It seems that Ryan Phillippe, the actor who was once lucky enough to slip a wedding ring on the delicate and wildly-successful ring finger of Reese Witherspoon, has been unfaithful to his girlfriend.  Why this would shock said girlfriend is a mystery, considering how they met.  While Ryan was married to Witherspoon, he met Abbie Cornish and began a relationship with her, apparently not understanding that this is not consideried acceptable behavior.  Cornish must have been hypnotized by his curly locks and complete lack of consideration for his family.ryan-phillippe-engagement-rings-abbie-cornish-split

Somehow, the couple lasted, long after Witherspoon divorced her cheating husband.  They even moved in together, and Cornish patiently waited for her philandering boyfriend to slip a diamond-encrusted, high-quality engagement ring on her somewhat-immoral finger.  Engagement rumors swirled.  The couple was seen together everywhere.  They were in luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurve.   It might have been sweet if they didn’t start out in the midst of a high-profile divorce that involved the two young children Phillippe shares with Witherspoon.

And now—surprise, surprise—Phillippe has been seen with other women.  So after three years of delusional bliss, Cornish seems to be done with the actor.  She moved her stuff out of their shared home while her man was visiting with his two kids he had with the woman he cheated on with her.

During the time that Phillippe was in his doomed relationship with young Abbie, his ex-wife scored the ever-adorable Jake Gyllenhaal.  They were cuter than a roomful of tiny kittens riding a fleet of Roombas.  But they split, allegedly because Jake wanted to get married, but Reese didn’t seem to be ready to go there.  Small wonder.  She busies herself with raising her children and being America’s sweetheart.

Ryan Phillippe is, unfortunately, a good actor and is considered hot by many women.  Clearly.  He will find another, or woo Cornish back while still continuing to cheat, because he can.  It’s Hollywood.  Cheaters can keep cheating and the chicks still come a-runnin’.  It happens in the real world, too, but people are less likely to Tweet about it.  We are a culture of people who would rather see phone-quality photographs posted on Facebook pages if famous people are involved.  Who reads a blog to find out that Joe Average is having affairs when we can read about famous people doing bad things?

Poor Abbie.  Poor, poor Abbie.  But how in the name of all that is holy did she not see this train barreling down the tracks, straight for her?