Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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Cele|bitchy


John Mayer: Taylor Swift “humiliated me” with her ‘Dear John’ song about me

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT

John Mayer

John Mayer is such a whiner. Unfortunately, he’s a very successful whiner whose latest album, Born and Raised, just hit #1 for the second week in a row on the U.S. Billboard charts. In response, I’d say, “C’mon, America,” but John also hit #1 in five other countries as well. Honestly, I just don’t get it, but I’m not paid to be a music critic, so I’ll let it go for now.

At the moment, John’s rambling continues unabated, and his current topic de jour is how big meanie Taylor Swift bruised his ego by writing a song, “Dear John,” which is all about how he allegedly treated her poorly. John thinks it’s really out of line to write a song about an ex, which is interesting since his new record contains a song about his breakup with Jennifer Aniston. Never mind the double standard though, for this world revolves around John. Or so he thinks:

Taylor Swift

John Mayer says that he was “really humiliated” by Taylor Swift’s song “Dear John,” which the country-pop star allegedly wrote about him. “It made me feel terrible,” Mayer says in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on newsstands Friday. “Because I didn’t deserve it. I’m pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do.”

Swift’s song, which appeared on her best-selling 2010 album Speak Now, was released shortly after Mayer went on a two-year hiatus following his controversial interviews with Rolling Stone and Playboy. “Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong / Don’t you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?” Swift sings on the tune, a staple of her live set.

Swift and Mayer were romantically linked before the song’s release, and in an interview conducted shortly after, the singer indicated that the song’s subject would be apparent. “There are things that were little nuances of the relationship, little hints,” said Swift. “Everyone will know, so I don’t really have to send out emails on this one.”

Mayer now tells Rolling Stone that he learned about Swift’s feelings directly from her song. “I never got an e-mail. I never got a phone call,” he says. “I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I’d already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you’ve ever been, someone kicked you even lower?” When asked about the song’s line, “Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with?” Mayer says, “I don’t want to go into that.”

Mayer also takes issue with “Dear John” as a musician. “I will say as a songwriter that I think it’s kind of cheap songwriting,” he says. “I know she’s the biggest thing in the world, and I’m not trying to sink anybody’s ship, but I think it’s abusing your talent to rub your hands together and go, ‘Wait till he gets a load of this!’ That’s bullshit.”

[From Rolling Stone]

I find it interesting that John describes himself as being “pretty good at taking accountability now,” yet he’s the one who recently claimed to not even remember the Playboy interview where he talks about his David Duke c*ck at great length. Then again, he probably wasn’t really hurt by Taylor’s lyrics and was only really concerned about how the song might impact his ability to get laid in the future. Because ultimately, that’s what John is all about. He’ll even sing a page from 50 Shades of Grey in an effort to get laid. Now that’s dedication to one’s craft.

John Mayer

Taylor Swift

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

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Duchess Kate & Prince William are trying to get pregnant. Right now.

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Did I expect Duchess Kate to get knocked up right after her wedding? Not really. I hoped she would, just because it would give her something to do, and it would give her an international storyline that we could all follow breathlessly. But I didn't really expect her to get knocked up right away. But I did think the announcement would come before Kate and William's first wedding anniversary, but it didn't. Instead, there were a slew of reports claiming that the royal couple was hellbent on waiting (Kate's specialty) and several royal sources claimed that Kate and William were merely focused on not pulling focus from the Queen during her Diamond Jubilee. One source even claimed that Kate and William would wait until 2013 to even start trying for a baby.

Well, now that the Diamond Jubilee stuff is done and the royal family is preparing for some time off before the London Olympics (they open on July 27), perhaps it's time to re-evaluate the royal baby plans? Or they could just go on vacation again. Why not do both?!?

HollywoodLife.com has spoken to a source with inside knowledge about the Royal couple who reveals that William and Kate are now trying for their first baby and we have the real reason they've waited to start a family.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are about to become parents. A source tells HollywoodLife.com that William and Kate will be announcing their exciting news by the end of the summer. Keep reading for all of the exciting details.

"They can't wait to have a baby," a source tells us. "They were waiting for the Queen's Jubilee to be over before trying for a baby. They didn't want to overshadow such a big moment in the Queen's life. But now they are more than ready and Kate could quite possibly be in the early stages of pregnancy right now!"

