Don't forget that Ben has an ex-wife and two kids to support as well as his new family.

Is he working?

Strictly dancers usually rent small apartments. Those adjacent to London aren't cheap.

Without wanting to dismiss your experiences it seems as if you are projecting your feelings about your past onto the Cohen daughters.

Clearly your parents break up was a terrible experience for you but that does not mean that other people who go through it feel the same way.

My parents divorced when I was 6 and I've only seen my father once I was 14. Did it affect my (to quote you) "sense of security, your esteem" - no it didn't. Did it "cause anxiety" - a bit at the time but not for long. Do I "have abandonment issues 30 years on" - no I don't.

Clearly our responses to our respective parents' divorces are very different. Because everyone's situation is unique to them.

The way you have phrased your experience comes across to me as if you are assuming that everyone responds in the same way but that is just not true. (Apologies if that wasn't what you intended but that is how it read to me)

None of us on here know the Cohen girls personally so I think it's a bit presumptuous to start assuming we have any idea how they may or may not feel about the situation.

I agree with a lot of this

Indeed. Ben's story was that he was in a very happy marriage.

Three usually
Your side, their side and the bit in the middle where the truth generally hovers looking a bit neglected.

I seem to think he does after dinner speaking/motivational speaking - and they are generally very well paid.

I don't think anyone is going to go on a reality show where they rely on being voted back in every week and let the cracks in their marriage whatever they are show. Seriously! Also maybe you don't know at the time what is going to prove to something that will blow over and what will lead you to think you have end things. I refuse to believe that all was rosy in the garden before Kris the maneater came along it just doesn't make sense to me.

That is such amazing news, thrilled

... the media side?

Was that the media? You should know that they paint pictures anyway they want us to see them.

Haha, I'm quite sure she knew about it before this announcement lol

Or maybe she thought she'd better tell the others why she's tired, miserable, possibly being sick, not drinking etc etc etc. Not necessarily a publicity tool, but also perhaps a way to share the wonderful news with her fans.

She would have got the gig way before she found out she was pregnant.

I hope Ben's ex manages to find a wonderful new man too. I don't see why anyone who has had a partner leave should have to maintain a "dignified" silence while pictures off the partner and new lover are splashed about everywhere.

I remember the abuse Aniston got from some for one comment ("uncool") she made about Brangelina after years of being hounded and asked it. Meanwhile Brangelina were doing covershoots, publicity and everything else they wanted. But Aniston had to maintain that "dignified" silence, of course...

Maybe I am but I was responding to a post that suggested divorce is trivial and it most certainly isn't. I happen to believe that there is a significant correlation between 1/4 of the population suffering from some form of mental health problem and disturbance in ones childhood. I dearly hope the girls are protected and don't suffer from their parents separation but in my experience too many parents play out their divorces through their children with no idea of the long term damage they cause. The Cohen girls have even more to cope with than most and I can't see how they will emerge unscathed unless there is some incredible stability and security in the new arrangement and there is no evidence of that so far quite the reverse in fact.

Oh, I think the media is a whole other section and doesn't bother the truth at all

And how many people tell that story when in reality it is falling apart ? it is their business and not for public consumption , if it was Mr and Mrs Smith down the road no one would be interested or placing blame.

Since when was keeping your feelings private (i.e. not giving media interviews and not kicking off on social media for the whole world to read) 'meekly accepting your lot'? I'd say that, especially when there are children involved, it's the sensible option. They should always be the priority, not lashing out at your ex. All that happens when you start doing that is a) you start to come across as emotionally unstable and b) the media won't leave you alone.

Mr and Mrs Smith down the road haven't courted publicity to the best of my knowledge.

But it is in the public domain and Kristina was a part of that, remember?

True.

Congrats to her and Ben, I know for years she has said she would love a family and children, so it's wonderful for her.

A lot of bad things are said, but families are more complicated nowdays, many people break up and get divorced, no doubt his children will be well cared for by both parents still and may well be looking forward to having a little brother or sister.

Actually he cheated on her with another woman and left her, before Kristina anyway.

The ex wife is doing more harm to her children to be as toxic as she has been.

This is new information

From last July
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-Rihanoff.html

It's the Daily Mail, so....

Ben denied that story on his Twitter account.

I suppose it all depends on how much you believe what he says. He also denied having an affair with Kristina (as did she) before he had split with his wife. If you believe him the first time, why not the second?