Christian Bale is easily our method actor of the week – his dedication to clown-beating even extends to his own clown mother, for God’s sake.
But, in all of this possibly-illegal motherclown-beating kerfuffle, one question has stood out above all others – what makes a newly-minted megastar like Christian Bale start whaling on his mother and sister on the happiest day of his life?
Turns out the reason might be cash. According to reports today, Christian Bale kicked off after his sister asked him for £100,000 to help raise her three children. Frankly we’re disgusted – doesn’t Christian Bale know that all children have the right to receive occasional gifts of more than the average British annual working wage that their mother has managed to guilt out of their moviestar uncle? Shame on you, Mr Bale. Shame on you indeed.
One of the downsides to being famous is that your success tends to attract unwanted curiosity – people know that you’re loaded and they want to take a little slice of your cash for themselves.
When this happens the best thing you can do is to retreat into the bosom of your family. But if you’re Christian Bale, and it’s your family that’s doing the begging, well then you’re pretty much effed up the bum.
That’s apparently the reason for Christian Bale’s still-bemusing assault arrest this week. For the newcomers among you, Christian Bale was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of assaulting his mother and sister right before the London premiere of The Dark Knight. He denies the charges and his family denies calling the police.
Since then, Christian Bale has been bailed and the assault has been described as a strong verbal attack, possibly combined with a mild push. At first the reason for this alleged attack was that Bale’s mother was slagging off his wife, but now The Sun has spoken to a source who claims that Christian Bale got a bit shirty when his sister Sharon asked for £100,000 to help raise her kids:
“Christian is a very wealthy young man and was asked to help his sister out financially. He was asked to loan her £100,000 but he refused and that caused an almighty row. During that row, the women claim, he assaulted them by pushing and shoving them… They are both devastated that it has come to this but want him to be taught a lesson.”
Yeah! Jesus, Christian Bale is such a bastard, isn’t he? He deserves to be taught a lesson – the lesson that you’re supposed to financially bail out any of your relatives who appear to be either greedy or living beyond their means whenever they want just because you’ve starred in a couple of films about a funny-voiced crimefighter in a gimp suit.
Sharon Bale could hardly ask any other members of her family for support, could she? Her mother’s a part-time clown – what kind of financial help could she possibly offer? Those kids need £100,000, not a shipment of abnormally large shoes and a tiny spluttering car that keeps falling apart!
Still, not to worry – even though Christian Bale chose not to help his nieces and nephews out, they’ll still get their cash one way or the other. Probably from all the royalties from their forthcoming memoirs I Wear Rags Because My Uncle Is Stingy And Allegedly A Bit Violent.
Macy says
I could not disagree more. In my own personal experience with horrible relatives, I can say there are definitely family members of mine I would not “bail out” financially under any circumstances. For people who have not had horrible – really, really traumatic, horrible – family experiences, it’s difficult to understand these situations. From what I’ve heard, it seems like Mr. Bale fell out with this mom and sister when his mom forced him to choose which parent he’d stay with following his parents’ divorce. I’m all for helping out people in need, but sometimes, you have to consider personal responsibility, in this case, the sister’s responsibility for her own children. And it’s not like she’s asking for a college loan, she might be trying to pay off gambling debts for all we know. My point is this: you have no clue what’s going on in peoples’ personal family lives. It is unwise to assume so.
Janae says
REPLY to MACY–this is just a guess, but I’m pretty sure the writer of this article was being sarcastic in scolding Christian Bale. JMO
David Bryden says
Ahhh, there’s nobody can abuse you like your own family.
Because they start early.
Grant says
Janae’s right, your a fuckwit macy
christy says
Nothing like greedy relatives to bring out the best in a person. I’m sure she’ll get more now since she pressed charges, to drop them. Can I ask him for money to raise my kids too? Just because we’re not related shouldn’t matter a bit.
GUTTA says
thats his sister, she shouldn’t have to ask for it..if he have it he should share it!!
When i make a Mil-Ticket I’m taking my whole family out the Hood!!
real Talk!!
:(
Grant and Janae are fucking stupid says
Macy hit it right on you fucktards. Did you even read her post?
Heather says
It’s not his responsibility to take care of his sister’s children. I’m sure if the roles were reversed she wouldn’t even give him the time of day. Teaching them financial responsibilities and safe sex is the intended lesson.
Barbara Kinzel says
I am the only professional in my family and I make a pretty good income. I spent my late twenties, thirties, and into my early forties helping out my brother and mother. When it came to my brother, there was never a thank you, never a suggestion of repayment. Finally, when he cheated me out of $15,000. I told him that I was tired of being the family banker and his response was “Well, what do you want? You’re the one who is making it!” That was 12 years ago and I have not spoken to him since. I have absolutely not problem with Mr. Bale turning down his sister. The irony is, if she had asked for a reasonable amount or waited a few more years when he was sure of his stardom and his finances, he probably would have showered her with the money. That Sharon Bale and their mother would treat their family like this is disgusting. Everyone one has to be responsible for themselves and their own children. Besides, who of us knows what he has done for them already. Barbara Kinzel
euclid says
Did you even read the article?
Why is irony so difficult for some people?
Hey G&Jafs, I’ll save you some time:
Jesus is the answer.
Have a nice day. [Lesson #1: ask yourself,
“Does he really want me to have a nice day?”
If the answer is No (hint: the answer is No)
then it’s irony. Get it?]
Moksha says
What a bunch of twittering arse weasles
susan clark says
TWITTERING ARSE WEASELS!! I love that! You Brits are soooo good at the descriptive put-downs!
Milissa says
That word arse cracks me up! Christain is one of my top two favorite actors.
I agree with Barb K’s statement. His sister should have asked for a reasonable amount.
Kit Kat says
Does sound like these are not nice relatives, coming for cash on his happiest day, only to ruin that day by calling police. Relatives from Hell. Btw, that’s not 100,000 she asked for, that is 100,000 x (what is the UK tax rate 50%??).. so in order for him to give her 100K, he’d have to earn 150K.. just a rough calculation… bet it took him decades before he was earning that type of money.. and family didn’t mind he lost his childhood while working to pay the family’s living expenses. I like Christian, I wish all the best for him.. he has many loyal fans around the globe…