LeAnn Rimes on Falling for a Married Man: 'It Happens Every Day'

Regrets, she has few (if any).
LeAnn Rimes has opened up about the cheating scandal that has damaged her once sparkling reputation and career, telling
ABC News' Robin Roberts in a teary interview that she and Eddie Cibrian have nothing to be ashamed of for finding each other.
"It happens every day to so many people," Rimes says of meeting and falling for then-married Cibrian on the set of a TV movie. "And if I take away my album sales, my words ... you have just another couple. You had two couples whose marriages didn't work, who really stumbled upon each other and fell in love."
Rimes, who was married to dancer Dean Sheremet at the time, told Roberts that she was as shocked as anybody that she cheated.
"That's just not me. What happened is not who I am, period," she says. "I do know how much I love him. So, I've always said I don't live my life with regret. I can't."
Cibrian, who has two children with ex-wife Brandi Glanville, agrees with his lady. "The truth is that we're human beings. We make mistakes and we learn from them, but we're human. We fell in love."
Rimes' career has taken quite a hit since she and Cibrian's relationship started on the set of 'Northern Lights.' Recently, the editor-in-chief of Shape Magazine apologized to the mag's readers, who objected to having Rimes on the cover of the October issue.
"You are all in good company," Valerie Latona wrote to disgruntled Shape-ers. "As you all agree Shape has made a terrible mistake in putting LeAnn Rimes on the cover. Please know that our putting her on the cover was not meant to put a husband-stealer on a pedestal-but to show (through her story)... "
Rimes shot back, saying the magazine was sending mixed signals because they were throwing her a party to celebrate the cover. "I find this very contradictory," she wrote to her fans.
But Rimes isn't allowing the mounting criticism get to her, admitting in the ABC interview that she can't change critics' minds on the issue. "Nothing I'm going to say is going to change it. I do know that and I have accepted that."
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This photo provided by Disneyland shows Leann Rimes and Eddie Cibrian celebrating 'Halloween Time' Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. The Disneyland Resort's 'Halloween Time' celebration, which features special attractions and entertainment, continues through October 31. (AP Photo/Disneyland, Paul Hiffmeyer)
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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LeAnn Rimes in summer dress in Malibu with a man who is not her boyfriend. Sept 7, 2009 X17online.com exclusive
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Someone who will cheat with you, will cheat on you too! Good luck with that one*
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You said it perfectly! Just because it happens everyday does not make it right. Vows mean nothing to ths couple.
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I absolutely agree. I have poersonal experience. He cheated on me. He then cheated on her.. HA HA Ha.. Stupid people that really think they are so special, their love so special that they would leave their spouse..I can't wait til they get theirs.
You call me accepting of adultery? Whatever. I think of it more as non-judgemental and tolerant. Things are not always black and white, no matter what conclusions people want to draw. As far as the kids go, I'm from a broken home, and I came out of it just fine. As a matter of fact, things were much better and less stressful at home after the split. Kids are probably much more resiliant than the adults in these situations.
You have that right! Why does she still feel the need to keep showing her ugly mug in the press/talk show? Why doesn't she just keep her trap shut and move-on. Every time she opens her mouth it is a dagger to the ones she/he screwed over. There is no pity for her/him what so ever. The pity is with the people they hurt. She and Eddie seriously need to find a hole and crawl into it and stay. She just won't go away!
leann you broke up a family you low life hussey,,,i will never buy your CDs you shameless hussy..
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I can't believe all you judgemental people. the heart wants what the heart wants. No man is going to leave if he is happy or woman either. Everyone needs to pull their heads out of there behinds and leave them alone. she has a beautiful voice and you should just enjoy it. they haven't done anything thousands of others have done. they fell in love. Good for you both. I hope you stay in love forever.
hmmm.. brings to mind a book called "Happens Every Day" by Isabel Gillies, a title Isabel came up with from the exact phrase the other woman in her husband's life said to her after she destroyed Isabel's marriage and broke up her family. I guess from some of these people, breaking up a family just "happens every day."
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"It" happens "everyday" to unscrupulous men and women that are not guided by or show a concern for what is right.
No kidding! Who does she think she is, Angelina Jolie??
People live life from day to day and do not say that i am going to break up a marriage. Leann is a regular person like everyone else and yes she made a mistake. So minus the fact that she is a great singer and actor does not mean that she cannot have flaws and mistakes in her life. Thats whats wrong with everyone we judge everyone instead of looking at out own life. She made a mistake as well as the other guy but why dwell and be rude and say rotten things. Like she said "take away the music and acting and she is like everyone else" We can all forgive and move on. People make more out of it then what it seems.
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Amen & Amen again! It always amazes me that people are so unforgiving. Things happen in life that are unexplainable,no mattter how hard you try. Forgiveness can be healthly to all.
That this sort of thing happens to people is not the issue; the issue is that they both acted on their desires. At the end of the day, both LeAnn and Eddie CHOSE to end their marriages and wreck their relationships with their spouses. You can't just wave your hand and say, "Oh, this is something that happens to lots of people," and expect that's going to make it all right.
Forgiveness first requires the offending party to admit that they did something wrong. Until either one of them does that, forgiving doesn't really mean anything.
Oh girl... you have a lot to learn!
I couldnt agree with you more! why is it that we are ALWAYS so quick to judge. I hate that! She is sooooooo right, it happens, she just happens to be on the spot light. TO ALL YOU BITTER DEBBIE DOWNNERS OUT THERE AND CRITICS, get a F*&^ life would ya. seriously, momma didnt tell you?? If you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU LEANN RIMES!!!!!!!!
If anything I give you more power! you are following your heart and got what you wanted, such is life! You go girl!
To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part....or until I see something better out there.
Touth does protest to much ! If she didn't care then why is she still defending her guilty mind? I say shutup LeAnn and go back to your boyfriend. No role model here...move along, move along, the party is over!
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Touth ???????? who in the world is Touth ? LMAO
Yeah, she meant to say "Methinks the lady doth protest too much." It was spoken by Hamlet about his girlfriend Ophelia, whom he believed was cheating on him.
It's the thought that counts, though. ;-)