Posted on March 22nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm by 
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We have all read the news of the Mendes/Winslet split, it is a sad story, probably, in reality, faults on both sides.
Shame that in every article there HAS to be the mention of the cringy Oscar acceptance speech and the fact that she had talked, many times, about her ‘weight/body image issue’s’
Way back in Titanic days she was a fresh faced 21 year old,  curvy, lush, down-to-earth girl and was proud of her curves, does anyone remember her kicking arse when GQ Mag wanted to slim her down! photoshop wise… she was having none of it, ‘keep it real’ was her attitude. I really admired her.
After about ten years of Hollywood holding her by the hand and bam she is yet another skinny, slinky, permanently tanned, worried, honed, creaseless star, did the Hollywood glitzy hype get her in the end. There are now stories of his ‘friendships’ with some of the actresses and of her becoming a demon of control and ‘god help those who spoke up for themselves’.
Maybe the fact that Mendes and Ms Winslet, who both have massive careers,  were possibly caught up in the need for massive egos and control, it was all just too much ‘stuff’ for a marriage to cope with.
It is possible that they both have become so caught up in all that Hollywood is, the trappings of success, the agents, managers, PR’s, PA’s, the razz, etc, etc, there simply was not enough time or space to remember why they were together in the first place.
Remember Emma Thompson and Kenneth… can it be that in Hollywood or the world of the movies that  two very successful people in one relationship just can’t work, is it the blight of the Hollywood dream!
I do hope she can find happiness with her children at the moment, have time to lick her wounds.
The horrid truth is that your are only as good as your last job… but a marriage can be so rewarding when it works, and yes you do have to work at it and it can be bloody hard.
All the reviews, Emmys, Oscars, mag covers, all the gongs in the world don’t keep you warm at night.
