Harsh.
Newswires are currently aflame with the news that surf movie star Simon Baker has just broken up with his girlfriend as capital punishment for her attending an “anti-vaxx” protest, or rather broke up with her a few months ago for that action.
Per, Yahoo! Australia:
Simon Baker and Laura May Gibbs have split.
A source confirmed to PEOPLE that the Mentalist actor, 52, and activewear designer, 36, “quietly parted ways” several months ago after she attended an anti-vaxx protest. Gibbs has been increasingly vocal on social media about her opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine and recent nationwide mandates for it.
On Sunday, she shared a video while attending a rally in Australia to protest vaccine mandates. The clip shows hundreds gathered and cheering with one person’s sign reading: “We stand united against ‘no jab no job’ and vaccine passports.”
Gibbs captioned the Instagram post, “Power to the people (heart emoji) (raised fist emoji).”
But whoa.
What Yahoo! meant to write was “A source confirmed to PEOPLE that star of Tim Winton’s coming-of-age surf film Breath, 52, and activewear designer, 36, ‘quietly parted ways’…” but potato potato, no?
Did you watch Breath?
I tried on an airplane, once, but became sleepy and only had the words of Derek Rielly making much fun of Tim Winton dancing in my head so didn’t take it very seriously.
I also don’t much like coming-of-age movies.
But back to Baker’s guillotine over a light difference of opinion.
Do you think fair?
Do you worry about everyone entering echo chambers?
My wife has been known to read Malcolm Gladwell but I’m not breaking up with her.
Malcolm Gladwell.
That bro properly sucks.
More as the story develops.
Commented on Disqus? Log out, tap the Disqus button, and your old name and comments come back. The box is ours.
Your comments are still here. Every one of them.
Twelve years of BeachGrit comments came across from Disqus. Connect and we will show you how many are yours. We get your username, nothing else.
Connect Disqus to reveal.
Was the protest anti-vaccine or anti-mandate? Big difference in how you choose title it.
Good idea. I wouldn’t want to mix with an idiot like that either. They’ll drag you down.
Good. Kick that bitch to the curb.
Smart man that Simon.
this website is insane. i just got so lost on some celebrity super yachts.
Who?
Who is Simon Baker?
He’s Simon Butcher’s cousin. Also related to Simone Candlestickmaker.
I see what you did there
Normally you swap a 40 for two 20s but he’s gotten in early, swapping out a 36 for two barely legals.
Kudos to him!
By the way tim winton is a hand wringing soft cock. And he doesn’t know how to end any of his novels.
Fuck that guy.
The Riders was one of the worst books I’ve read! As for the dialogue in that book, he must have based it all on Far and Away. I did enjoy Breath though
I hope for your daughters sake that your wife doesn’t subscribe to that 10,000 hour myth that Gladwell was peddling. That cunt is probably responsible for more destroyed childhoods than the Catholic Church!
Another covid comment farming story? Hasn’t a surf adjacent person sold or bought a house recently? No shark news? Fuck
You might want to check out ‘Breath Chas. A story about a guy obsessed with surf who doesn’t notice his partner, a former princess on the snow who was injured and not able to follow her Olympic dreams, is getting annoyed with his obsession with the surf and starts shagging one of the young pups he is mentoring. And there is more than a bit of Derek style interest in there with it.
Simon probably figured out the jab causes infertility and the reality of anti-vaxxers being the ones who will repopulate the Earth inspired him to let her get a headstart. Or maybe something to do with the anti-vaxxers in Northern NSW having an inverse proportion of hair to brains.
Roger that first paragraph, Lemon etc….if a movie questioning stereotypical masculinity involving an asphyxiophilic winter sports afficionado doesn’t interest either Chas not Derek, well….I dunno..?Ayn Rand?
Ha!
BREAKING NEWS: BEACHGRIT COMMENTORS ARE REPORTING A BEN MARCUS BREAKDOWN AS HE PUSHES FOR TOUGHER SPELLCHECKS & EDITING
Had never heard of this guy before this “article”, how does this make headlines on a “surfing” website. Slow day in the BeachShit news room?
Agreed. I guess someone just wanted to let us all know what a piece of shit Baker is.
Who is this cuck, and why should anyone care who he lays, or can’t lay with?
Jabcuck
I have no clue. I think Chaz has resorted to rummaging through the Lifestyle section of Yahoo for story ideas.
That trailer looks like the ausie chasing Mavericks…..chasing wallaby’s
Pretty close. Throw in a bit of intergenerational sexy stuff and you’ve nailed it.
I’d def consensually choke out Gerard Butler
Might be ‘The Tipping Point’ between you and your wife…
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Hey Chas, any chance we can do a deep dive into Jonah Hill’s vaccine status?
I’m gonna guess “fully” but great idea.
Jonah’s vaccinated with high fructose corn syrup.
Yeah and adderall.
No it’s not
I guess opposites don’t attract.
Apparently it’s because he was vaxxed, and therefore polarised North, while she was un-vaxxed and polarised South. It’s not so much that they aren’t attracted to each other, it’s that they are heading in different directions.
I remember when polarised sunglasses first came out in the early 90’s. Hobie made a pair. And I was like, “See ya late afternoon glare of the sun. We’re just too different, and want different things in life. I’m breaking up with you glare. I hope you find what you’re looking for.”
Poor thing, I worry that she won’t be able to find anybody on the north coast that aligns with her value system, with her truth
Her yoga ‘fashion’ label is prince of malibu adjacent.
https://www.instagram.com/p…
You should only worry when the govt tells you to.
Ok Che Guevara
You should go into politics
All good she will meet a new guy while shopping at Bangalow markets