\nAfter 22 years, Pierce Brosnan spills the truth on marriage with his wife Keely\n
Best known for portraying agent 007, actor Pierce Brosnan has been considered a true Hollywood heartthrob. Landing the ultimate macho role of James Bond marked his professional life and cemented his career in the world of film.\n
During his early life, he was abandoned by his father, and his mother was forced to leave him with his grandparents in Ireland while she looked for a job that could help her support him in London.\n
Speaking of the time his spent with his grandma and grandpa as a young child, Brosnan recalled, \u201cThere were two lodgers \u2014 workingmen, one in the factory and one in the sawmill.\n
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\u201cI had a metal bed with a curtain around it\u2026. That was my room and my haven and my space,\u201d he shared with Esquire.\n
Even then, he loved watching films, mostly American Westerns, and dreamed of becoming an actor.\n
To the delight of all of us, his dream came true.\n
When he turned 31, Brosnan was reunited with his father.\n
\u201cI had a Sunday afternoon with him. A story about this and that, had a few pints of Guinness, and we said goodbye,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI would have loved to have known him. He was a good whistler, and he had a good walk\u2026. That\u2019s as much as I know about him.\u201d\n
When Brosnan went to London to study drama school in 1977, he met Cassandra Harris. At the time, she was still married to husband Dermot Harris, with whom she had two children, Chris and Charlotte.\n
Brosnan was said to have been smitten by Harris\u2019 charm and beauty. She was five years his senior, but he fell for her instantly and the two married five years later. After the passing of Harris\u2019 first husband, Brosnan officially adopted her two children. The couple went on to have a child on their own, son Sean.\n
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\u201cWe just clicked as a family,\u201d the actor once revealed. \u201cTo begin with I was Pierce, then I was Daddy Pierce, and then I just became Dad. Charlotte and Chris have just been amazing in my life.\u201d\n
When Sean was welcomed into the world, the family seemed complete. But then, in 1987, Harris received the news of the devastating diagnosis. She battled ovarian cancer for four years before passing away.\n
Brosnan recalled that the night he lost his wife was the longest of his life.
\n\u201cI was in a helpless state of\u2026confusion and anger. She was comforting me,\u201d he told People as he opened up of the tragic loss he suffered.\n
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\u201cShe has made me the man I am, the actor I am, the father I am.\n
\u201cShe\u2019s forever embedded in every fibre of my being. She\u2019s there with me every day. I was so blessed to have met someone like that.\u201d\n
Years after Harris left this world, Brosnan suffered yet another heartbreak when his adopted daughter Charlotte was diagnosed with the same form of cancer as her mother. She too passed away, leaving behind her two children and a husband. This loss brought back many bitter memories for Brosnan who was grief-stricken.\n
\u201cCharlotte fought her cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our beautiful dear girl. We pray for her and that the cure for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon,\u201d the actor said in a statement.\n
Following Cassandra\u2019s passing, Brosnan had a hard time coping with the loss. However, he eventually met someone new, his current wife of over 20 years, Keely Shaye Smith.\n
The actor has fallen for Kelly from the moment he laid eyes on her at a Mexican bar in 1992. They started dating two years later and tied the knot after seven years. He knew something was different about her. In an interview with The Independent, the former James Bond star revealed why he was drawn to Keely in the first place.\n
\u201cI love her vitality, her passion. She has this strength that I wouldn\u2019t be able to live without. When Keely looks at me, I go weak.\u201d
\nIt did not take long before the two fell in love. Speaking with People in 2001, she explained that she found Pierce Brosnan \u201ccaptivating.\u201d\n
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\u201c[He was] \u201ctall, dark, and handsome \u2014 everything that everybody would immediately be attracted to. He had this mischievous sparkle in his eyes. I thought, \u2018Wow! Wow!\u2019\u201d Keely said.\n
\u201cI understand why women find him sexy, because he is an appealing man. He really likes and appreciates women. \u2026 He\u2019s intelligent, captivating and his real beauty emanates from the soul. And, like a fine wine, he\u2019s aging beautifully.\u201d\n
Brosnan had previously admitted that meeting Kelly \u201csaved\u201d him at a time when he was deep into a depression. He would do anything to see her, even when his career took off.\n
\u201cWherever I went in the world, I missed her, and I\u2019d send her tickets to come so we could be together. We just seemed to fit,\u201d Brosnan said. \u201cI found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good.\u201d\n
One of the secrets to their long-lasting marriage is that no matter how busy they are with their careers, they always make time for each other.
\n\u201cMy wife and I took a short road trip up to Santa Barbara \u2013 we were going for a romantic weekend and to look at houses and drink great wine. We didn\u2019t listen to any music, but we just listened to the sounds of each other\u2019s voices and sorted out the world.\u201d\n
Over the years, Keely gained weight and people sometimes fat shame her but her husband always has her back and makes sure everyone knows he loves her the way she is. She is the great love of his life, that\u2019s certain.\n
\u201cHer friends offered her weight-loss surgery. However, I adore every curve in her physique. She is the most beautiful woman in my eyes. Additionally, she gave birth to our five children,\u201d the actor was reported to have said.\n
Maybe Brosnan staying with her comes as a surprise to many simply because Hollywood marriages are not \u201cmeant\u201d to last, but theirs is as solid as a rock.
\n\u201cKeely and I love backgammon,\u201d the Hollywood star told People. \u201cWe\u2019re very competitive. I taught her how to play, and now she just trashes me. It\u2019s just so annoying. It really, really, really is.\u201d\n
In a new interview with Fox, the actor gave his fans a new update on their marriage \u2013 and what has been the key all these years. \u201cWe like each other a lot. We love each other a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve been down the road, and we\u2019ve seen many, many hardships as families do, as we all do.\u201d\n
\u201cBut watching someone grow up with you and grow old with you is a very spiritual journey,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo watch each other change \u2026 whatever it may be, the hair, the waist. But it\u2019s the love in the heart.\u201d\n
Brosnan praised his wife for always being by his side and for supporting his career from the moment they met.\n
\u201cShe allows me to go out into the wild blue yonder and do what I do as a man, as an actor, [she] always has,\u201d he added. \u201cKeely is a journalist, a reporter. She\u2019s an artist in her own right. And as a woman, she has made a family for our sons.\u201d\n
We wish this beautiful couple a lifetime of happiness, love, and laughter. They\u2019re definitely an example of how true love can thrive in Hollywood!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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