Back in 2010, Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced their split. It was surprising because they seemed well-suited for each other, they had a son together, and they seemed genuinely tight and supportive of one another. There were lots of rumors about his “boredom” and her “career-obsession” but eventually we got some good old-fashioned affair rumors. It seemed that at the time (late winter/early Spring 2010), Sam had been spending a lot of time with actress Rebecca Hall. Hall is probably known best to American audiences from The Town and maybe from Parade’s End too.
Well, some time passed after the initial “Sam cheated on Kate Winslet with Rebecca Hall” rumors and then in 2011, the Mail ran a “confirmation” story that Rebecca and Sam were now officially (and quietly) dating. And now here we are in 2013… and these are the first paparazzi photos I’ve seen of Sam and Rebecca looking couple-y. They were in NYC together and it looks like they’re making an effort to NOT hold hands.
So, basically, more than three years after the initial reports of an affair, we have some kind of confirmation that Rebecca and Sam are together. And they’ve probably been together all this time, I think. Maybe Kate’s marriage to Ned RockNRoll made it easier for them to “come out” as a couple. But I still feel like Rebecca is probably the biggest reason why Kate and Sam’s marriage failed. Homewrecker! Burn her! Or something. Honestly though, Sam’s history with women is this completely. He was with Rachel Weisz and then Kate Winslet was “the other woman” who stole him from Weisz. And now Rebecca did the same thing to Kate. Who will “steal” Sam from Rebecca?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
