I think I have a new found respect for Arnold Schwarzenegger despite not being to keen on his actions regarding his affair(s), love child(ren) and subsequently not telling his wife; at least now it’s ‘out’ in the open (not sure if its all out) he is not hiding behind a super injunction like the latest celebrity to be caught out for foul play.
I mean at what point do you just hold your hands up and say ok it’s me, your right I cheated with such and such and then actually start to deal with the consequences both publicly (as you are in the public eye) and also privately.
Is it at the point were your named by a top TV presenter? At the point were your name is trending on twitter? At the point were your Wikipedia has been updated to state you are suing twitter? the point when your face has been plastered on a national newspaper with the word censored across your eyes? Or when the PM says I know who it is or when MP John Hemming names you in the commons?
…Somebody say when!By trying to get the courts to enforce the super injunction he has actually made the situation a lot worse and opening himself up to some serious questions regarding his character, not based on the fact that he cheated but on how he has dealt with it in the aftermath.
On twitter he has been called some choice names with some people goading him to sue them and also in speaking in my own circle the terms arrogant, conceited and egotistical have been banded around…after all it takes a real a**-hole to try and sue the people who put you on your pedestal in the first place.
Let’s cast our mind back to a few months ago when Selina so eloquently discussed Wayne Rooney and his run in with the press over his cheating with prossies: The BDSS: Men, women and prostitutes. Fast forward a few months he and Coleen are still together. He rid the media derision and now he is back where he belongs playing football and moving forward.
In contrast Mr foul play with his super injunction looks like it will go on forever and what probably would have been fodder for the papers for one week has turned into something else the battle between freedom of speech (for twitter users) freedom of press (for the media) and freedom of privacy (for cheating celebrities).
Now in all honesty before this whole thing on twitter not only did I not check for this person (as I’m not into football) but I also had no idea who Imogen Thomas even was and pretty much thanks to this person’s actions (and Imogen’s rounds on Morning TV sofa’s) I'm now enlightened.
I must admit whilst watching the Andrew Marr show on Sunday when one of the panellists said these super injunctions are put in place often times to protect the children, for a moment I thought ok fair enough… but then again the secret is OUT! Imogen is getting more shine and his name and reputation are being tarnished with everyday he instructs his lawyers to uphold this super injunction and sue everybody, I'm sure he's not really an a**-hole.
As I said earlier I have a new found respect for Arnold Schwarzenegger at least he is out in public and getting on with his life. This is despite not having a pre-nup and his wife reportedly hiring a top divorce lawyer which basically means…HALF! *Eddie Murphy*
By all means whilst I definitely don’t have a right, or even care that much about what goes on in the private lives of celebrities (I have my own house to deal with!) but when it’s out its OUT (Whether I believe it or not that is another story).
So BDSS’ers what do you make of the whole saga? Does he have a right to privacy? When does that right end?
