>>656 Will you raise my child because I see that you have a lot more sympathy than I? This little one is going to need to get used to tough love.

I'm a real actions ==> consequences sort of girl. Actions were taken, consequences resulted. Sure he's not happy about the consequences, but they are a result of his actions, maybe 'their' actions. I understand the made rush of love; it does make people stupid, very stupid. So I get the foolish things he's done. I've mocked and will continue to mock him, but I understand the actions. Where my sympathy (it can't really be empathy in this situation) opens the door and rolls out of the moving car is with the publicity and OTT of it all. People are calling it fake because it looks fake: the timeline, the staged pics, the crazy 'meet the mother' and 'walk along every beach within 20 miles' nonsense. The Rome adventure was eye roll city for me. The kissing at the Colosseum, the fact that they were there for about two days (just enough time to have a few meals...and get papped kissing at the Colosseum!!). It's not what you'd call the holiday of a couple in genuine love. It wasn't even like a normal mini-break! The shirt: for love, for irony, for shits and giggles - it was not a good idea.

These actions opened him up to ridicule. Each one was an invitation that most people, especially titchy journalists who don't like being manipulated, couldn't refuse.