Why do I still think it’s a PR stunt?
Because this entire relationship is a tool.
Before, of course, there were rumors about whether or not he was dating anyone (that was planted by PR, though), but all-in-all, he didn’t really talk about his personal life and it was all about his work.
This stunt has increased his fame. I mean, even bad publicity is good publicity.
What happens is, with this, theres always something to talk about.
Do they know the gender yet?
How is the general health of the parents to be?
Are they excited? They must be!
Now, why they chose this tool to develop, I don’t know.
Maybe they find it more in tune with the persona he currently has and that he wants to grow.
He wasn’t a household name before, so, he didn’t really have a public image... except with his fans.
He’s building one RIGHT NOW.
She is still an important tool and, depending on how they want to end this, I wouldn’t be surprised if they have things like her possible past career in the wings, waiting to be slowly bottle fed to tabloids.
And they can use it however they want.
They can destroy her with it, or make her some sort of victim of circumstance.
Its all how you spin it. It could even add to their love story.
“Benedict knew she’d been working in the sex industry, but that didn’t deter him. He didn’t care. He loved her anyway.”
Like, how ‘Pretty Woman’.
The fact of the matter is, if you want to become a household name, the most direct way is to do things that would land you in the rags that every grocery shopper sees as they’re waiting to check out.
They can’t break up until they know, no matter what kind of breakup it is, it’s justifiable to splash it ALL OVER the front of every single one of those mags.