He may not be wearing his wedding ring, but the former 007 is a one-woman man\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1496869278-e1717683834821.jpg” title_text=”Los Angeles Special Screening Of %22Dal\u00edland%22″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Pierce and wife Keely Shaye are famously devoted to each other<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
His famous alter-ego, James Bond, wasn\u2019t exactly the marrying kind, but Pierce Brosnan has always been the poster boy for wedded bliss. In fact, he and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are famous for having one of the most devoted and enduring relationships in showbiz \u2013 ever since they met 30 years ago at a party in Mexico, and married seven years later in 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But last week, the Hollywood icon sent the rumour mill into overdrive after being spotted without his wedding ring, while out and about in London with his mother Mary May Smith. The 71 year old is currently in the capital working on his new film,\u00a0Black Bag,\u00a0while Keely, 60, has stayed back at their home in Hawaii. While many actors are prone to removing their personal items while working on TV and film projects, Pierce\u2019s choice to do so has come as a surprise, considering he\u2019s chosen to wear it on camera in the past in tribute to his beloved wife.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-513701318.jpg” title_text=”Pierce Brosnan and His Mother May Smith Sighting In Madrid – March 03, 2016″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Pierce is very close to his mum Mary May Smith<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
So, what does it mean? According to our insiders, there\u2019s no need to panic. Whispers may be circulating that there\u2019s trouble in paradise, but Pierce and Keely are apparently still as strong as can be. Like many couples, they\u2019ve weathered storms, and continue to face their challenges \u2013 but ultimately, they remain committed to their 23-year marriage and the life they\u2019ve built together with their sons, Dylan, 27, and Paris, 23.<\/p>\n
\u201cPierce and Keely are the first to admit they\u2019ve had their difficult times down the years, like any other couple,\u201d says an insider close to the\u00a0GoldenEye\u00a0actor, who \u2013 in real life, as a devout Catholic \u2013 has little in common with 007\u2019s lascivious ways and wandering eye. \u201cIt\u2019s well known that she\u2019s found his intense work schedule difficult to live with at times \u2013 plus, they\u2019ve had patches where they\u2019ve gotten on one another\u2019s nerves and needed space for one reason or another. But, at the end of the day, they\u2019re a total unit, and navigating these ups and downs, and learning to tolerate and compromise, is what\u2019s kept them strong. Pierce is a staunch Catholic, who believes in the sanctimony of marriage and that Keely is very much his life partner until death do they part.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1502778557.jpg” title_text=”Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix’s %22The Out-Laws%22 – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
With sons Dylan and Paris<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Last year, the actor gave some insight into his and Keely\u2019s rock-solid partnership \u2013 while also acknowledging the \u201chardships\u201d they\u2019ve encountered along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe like each other a lot. We love each other a lot,\u201d he told\u00a0Fox News. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve been down the road, and we\u2019ve seen many, many hardships as families do, as we all do. But watching someone grow up with you and grow old with you is a very spiritual journey. To watch each other change\u2026whatever it may be, the hair, the waist. But it\u2019s the love in the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
This followed Pierce\u2019s online outburst in defence of his wife a year prior, after Internet trolls cruelly body-shamed her. \u201cFriends offered her surgery to reduce her weight,\u201d he said in a now deleted Facebook comment. \u201cBut I strongly love every curve of her body. She is the most beautiful woman in my eyes\u2026I am very proud of her, and I always seek to be worthy of her love.\u201d<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-104835853.jpg” title_text=”2nd Blockbuster Awards” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”3px|8px|3px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” min_height=”28.8px” sticky_enabled=”0″]
The couple have been together three decades and married in 2001\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Poignantly, a big part of Pierce and Keely\u2019s special relationship has always been her support and understanding of his grief, having lost his first wife, Cassandra Harris, to ovarian cancer when he was just 38 and she was 43 \u2013 three years before he met Keely. In 2013, he described Keely as his \u201cNorth Star\u201d, adding that she \u201chas always been kind and compassionate and encouraged me to mourn Cassie\u201d. She supported him through his grief again that same year when, tragically, his daughter Charlotte \u2013 whom he shared with Cassandra, alongside sons Sean and Christopher \u2013 succumbed to the same disease as her late mother. In the aftermath, sources have said that Pierce relied on his wife more than ever, and she duly comforted him in his time of need.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, like many long-term relationships, the pair have differed in opinions along the way \u2013 with insiders saying that Keely, who works as a documentary filmmaker, wishes that Pierce would slow things down now that he\u2019s into his seventies. In\u00a0Black Bag,\u00a0he\u2019s returning to his spy roots \u2013 playing an undercover agent called Spiegel \u2013 in what promises to be a physically demanding role. That, coupled with the fact that he\u2019s been filming the movie in London without Keely, and without his wedding ring, despite wearing it in his 2022 film\u00a0Black Adam,\u00a0is what has sent the rumours flying that their marriage is in crisis. But, as our source tells us, there is no need to jump to conclusions.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-144941007.jpg” title_text=”10th Annual People’s Choice Awards – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Pierce’s first wife Cassandra Harris sadly passed away when she was only 43<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
\u201cIt\u2019s known that Keely would like Pierce to take it easy and not push himself physically,\u201d we\u2019re told. \u201cHe tears around the globe like he\u2019s a guy half his age, sometimes taking on scenes that are extremely intense. Keely trusts him to take care of himself for the most part, though she can\u2019t help but worry for him at times too. But the rumours that they could be headed for any type of split aren\u2019t being taken seriously by the folks who know them well.\u00a0It\u2019s true he rarely takes off his wedding ring, but sometimes he does, and this was one of those occasions. From his perspective, any suggestion that there\u2019s some type of marriage crisis is laughable. Keely\u2019s hoping to fly out and join him in the UK soon and, in the meantime, he just wishes people didn\u2019t jump to silly conclusions about the state of his marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n
With all other indicators pointing to a strong and sturdy marriage, Pierce is apparently not letting the fuss bring him down. Instead, he\u2019s focusing on his latest project, while eagerly awaiting his reunion with Keely \u2013 either in London, or back home in the US. As for the rumours and scrutiny, he\u2019s neither shaken, nor stirred.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Aboreto|||on|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]
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