre retreat on the shores of Costa Rica’s Pacific shoreline. It was there that he apparently entertained Britney Spears to help her recuperate after her recent breakdown.

It is not clear whether his wife, who is seldom seen in public, is with him in Costa Rica or at one of his other homes in California, Connecticut, Fiji and his native Australia.

Last September there were reports that Gibson was becoming close to a glamorous Russian musician known only as Oksana while filming his new movie Edge of Darkness in Boston.

In 2006, with his tongue loosened by tequila, he ranted against Jewish people to a female traffic police officer who had pulled him over for drink driving.

Two years earlier he was forced to issue denials of anti-Semitism when his film, The Passion Of The Christ, was widely condemned for portraying Jews as the villains.

Gibson’s publicist is not available for comment.

[From The Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail has posted the photos of Gibson and the woman hugging and kissing on the beach. Though her face isn’t visible, the woman is most likely Oksana, the dark haired, slender woman who was seen lurking around Gibson’s trailer on the shoot of his new movie, “Edge of Darkness” late last year. A story in The National Enquirer last year claimed that Gibson was divorcing his long-suffering wife to be with the woman, but no statement has come from the Gibson camp to confirm it. It’s long been speculated that the actor’s marriage has been in name only for many years for the sake of their children, and also because Gibson, a devout Catholic, doesn’t want to divorce. I wonder how his wife feels about those pictures?

These photos were the first ones of Gibson and his alleged mistress on the set of his movie last November. It sure looks like the same woman in the new photos. Credits: Fame.

Posted in Affairs, Mel Gibson, Movies, Photos

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Mar 13
'09
Morgan Freeman got dumped by his mistress

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Poor Morgan Freeman. First, he was in a serious car crash last year that injured him and his passenger. Now that passenger is suing him for negligence. Then, his wife of 24 years filed for divorce and stands to win a substantial alimony settlement. His new Broadway play, “The Country Girl,” is getting terrible reviews. And finally, sources say that Freeman’s long time mistress- the reason his marriage imploded - has also dumped him. Okay - maybe I don’t feel that sorry for him on that last one.

Morgan Freeman has been dumped by the mistress who broke up his marriage, The Enquirer has learned exclusively.

For four years, the 71-year-old star has been romantically involved with divorced former school-teacher Mary Joyce Hays, 60. Friends of the couple say they were headed for marriage after Morgan’s divorce was final, and Mary Joyce occasionally sported an engagement ring.

But they split up recently while Morgan was in New York performing on stage in “The Country Girl,” revealed a source close to the pair.

“Mary Joyce told me, ‘I broke up with Morgan. It’s definitely over.’”

Myrna Colley-Lee, Morgan’s wife of 24 years, filed for divorce last year after being separated from him since December of 2007.

But Mary Joyce insists that Morgan and Myrna had been living separate lives for a lot longer - at least 20 years, according to the close source.

“Mary Joyce told me, ‘I don’t think Myrna thought I was much of a threat. But she didn’t think it would turn into love.’”

The source said that Mary Joyce left Morgan because the actor no longer loved her, and she said: “He tried to push me away.”

[From The National Enquirer print version, March 23, 2009]

I really don’t understand why a man would choose to live in a sham of a marriage for 20 years while keeping a mistress on the side. I suppose he was worried about having to give up a chunk of his money, and that fear seems to be justified. But he probably has a lot more money to lose now than he did 20 years ago. Why not call it a day, get divorced and move on instead of going through the motions for 20 years? Life’s too short. Maybe his mistress dumping him and this lawsuit by another woman who is adamant that she isn’t his mistress are some sort of karmic retribution for the choice he made. But you know, for a 70 year old man, he sure is a player!

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Dec 19
'08
Kate Walsh’s co-star may be reason for the end of her marriage

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Kate Walsh and Alex Young in happier days. Photo credit: WENN.

Last week, we told you that “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh’s 15-month marriage is over. It was just as sudden as the marriage itself, and many were wondering if perhaps the couple rushed into things. Now, new reports are surfacing that the reason for the abrupt ending could be the off screen chemistry between Kate and her TV co-star, David Sutcliffe.

As they held each other at Katherine Heigl’s 30th birthday party, no one could have though anything was wrong between Kate Walsh and her husband of just 14 months. “They were dancing up a storm, having a really good time together,” one partygoer tells Star. “There were no signs that there was any trouble in paradise.”

Yet, just a week after Katherine’s Nov. 15 bash, Kate and hubby Alex Young called it quits, according to divorce papers he filed in Los Angeles. So what went wrong in such a short time?

Friends say one of the main reasons is Kate’s growing closeness with David Sutcliffe, the divorced hunk who plays her love interest on her Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.

As Kate’s character and David’s character have grown closer, so have the actors. “Kate really likes David, and knowing that didn’t help Alex’s fragile ego,” a friend of the actress said. “Kate and David had a real connection playing lovers on the show, and she didn’t seem to have that with her own husband.”

Kate’s determination to keep her struggling show alive meant spending more time at the “office,” regularly working 16-hour days on the show. Much of her time was spent with David, 39, who just became a regular on the show.

“Kate was too busy working - she hardly even saw Alex anymore,” says the source. “She looked forward to being on the set and really liked where the show’s storyline was taking her. But then, who wouldn’t with a co-star like David?”

