"I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me"
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The line reads like a courtroom sentence dressed up as a love story: careful, symmetrical, and engineered to survive cross-examination. Hurley’s “completely loyal and faithful” isn’t just reassurance, it’s credentialing. The adverb “completely” does extra work, suggesting she’s anticipating skepticism and preemptively shutting down the tabloid instinct to distribute blame evenly. In celebrity narratives, neutrality is rarely offered; it’s assigned. Her phrasing pushes back against that.
The real bite is in the hinge clause: “as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.” “Assured” is a subtle downgrade from “was.” It turns his fidelity into a claim rather than a fact, a promise rather than a shared reality. She doesn’t accuse, she documents. That’s the power move: she keeps her own behavior in the realm of certainty while placing his in the realm of testimony. “Indeed” adds a note of dry emphasis, the kind you use when you’re repeating someone’s words back to the world with just enough distance to imply you no longer believe them.
Context matters here because Hurley’s public life has long been narrated through high-wattage relationships and the media’s appetite for scandal. This sentence is crafted for that ecosystem: it’s personal enough to feel intimate, but legally and morally neat. The intent is reputational clarity, but the subtext is grief sharpened into precision. She’s not asking for sympathy; she’s establishing a record.
The real bite is in the hinge clause: “as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.” “Assured” is a subtle downgrade from “was.” It turns his fidelity into a claim rather than a fact, a promise rather than a shared reality. She doesn’t accuse, she documents. That’s the power move: she keeps her own behavior in the realm of certainty while placing his in the realm of testimony. “Indeed” adds a note of dry emphasis, the kind you use when you’re repeating someone’s words back to the world with just enough distance to imply you no longer believe them.
Context matters here because Hurley’s public life has long been narrated through high-wattage relationships and the media’s appetite for scandal. This sentence is crafted for that ecosystem: it’s personal enough to feel intimate, but legally and morally neat. The intent is reputational clarity, but the subtext is grief sharpened into precision. She’s not asking for sympathy; she’s establishing a record.
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| Topic | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
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