Julie Chen Moonves revealed the keys to maintaining a strong marriage six years after her husband, Leslie “Les” Moonves, was accused of sexual misconduct.
“When you know you’re right, don’t probe,” the “Big Brother” host told Page Six exclusively at Us Weekly’s Reality Stars of the Year event in Los Angeles last Thursday.
“It’s better to just have a forgiving heart and think, ‘I’m going to take a deep breath.’”
Chen Moonves, 54, made sure to add: “Never shout.”
“Oh, this is the best,” he continued. “If you have a disagreement…this is what you tell your spouse: ‘Because it makes me happy.’”
Chen Moonves and Moonves, former chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, married in December 2004. They share a 15-year-old son named Charlie.
In July 2018, an explosive revelation alleged that Moonves, now 75, had involved in sexual assault while heading the network.
Six women told the New Yorker at the time that Moonves had forcibly kissed and touched them, and nearly all claimed he intimidated them into silence and even fired them if they rejected his alleged advances.
In response, Moonves, who was married to Nancy Wiesenfeld for more than 25 years before moving on with Chen Moonves, acknowledged “that there were times decades ago when [he] may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances,” but denied “any characterization of ‘sexual assault,’ intimidation, or retaliatory action.”
“Those were mistakes and I regret them immensely,” he continued. “But I have always understood and respected (and respected the principle) that ‘no’ means ‘no,’ and I have never abused my position to harm or hinder anyone’s career.”
Chen Luna was with her manposting via Leslie is a good man and a loving father, a devoted husband, and an inspiring corporate leader. He has always been a kind, decent and moral human being. “I fully support my husband and stand behind him and his statement.”
However, in September of that same year, six more women came forward to accuse Moonves of physical and sexual abuseincluding several who stated in the same medium that he had forced them to perform oral sex on him.
Although he acknowledged some of the encounters, Moonves claimed they were consensual. Still, he He immediately resigned from his position at CBS.
A representative of Chen Moonves, who was forced to leave “The Talk” due to Moonves’ alleged behavior, she told Page Six in December 2018 that she she remained “committed to her marriage” and that the scandal had “brought Julie and her husband, as well as their entire family, closer than ever.”
Meanwhile, a source close to the TV personality, who found God and turned to Christianity during this time, insisted that “Les managed to convince Julie that none of this was true, that they were screwing him.”
Because the couple met and developed a romance in the CBS workplace, our source argued, “Obviously, it shows that Les liked to fish in the company pond.”
‘ pagesix.com ‘
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