A second source adds, “She’s one of those people who needs constant male attention.” And he gave it to her. “She spent a lot of time in her trailer with David.”

[From Star print version, Dec. 29, 2008]

Sounds like that show is just as dramatic behind the scenes as it is on screen! I’ve never seen it, but based on photos of this David guy, he is pretty hunky. Still, it was only a few months ago that Kate was gushing about her new husband and how happy they were. But I guess if you are spending 16 hours a day with someone it’s pretty hard to remember your husband waiting for you at home. It’s a wonder anyone stays married in Hollywood, really. Beautiful people who spend all their time with other beautiful people doing love scenes - it’s really a recipe for cheating if you think about it.

Kate Walsh is shown leaving a hair salon in Los Angeles earlier this month. Her co-star, David Sutcliffe, is shown at a Habitat for Humanity benefit in October. Photo credit: WENN.

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Dec 5
'08
Gordon Ramsay’s alleged mistress fired from her cheating website job


Sarah Symonds, the “professional mistress” who claims to have had a long standing affair with chef Gordon Ramsay, has broken the cardinal rule of both “professional” and “mistress” by going public with her claims. Symonds was not self-employed, and because she has broken a confidentiality code, she’s been let go as a “spokesperson” for the cheating website she worked for.

Sarah Symonds was sacked from her job working for an infidelity website, it has been alleged.

Symonds, who claimed she had a seven-year affair with TV chef Gordon Ramsay was an infidelity spokesperson for the Ashley Madison Agency.

The dating website specialises in hooking married people up behind their partner’s backs.

But entertainment website TMZ has reported today that the 38-year-old was recently fired, allegedly because she was not discreet enough.

For now Symonds has returned to her family home in Newport, Gwent, to escape the furore over her kiss and tell allegations.

[From Daily Mail]

How do you tell your mom and dad you have to come back home because you lost your screwing-married-men-for-money job? And how do you put that on your resume? Customer service? I know Symonds is counting on cashing in on the notoriety, but not many mistresses stay in the limelight long term. Even Heidi Fleiss can only stay in the news with drugs and questionable choices in men. I hope Symonds is saving her money, jobs are hard enough to come by in the UK without your last job being adultery assistant.

In a kind of valiant attempt to milk the celebrity for all she can, in a way only one who is used to selling themselves could, Sarah is now claiming that she has had jobs with other “high profile” men, including, she says, another well-known chef. Jamie Oliver’s wife is probably asking questions right now.

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Dec 1
'08
Was Gordon Ramsey affair story a PR stunt by alleged mistress?

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has gotten a lot of bad press in the last few weeks over a reported affair he had with “professional mistress” Sarah Symonds. Fox News’ Pop Tarts has evidence that Symonds’ claims were all just an attempt to increase hits on the website AshleyMadison.com, for which she was a spokesperson. The website is for people who want to have extramarital affairs. Symonds was employed because she wrote an instructional book on how to be a mistress. Classy. The president and CEO of AshleyMadison claims Symonds had reason to fake an affair, and a high profile chef was suggested during website meetings.

It has been quite a rough week for top British chef Gordon Ramsay after author Sarah Symonds went public with claims she has been having a ten-year affair with the married “Hell’s Kitchen” star. Ramsay however came forth on Thursday and dismissed the allegations as “a load of BS” while appearing on the BBC’s “Good Food Show.” But Miss Symonds was employed in February this year to be the U.K spokesperson for the controversial internet dating service AshleyMadison.com which caters to those looking to have a secret extramarital affair.

“Symonds was the face of the company in the U.K and we wanted to generate some buzz and one of the ideas we threw around was if she was too have a high-profile affair,” Noel Biderman, President & CEO of AshleyMadison.com tells Tarts. “At the time she specifically asked if an affair with a top British chef would accomplish what we needed to do.”

So could it all be a PR stunt or did Symonds really have something to hide? The relationship between the spokeswoman and the company fizzed out after just a few months as Symonds reportedly wanted to head to Hollywood and pursue her lifelong ambitions while the company needed someone who would stay in the U.K.

“There were no ill feelings when she left,” Biderman says, adding that he has since reached out to Symonds in the wake of the Ramsay infidelity claims but has not had a response.

[From Pop Tarts]

The main problem with this angle is that Symonds isn’t working for AshleyMadison anymore, so why would she come forward about the affair now? While the president’s quote is pretty damning, it’s important to note that Pop Tarts has a big conflict of interest here – which they don’t disclose. It’s part of Fox News’ website, and Ramsay’s reality show “Hell’s Kitchen” is a Fox show. It would make sense that they want to keep their talent looking good. The article could still very well be true, and Noel Biderman said what he said. But it’s important to take the whole thing with a grain of salt since Fox didn’t disclose the conflict of interest.

No matter what, Sarah Symonds sounds like a real loser. She’s become famous for her affairs, and apparently that’s the only thing she’s good at. The woman actually wrote a book that’s essentially about how to screw another woman over. She doesn’t sound like an ethical person, so it wouldn’t be that surprising if this whole debacle was just a way for her to become more famous.

Here’s Sarah Symonds’ instructional cheating book. Header of Gordon Ramsay leaving his London home this morning. Image thanks to Fame.

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