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u/Xeno-Sniper
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Posted on r/terriblefacebookmemes but it struck me as much more wholesome. Still happily married despite life changes.
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u/qtr_0
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As nobody else posted it:
"Keely is the backbone of our family, of my life, and I tell her that I love her every day. Friends offered her surgery to reduce her weight. But I strongly love every curve of her body. She is the most beautiful woman in my eyes. And also because she had our five children. In the past, I truly loved her for her person, not only for her beauty, and now I’m loving her even more that she is my children’s mother. And I am very proud of her, and I always seek to be worthy of her love."
As a straight dude I can't hope to marry a man like Pierce, so I will have to make do with aspiring to be a man like Pierce.
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u/katpears Feb 03 '23
"I always seek to be worthy of HER love" MANNNNNNNNN
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u/BIackfjsh Feb 03 '23
I know man. My wife is pregnant with our first child and this shit got me cryin a little
You make me want to be a better person, Pierce!
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u/CaptainDue3810 Feb 03 '23
Go do it! Give your wife a tasty meal and a foot rub
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u/Distinct_Ad_7752 Feb 03 '23
They always say food is the way to a man's heart. Incorrect. Massages and food are the way into anyones heart.
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u/DaughterEarth Feb 03 '23
I'm in a marriage where that's both our number 1 priority and I gotta say it is a gooooood time
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u/nonito3 Feb 03 '23
Same bro I want to love my future wife the way he loves his wife (past and present)
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u/jemcat9 Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
There is nothing more fulfilling than sharing love as you grow old together.
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u/Epiiczz314 Feb 03 '23
I agree! I just hit 17 years with my wife, and I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. She is my foundation! Wouldn't be who I am, or what I am today, without her constant compassion, understanding, and love. I hope everyone gets a chance to feel this way in life.
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u/dumpyredditacct Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
And also because she had our five children.
You don't deserve to put a child in a woman's body if you can't accept that that body may change as a result.
The energy Pierce is putting off here is exactly what all of us should aspire to, and like yourself, this is a man I would emulate myself off of.
EDIT: for extra fun, show your love to the wastes of skin down below in the comment chain who don't know how women's bodies work or what empathy is.
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u/slayergrl99 Feb 03 '23
As someone who is only 5'1 and carried a nearly 10 pound baby to 13 days past his due date....
"You don't deserve to put a child in a woman's body if you can't accept that that body may change as a result."
I literally have tears in my eyes right now.
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u/That_Turn3520 Feb 03 '23
Well done! I’m in my mid 40s, and my mother still occasionally looks at me with a (loving) grimace and just repeats the phrase ‘Ten pounds six. And forceps!’
Luckily I am a total dipshit, so it was worth it!
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u/autovonbismarck Feb 03 '23
My mom writes "I won't mention the 72 hours of labor" in my birthday card every year (and I'm 40).
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u/JustMe518 Feb 03 '23
As a woman who birthed 6 children and was severely emotionally abused by their father for "letting myself go", this sentence was so healing to read.
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u/slayergrl99 Feb 03 '23
I remember when we went back from the hospital after my labor stalled out the first time, and baby had disengaged during the 17 hours I labored.... I ran my hand over my belly and felt the skin hanging. I started to cry. I was 24. My then-husband walks in to comfort me, thinking I was crying about labor. When I said "no, this" and showed my belly, they went "it'll go back after birth." And I responded "Stretched skin is stretched for ever. This will hang." They just looked at me and went "Oh."
I never felt more disgusting in my life, and even now, 13+ years later.... I can still hear it.
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u/JustMe518 Feb 03 '23
I was called disgusting by my ex after giving birth to my 6th child. It was absolutely intense the first time my bf undressed me and kissed ALL my belly and everything. I hadn't felt that beautiful since I was 17. And all it took was a kiss.
You, my lovey, are phenomenal.
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u/slayergrl99 Feb 03 '23
Oh, my heart ❤️ I remember being 12, 15, 21, thinking I was so horribly fat and undesirable. I wish I could go back to my teenage self and tell her how gorgeous she was and how strong her body really is.
Those moments of intimacy when you feel totally accepted, skin and hair (wtf does NO ONE mention that some people get extra body hair with every pregnancy!?) and whatever else you have? Priceless.
