Recent pic of Harrison and Melissa

[EileenB]

Thanks again to Grandma Jones for this. From the latest issue of Hola magazine

PS: Melissa looks terrific

http://www.harrisonfordweb.com/forumphotos/Hola2.jpg

[megford]

recent pic? really? Oh! I missed her so much. she looks terrific and so does harry.

Thank you for sending the pic!

[P i x e l]

When was this taken?

[EileenB]

from the looks of his haircut I'd say around the time of filming HH

[BeeJones]

Wow, what happened to Melissa??? Can´t even remember her looking so good! And Harrison leaning relaxed at the Jag (of Calista???)...why can´t he always wear his hart in that sexy way?

[BeeJones]

I mean his hair...sorry guys!

[iamready]

OK, do we also speculate that the young guy and girl are Malcolm and Georgia?

[Ravenwood]

Thanks Grandma Jones.

They look so nice and relaxed. It's so nice to see them together. I wonder who the guy in the middle is?

[BeeJones]

The girl could be Georgia, but that boy being Malcolm? I don´t know, but this boy doesn´t look like a 16 years old teenager for me...As for that man in the middle...I´d wish Melissa has found a new man in her life, but I´m still so stunned about her so good looking,..why the hell he ever let her go or was she so much imprisoned when she was his wife??? Go, Melissa, go!

[andreajl]

Hi all,
In IN Touch Weekly (April 21st issue) there is an article titled "Harrison's Heartbreaking Meeting"
subtitled "Battling through divorce, Ford's family deals with the upset of being divided."
Here's the article:
It's one of the most heartbreaking sights in any divorce - watching the kids go from one parent to the other. It's no different for movie superstar Harrison Ford and his wife, Melissa Mathison, who have been hammering out the details of their divorce for almost two years. The tension shows as they meet to exchange their children for visits. Despite having known each other for 25 years, the former couple didn't speak during two frosty meetings. Harrison and Melissa share custody of their kids, Malcolm, 16, and Georgia, 12, and met for the handover in a parking lot in suburban Van Nuys, Calif. First, Melissa drove up with Georgia, and Harrison whisked his daughter off for a visit to a hobby shop and a quick bite at the Cafe 50's diner. Then an hour later, there was another meeting when Melissa dropped off Malcolm and the same ordeal happened again. "Harrison and Melissa hardly looked at each other and didn't say a word," reports the witness. Ever since Melissa filed for divorce 20 months ago, the pair has become increasingly distant. "They only speak to each other it it's absolutely necessary," says a close friend. "The relationship between them is icy at best." At stake is some $300 million that Ford, 60, and his wife of 20 years have amassed, thanks to his string of hit moview such as The Fugitive, Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark and her screenwriting credits, which include the blockbuster ET. "Because of their vast fortune, their divorce was never going to be easy," says another source. "As the months dragged on, they started fighting tooth and nail for what they each felt was theirs." Harrison, who has two grown children from a previous marriage, is adamant about keeping his airplanes and a $250,000 wine collection, reports another friend, while Melissa is primarily interested in keeping the Los Angeles house where their children grew up. The divorce will be settled under California law - which means Melissa is entitled to half the assets. While Mathison, 52, is expected to keep the LA home, Ford may end up with their $5 million New York apartment and their ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Their only joint interest now is their two kids.

There is a photo spread along with the article with four other pictures. The caption with the one shown in the earlier post states: Harrison chats with Melissa's companion as he picks up his two kids, but he doesn't even glance at this wife of 20 years.

Another photo shows Melissa leaving with Georgia and Harrison looking "down at heels" (leaning against the black car) caption states: A downcast Harrison reflects on a difficult day.

There is a shot of Malcom and Melissa (that is Malcom, I presume, since he is identified as such) and a shot of Harrison and Georgia.

I hadn't posted this before because I sort of felt bad that they can't even have privacy when doing strictly family business - esp. difficult situations like this. I know what it is like to meet in parking lots to exchange kids. Unpleasant and awkward, perhaps convenient, but always strange.

The article also has two small photos of Harrison and Calista shown separately leaving the All About Eve reading. Calista is walking with her mom and Harrison is walking with his mom and Calista's father, Ronald. The photo make it look like they are separate but I saw another shot where they were leaving in a group together. Photography angles are very deceiving!

All in all, Melissa looks terrific, better than ever, and has a "companion" (from what I've read she is not the shy type in that department) so she seems to be dealing with things. Malcom and Georgia look well. Harrison looks handsome and in that one photo - thoughtful - though "downcast" is a little too editorial for me.

I know this is a ridiculously long post. I hope I wasn't out of place!

Take care,
aj

[NWgal]

AJ, I read the same article last week and thought about posting it - but decided not to because I found it so egregiously invasive (as I do the other articles that exploit what is obviously very private).

Harrison looks handsome and in that one photo - thoughtful - though "downcast" is a little too editorial for me.

I didn't get the feeling from the one picture that he was either downcast or thoughtful - but, rather, that he had just breathed a big sigh of "relief" because the ordeal was over.

[Lorrie]

Hi aj,

You and I are on the same wavelength. I just saw this article at the grocery store this morning and was going to post here, but you beat me to it.:) Thanks for taking the time to type all that.

