Is Antonio Banderas openly flirting with other women in front of his wife?

Back in April, Star Magazine had an interesting story (with photo evidence) about Antonio Banderas fooling around on his wife, Melanie Griffith. Star claimed that Antonio and some busted-looking blonde were down in Cancun, partying and flirting and looking very much “together”. I was surprised by the lack of commenter surprise – it seems like many of you thought Antonio was capable of cheating, or has already been cheating on Melanie for a while. Anyway, here’s a new story from The Enquirer – while Melanie and Antonio were in Cannes last month, Antonio was flirting away with attractive women in front of his wife, and Melanie was so displeased, she threatened to leave him.

Melanie Griffith is threatening to give her Spanish heartthrob hubby Antonio Banderas the boot after seeing him getting overly cozy with two exotic beauties at the Cannes Film Festival! Antonio was caught on camera cuddling with gorgeous Goga Ashkenazi, a super-rich businesswoman and socialite from Kazakhstan at the Cinema Against AIDS party. But that wasn’t all! Antonio was also snapped getting down on the dance floor with Bollywood stunner Mallika Sherawat, who was decked out in a revealing see-through black dress.

“Melanie’s eyes almost popped out of her head when she saw that,” a source told The Enquirer. “She couldn’t believe Antonio would dance so close to another woman. Antonio knows he’s a heartthrob and he makes no secret of his love for beautiful women. Even though Melanie didn’t catch him cheating, the photos of Antonio with Mallika and Goga really freaked her out.”

Insiders say a furious Melanie lashed out at Antonio, 51, as soon as she saw the pictures, but the flirtatious actor just brushed off her concerns.

Making matters worse, rumors swirled that he’d invited stunning Mallika to Spain to tour the new facilities of an AIDS charity they both support.

“Melanie feels there is absolutely no reason for Antonio to be inviting anyone to Spain with him, except HER… she told him if she ever sees him cozying up to another girl, the marriage is over. Neither one of them really wants out of the marriage, so he agreed to her demands just to keep the peace.”

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

I was just looking through our photos, and I can’t even find any of Melanie in Cannes this year. Was she even there? Was Antonio flying solo in Cannes (and then in Monaco for the Grand Prix), and while he was there, he was flirting up a storm with available women? Yikes. Whatever is going on with them, I do have some concerns. Maybe they have some kind of arrangement – they’ll stick with their marriage through the bitter end, and both of them gets to do whatever they want for their extracurricular activities? Hm.

Photos of Antonio in France and Monaco in May, and Melanie at Coachella in April, courtesy of WENN.

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