Y’ALL. LeAnn Rimes is finally looking back at the pop culture equivalent of a flaming cowboy soap opera: her iconic cheating scandal with now-hubby Eddie “Certified Hottie” Cibrian — and she’s got THOUGHTS, baby. And maybe a few regrets. And maybe a chakra crystal.
Here’s the tea served extra sweet with a shot of wild west drama:
Back in the prehistoric times of 2010 (when TikTok was just the sound your Nokia made), LeAnn and Eddie were both married to other people when they decided to skip the loyalty and go full Lifetime movie. Fast forward through a few hundred tabloid covers, one scorched-earth divorce, and a lot of sad cowboy ballads later — they’re now happily married, moisturized, and thriving.
BUT WAIT. The drama ghost still haunts.
In a new podcasty soul-search-y interview with Flow Space (which sounds like a yoga studio but is actually a vibe check for the spiritually fried), LeAnn opened up about the tsunami of hate she got hit with post-affair. Spoiler: it was giving internet cancelation before cancel culture had a name.
“I realized very quickly that there are a LOT of women who’ve been hurt,” she said, presumably while staring deeply into a healing crystal shaped like a broken heart. “I’ve been cheated on too, so I totally get that pain… but I was also just this shiny celebrity target that people YEETED their rage at. It wasn’t all mine to carry!”
Translation: Sis said she got caught in a hurricane of hurt feelings that were bigger than just one country song and a sexy Hallmark actor with cheekbones so sharp they could cut glass.
And to be fair, she’s not entirely wrong. She owned up to her part in the drama — but made it clear she’s not here to carry the emotional baggage of the entire betrayed sisterhood of the traveling rage tweets.
“I know what I’m responsible for,” she added. “But the world’s pain?? Not my carry-on item, babes.”
And honestly? Iconic behavior. Therapy-core. Boundaries on fleek. ✨
So what have we learned, kids?
1. Cheating is bad, but being the main character in your own redemption arc is ✨kinda slay✨.
2. Don’t project your trauma onto strangers, especially not on celebs with microphones and a podcast invite.
3. If you’re gonna ruin a marriage, at least do it with someone hot enough to make People Magazine’s “Sexiest Men of 2009.”
Anyway, LeAnn is booked, unbothered, and emotionally evolved — and somewhere, Brandi Glanville is probably rage-tweeting in all caps while drinking a cocktail named after her own heartbreak.
Let the drama rest in peace… or Netflix, whichever calls first.
#CheatersButMakeItSpiritual
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#NotMyPainToCarryDotCom
