Bear with me while I randt a bit about a current Hollywood scandal. I don’t really care that 22 year old Kristen Stewart slept with her 41 year old director behind the backs of both her live-in boyfriend, actor Robert Pattinson, and the director’s wife and kids. I only care because of the fallout.
Stewart has never really known what it’s like to struggle. She’s been a multi-millionaire ever since she was picked along with Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and the rest to star in the film versions of the Twlight books. I have not read them or watched the movies but as a student of pop culture I can’t help but know who these people are on sight. Even if you don’t, here’s the point: the affair between the young actress and her married director, a man almost twice her age, was leaked. She released a statement of apology and so did he. Her boyfriend, Pattinson, moved out. The director has moved on to his next movie and films he will direct down the road have been announced. Stewart lost at least one job and reams of print space in Tinseltown have been devoted to her wrecked reputation and potentially ruined career.
Why her? Is this the dark ages where she has to wear an A for adultery on her chest while he saunters away unscathed? What in the world makes her the demon in this situation? If anything a 41 year old man who has taken vows with the mother of his children should bear more of the responsibility.
My goodness. If this woman’s successful career is harmed by her actions and admission, his should be too. This kind of thing happens all the time and it is just plain unfair, whether it’s in Hollywood or in the office downtown. It’s the woman who is blamed and demonized when it truly takes two to tango.