When I read this in the paper today I was all set to dislike Kym even more than I already do, but after reading the story in full I feel Stephanie came off looking a lot worse than her.
For a start, the whole thing about "friend's exes should be off limits" is absurd in the long run. I can understand why it can become an issue, but if two people like each other enough, what place do their exes have to potentially put a block on them being happy?
Also, the story starts out by making Stephanie and Kym out to be close friends who have known each other years, but when you read the story in detail, they've only ever known each other through career and showbiz circles, and only recently got to know each other more at a showbiz awards do. They hooked up a couple of times afterwards and exchanged phone numbers, as you do, but weren't bosom buddies or long term friends. From the sounds of it, the friendship started with Stephanie pouring out her woes about her relationship, and from reading the story it seems like that was the only substance to her and Kym's friendship. Kym took her out to a party and Stephanie left early cos "she was missing Dan".
You have to question why Stephanie would choose someone she doesn't know all that well, and has only just become friends with, as her confidant about her relationship. Why not choose someone far closer to her? Or are her closest friends bored with her whining already?
It sounds like Stephanie put herself across as being a highly sensitive, miserable drip. Regardless of our opinions, Kym is clearly a tough woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, so it seems to me it was a friendship that would've amounted to nothing, as there is no way someone like Kym Marsh would've tolerated someone like Stephanie for long.