I don't know about you, but I found the article to be a liitle on the "tabloidish" side. I hate quotes from unidentified "close friends" and the comment about a "downcast" Harrison is a stretch at best. How can someone know the thoughts of a person based on a photo taken with a tele-photo lense! He could have easily been thinking "Gee, I need some new shoes!" :D

I think Melissa looks great! As for the article...I'm going to take it with a grain of salt.

Thanks again, aj.

[Whipcracker]

How close could these "close friends" be if they think the kids grew up in LA?!

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig grain of salt here.
Whipcracker

[DanaHayHay]

I picked up this magazine at the store yesterday. I showed the article to my husband who had casually asked what I was reading. His comments were interesting and (I think) insightful. The first thing he said after looking at the picture of Melissa and then glancing down at the one of Flockhart was, "Harrison Ford is a fool." Then, he handed it back to me and said, "Show me who the peacemaker is in that picture." I must've looked really blank at that point because he pointed and said, "The little girl." Then, he pointed and said, "That boy is also as far away from 'Daddy' as he can get." He also said that he thought Harrison's "relaxed" posture looked like a "man-fake" (his term, not mine) He said it was that "I'm cool and trying not to let you know how defensive I am right now" stance. He also said he thought that the "downcast and reflecting on a difficult day" picture was just Harrison digging his car keys out of his pocket (this comment came complete with demonstration). :)

It's alway interesting to get a man who absolutely could not care less 's opinion.

Dana

[Samsonpete]

Man Mellissa is looking HOT!!!!! I'd be very happy for her if she is dating too, as that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the pic. Harrison looks like he's having quite the conversation with this guy. The kids look good, I feel for them. But they'll make do, just like millions of other kids. It's hard, but they will be okay.

[Samsonpete]

I think they both have made some great changes in the "looks" department. (except for Harrison's hair, which doesn't look that bad in this picture)

[nileqt87]

thats so sad. harrison and melissa were a good couple. remember he broke up with mary over daliances. and now calista is the daliance. he really is getting a bad record.

[CMinor]

WEll, I'm going to take this picture in a positive light - Harrison and Melissa seem to be getting along well, which is going to make it easier on the children. Good on them for not turning into one of those ex-couples who won't be in the same room together.

CMinor

[Ravenwood]

They all look kind of chummy to me.

[ms.deb]

I agree -- Melissa looks good... She looks perkier (is that a word) since the last pic I saw of her. Im happy that she looks good and not dumpy. You know....couples can divorce and remain friends and I am really hoping that this is the case.

[Sierra112]

I do feel that it really is too bad that photos like this will probably be the norm if they continue to meet in public places for the "transfers". They should be doing this at one another's home, or at the home of a friend, if that isn't possible. This would spare them ALL the possibility of being open to covert photos being taken in what should be PRIVATE family situatiions. The adults involved are public figures, and as such quite probably have become used to being photographed anywhere and everywhere, but the children are not, and should not be exploited this way.

[Samsonpete]

they've been seperated for over a year, and these are the first pics of "the exchange" yet. Seems to me they've been pretty good at keeping it private.

[frani]

Thanks Grandma Jones for this new picture. Always, Frani :)

[ms.deb]

DanaH, ...men have such interesting perspectives on things...dont they. My husband sort of rollls his eyes at the situation. I wont tell you what my husband thinks...cuz......anyway. Tell your husband thanks for the non-interested-person perspective. I look forward to his next insightful perspective.

[BeeJones]

Seing them under that kinda things I don´t like the scene anyway...Don´t look at each other after all that long time...that makes me feel very sad...I can´t even deny it, I´m with Melissa, I´m a gal, if money is the thing that matters Harrison, Melissa hit him very hard...and he denies it...But he still got enogh to get happy wth Calista and I guess he´ll do...so, good wishes to Harrison and Calista....

[IndyFan]

I think Calista is giving Harrison a bad image. I think he and Melissa need to settle their differences, famous celebrities or not.

Harrison Ford used to be a family man. Now, I'm not so sure that's what he is anymore...

[Ravenwood]

Amen to Harrison & Melissa getting back together Indy Fan. Although I dont think it will happen, I'm still crossing my fingers.

[seeye88]

I think Calista is giving Harrison a bad image. I think he and Melissa need to settle their differences, famous celebrities or not.

Harrison Ford used to be a family man. Now, I'm not so sure that's what he is anymore...

of course she is giving a bad image to harrison....but isn't that too obvious?'0?

i've always admired melissa and she is the right wife for him.

[ms.deb]

I dont want Harrison to get back with Melissa because he always looked lonesome and unhappy. Now that he is with Calista, he looks happy, sexy, alive,sexy,sexy,sexy....okay you get the point.

p.s. yes I know my flip flop view on Cally may seem a bit bi-polar.

[Teeside]

Harrison Ford used to be a family man. Now, I'm not so sure that's what he is anymore...

That's the crux of the thing, isn't it? Let's face it, none of us know what the real Harrison Ford is like. All we have to go on is what he's said to journalists (anything celebrities say to journalists should be taken with a grain of salt) and what journalists and other people say about him. Playing up the family man image was good for business

[ms.deb]

thank you teeside, I am so glad that someone besides me feels this way.