I haven't posted in awhile, but I saw this and had to reply.
Sorry, if I'm ranting but I have to stand on my soapbox for a minute.
I know some might could say I'm taking this too seriously, but... I'm *so* sick of people accusing him of being a "cheater." I don't really care if reporters like this person, or anyone, assume that the life of a rock star is seeing women.
Now I could understand how one would get the idea if he seemed a lil too close to people, but he does not. I'm one who notices body language and especially emotion from the eyes, and his eyes would give it away as well as he would seem "guilty."
Anyway, I know perhaps I'm taking it too seriously. It's just I'm sick of the allegations he gets all the time.
Here's my reasons why I think he IS NOT a cheat:
1) Faith -- he has a whole bunch of it. Always wearing a rosary around his neck. And a lot of his songs are about his religious beliefs. Yeah I know this may sound naive and I know some people of faith do go against it, but being that he's so avid in his beliefs, I don't think so. Even if he doesn't think of himself as the perfect example.
2) Rather the comment was meant to be tongue and cheek, the author should know the outcome of his words. (And it also "ruins" being a fan for some people, because everytime you think of it you get angry someone would accuse him. But that's just me and my weird emotions?
) And so what if Bono was "canoodling"? That's not the same as "cheating" and having a relationship. And if it were really true and he was, why would he be like "hey this is me" to the camera. He'd appear to be more guilty. Just like someone said in an earlier post. Plus I would think if he really felt something for her, he'd be in the backseat, press or not. He wouldn't be playing it cool, he'd be trying to cover up or rush into the car. The pix are not even showing them looking with "admiration" to each other. Nothing more than a friendly smile. So KristinF, I'm with you on this one. I'm super angry at E!, and have lost a lot of respect for their channel.
3) Commitment to Ali - just look at them in public. You can tell he has A LOT of respect for Ali. As a friend and as a spouse. And he talks highly of her, he's spoken of his love for her, and really got angry at the tabloids before for speculating he was seeing anyone behind her back. Even immortalised her as the "cat" in the "Peter and the Wolf" book, supposably. Why would someone react this way if they were to cheat?
4) Bono and Ali's kids. Also, he has a tremendous amount of respect for them, as well as being a great father. Plus she's a no nonsense woman. Their marriage would not be as long standing and as intense if he were a "cheat."
5) Also like someone said in an earlier post, look at the source this comes from, "Uncensored blah blah" on E! I mean come on, this channel is ALWAYS speculating everything about everyone. Especially people in high profile, such as Bono. They're turned into a gossip channel. It's not news, it's GOSSIP. And you know what they say about gossip...
6) Like reason #2 points out, I want to comment on that further. Bono is a VERY touch oriented person. Remember the story about his Dad saying he picked up bumble bees by their stingers? I mean come on, it takes a very socialable touch oriented person to be able to do that. As someone said long ago in the forum here, if it were anyone else you'd wonder, but being Bono is friends with everyone, gets along with everyone, and always finds a silver lining with whomever he meets, he is going to be a huggy sort of person. To be personal for a second, I feel he is looking for acceptance (losing his mom at an early age is probably part of it) in people, so he compensates for that need by being that way. I remember him saying how sometimes he still feels "unloved."
Well, these are my reasons. I mean no disrespect to the person who originally posted this, QueenBee -- from your eyerolling emoticon I get the feeling you don't believe their accusations either. Or if anyone disagrees. And I'm sorry if I seem a bit like an arrogant know it all, I don't mean to come off as one. So please take no offense to this post. It's just me ranting and rambling.
Thanks for listening.
My 2 cents,