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To feel a bit sorry for Kristina Rihanoff?

51 replies

member · 21/07/2015 23:30

The way the press portray her as a man stealer/architect of relationship breakdowns?

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Getthewonderwebout · 21/07/2015 23:31

If the cap fits.

gaggiagirl · 21/07/2015 23:32

What's she supposedly done now? I like her.

FarFromAnyRoad · 21/07/2015 23:32

Who is she and what has she done/not done?

DameDoom · 21/07/2015 23:32

No Kristina - we don't.

ChwatFeechers · 21/07/2015 23:32

I don't feel sorry for her, but I also don't believe you ABU to feel sorry for her if you wish to.

member · 21/07/2015 23:34

Aren't the men who leave their relationships just as responsible?

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gaggiagirl · 21/07/2015 23:39

Has there been someone else, after Joe calzaghe?

AGnu · 21/07/2015 23:40

What's happened now?!

GaryBaldy · 21/07/2015 23:41

Yes she is being blamed for Ben Cohen leaving his wife

Glitoris · 21/07/2015 23:41

How many broken relationships has she been a contributing part of now?

GaryBaldy · 21/07/2015 23:41

Aren't the men who leave their relationships just as responsible?

^ This

member · 21/07/2015 23:42

She's a professional ball room dancer best known for appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. In the past, she has had a fling with a fellow professional whose girlfriend was pregnant at the time; then she had a 4 year relationship with celebrity partner Joe Calzhage. Allegedly he dumped a long term girlfriend after he was partnered with Kristina. Most recently, another celeb partner separated from his wife after partnering K R. Denials were issued for months about KR and him being in a relationship, however, within the last couple of weeks, they have announced they are a couple

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MoreCrackThanHarlem · 21/07/2015 23:42

"Aren't the men who leave their relationships just as responsible?"

They are solely responsible. you cannot steal a person.

TwinkieTwinkle · 21/07/2015 23:43

She's a contributory factor, why doesn't she deserve some of the blame? She also has previous for this type of thing.

EvilRingahBitch · 21/07/2015 23:44

I do think that a single woman shouldn't carry the blame for infidelity - that belongs primarily to the man who actually stood up in church and made vows to his wife. And presumably the attractive but morally bankrupt Ben Cohen is the one who's been the driver behind this unconvincing "I'm an upstanding family man, look at me with my adorable kiddies. I don't know what you're talking about, I'm happily married and definitely not shagging the nearest blonde, and I'll sue anyone who says I am! ...... Oh hang on, actually I am shaggjng the nearest blonde. "Nearest Blonde and I are Perfect Couple says Strictly Hunk Ben Cohen - see forthcoming autobiography for details!"" charade.

However Kristyna has been drawn into some pretty unappealing spats with the wronged wife, and her publicity drive seems in slight poor taste at the moment.

Getthewonderwebout · 21/07/2015 23:45

Aren't the men who leave their relationships just as responsible?

Of course. But the OP asked about her.

Both parties are equally responsible for affairs.

IgnoreMeEveryOtherReindeerDoes · 21/07/2015 23:46

Nope yabu she is 50% responsible. I do however feel for the partners/wives that have been betrayed.

MrsSkywalker205 · 21/07/2015 23:49

YABU, one married/spoken for man you could understand. Shagging three, very public, taken men in a row is a cunt.

N.B the men are also twats.

basgetti · 21/07/2015 23:49

No I don't feel sorry for her. She is shrewd enough to know how this will play out in the media and has released her book this week so isn't adverse to the publicity. Of course the men involved are more culpable but that doesn't mean she has behaved well.

member · 21/07/2015 23:49

In the case of Vincent Simone, she didn't know he had a girlfriend far less that she was pregnant. There are conflicting reports as to when exactly Calzhage split up with the girlfriend he had prior to Strictly.

The press are painting her as a scarlet woman who bewitches men so that they are helpless Hmm

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MoreCrackThanHarlem · 21/07/2015 23:49

I disagree that both parties are equally responsible. KR has no relationship with, nor made any commitment to, Ben Cohen's wife. He had a responsibility to his family. She is free and single. Questionable choices? Yes. Responsibility? No, I don't believe so.

SaucyJack · 21/07/2015 23:50

Once is a misfortune. Twice is carelessness.

Dunno what three times would be. Daddy ishoos?

RebootYourEngine · 21/07/2015 23:51

It happening once i might not think bad about her but three times now. Its all very wrong.

EvilRingahBitch · 21/07/2015 23:53

Joe Calzaghe's status at the time their relationship started was much more ambiguous TBF. Certainly not married, engaged, co-parenting or expecting a baby. I'm biassed because I adore Joe C, dreadful dancer though he was, and he was visibly besotted with Kristyna - Alesha's shocked "Was you sniffing her hair Shock??!!" is my all time favourite SCD judging moment.

MoreCrackThanHarlem · 21/07/2015 23:55

I do think that KR is in a fairly unique position of working in close physical proximity with a partner in a way that can be quite sexually charged. Not many professions demand this and it could explain why she has found herself in relationships with 3 colleagues. However, it is clear that the married partner is the one who has broken promises, lied and cheated. Not KR.