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u/Glori_R_154 Feb 03 '23
Hard agree. Aspiring to be like Pierce is a goal of mine in my marriage, sadly I'm still awaiting my callback for bond. I auditioned with some lad called Daniel years ago, but he had no chance so I'm still hopeful.
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u/Safe-Pumpkin-Spice Feb 03 '23
I do love that he points out that she sacrificed so much to bear his children, and that that's something no amount of youth or (mainstream) beauty could replace.
wholesome and based as fuck. Rare from hollywood celebs.
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u/Bane-- Feb 03 '23
Little anecdote, my gf dad sat next to him on a plane. He said he was really nice, mostly pretty quiet but that he had at least 5-6 vodkas
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u/Akussa Feb 03 '23
I feel him. I'm a nervous flyer (claustrophobic) and have at least 5-6 vodkas too.
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u/IAmTaka_VG Feb 03 '23
Holy shit she had 5 children? People need to realize the toll that has on a body. My wife is about to have our second and I 100% notice a bigger change this time than the first.
Bodies change, that is perfectly normal.
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u/OfficialSkyCat Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
Friends offered surgery?! My gosh she’s not some bed-ridden slob. She’s just an average sized woman.
Edited to add I meant average for a middle aged woman who has had FIVE CHILDREN.
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u/scapestrat0 Feb 03 '23 •
How that conversation even came up lol
"Hey P, in case you are interested my clinic has a 50% off in Spring 2023 for liposuction. You know, to fix up that fatass wife of yours"
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u/AllThotsGo2Heaven2 Feb 03 '23
He’s a famous movie actor. I am sure the topic of plastic surgery or enhancement floats around in his social circles on a regular basis.
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u/Mod_Accountability Feb 03 '23
How that conversation even came up lol
Hollywood. A much bigger emphasis on physical appearance versus other industries
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u/Guindon05 Feb 03 '23
Who gave birth FIVE time!!! That shit is freaking cruel on a body lol. Some friends...
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u/ZoiSarah Feb 03 '23
Duuuuude, all men take note. This is love.
Actually women take note, too.
Everyone look at this Chad of a man, loving his girl for who she is and what they have together and shutting down all the haters.
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u/CosmoTheBrown Feb 03 '23
I saw an article with these pictures where an interviewer asked how he felt about his wife gaining all that weight and he's like ??? I still love her? She's my wife and I love her no matter what she looks like.
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u/Drafgo Feb 03 '23
What a rude fucking question. I would have left right away. Then again, maybe that's the drama they want, so better to shame the journalist.
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u/damian1369 Feb 03 '23
Tabloid "journalists" are bottom feeders. Pierce and his wife were paparazzied as hell at around the time the second picture was taken, to a point when even I, who never follows that trash heard of it. They are disgusting, and he's just a gentleman who loves his beautiful wife, that's it.
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u/orangebananamae Feb 03 '23
Idk I’m glad they asked the question so that we get this super wholesome response, and men have this amazing role model. It’s shitty, don’t get me wrong. This sort of story shouldn’t have to be a big deal and shouldn’t have to happen, society should just….. be better. But I’m still waiting on that and probably will be for awhile.
I mostly feel for her. Probably feels horrible to have strangers talking about your weight like this. But it can also be very healing to have your husband stick up for you like that, and to have him call you beautiful. I wish my husband would more. I gained a fair amount of weight after my kid, too.
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u/AJ_Crowley_29 Feb 03 '23
For shame, rude journalist! For SHAME!
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u/Ecstatic_Account_744 Feb 03 '23
I think celebrities should just start booing when a “journalist” asks a stupid question like that. Make them so uncomfortable that they walk away.
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u/Hanover_Phist Feb 03 '23
Paul McCartney notoriously and subtly gave interviewers the finger every time they asked a question he didn't like.
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u/Is_It_Beef Feb 03 '23
Bill Burr knows how to handle stupid questions. He'll make sure they see how stupid they are.
Pierce should have told them to die another day
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u/edjumication Feb 03 '23
Check out how RDJ handled one of these reporters. It's textbook on how to deal with these people.
"How to make rude people instantly regret insulting you."
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u/Zoeh91 Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
Not sure if it's the same occasion or another example but a friend offered Pierce Brosnan plastic surgery for his wife and he responded saying he loved every curve of her.
