Backpedal: (Verb) To hastily reverse one's previous action or opinion.

Ohhh! Look who suddenly believes in monogamy now! Scarlett Johansson is clarifying her previous statements about monogamy not working, now that she's engaged to Ryan "Solid Gold Abs" Reynolds. In the August issue of Cosmopolitan, she says:

"I don't think it's a natural instinct for human beings," she tells the magazine. She adds, "Monogamy can be hard work for some people. I don't think it applies to everybody, and I don't think a lot of people can do it."

"I believe in finding a soul mate. I've always been in monogamous relationships. I would never want to be in an open one. It'd be too awful." (Source)

It's like being in a committed relationship didn't even exist until Scarlett Johansson came up with it. I guess it's just too nuanced a concept for us lowly bottom feeders to wrap our feeble, primitive brains around. Oh please, wise celebrity sage, tell us more of this muh-noh...gam-ey you speak of.

Ryan "Picked a Winner" Reynolds on location for The Proposal with Sandra Bullock: