According to reports that surfaced yesterday, Ryan Phillippe’s affair with Australian co-star Abbie Cornish was the impetus for the the split from wife Reese Witherspoon.  Page Six reports

RYAN Phillippe’s cruel intentions to cheat on wife Reese Witherspoon brought an end to their glam Hollywood marriage…. The “Flags of Our Fathers” star couldn’t resist his seven-year itch when he brazenly played around in public with 24-year-old Aussie actress Abbie Cornish. “Ryan admitted it was true and said, ‘We need to just end this.’ Phillippe and Cornish allegedly grew close in Austin, Texas, on and off the set of their indie flick, “Stop Loss.” The National Enquirer says the final straw came two weeks ago… when Witherspoon found incriminating e-mails on her hubby’s BlackBerry.

There’s nothing I hate more than a cheater.  Like last week, when I was baby-sitting this second-grader and we were playing Candy Land, she totally picked up a new card when she thought I wasn’t looking.  But I was looking.  And I hate cheaters.  So I spiked all of the remaining pieces onto the floor and chucked the cards at her and tried to rip the board in half with my bare hands.  But they make those bastard game boards really tough, so I had to dump my gin and tonic on it to soften it up and then take a steak knife to it to really do any damage.  It took a good half hour to tear it apart.  But I finally got it!  And I bet you little Suzy Jo won’t ever cheat at Candy Land again.