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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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sharonthewaspandthewineywall · 21/07/2015 23:56

David seaman is exactly the same can't keep his cock in his pants mr ugly moustachioed man slag

TendonQueen · 22/07/2015 00:03

The men are worse because they're the married ones. However I wouldn't start a relationship with someone I knew was attached and it's not great that she has done this repeatedly, so she's not blameless either.

RitaKiaOra · 22/07/2015 00:12

YANBU

a) She was lied to by Vincent Simone
b) Joe was not a flash in the pan - they were together four years
c) There may/may not have been attraction with Ben Cohen (though tbh I did not see much chemistry but nor did I with Rachel/Pasha) but that does not mean she acted on it at the time so yes, he may be with her now (they stayed in touch working on same charity I think) but does not make her the OW.

Flavia also ended up with her sleb partners...she split with Vincent to be with Matt di Angelo. Then split with him and ended up with Jimi Mistry, now DH.

Kristina attracts headlines as she was labelled hot russian vamp from the get-go. As for the twitter stuff, not sure she did reply to the wife's quite frany bizarre kharma tweet. She told a sender of an abusive tweet to Get a life.

David Seaman got hiscomeuppance on the DOI all stars series - him and Frankie went out early didn't they?

The intimacy with dance/ice dance/acting means that people are going to be close quickly, hence costars getting together, hence Angelina Jolie who has done amazing things still being thought of as a marriage-wrecker.

The men seem to get off scot-free. They are not little boys to be stolen. They make decisions to leave.

RitaKiaOra · 22/07/2015 00:13

frankly

ChwatFeechers · 22/07/2015 00:14

Jesus, sharon are you one of his scorned women?

RitaKiaOra · 22/07/2015 00:16

evilringahbitch

AGnu · 22/07/2015 00:18

Who was Vincent's pregnant partner? When did they have an affair?! I missed a couple of years of Strictly while I was at uni & obviously missed some shenanigans!

kali110 · 22/07/2015 00:49

The men are mostly responsible for cheating on their partners, but the women are not blameless!
This is the third time now. The second guy she was with for a few years, yes but he still left a gf to be with her.
I blame them both. She knew he was not single.

RitaKiaOra · 22/07/2015 00:55

Vincent had a girlfriend Susan Duddy (5 months pregnant) now his wife btw, when he had an affair with Kristina. Her fault, natch, for being a "siberian siren". Cos all these little men who cannot keep it in their pants just got led astray by a big bad lady didn't they? Hmm

cloudsandrain · 22/07/2015 01:13

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MrsTerryPratchett · 22/07/2015 02:08

I don't feel sorry for her. You lay down with dogs; you get fleas. However, the men are 100% responsible for their infidelity.

Inkanta · 22/07/2015 03:24

No I don't feel sorry for Kristina. I feel sorry for Abby Cohen who was kept in the dark for months about what was going on. She apparently has only recently been told by Ben Cohen that he and Kristina are together. That must have been tormenting.

MaggieJoyBlunt · 22/07/2015 03:33

The men might be responsible for their infidelity, but she is responsible for her own conduct and her conduct is distinctly iffy.

Inkanta · 22/07/2015 03:55

Maggie Yeah. Something unethical and self serving about Kristina, and bringing out a book out at the same time!

Mygardenistoobig · 22/07/2015 07:01

Who is Ben Cohen?

sharonthewaspandthewineywall · 22/07/2015 07:06

Yes Chwat of course I am...

Sometimesjustonesecond · 22/07/2015 18:29

It is skanky to sleep with men who have partners. So no, I don't feel sorry for her if she is getting flak from the press.

That said, men are 100% responsible for their own infidelity and I judge the likes of Ben Cohen far more harshly than the woman he cheated with.

AuntyMag10 · 22/07/2015 18:50

Yes the men make the promise to be faithful to their wives but the ow do have to share some of the blame. It reflects their skanky morals to go after a married/partnered man.

chicaguapa · 22/07/2015 19:04

Are PP basing their opinions on what they know to be fact or are judgy pants being hoiked over newspaper articles? Hmm

I have no faith whatsoever in anything I read in the media so YANBU OP. This is all just Daily Fail fodder.

KR has been partnered with how many men in the series? They have to spend hours and hours together grinding their hips. JC and BC get a bit hot under the collar, re-assess their relationship/ marriage and it's all KR's fault who apparently 'went after them'?

FFS! Is this the school playground? Hmm

contractor6 · 22/07/2015 19:37

I thought she was with Simon webbe?

Kayden · 22/07/2015 20:07

I do feel sorry for how she's been painted in the media. I agree on the comment that Flavia never got the flack that Kristina does. She ended her relationship with Vincent because she fell for Matt and then ended that for her now husband. However, it is suspect that Kristina appears to fall for men who are either attached or in ambiguous relationships. She seems nice enough.

dietcokeandwine · 22/07/2015 20:32

Massive Strictly fan here, love Kristina's dancing and think she's brought a lot to the show.

I feel sorry for her. In that I gather she had a fairly tough childhood and is (I suspect, obviously I don't know the woman personally) possibly quite fragile and vulnerable with not much emotional resilience. And that as a result she doesn't make the best choices/decisions and doesn't come across well.

The problem is that she really doesn't help herself with the books, self promotion etc. To the posters commenting about how Flavia never got the grief Kristina does, you have a point, but I think there's a critical difference. Kristina (along with Ola Jordan) is very much a girl for the capitalising on her sexiness - the books, the celeb type tv or magazine interviews, the soft porn calendars. Flavia doesn't do that. Any interviews she does are almost exclusively to promote dance shows or other projects she is involved with. She doesn't push that sexiness angle and I think that makes a difference in how the press (and public) perceive her.

At the end of the day, though, Ben should of course bear the brunt of blame because he cheated. And I feel sorry for his wife but even sorrier for his two little girls who are going to read all about this one day.

Bakeoffcake · 22/07/2015 20:44

No I don't feel sorry for her. Why would I?

If you sleep with men in a relationship you have to be aware you might get some bad publicity.

And if she shags another married dance partner, I expect the BBC wont renew her contract and I don't blame them.

Bubblesinthesummer · 22/07/2015 20:50

who is Ben Cohen

SCD contestant and England rugby world cup winner.

silverglitterpisser · 22/07/2015 21:58

Not one bit. She is bit responsible for anyone's marriage, granted, but she has chosen to sleep with married men so that does make her of low integrity n with no solidarity towards other women in my opinion.

Can't find anything to warm to about her actually n certainly not to feel sorry for her about.