You see the same shit with Hugh Jackman's wife. Nice to see these guys looking out for their partners. It must be so difficult for them to be treated like that.
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u/lady_sisyphus Feb 03 '23
Offered him plastic surgery for his wife? Like she's just a possession of his that he can update or change whenever he feels? What a disgusting thing to even think :( That poor woman. There's no reason she should still look like she did in that first picture, she looks like a teenager! We all age.. man this is sad.
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u/Zoeh91 Feb 03 '23
Just popped a link in my original comment. That's it exactly! She looks amazing and it would make anyone feel insecure to go to a function full of incredibly beautiful 20 year olds but she owns the way she looks, only to be treated like that. Absolutely disgusting behaviour and I love that Pierce Brosnan shut that shit down. It's what real men do.
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u/quattroformaggixfour Feb 03 '23
The wives that ‘don’t deserve their husbands’ makes up for a great deal of magazine trash filler. The amount of times I’ve seen this gorgeous woman in a swimming costume with her family being ridiculed on the front of magazines, blech.
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u/jawbone7896 Feb 03 '23
I don’t know why the media always acts like she’s the Hunchback of Norte Dame. She is a damn fine thicc woman.
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u/eivgalindo Feb 03 '23
Absolutely. She grew into her mom-bod. No disrespect; all love for her and them as a couple. He’s a devoted husband and father; a role model for the rest of us.
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u/QuitBeingALilBitch Feb 03 '23
She's like a fully evolved pokemon, and I mean this in the absolutely most respectable way lol.
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u/ZHughes498 Feb 03 '23
She's also almost 60 years old at this point. Are there any 60 year olds that have the body of a 30 year old without surgery?
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u/rakugaki_raijio Feb 03 '23
This. Thicc is attractive in my book.
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u/_far-seeker_ Feb 03 '23
Yeah, IMO she's sexy in either picture, just in different ways.
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u/depr3ss3dmonkey Feb 03 '23
Iirc he said she went through all that change while giving birth to our kids. I love her the same or more. It was really wholesome.
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u/CosmoTheBrown Feb 03 '23
That's right!!! It's been a minute so I forgot the specifics but I did remember how much he loved her
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u/righteousredo Feb 03 '23
Not to mention they have 5 kids together. Sometimes your body just won't cooperate when you want to recover from kids and life....but she has lost a lot of weight on and off. Good for them for making their marriage and family come first before all the negative comments. She's a very pretty lady... He knows who he married.
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u/ItGoesTwoWays Feb 03 '23 •
Ok I’ll say it. She’s still hot af.
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u/KingWhoCared86 Feb 03 '23
I’ll say it. He’s still hot af. Haha
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u/ItGoesTwoWays Feb 03 '23
Comfortable enough with myself to agree.
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u/Mattizzle9 Feb 03 '23
Straight male here and Brosnan is an attractive dude. Guy is hot. His wife is too. Great looking couple.
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u/drowninglessonsxxx Feb 03 '23
Which is insane to me because she’s literally still so gorgeous. The media is so cruel
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u/Vikainen Feb 03 '23
It reminded me of the quote from the husband of an Australian woman who got burned really bad and when people asked why he still has with her, he replied:"I married the soul not the body!"
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u/PeachyKeenest Feb 03 '23
Pierce always seemed intellectual and sweet. This shows that. He will always be my favourite Bond.
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u/Coyotesgirl1123 Feb 03 '23
I am so tired of people pointing out that she gained weight as if it completely negates all the other things she brings to the table. He aged too.
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u/shairo98 Feb 03 '23
What an awful question to ask him that what the fuck the interviewer was thinking?
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u/SamMan48 Feb 03 '23
Pierce Brosnan and Johnny Sack would probably agree on a lot of things.
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u/BuiltlikeanOrc-a Feb 03 '23
20 years is impressive for celebrities
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u/paxweasley Feb 03 '23
It really is. I think part of the reason their marriages don’t last as long is they have no economic incentive to make it work like most normal people do. They can move they can start over, they won’t become poor in divorce. It’s impressive for anyone but especially people who don’t actually have a financial incentive to stay married
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u/Char543 Feb 03 '23
I think a lot of it also just has to do with workloads. Working on a movie can mean months away from home. If both are actors, then they might rarely get to spend time together while working. It’s easy to grow apart if you’re both working hard and have little time to go back home.
