And I wanted to make a lot of money, to support my parents, see the world. She married and divorced. Within a year, she had become a vice president. It was while in this role that she found herself squiring Murdoch to meetings in Shanghai and acting as his interpreter. Life as Mrs. Murdoch offered another sort of education. The couple traveled constantly; there were homes and a boat to decorate and a far grander social milieu to settle into. Meanwhile, she leveraged her status to make inroads into the Chinese business community that have outlasted her marriage.
Wendi and Rupert Murdoch made a decision together not to discuss the circumstances of their divorce, but friends say that a Vanity Fair article that cast Wendi as ruthlessly ambitious was crushing for her, and that its central allegation—that she had had an affair with former British prime minister Tony Blair—is untrue.
I told her to be true to herself, stay very good friends with Rupert, which she did. They actually do like each other a lot, and they respect each other. I told her that what she has to offer—to teach Chinese people about America and vice versa—is an incredibly valuable thing.
Wendi insists that friends did not take sides in the divorce, and she and Rupert continue to parent as a team. We attend school conferences together. We both make sure they learn Chinese, do well in math.
We make decisions together about how they use social media. I always tell them to treat her kindly. Rumors and gossip have swirled around Wendi Murdoch ever since that became her name, but she has worked hard to ignore them.
Her friends say that she rarely visits the past in conversation. Meditation, which she started around the time of the divorce and often practices with her old friend Deborra-Lee Furness wife of the actor Hugh Jackman , has helped.
Somehow, the conversation turns to an article in The Guardian about men who live as dogs, dressing in rubber puppy suits, chewing on toys, and submitting to their owner-partners. She and Macdonald are meeting with a team from Netflix, which purchased the documentary after it debuted to acclaim at Sundance. When you make a movie, there are all these people competing over the soul of it. Rupert Murdoch, 82, wearing a gray suit and red tie, sat at the far left.
Wendi Deng Murdoch, 44, sat to the right. She wore an olive green overcoat, which she did not remove during the hearing, which lasted less than 15 minutes. Judge Ellen Gesmer read off a list of questions regarding the agreement, first to Mrs. Murdoch, then to her husband. Both issued one-word answers indicating they had reached a settlement, reviewed the terms with their attorneys, and that they intended to comply with the agreement.
The judge told the couple they had 60 days to implement the agreement, which distributes property they jointly hold, and then the divorce would be final. At the conclusion of the hearing, Wendi Murdoch gave her soon-to-be ex-husband a small kiss on the cheek and briefly held his hand. Rupert Murdoch remained stoic. Murdoch married Deng, who is 38 years younger than the mogul, a few weeks after finalizing a divorce from his second wife, Anna Torv, the mother of three of his adult children: Elisabeth, Lachlan and James.
They had one daughter, Prudence. Two years ago, Wendi Murdoch grabbed international headlines when she defended her husband at a Parliament committee hearing investigating News Corp. The press baron is expected to keep his California homes after the divorce is finalized. The Moraga property includes an 8,square-foot mansion and lush gardens. Murdoch agreed to relinquish the tony residence because he wanted his two young daughters to remain in their home, a person close to Murdoch said.
The couple had a prenuptial agreement, as well as agreements struck during the marriage that detailed how the property would be divided. By Kim Masters. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia. Dame Murdoch died on Dec. Sources say Wendi Deng Murdoch was caught off-guard Thursday when served with divorce papers by husband Rupert Murdoch , even though the couple had grown apart.
Shortly after news broke that the News Corp. While sources familiar with both Rupert, 82, and Wendi, 44, say they have lived increasingly separate lives, especially in recent months, a precise reason for the split was not apparent. News Corp.
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