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Rupert Murdoch Divorce: something was up

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(Photo : Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng)

Reported by Daily Mail on June 16th, Rupert Murdoch's decision for divorce couldn't have been designing for 6 months long, it's more likely a sudden decision. Right before Murdoch applied to divorce with Wendi Deng, his friend heard he was speaking to himself," something was up."

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June 13th, Media Corporation announced officially that their boss, Rupert Murdoch, has filed for divorce from Wendi Deng, and ended up their 14 years marriage. According to the declaration from Murdoch, contradiction between him and his wife began from 6 months before; their relationship was more and more tense from then on and could hardly go back. It seems Murdoch had been designing to divorce for a long time. The writer of Murdoch's biography disclosed that Murdoch had been thinking of divorce from the end of last year when his mother past away, the reason is he still have enough property to make up for Wendi Deng.

However, when everyone believe in that Murdoch had been planning for divorce, Daily Mail has published an interview report; in which hint that divorce is beyond Murdoch's mind, and what he did was only to cover the emergency. Daily Mail has contacted with a couple who are very close to Murdoch, and this couple said when they are in the party on June 11th, they heard Murdoch thought aloud: "something was up." And next during the party, Murdoch had temporarily suspended the meeting with his friend Jim, 20th Century Fox Chairman and CEO. Everyone knows Murdoch intended to involve in entertainment industry and his corporation is going to split and recreate an entertainment empire. The meeting between Murdoch and Jim is closely related with 6000 million dollars property of News Corp. Suddenly suspended the important meeting, it seems something was really up.

Meanwhile, an official in New Corp. disclosed to Daily Mail, Murdoch hadn't shown up in the party afterward, his assistant came to apologize for him.

In the other hand, Deng's friend disclosed to media, said Deng doesn't know anything about the sudden divorce, she was totally "ignored". The insider also said," Deng said she felt shocked when he heard the news. For sure, she didn't cover the tense relationship to me, but just feel unbelievable. She agree it was a big mistake of the marriage. "

Several years ago, Deng convinced her 77-year-old mother and 75-year-old father to move to U.S., they two hasn't lived together with Deng, but stay in China town in New York. The insider says every time when Deng was talking about her parents' moving to U.S. for living, she looks pride and happy. She also said: "Deng has never thought to have such a good life when she was very young." She also refutes to the media, which called Deng a shrewd, tough and dangerous ambitious schemer; she said Deng did everything she could do, those who criticized others should think about themselves!" 

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