Why do famous cheaters like Balthazar Getty think they're invisible?

Are they egomaniacs or idiots?

Every week, there's a new story about a famous husband or wife gone astray. Actor Balthazar Getty exits his family for a fling with Sienna Miller, reports People, and his wife is "humiliated." Well, of course she's humiliated. Her rejection has become headline news. Even more damning? Her husband's mistress is acting like an extra in "South Pacific." Here's a snippet from the People story:

"Miller, sporting a sailor's cap, was also spotted topless on the balcony of an Italian hotel room kissing Getty."

Topless? A sailor's cap? Come on, Sienna Miller. Could you be just tad a more discreet? What's next?  Miller, wearing a tennis dress and a diamond tiara, is spotted making out with Getty on the front lawn of the White House?

Whatever happened to the day when people hid their affairs and would sneak off to meet in supermarkets wearing sunglasses and trench coats? Remember this shot of Barbara Stanwyck -- going overboard in the incognito department -- in the 1944 classic 'Double Indemnity'? Hell, at least she tried to disguise her infidelity.

It's amazing how selfish celebrities can be, when it comes to lust or love or the limbo in between. Getty, married with four children, picked a sartorial exhibitionist and chose to flaunt their affair. Would it have killed the guy to start divorce proceedings or officially separate before he and Miller took their romance public? Or, at the very least, said to Miller: "The sailor hat is just making it worse for everyone, babe."

Photos: Sienna Miller. Credit: Getty Images; Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in "Double Indemnity." Credit: Paramount Pictures

Comments

[MJ]

My sentiments exactly! These two narcissists repulse me. Show some respect for your fellow human beings. If Getty loved his wife enough to have her name tattooed above his heart & father four children with her, then he al least owes it to her to get OUT of the marriage before "dating." Sluttienna owes it to the CHILDREN of her paramour not to humiliate their mother. I loathe the two of them for being self centered in the extreme. Disgusting. Absolutely loathesome behavior. Oh, and by the way, why risk it all for so-so Sienna & bad actor Balthazar? These two aren't that hot & aren't that talented. They can be replaced by a myriad of actors with a modicum of decorum... Note Bene, casting agents--please don't hire them.

[anthony]

He is an idiot, and I hope his wife takes him to the cleaners. Sienna is just a cheap attention-getting chick who will be on to her next conquest in a few months.These two belong together for being so tasteless and tacky.

[pett]

Do we all remember when Sienna Miller left her fiance Jude Law for cheating on her with the nanny? She knows first hand what is to be publicly humiliated, yet she has clearly learned nothing from the experience. The bitch deserved it. And its only a matter of time 'til what goes around comes back around.

[slow17motion]

First of all, nice job all you losers in setting the feminist movement back 50 years with your tired "take him to the cleaners" routine. *gag*

Second of all, nobody knows what poor B-Zar had to endure during his relationship with his wife. She was probably a nag.

And lastly, how is simply having an affair flaunting it? I mean, he wasn't sneaking around, but it was the paparazzi hiding in the bushes that was taking the pictures. It's not like he was mugging for the camera or anything. Besides, how is it our business that a guy decides to step out on his wife.

This might be exactly what his wife deserved. Shut up and do the dishes, woman.

[Robert Baldwin]

If everyone had the occasional fun times broadcast to the world, more than half of all marriages would be in trouble. Most people have some extracurriculars they conveniently forget when it's time to be holier than thou. Virtually everyone who works/lives on the road and is desirable does that sort of thing at now and then. Anyone with enough red blood cells to be worth living with also has enough hormones to "slip up" occassionally.
I'm not familiar with any of the characters involved, but they are human beings with families. Whoever gloats at runing someone's family over essentially nothing is a worm. Gloating over the mistakes/misfortunes of others puts someone pretty high on my "Do Not Call" list.

The trash media loves ruining celebrity marriages, as their readers like to take their idols down a peg or three. Without these stories 2/3 of the gossip industry would have get a regular job, and nobody else wants to work with them.

[Lola]

I don't know, but there is something really creepy about having four kids with someone (hi, he and his wife are both under 35) and then jetting off to Italy and carrying on with a young, topless woman that you are CLEARLY having an affair with. You might say it's the "media" misconstuing, but let's face it, that kind of behavior is perfect fodder for the paparazzi and furthermore, like someone stated earlier -- LEAVE your wife before you start something new. this is more a question of principle. I really thought Sienna Miller was talented but now I kind of think she is a peice of sh**. He is set no matter what happens -- after all, he IS a Getty.

[MG]

Any man who lacks the courage to seek marital counseling or failing that, file for separation/divorce, is not worth getting involved with.

[Zubrick]

This situation is tragic. 4 innocent children and a humiliated wife will be endlessly taunted by these photos. However, these pictures reveal PRIVATE moments never meant for invasive media to splash around the globe. The media's behavior is just as culpable. We all have private moments that would damn us if scrutinized by the public.

