Not to be that person (and I generally try to avoid commenting about these things because an actor’s personal life isn’t the public’s business), but since I didn’t initiate this topic and open the door to the gossip/speculation….apparently, there already were other pap pictures (other than these Cancun pap pictures) of Melissa and Chris together from much earlier than this. Early enough that, if Vancouver paps are to believed, their relationship predates her filing for divorce in December (and his split from his girlfriend in January).
But, this is a celebration of something they obviously were not attempting to hide. It was a joyous story done by one of the major entertainment shows here in the U.S. wishing them well [...]
If I’m being a cynic (which I am 80% of the time) and putting on my PR spin hat, I’d speculate that they (Melissa and Chris) weren’t "hiding" their relationship now in these Cancun pap pics because they had already been outed - again, they’d been spotted by Vancouver paps months prior - and by putting on some romantic PDA here - with color coordinated swimsuits, beautiful beach backdrop and all - and having a pap conveniently snap some high quality pics and video and then disseminating those pics to mainstream entertainment news sites, they (and their PR reps) could control the story somewhat. They could paint this as a brand new thing now that (arguably) enough time had passed between her divorce and his split from his previous girlfriend to distract from the purported overlap between them splitting with their previous partners and this "new" relationship.
But even if that's so…it’s their lives, they can do what they want. They're entitled to private lives like anyone else.
I’m now going back to my corner where I'm silently judging everything, but not commenting. ;-)