Emma Thompson‘s daughter has made a very public swipe at her mother’s ex-husband Kenneth Branagh 30 years after he had an affair with Helena Bonham-Carter.
THE BRUTAL SWIPE
Gaia Wise, 24, shared a meme to her 11,800 Instagram followers which had pictures of a young Emma, 65, and the Haunting of Venice star, 63, from their 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing headed up with the quote: ‘She’s everything, he’s just Ken.’
It’s the tagline from Margot Robbie‘s Barbie movie which broke box office records last year and the quote is now used to describe incredible women, both real and fictional, paired with lacklustre men.
The meme is a clear dig at Kenneth’s treatment towards her mother after he had an affair with Helena Bonham-Carter, 58, while he was married to the Love Actually star, from 1989 to 1995.
HOW EMMA THOMPSON MET KENNETH BRANAGH
They met in 1987 while filming the BBC period drama Fortunes of War and the Belfast director and Oscar-winning actress tied the knot after two years of dating.
Reflecting in 2022, Emma told The New Yorker: ‘I was utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set.
‘What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself.’
WHY THEY SPLIT
At the time the couple blamed their split on busy work schedules in a joint statement released in 1995 but it was later revealed the Hamlet director had been cheating with Helena who he dated until 1999.
Later, all three would appear as characters in the Harry Potter franchise but never shared scenes together.
