What’s A Really Awful Scandal Hollywood Just Casually Forgot About But You Can Never Forget?

According to the Independent, “After two years of dating, Thompson and Branagh married on Aug. 20, 1989. […] The relationship didn’t last, and the couple ultimately announced their separation in 1995. It was later revealed that Branagh was having an affair with Helena Bonham Carter.”

“Thompson would go on to tell the New Yorker that the real reason for the divorce was her discovery that Branagh had started a relationship with Bonham Carter, who was starring in his film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

“I was utterly, utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set,” she told the outlet. “What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself.'”