#466942 - Tue Apr 14 2009 10:09 AM
Mel Gibson's Divorce
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I was really saddened when i found out on Monday that his wife for 28yrs has filed for divorce.
I really don't think that she deserves to get half of what he has- especially when he's the only one who earnt it. She could get over £320million.
Does anyone else think it's disgusting that all that money might go to someone who hasn't earnt it?
I think the most she should get is one tenth of everything, and even that is alot.
Does anyone else have an opinion on this?
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#466943 - Tue Apr 14 2009 12:11 PM
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I sure do.
Not only has Gibson's wife borne and actively raised his seven children, she has also endured years of off and on alcohol abuse by said Gibson. There has also been some mention of bi -polar disorder, but this can't be substantiated anyplace but Wiki [ often a dubious source for facts]
I don't know if you are acquainted with the ..ah..'vigours' of child raising, but I can only report that my three have kept me awake in the dark over the years, changed my figure from that of Kirsten Dunst to Edith Bunker, and later helped the Miss Clairol people stay afloat, thanks to my fetish for covering up any new, teenage-imparted grey. Let's see...
half the fortune Dad made while on location -when Mom stayed home, changed the diapers, stayed up till two, scolded and gave out hugs? Went to the parent conferences...for probably twenty years?
Works for me.
edited for typo
Edited by ktstew (Tue Apr 14 2009 12:13 PM)
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#466944 - Tue Apr 14 2009 12:57 PM
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#466947 - Tue Apr 14 2009 01:39 PM
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As usual, I started a response but gave up because I knew someone would come along and say what I would have said but do it much better. Yeah, Kate!!  I agree with you 100%.
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#466948 - Tue Apr 14 2009 01:41 PM
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I agree, ktstew, his wife had by far the most difficult job in those twenty eight years, and the most important.
I'd also like to add the man has over a billion dollars worth of assets. To me, this sounds like far too much money for one person to have. Whatever she gets there's still plenty left over for him. There should be no crying over the financial split, no matter how it goes.
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#466949 - Tue Apr 14 2009 01:41 PM
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I doubt if either of the Gibsons would have been thinking pre-nup when they married 28 years ago. Nobody was that successful yet  But I get your point AntonLaVey (I think). It's a good idea for the Paul McCartneys of the world. As long as the cost of raising the kids is equitably shared - agreement or no agreement. Y
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#466950 - Tue Apr 14 2009 01:55 PM
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Honestly -let's say I'm a frillionare, just for the sake of discussion. It's true that none of us have a crystal ball [ only a broom, in my case] and sometimes a relationship you thought was as solid as a stone goes south.
BUT if I were nervous enough even in the middle of our seething romance there in the beginning to actually hire a lawyer...sit down with my beloved in some chilly conference room and make him initial an inch of pre-nup papers? I'm thinking the thing is absolutely doomed from the start anyway.
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#466951 - Tue Apr 14 2009 02:38 PM
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My first thought was of how I'd heard time and time again about how Catholic and traditional he was and how he kept on having all these kids and she was the one raising them.
He used his long standing marriage as a theatre prop and pr tool. She deserves the money.
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#466952 - Tue Apr 14 2009 02:38 PM
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'Frillionare" - I like that . LOL. I want to be a frillionare  ! Prenups really aren't very romantic, are they? And one never knows how a romance is going to turn out. I have a very dear friend who was with her husband since High School and was with him for over 25 years and 2 beautiful boys, and then he finds "the love of his life" (grr) and out she goes. No prenup, of course, but she thought it would last and was too proud to accept his family's money, so she never even put her name on the house "they" bought before they were officially married. They'd already been together over a decade. So the house is his and she has to find something else. It's made me think that - no matter what the hormones are telling you, or how long you've been together - it's best to get the financials set out beforehand. But I'd probably make that mistake myself. Logic is hard to come by when you are bit by the love bug . Y
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#466953 - Tue Apr 14 2009 02:52 PM
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I don't know if you are acquainted with the ..ah..'vigours' of child raising, but I can only report that my three have kept me awake in the dark over the years, changed my figure from that of Kirsten Dunst to Edith Bunker, and later helped the Miss Clairol people stay afloat, thanks to my fetish for covering up any new, teenage-imparted grey.
LOL - I hope you get some money, KT!
I've watched enough Suze Orman to know not to go near a relationshop without a pre-nup if you have a bit of money. But the wife was around before there was too much money earnt so I agree she deserves half his fortune.
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#466956 - Tue Apr 14 2009 05:27 PM
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Uh oh. I did a little digging and it seems there's a Russian girlfriend lurking in the background. I suspected it might be something like that. The missus has stayed with him through six kinds of thick and thin, but apparently even she has her limits.
And considering the circumstances from a legal standpoint- she can probably expect the check in the mail any day now.
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#466957 - Tue Apr 14 2009 05:40 PM
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I just want to say that, while divorce is always sad, I cannot stand to see marriages deteriorate that are that OLD. 28 years is a long, long time.
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#466958 - Tue Apr 14 2009 05:48 PM
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I do agree funnybuni.
Any long term relationship ending is always sad - but then again, sometimes the rope just runs out!
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#466959 - Tue Apr 14 2009 06:02 PM
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Maybe it was over years ago and now it's just becoming official?
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#466960 - Tue Apr 14 2009 06:32 PM
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It's possible. Maybe they wanted to stay together at least till the kids were grown - that happens all the time, and in it's way, that's an admirable thing. But sadly, the kids always see through it and are miserable right along with their parents.
It is awful that things couldn't have been different for them, especially since he's been so vocal about various moral issues over the years.
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#466962 - Tue Apr 14 2009 06:47 PM
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According to the news here his wife filed for divorce and then he made a counter file as they have been separated since 2006.
Something to do with the amount she will get probably.
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#466964 - Tue Apr 14 2009 07:08 PM
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With all the background support his wife appears to have provided with caring for their children etc, and having been there Right From The Start, he needs to be nice and Share! On the other hand ....IF he hasn't been behaving as he should he might be lucky if he doesn't drown!
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#466965 - Tue Apr 14 2009 08:14 PM
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when I think of the misery that man is going to go through liquidating their estate...that brother is going to get soaked.
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I really don't think that she deserves to get half of what he has- especially when he's the only one who earnt it...Does anyone else think it's disgusting that all that money might go to someone who hasn't earnt it?
Rather one-sided views don't you think?
We've got no idea what either of them has been through in that marriage, nor do we have any idea what either one of them deserves. Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. There's three sides to every divorce - his, hers and what really happened.
However, I am inclined to agree with ktstew and bruyere. Given Mel's public persona, I would think that his wife has had a lot to put up with over 28 years.
She married him in 1980 when she was working as a dental assistant and he was an unknown, largely unemployed actor, just starting to get some recognition. She's supported him through many bad times for 28 years - unemployment, a bad car accident, several drunk driving convictions, publicly offending the gay community, controversial film production (The Passion), the infamous anti-Semitic remarks scandal, rehab for alcohol abuse, etc.
I'd say she's probably earned every penny of whatever she gets. I hope Mel remembers what he said about Robyn in 2003: "My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am. Honestly."
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#466966 - Wed Apr 15 2009 06:00 AM
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And I thought Catholics were against divorce...?
But his wife isn't Catholic - she's said to be Protestant (Episcopalian or C of E).
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