[Zubrick]

This situation is tragic. 4 innocent children and a humiliated wife will be endlessly taunted by these photos. However, these pictures reveal PRIVATE moments never meant for invasive media to splash around the globe. The media's behavior is just as culpable. We all have private moments that would damn us if scrutinized by the public.

[Sarah]

These 2 had to know the cameras were there they just didn't care. If BG had any thought about his WIFE and CHILDREN he would not have acted in the way he did in PUBLIC. Neither BG or SM are naive to the ways of the paparazzi they had to know there was a very good chance that pics of their "romantic holiday" would make it to the net yet there was no attempt on their part to tone things down. So why try to excuse their behaviour by blaming the paparazzi -they didn't tell SM to run around topless and naked, they didn't tell BG to grope SM, etc, etc,-BG & SM are CHEATERS engaged in an affair that has been exposed.

[Allison]

It's not like they don't know that the media is interested in this affair. Flaunting this type of behavior makes me sick. They know people are watching them.If they really cared about the children, they wouldn't be doing this. GETTY has enough money to get away with being a sleaze in the Hollywood world. In the real world, he'd be considered a monster. I don't care how bad his marriage was. Sienna is trash but everybody knew that. She took a ride on Jude Law's coat tails and now she's a tabloid hungry homewrecker that has nothing newsworthy about her other than her exploits. And apparently learned nothing from the Jude Law fiasco. Just two insignificant figures trying to get some attention. It's actually pathetic. I can't stand ANY celebrity that is associated with Sienna Miller. She came from being Jude Law's bedmate and somehow she became famous from that. It's absurd.

[mc]

No surprise from Balthazar. I was curious how he had cleaned himself up so well after a youth spent as a full-fledged deadbeat addict. Still, it's a disappointment to see his moral compass is still set to "loser."

[Patricia]

"Whatever happened to the day when people hid their affairs and would sneak off to meet in supermarkets wearing sunglasses and trench coats? Remember this shot of Barbara Stanwyck -- going overboard in the incognito department -- in the 1944 classic 'Double Indemnity'? Hell, at least she tried to disguise her infidelity"

Stanwyck wasn't trying to disguise infidelity. She was trying to disguise her plotting with insurance agent Fred MacMurray to murder her husband for his insurance money.

Let's keep things in perspective, please.

[Sarah]

I keep checking back for something definitive and always it's the same ... SM topless, SM naked, BG groping SM's t*ts, the pair of them all over each other ... it's just too much. There is such a thing as over exposure!! I've seen enough of their cruel, self-centred and selfish, CHEATING behaviour. I'm just waiting for the announcement - whatever it may be. Wohoo I've found a replacement show to watch instead of B&S I'm now watching "The Unit" it's BRILLIANT.

[jim]

Who are these nobodies?

[Frank L]

Also, Barbara Stanwyck wasn't trying to hide (whether infidelity or her insurance murder scam) -- her character in the movie, Phyllis Dietrichsen, was. Fact versus fiction -- hello? There are other rumors about Ms. Stanwyck herself, but that's a topic for another time.

[BJTH]

As au courant as I like to think I am, I probably couldn't pick Balthazar Getty out of a police lineup. Maybe that's why he figured he could cheat?

[DeePaar]

Had no idea who B. Getty was and by the looks of it not missing much either!! Googled his wife and man she is beautiful, and TALENTED...fashion designer to boot...Sienna has always been a B list actor for me, no drawing power what so ever in movies...if anything I avoid anything with her name on it. I saw the picture of them both flaunting (she was standing in an open window people...NAKED) their affair...what the hell is that about...oh and 4 kids...one of which is just 10 months old. What an idiot!!!

[pietje8]

You give her acting a lot of credit when you say she's as well know for her acting work as for her affairs. Quite frankly, her personal life overshadows anything she's ever done on film. I know who she is but not because of any movies she's been in but from all the relationships she's ruined. In 10 years we'll all be saying "Sienna Who????" A respectable man would NEVER give her the time of day. I used to watch "Brothers and Sisters", but I won't be watching any longer. So how much is child support for 4 children, anyhow? My prediction is she'll be done with him by Halloween.

[Kate]

Sienna Miller is always like this - why is anyone surprised anymore. She gets in the paper by shagging someone famous and directors cast her because they know there will be press attention about their movie.

If everyone stopped reading about her she would stop getting cast and we'd all be rid of her.

[dolorescraeg]

if jude law cheated on sienna miller he may have had a very good reason. he eventually saw her for what she was and is...a publicity hungry dame. she was out partying while still engaged to him........he was in the process of a divorce when he met her.....different story. she became famous because of jude....he should have left her way before he did. there's one thing to being a free spirit but she's lacking a very important component part....common sense. as for mr. g. he too was taken in by the sexy ms. miller. he's thinking with the wrong head.

[Rachel]

It's funny how some of the men who have commented try to make excuses for these two having the affair. Hmm? I wonder why. Oh, I know!, because they probably are cheaters themselves.