No matter who you are, divorce is something that will always be taxing on you. The idea that you put so much time and effort into a partner and marriage just for it to fail is painful, to say the least. And while there are multiple reasons for one to get divorced, I feel like being cheated on adds another layer of hurt to it. Being betrayed by someone you had thought you would spend your life with can be traumatising. And actress Emma Thompson has also opened up about the issues she faced after she found out that her ex-husband Kenneth Branagh cheated on her.
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In a recent interview, Emma Thompson talked candidly about her difficult divorce from her ex-husband Kenneth Branagh in 1995. Thompson and Branagh had first met when co-starring in Fortunes of War. Branagh then met Helena Bonham Carter while they were playing romantic interests in the 1994 movie Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and they began dating shortly after.
Emma Thompson admitted that she was totally unaware that he had relations with other women on set. She said that she learned how simple it is to be blinded by one’s own desire to deceive oneself. Previously, the actress had discussed her iconic Love Actually scene depicting pain after learning of her character’s husband’s infidelity and revealed that it was inspired by her own life experience as she admitted in a 2018 interview that she had her heart broken by Branagh. In a recent interview, the actress also discussed how traumatic her 1995 divorce from Branagh was for her, claiming that she was only “half alive” at the time. She said that she had lost the sense of being a loveable or worthy person.
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The sad part is that those who get cheated on usually tend to question their own self worth. I have been there too. It is very easy to assign blame to yourself and keep wondering what you could have done differently to “keep” your partner. But that’s the thing, you could have done nothing. Regardless of how hard it is to hear, you cannot control every situation in your life and there was nothing you could do to keep your partner faithful; that was their responsibility in the first place. So if you are in a similar situation, try not to be so harsh on yourself and put the blame where it belongs. While this might seem hard, know that you will heal from this to be a stronger person.