Your Cheatin' Heart: LeAnn Rimes Argues a 'Double Standard' for Women

By Rob Shuter Posted Apr 25th 2011 06:02PM

LeAnn Rimes is owning up to mistakes she made while falling in love with her now-husband Eddie Cibrian, admitting in a new special airing on the Great American Country station that she "didn't do it the right way." Two marriages went down in flames because of the affair, but even so, the singer accuses her peers in Nashville of having a double standard when it comes to good old fashioned cheatin'.

"[Country music] has such a double standard," she said in 'Backstory: LeAnn Rimes,' which aired Sunday, two days after she quietly married Eddie. "You know, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash and all these guys. God knows what they did back in the day. And if a woman did it, you never were accepted or forgiven. But if it was a guy, it was just their life. ... It's quite interesting to have to navigate those waters as a woman in this business."

Eddie and LeAnn were married Friday night in front of 40 friends and family at a private Malibu ceremony before settling in for a family-filled Easter holiday. She has staunchly defended her relationship, even though it began in 2008 as an extramarital affair on a TV movie set, while both were still wed to their previous spouses (Dean Sheremet and Brandi Glanville).

After all the scandal she's been through, it should be no surprise that LeAnn announced her marriage herself Friday night via Twitter. "Eddie and I are overwhelmed by the amount of lovely well wishes. We are blessed and.... I'm Mrs. Cibrian!!!!!" LeAnn wrote after saying "I Do."

She's had quite a bumpy ride and few could argue that the negative press has surely damaged her career. An insider who has worked with LeAnn tells me she "blames the media a great deal" for amping up her "homewrecker" rep and that she's thrilled to be able to cut out the middle man by announcing news on her own.

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Monday 25 April

By Josh

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both gross...both skanks...karma will deal with them and she'll wish it was only the media...karma is brutal!!

By sweetz

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Trash is trash sweetie....It doesn't matter if you are male or female!

By natalie

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If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you...How could you ever trust/marry someone you had an affair with? Wonder which one will cheat first.

By Corinne

Leanne ought to just shut up.....Facts are facts....she cheated/ he cheated/ they got together!!! They should be thrilled they don't get Brangelina attention!! Or is that what they are looking for????

By Jana

He's only with her for her money and one day she'll realize it. Sad day for her, won't make any difference to me!!!!

By xxxx

Can someone please tell me why these two are getting any air time. There is no double standard - wrong is wrong. She needs to shut up and quit trying to justify her behavior. I agee with all the other posts. If they do it with you, they will do it to you.

By bud

Listen up,all,this is important.NONE of you got a handle on this!Our acts,values,judgments,opinions,etc,etc,etal-ALL our manifestations spring from our minds which are crafted from our heredity,environment,and experiences. Many of us can't help said manifestations unless or until we shine the light of clear thought on them. "The unexamined life is not worth living" Author unknown: to me that is.

By Lori

and again - we care what she thinks because???????

By sid callihan

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not that it makes it right, but is right about the double standard

By Ron

" The wife who has a husband is bound to her husband for as long as he shall live therefore, if she marries another while her husband is alive, she shall be called an adultresses." Romans chapter 7, verses 2 & 3. HELLO LEE ANN

By Lana

What they did was sooo wrong. To think i should a done it the right way. There's no excuse for there actions. I am sure eventually they will cheat on each other. Plain DOGS.

By marcy

We all know her money was too tempting for him It certainly wasn't her looks. The x wife was way prettier. Lets face it he really is a nobody without her.

By SkyBlue

Who really cares what these 2 did or didn't do? How does it affect anyone here? It's none of our business who sleeps with whom, so kindly shut up already.

Tuesday 26 April

By jim

it not so much the cheating it when you can't keep your big mouth shut so shut the pie ho Leann

By Nicole

How can this self-centered woman blame the media for her "homewrecker" rep when, from the moment the affair went public, LeAnn CONSTANTLY bragged about the relationship and flooded the media with pics of herself with Eddie. She is clearly unfamiliar with the concept of discretion. LeAnn WANTED attention and she got it. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't the kind she had in mind.
She might try a break from Twitter for a while if she wants to rehab her public image.

By n506

So what if she lied..that stuff is HER business, anyway...not anyone else's! I think she's getting too much negativity from all this....look at Jolie, Sheen, etc. People have quit talking about them already and it's been what...two years for Rimes?

By simpsonsimpmike

It sounds likes she's proud of being a whorre

Don't forget that she didn't have a childhood like most kids...she was out there earning money singing at a very young age...so she is learning the hard way. C'mon people...give her a break. She admits she did stuff wrong...get over it already.

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