We told you that Prince William told Katie Couric that he wanted to start a family with Kate and that he might not continue with the Royal Air Force — so that he can become a dad!

[From Hollywood Life]

It's interesting to think that Kate and William might actually try to get pregnant now, and Kate would be in her first trimester during the Olympics… meaning she would have to do two things at once, "work" at a royal and gestate, at the same time. Imagining the enormity of that – in Kate's mind – makes me think that she'll be putting it off until after the Olympics. But sure, this is possible. I could see how Kate and William might be reviewing their baby plans now that the Jubilee stuff is over.

Or maybe all of this is just the cover story because Harry and Kate made a very special ginger baby last night.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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Lindsay Lohan got herself a cracked-out turban, just like Elizabeth Taylor

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Another day, another post devoted to photos of Lindsay Lohan playing the most cracked-out version of Elizabeth Taylor ever. At least Lindsay's crack-boobs are covered up in these photos, although you can tell that she's hyper-aware of the paparazzi and she's trying to give them some poses. Quick question: does this entire Lifetime movie take place on a boat? Because they only seem to be filming scenes on this damn boat. I guess this pier is supposed to be standing in for Italy, London, Greece, and everywhere else Liz & Dick's romance took them. It's kind of sad.

Let's talk about the costumes for this production. Yesterday, we saw that ill-fitting, unfortunate swimsuit, and now we're looking at some retro 1960s pieces, including what appears to be a silk scarf doubling as a turban. Now, I'm a huge fan of Elizabeth Taylor, and I've seen lots of photos of her from this time period. Her casual, everyday style was like this – mod shifts, Capri pants, easy little sandals, scarves-as-turbans. So, while some of the costumes might be technically correct, it's also about how a woman wears it. Elizabeth looked glamorous and chic every day during this time period. She didn't look like a bloated crackie who chain-smoked and tweaked every two seconds.

Something just occurred to me – the production is going to have to replicate some of Elizabeth's most famous jewelry, aren't they? I hope to God they don't borrow any real pieces, because the crackhead will crack-heist them.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Pacific Coast News.
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Kelsey Grammer has a vow renewal a year after he married his 4th wife: weird or sweet?

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:49 AM PDT


I feel like Kelsey Grammer’s wife, Kayte Walsh, has been pregnant forever. I know we rarely see photos of her (or we ignore them) but I get the sense she should have given birth to those twins already. Anyway, Radar has a kind of humorous take on ol’ Kelsey’s latest stunt, a quick trip to Vegas to exchange vows with heavily pregnant Kayte, just a year after their first wedding. (Which happened like almost immediately after his divorce from Camille.) According to Radar’s insider, Kelsey is trying to prove something since he’s so demonstrative with Kayte. Remember how he just got his first tattoo for her? (I didn’t either, and I reported on it.) Here’s Radar’s report, which is worth repeating:

Just one month before their twins are due, the couple, who originally married in February 2011, renewed their vows at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

“It’s completely bizarre that Kelsey and Kayte would renew their vows after only being married for a year. Kayte is very pregnant and it was Kelsey’s idea to go to Las Vegas to renew their vows,” a source close to the couple tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “With this and the tattoo incident, it’s as if he is constantly trying to prove to the world and to Kayte how much he loves her and it’s sad to witness.

“Kelsey hasn’t been acting like himself for a long time now. This just isn’t the Kelsey Grammer that his family and friends know. Kayte has had a very rough pregnancy and she just wants it to be over with. The whole experience has been very isolating for her and she misses her family.”

The Frasier star and his British-born wife joked that they wanted to have silly wedding pictures to show their kids.

"Kayte’s the most wonderful person in the world," Kelsey said. "I’m just so happy! We’re really excited. We’ve always wanted shot-gun wedding pictures so we can show the kids later on! We wanted to celebrate and re-dedicate [ourselves] to how much we love each other and to our growing family around the bend… I love that she had the courage to marry me twice!”

[From Radar Online]

Well Kayte is his 3/4 life crisis, and Kelsey is still deep in that crisis. She’s what he’s clinging to, to the point of rejecting Camille entirely. Kayte’s got to be his everything or he gave up his longterm marriage and family life (as atypical as it was with their immense wealth) for nothing. He’s justifying himself, and making this golddigger into a martyr. Once Kayte finally has those twins, are these two going to do a photospread in People? Is Kelsey going to be talking about how his life began with Kayte and their twins as if his three other wives and four other kids don’t matter as much? That’s what I’m reading into his comments now.

