![]() ![]() It sounds like the nightmare of every jilted lover: Your ex not only soars to wealth and fame but on the back of your own failed marriage. And this was before she became a gazillionaire. Yet in keeping with the tale’s theme of cosmic balance, as we watch Gilbert (embodied by Julia Roberts) reach a realm of happiness in which she’s “smiling in her liver,” we watch her husband-turned-ex (played by Billy Crudup) come undone on screen. Women across the country shed happy tears over the true story- her true story-of divorce, followed by self-discovery and empowerment. The film adaptation of her mega-bestselling Eat, Pray, Love opened to massive hype and box office sales. This was an especially standout week for Gilbert. The higher Elizabeth Gilbert climbs up the fame-o-meter, the more gut-wrenching the question becomes: What’s it like to be the guy whose heartbreak launched a multi-million-dollar feel-good franchise? ![]()
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