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I’ve never been a fan of Christian Bale, star of Terminator Salvation and the last two Batman movies, because of his gruff voice and passive aggressive demeanor, which surfaced in his London arrest last July after his mom and sister accused him of assault and again on the Terminator set.
But I have a lot more respect for the 35-year-old British actor after finding out he doesn’t see the need for a cell phone and he lives in a one-bedroom house with his wife, Sandra Blazic, and their four-year-old daughter, Emmeline, who doesn’t have a nanny like most celebrity kids.
It makes me check myself and evaluate why I need a touch screen cell phone with cable TV and a two-story house when I don’t even earn 1% of Bale’s estimated $25 million-plus salary.
Now I sort of get why The Dark Knight star is so surly and unapproachable. Being an actor is just a way for him to earn a living to take care of his family, and when the camera’s not rolling, he just wants to be left alone to have a “low-maintenance” life.
“I do exactly the same as I’ve always done,” Bale said. “I don’t have an assistant. I don’t drive a flashy car. I do everything myself. I go to the supermarket myself, the hardware store.”
Bale has never offered an explanation for his family’s assault allegations, calling it a “private matter.”
And he shouldn’t. He’s a private man trying to be a responsible husband and father regardless of whether outsiders understand him.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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