Also, I get the impression that couples do vow renewal ceremonies when they’ve gone through a rough patch, not when they’re madly in love.

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Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte Walsh

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Drew Barrymore’s wedding photos take two People Mag covers: lovely?

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:36 AM PDT

As we discussed over the weekend, Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman just got married on Drew's Montecito property, and they sold their exclusive wedding photos to People Magazine. I mean, I'm assuming it's "sold" and not "given". Although Drew doesn't need the money and Will's family is rich (he's like the American Ned RockNRoll), I suspect there was a sale and it was more about exclusivity than profit. People Mag did two covers for Drew – one solo, and one with her new husband touching her baby bump.

Any thoughts on what we can see of Drew's Chanel maternity wedding gown? It's… um… conservative. I'm assuming the wedding service was traditional Jewish (a rabbi performed the marriage), which traditionally means the bride should be more "covered up" than, say, a Baptist wedding. I don't have an issue with Drew being covered up. I do have an issue with that funky collar though.

Dear friends, close family and a flower-embroidered Chanel gown designed by Karl Lagerfeld himself – no wonder Drew Barrymore is a beaming bride.

“The day was perfect,” Barrymore, 37, told PEOPLE the day after tying the knot with art consultant Will Kopelman. “Everyone we love and care about was there. It was as fun and meaningful as we ever could have hoped.”

For the June 2 ceremony at her $5.7 million Montecito, Calif., home, the expectant actress and Kopelman “just wanted a backyard wedding,” says event planner Yifat Oren.

Oren and co-event planner Stefanie Cove delivered a “vintage romantic”-themed fete, creating what Oren called an “ethereal” feel for the wedding party and guests Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Fallon and Busy Philipps.

The decorations for the traditional Jewish ceremony included vintage lace, pink flowers and green garlands.

For much more about the wedding, including the A-list guests, the emotional ceremony and the reception catered by famous chefs – plus photos! – pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

[From People Magazine]

Kopelman "just wanted a backyard wedding." Hm. He comes from money, he knocked her up and maybe his family pushed him into marrying her and she converted – and after all of that, he just wanted a backyard wedding? I don't know. I'm not raising the "Code Red: Drew Picked Another Loser" alert yet, but I do have my doubts as to whether this will be a good match in the long run. We'll see. I do enjoy the bridal whitewashing of Drew, though. Like this is her first marriage. Or her second.

Covers courtesy of People Magazine.
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Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth are engaged, Miley confirms to People Mag

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:03 AM PDT

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are engaged, y'all. Miley confirmed the news to People Magazine, and it seems like she also gave People some exclusive photos of her engagement ring too. Miley and Liam have been together for the better part of three years – they got together in the summer of 2009, and they split up a few times for a few months back in 2010-ish. But Miley and Liam always got back together after those early breakups, and word around the gossip mill was that Liam wanted Miley to live a less famewhore-extravaganza lifestyle. Miley did end up taking a step back from her celebrity life, and she and Liam have been living together for more than a year. And now they're engaged…?

Wedding Party in the U.S.A.!

Miley Cyrus and Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth are engaged to be married after three years of dating, their reps confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.

“I’m so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam,” Cyrus, 19, tells PEOPLE.

Australian actor Hemsworth, 22, who met Cyrus when they costarred in The Last Song in 2009, proposed on May 31 with a 3.5-carat diamond ring from jeweler Neil Lane.

Next up for the couple: Cyrus is in the studio working on a new album, while Hemsworth is currently filming Empire State in New Orleans. He’ll also shoot Paranoia with Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman before beginning production on the second Hunger Games installment.

For more on Cyrus and Hemsworth’s engagement, including what their families think – and to see a photo of Cyrus’s ring – pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

[From People Magazine]

Yeah, Liam's career is really picking up nowadays. When Liam and Miley first got together, she was the breadwinner and the "star" but with The Hunger Games and "the rise of the Hemsworth boys," Liam is definitely going to get more work. Will Miley be okay with playing second fiddle to an emerging Hollywood heartthrob? I kind of think she might be okay with it. Especially if she starts having babies.

