You know what’s funny is that if that absolutely ridiculous article about Ben and Martin being “frosty” and not liking to hang out, etc, when we damn well know that’s not true, hadn’t come out directly before this latest one, we might have actually given this one some consideration.
But making such a patently ridiculous and easily disprovable claim as that, then releasing this the day after, to the same 3 papers, using mysterious unnamed sources, and the same “frosty” description really just makes us even more likely to doubt its authenticity. It really looks like someone’s got an agenda (and is possibly panicking at the same time because this is really poorly thought out).
But why is she an item? It ended one bloody year ago. And you know, reading it for the second time, they don't say out right that he cheated, only that she 'confronted' him
That's not even a gossip item
It's hot air
It's nothing
What is even the point?
And she’s right!
But Amanda Abbington's downcast appearance this week suggested otherwise as she stepped out amid claims she confronted ex-partner Martin Freeman about his friendship with a female colleague before their shock split.
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According to The Sun, she was left 'furious' and 'demanding answers' regarding the 45-year-old's friendship with a female showbiz researcher he often worked with.
- The Daily Mail (emphasis mine)
Nowhere in there does it say he was cheating. Only that she was angry about his flirting, which I already said I could believe might be the case, and that the tabs just made it seem like something it’s not. Insinuation is how they make their money, after all.
The actress, 42, was spotted dressed all in black as she dashed to a cashpoint in London on her own this week as new claims about her split from Martin Freeman emerged.
Oh good god, Mail, get your act together! Now they’re claiming or implying that she’s downcast and wearing black because of a split that happened nearly a year ago, despite the fact that she’s been dating someone else for quite a while.
But if all this is getting filtered through the lens of believing that last story is 100% true, then of course, EVERYTHING she does is going to be tainted by that.
It’s January. She can wear black and not smile manically every single second of the day if she wants to. I don’t even thing she looks ‘downcast’ here. She just looks like she’s distracted in the first one and concentrating on pumping her gas in the second.
And if we look ‘pensive’ while standing in line somewhere, it can only be because we’re heartbroken, right? Lord knows I never look pensive for any other reason. I’m randomly heartbroken all the time, I guess.
And you know what? I might not be so thrilled if an article came out alleging all that crap either. Whether it’s true or not, it’s exasperating, irritating, and a pain in the arse. She’s welcome to have that on her mind without any conclusions being drawn from it.
Remind me never to wear black again or to cease smiling for any reason lest everybody think I’m in mourning.
Edited to add:
Pfft! We’ll just pop this little bit in here too!
Nice pose! And wearing black does make them pop, doesn’t it?
WHEN MARTIN FREEMAN and AMANDA ABBINGTON’s split was announced before Christmas it triggered more surprise than a shock Sherlock plot twist. But I can reveal Amanda, who dated The Office and The Ho…
For anyone who’s been worried about Amanda, rest easy. Other sources say been dating him for a while now (as did a blind about both she and Martin having been dating other people for some time - remember they separated way back in March! It’s only made the news recently.) Aaannd... Martin’s dating. Care to guess? ; -)
(Despite the initial purge from her social media, they seem to be fine now)
Filming on the upcoming series, which shows cracks beginning to appear in the Watsons’ marriage after the arrival of a new baby, began two weeks after the couple’s real life split.
- The Telegraph (x)
According to this article, filming started on April 4, which puts their split somewhere around mid-March, 2016.
And I believe she was tweeting months ago inquiring about the size of Victoria Park (though I don’t have the time to sort thru all those, so take it as hearsay), which we find out today is where Jonjo ran his marathon.
Famous for his roles in The Office, The Hobbit and Fargo, the actor talks about ‘drawing on truth’ and playing Dr Watson
Here’s the entire article, but may I point out Martin’s take on privacy: he’s pretty adamant about it - and he always has been, this isn’t new - which makes all this announcing to the press even more strange. Normally, he wouldn’t announce anything and let people figure it out on their own.
The 45-year-old is so mindful of his privacy that he has previously refused to say when he was born or if he is married. He arrives at our meeting with Beats headphones, and when I ask what he was listening to, he helpfully replies: ‘Various things.’
”I like to keep something in reserve, I just do. Which I think is totally normal and totally sane. The way I see it — if my work life is for you, why the f*** would I make my private life for you? It’s insane that anyone would give up both sides of their life for public consumption. Some people want to do it. Completely their f***ing funeral. But I — I absolutely reserve the right not to,” he explains.
Wait what do you think is coming??? Maybe they just wanted to get the message they were split out there before the episodes air and they have to field a lot of potentially touchy questions by people who assume they are still together? Like get it over and out and done with???
I know there are two separate types of Freebatchers: one that thinks it’s cute, and ship it theoretically, but don’t think it’s real. Me? I’m the second type and I think it’s a real thing that’s been going on nearly since they met. I’m hoping that with their behavior together recently, that we might see it actually revealed.
There’s a lot of people on my dash asking about this, so here it is from the financial times. I’m very sad for Martin and AA and their children, and wish them the best.
Another little news release, brought up by Martin, nonetheless - with zero prompting from the interviewer. This is really strange behavior for such private people. Something’s coming. And I think it may just coincide with Johnlock going public.