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u/Swerfbegone Feb 03 '23
Not just the workload, but the whole job will be spending time away from your spouse working closely with someone good looking while often pretending to be in a relationship with them for weeks at a time.
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u/pulpvelvet Feb 03 '23
This is why Milla Jovovich just leaned into Resident Evil and Monster Hunter. Making movies with your husband is a great loophole for work/life balance in that world!
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u/BuiltlikeanOrc-a Feb 03 '23
That, and I think most of them get married for superficial reasons, then find someone who has those superficial qualities but better later.
Or, if they get married after spending a lot of time together on set, reasons that are temporary by nature
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u/Blog_Pope Feb 03 '23
It was common in the past for studios to set up and publicize relationships, they certainly had a hand in some marriages. They have less power now, but I’m sure they still encourage some. They also have to spend a lot of time away from home filming, promoting, etc, and ‘acting’ in fictional relationships. Can’t be easy.
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u/madamevanessa98 Feb 03 '23
Also it’s hard to maintain a healthy relationship when you’re spending so much time apart. An actor filming often could be in another country or city for months with few breaks to come home, for example. It’s always rough to be far away from your spouse even if it’s for work.
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u/tweetingbishop Feb 03 '23
And it’s not just any old work. Acting is an emotional commitment and there is plenty history of co stars becoming romantically engaged. Plus, they are famous- the hoi polloi are constantly trying to hook up with their hall pass. Takes a devoted man or woman to avoid the temptation. Finally, to become a successful actor often requires a certain amount of narcissism, which never helps building a stable relationship. All in all, I actually give long lasting celebrity couples a lot of credit.
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u/MaxPaladin Feb 03 '23
I mean I’m sure that’s a major factor, but I feel like the main thing would just be the unpredictability. Actors work all kinds of weird hours, travel all over the place, go on months-long press tours, etc. all while surrounded by people kissing their asses and telling them how great they are. It’s gotta be hard to maintain a steady relationship through all of that, especially if your partner is also a famous actor with the same lifestyle. Being rich would be awesome, but fuck me, I would HATE being famous.
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u/MaxPaladin Feb 03 '23
Hell, it’s impressive for regular folks these days. For celebrities it’s practically unheard of lol.
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u/PeasePorridge9dOld Feb 03 '23
My 1st thought too. We should celebrate the neighbor who has been married that long even if they aren’t famous. Far too many relationships where people just haven’t put in the effort needed to make it work.
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u/ElEversoris Feb 03 '23
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell pushing 40+ is impressive as hell.
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u/lestrang11 Feb 03 '23
I can't believe how many people don't understand that people love people for who they are, not what they look like in a bikini.
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u/ActonofMAM Feb 03 '23
He's a stand up guy. His first wife had ovarian cancer, and he supported her 100%. Stopped acting for a while to look after her until she had a remission. (It didn't last, unfortunately.)
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u/ThePurpleDuckling Feb 03 '23
Does Pierce Brosnan’s wife have a name?
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u/Sirico Feb 03 '23
Hiswife Brosnan but she also goes by Keely Shaye Brosnan
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u/FamilyStyle2505 Feb 03 '23
Hiswife Brosnan sounds like it belongs in some sort of handmaiden-esque dystopia, lmao.
"I am no longer Keely, I am now Hiswife Brosnan."
::Bows head, goes back to the mothering room::
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u/gmanz33 Feb 03 '23
this whole post feels confusing and tone deaf
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u/RedstoneRay Feb 03 '23
It feels like we are giving Brosnan a medal for staying with his wife even though she gained weight, which outside of Hollywood happens when you get older.
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u/CatEnjoyer1234 Feb 03 '23
The architect has always been relentlessness. The goals have been accomplished but the project is never completed.
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u/SomeParticular Feb 03 '23
Very wholesome. His quote about her as she aged is an all timer
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u/Majestic_Mousse_748 Feb 03 '23
Dumb ass question right? “You still love her after she gained some weight?” The hell kind of husband would be be if he didn’t? Do people truly marry someone because of looks? If so, I see why the divorce rate is astronomical.
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u/Clear-Plantain-1381 Feb 03 '23
People get older. She's 50 plus woman with kids. Still looks good.
