Julia Roberts

[Brookie]

Julia Roberts flew more than 1,100 miles to cry on the shoulder of a close male friend over her troubled marriage. The Pretty Woman star made the overnight trip on a private jet — and husband Danny Moder was nowhere in sight!

The secret flight from Julia's ranch in Taos, New Mexico, to Seattle, Wash., came as The National Enquirer revealed her three-year marriage was on the rocks.

Julia, 38, who travelled with just one of her twins, was collected from her plane at lunchtime on October 17 by longtime friend Joel Clement, who was celebrating his 40th birthday that day.

Her cameraman husband Danny, 36, was said to be away working on location on a movie. Sources say their other twin was unwell at home with the nanny.

"Julia felt so alone and she needed a shoulder to cry on. Who better than one of her best male friends?" said a family insider.

After greeting Julia, environmental activist Clement carried her baby to his car, an ageing green BMW, and they drove to his small, very modest detached house in a tough, blue collar suburb.

It is understood they spent the day together. But there was no sign of the actress when Clement arrived at The County Line Lounge and Restaurant at 9 pm to celebrate with a group of friends.

From the National Enquirer via EntertainmentIVillage

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I trust the Enquirer not at all, but IF that's true, shouldn't she be home with the sick kid? Or at least visiting someone local-NOT flying on planes to "male friends?"

[Brookie]

Yeah, but come on. It's the ENQUIRER. You dare doubt their reporting accuracy and thoroughness of research on each subject??

[PearlySweetcake]

Googling "Joel Clement" pops up the Wilburforce Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that obtains funding for various conservation projects and such. They are headquartered in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood in...[checking address]....omigod, they're down the hallway from my doctor's office! Methinks it's time to schedule that annual physical.....

Meanwhile, here's the staff list of Wilburforce. The next Mr. Roberts is the second photo down.

[Auroranorth]

yossarian said:

Then she gave an interview to Diane Sawyer where she said something like "well now it's quiet" implying that his career was in the crapper. Ah, sweet Julia.

She is such a mean-spirited cow. Benjamin's career may have nose-dived but he seems a million times happier with Talisa and their family than Julia will ever be. I would kind of feel sorry for her if she wasn't such an utter beyotch.

It's not like his career is over. He still has movies coming out and is currently on TV. She just sounds bitter.

Meanwhile, here's the staff list of Wilburforce. The next Mr. Roberts is the second photo down.

It says he he does program support for Alaska/BC. If he brings her anywhere near my home state, I'm siccing a polar bear on them.

[SluttyMary]

I never got the appeal of Julia Roberts. To me she isn't even attractive. Growing up, all the girls wanted to look like her, all skinny with the big, curly, red hair, and if someone was to name a beautiful woman, thay always said "Julia Roberts!". To my annoyance she became this huge star, and I still didn't understand why...I mean, one thing that she isn't pretty (to me), but she's not that good of an actress either. Then I came here, and finally I found some people who see the same as I.

[pepper67]

I think she has pretty eyes but her mouth? Dear God. It's an ugly gaping maw and if she's not careful, she could take someone's head off with it. Fortunately, her character seems to overbearing whatever prettiness her face had, and now she looks like a shrew. And judging from the reports of her character, it seems that she is one.

I bet Vera's laughing her socks off over the reports of the marriage breakdown.

[Aspasia]

Didn't his sisters have issues with Julia too? And then there was the fact that his mother died of a heart attack during the height of the scandal. So much was written in the tabs it was/is tough to know how much truth there was to the fact that they knew it wouldn't last and thought she was a maneater.

The tee shirt incident was a low move and Oprah brought it up on her show, but oddly enough it didn't seem to color O's adoration for Jules though.

[anne]

Oprah brought up the t-shirt? To julia? I missed that. What happened?

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I will admit she's got beautiful hair-I've always wanted red hair. I dye it, but it's just not the same.