Emma Thompson Claims She Was "Utterly Blind" About Ex-Husband Kenneth Branagh's Affair
12-11-2022
By Jawad Hussain
Thompson and Branagh married in 1989 and divorced eight years later after Branagh had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter.
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After discovering her ex-husband, Kenneth Branagh, strayed, Emma Thompson says she feels "half alive."
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The 63-year-old actress told the New Yorker about finding her then-husband had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter after working with her on 1994's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and how she dealt with their divorce.
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She married Branagh in 1989 after meeting him on Fortunes Of War. "I was absolutely, utterly naive to the notion that he had relationships with other women on set," she added.
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"I discovered how easy it is to delude yourself."
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After eight years together, Branagh and the actress, dubbed the Golden Couple by British media, broke after his affair with Bonham Carter.
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"I was half alive," Thompson told the New Yorker after their split. She said she no longer felt worthy or lovable.