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Daily Inspiration Quote by Eva Longoria

"I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity"

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Hollywood loves to sell divorce as a morality play: someone cheated, someone strayed, someone got caught. Eva Longoria drags the spotlight off sex and onto the far less cinematic culprit: labor. The line is disarmingly practical, almost anti-gossip. It’s also a subtle rebuke to an industry that markets romance for a living while structuring life in a way that makes sustained intimacy feel like an unrealistic pitch meeting.

Her phrasing matters. “I think” softens the claim, signaling experience without turning it into a manifesto. “Destroys” is blunt, a word you’d use for demolition, not drifting apart. Then she narrows the target: “our work schedule.” Not fame, not temptation, not “Hollywood” as a moral swamp, but the calendar. The subtext is that relationships don’t collapse only from spectacular betrayals; they erode through logistics: 4 a.m. call times, location shoots, press tours, night work, months spent living like a guest in your own home.

The most pointed move is the downgrade: “not so much infidelity.” She’s not denying cheating exists; she’s demoting it from primary villain to symptom, a side effect of exhaustion and distance. That repositioning protects privacy (no names, no scandal) while indicting a system that treats personal life as an optional accessory.

Contextually, it lands in an era when celebrity marriages are both content and cautionary tale. Longoria’s take is a reminder that “work-life balance” isn’t just a corporate wellness slogan; in Hollywood, it’s an actual relationship survival strategy.

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Eva Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is a Actress from USA.

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