Hathaway: Follieri questions 'difficult'

U.S. film actress Anne Hathaway said being asked about her relationship with jailed Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri has been difficult.

Follieri, who was arrested in June shortly after he and Hathaway broke up after about four years of dating, recently pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Asked by a reporter in New York what was harder -- going through a break up and the media attention connected to Follieri's legal troubles or promoting two movies while it was all going on -- Hathaway replied, Being asked that question.

No one has to ask it and people do. I'm here to talk about a movie, nothing else, she told a group of journalists while promoting her latest film Rachel Getting Married.

I've never been comfortable talking about my personal life with the press. I've done it because I don't want to stonewall anyone. If I could just sit here and talk about the movie all day, I'd be really, really thrilled, she explained. At this point, from my perspective, it's done. ... With everything going on with the election, which is so huge, we're deciding our country's future right now, I think my personal problems and personal history is not really on anyone's radar anymore, so the question is the difficult part because it keeps (the matter) in the focus where I don't think it needs to be.