Sandra Bullock: Caring about the star next door

Sandra Bullock, the "movie star next door."  (Courtesy:  TriStar Pictures)

We seem to hear about celebrity-related infidelities on a regular basis these days.

If it's not a philandering politician and his shameless publicity-grubbing mistress, it's the most famous golfer in the world.

So why then are we so blindsided, if you'll excuse the pun, by the news that recent Oscar winner Sandra Bullock's husband, Jesse James, allegedly strayed while Ms. Bullock was off making "The Blind Side"?

Simple, my friends.  Bullock, who owns a home in the Texas Hill Country near Austin, is about as close as we're ever going to get to America's Sweetheart in these "anything goes" times.

I don't know about you, but the news earlier this week that Bullock canceled her trip to the London premiere of "The Blind Side" and vacated the family home in California hit me the wrong way.

Sure, the guy's named Jesse James, so it's not much of a stretch to go from there to "outlaw."  But Jesse shouldn't be robbing any tattooed-lady trains, so to speak.  He should have his wife's back, as Bullock so tenderly proclaimed with her Best Actress golden statuette in her hands on March 7.

Bullock is one tough cookie.  She'll survive.  But this one hurts.

If you'd like more on why we seem to care so much about the Bullock/James mess, Breeanna Hare, posting on the CNN.com Web site, puts all the pertinent info into a neat little blog basket.

Click here to read "Sandra Bullock's love life:  Why do we care?"