>>923 It makes no sense if the articles were planted for a purely PR relationship, correct. But if they wanted to introduce their real relationship AND put out a timeline that ruled out an 'affair' while she was engaged and ruled out a relationship that caused the end of her engagement, then planting those stories seems reasonable. It's the: Yeah, we're trying to have a relationship, but we need to manage the timeline' theory.

Planting the stories in May (broken engagement reported in Jan.) and then having date night (Pap Night '15!) in July with a follow up article are both meant to steer people away from thinking he's a homewrecker.

As for taking advantage - TH can barely take advantage of a 2-for-1 deal at his local market. This isn't some Svengali were taking about. And, besides, EO is 26, she's been in the business for a while - let's not infantilize her, even though her behavior on Pap Night did clock in at the 7-11 range!