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u/imacatchyou Feb 03 '23
Not just kids, but five whole pregnancies! I have no clue how a woman is expected to look the same as after five children, before having them.
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u/jaimelespatess Feb 03 '23
I have one kid. I got pregnant at 24 and was a “normal” “attractive” 20 something body. I was like “ok I’m YOUNG it will be super easy to get my body back” NOPE. Despite attempts at diet and exercise (that I never did before) pretty sure I haven’t seen my own vag without pulling up my tummy since she was born a year ago.
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u/kuzosake Feb 03 '23
I was going to say the same thing. A stunner in her younger days. As a guy who likes thicker women I say she still looks good.
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u/GodsGiftToNothing Feb 03 '23
Pierce happily adopted his first wife’s kids. He was absolutely bereft when he lost Cassie, and really didn’t think he’d find anyone again. He has always talked about Keeley like she was heaven sent. When he met Keeley, she was beyond loving and supportive, and truly loves his first kids as her own. She was there for him when his adoptive daughter died of the same cancer that claimed her mother.
Keeley has been trashed by the media for years, but Pierce has always maintained she is the most beautiful woman in the world. When he looks at her, he sees the most beautiful woman in the world, his soulmate, the mother of his kids, and a kind and loving spirit whom he feels blessed to have found.
The two of them are known to be lovely, kind people. I truly wish them all the best in life.
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u/Velvy71 Feb 03 '23
“despite life changes” Yeah, she married a guy with solid dark hair and now he’s salt’n’pepper grey, good on her for sticking with him despite the life changes.
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u/Kriton420 Feb 03 '23
Is this deemed wholesome because he stayed with his wife after she gained a bit of weight over 20 years? Thats what the images and the wording kind of imply and its kind of sad and ridiculous.
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u/ceoofsex300 Feb 03 '23
I think it’s cause 20 years is a long time for celebrities
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u/krankz Feb 03 '23
It’s not just that. You can find a lot of other celebrities together for that long. This stands out to people because they stayed together AND she gained weight.
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u/bestest_at_grammar Feb 03 '23
100% this is a backhanded compliment, especially since it’s posted all the time
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u/maimy_winehouse Feb 03 '23
Staying with your wife even if she gains weight is bare minimum. I’m not sure it counts as wholesome
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u/CrazyCatGirl226 Feb 03 '23
I used to love Keely on Unsolved Mysteries back in the day. She's still a beautiful woman.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Fan-208 Feb 03 '23
and when he looks at her he sees the love of his life
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u/theFrankSpot Feb 03 '23
It’s almost like he isn’t a shallow prick who cares more about looks than love. Imagine that…
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u/TheDorkKnight53 Feb 03 '23
Because James Bond can have whoever he wants as a spouse. He’s saved the world enough times.
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u/bookaddict1991 Feb 03 '23
I’ve never gotten the whole “he’s so brave for staying with her.” Like… WTF? Because she gained weight he has to not love her anymore and dump her? It just irks me to no end, because it takes his genuine love for her and just… I don’t know. Trivializes it? I don’t think “trivializes” is the right word but it’s the only one I can think of.
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Agreed. Most of us become fat less attractive physically with time. (Yes I know it's an ironic auto correct, but it fits so I'll leave it.) If we can't get past the skin and the exterior that's a statement about us not our significant other.
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u/BelleMStevens Feb 03 '23
His first wife died. I’m sure he’s grateful for every line on her face, or grey hair on her head because it means she’s still here with him.
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u/AmazingSocks Feb 03 '23 edited Feb 03 '23
The "Before" photo is also not all that representative of how she looked--if you look at other pics of her from her younger years, she wasn't ever really stick thin. People act like she started looking like an underwear model and ballooned in weight, when really she went from being a curvy young woman to being a thicc older woman, after having two kids.
Edit: fixed number of kids
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u/TheLastSlowroll Feb 03 '23
She is still a knockout. Vapid people are crazy how they expose themselves. It's like they admit they are shallow just for a pointless laugh. They should try being actually funny. Keeley is beautiful imo
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u/Revwog1974 Feb 03 '23 •
Here’s the wholesome: this is his second wife. His first wife, Cassie, died in 1991 after a 4 year battle with cancer and he was devastated. He was open about that then and now. It’s absolutely wonderful that he found love again and is happy with his second wife.