Back in March, Miley tweeted a photo of her hand, supposedly showing off her manicure, but she really seemed to be showing off a diamond ring. I don't know if this is her engagement ring or not, I just thought I'd put it up:

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and Miley's Twitter.
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Duchess Kate & Prince Harry seem especially close these days. Just sayin’.

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:25 AM PDT

As I was covering some of the royal family photos from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations (here and here), I kept noticing something weird… Prince Harry and Duchess Kate are TIGHT. Their body language is much, much friendlier and sweeter than her body language with Prince William, her husband. Now, I'm not saying that Duchess Kate is going to get pregnant with a little ginger heir (wait… I already said that more than a year ago), but I do think that it says *something* about Kate. And Harry. And William.

I asked my Twitter buddy Prince Harry Watch if they thought something was up, and I got shut down – Prince Harry Watch says, "Harry’s a very affectionate person & despite what some people say, I think he does like his sister-in-law." I agree to a certain extent – Harry seems like the kind of man who gets along with everyone, and… well, let's face it: if there's a pretty girl around, Harry is going to make jokes and try to impress her, regardless if the "pretty girl" is his sister-in-law. But I find it especially interesting given the dichotomy of Prince William's mostly sober, at times morose disinterest in his wife as compared to Harry and Kate's affectionate relationship. You can see even more photos of Kate and Harry here. They look really nice together.

So… will the next heir be a ginger? Can you imagine the scandal? No, Kate would never. Would she?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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Rihanna goes off on Esquire UK journo who grills her about Chris Brown: justified?

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:20 AM PDT

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Last week, we reported on Rihanna’s new cover for the July issue of Esquire as well as some scant interview excerpts where she said some ridiculous stuff about how she’s learned to ignore all the attention that comes with (I guess) posting one’s entire life to Twitter and Facebook. Now the full interview has hit newsstands, and it’s a relative doozy.

To recap, Esquire’s developing quite a reputation for writing really rude and bitchy profiles about their cover celebrities. Most recently, Tom Chiarella focused unnecessarily upon Bruce Willis’ bathroom and pear-eating habits. He’s also the same journo who stomped all over Matthew McConaughey's weekend hospitality tour last year. Then there’s Lisa Taddeo, who attempted to foist her ex-boyfriend’s characteristics onto Bradley Cooper. Essentially, there’s been a fair amount of unprofessionalism and an apparent lack of preparation involved in a lot of these interviews, and it seems that Esquire’s newfound habits have spread across the pond as well.

Now Esquire UK’s Johnny Davis has tried to pull a fast one on Rihanna by grilling her about Chris Brown. At first, I can understand the point he’s trying to make, but he really gets carried away here, and it’s easy to see why Rihanna would get angry at being repeatedly cornered during the interview. Here’s the relevant text, which goes on at length, but I’m including so much of it to illustrate just how far this journo goes:

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Esquire: “What has been the Twitter response to the Chris Brown remixes?”

Rihanna: “Some love it, some hate it, some love it but still hate that we did it. But the response in the end has been incredible.”

Esquire: “Was that [the recording session] the first time you'd seen him in a while?”

Rihanna: “When would we have seen each other? We've both been working and touring. [changes the subject]. This is really good food.”

Esquire: “It proved quite a controversial thing.”

Rihanna: “Well…definitely. Definitely. The whole thing caught me a little off-guard to be honest… especially the amount of… negative attention. Because it never occurred to me how this was going to be a problem, you know. It really didn't.”

Esquire: “Because enough time had passed that it was OK?”

Rihanna: “I thought people were gonna be surprised that we finally did a record together, but I didn't see how people could think it was a bad thing, you know? In my mind, it was just music.”

Esquire: “Some people felt it sent the wrong message.”

Rihanna: [Angrily] “What was that? What message would that be?”

Esquire: “You'd gone back to someone who put you in the hospital.”

Rihanna: [Getting angry] “Oh really? Did I?”

Esquire: “Well… yes.”

Rihanna: “Did I? Did I? Did I?”

Esquire: “You went and recorded with him, yes.”

Rihanna: “Okay. In a completely professional environment. And on a complete professional note. I mean, if I went back to him [as a girlfriend], then that's a whole different discussion. And if I ever do, then that's something that y'all have to talk to me about when – if – that ever happens. Until then, look at it for what it is. I think a lot of people jumped to an assumption that was incorrect and they ended up looking stupid.”

Esquire: “The assumption you were dating again?”

Rihanna: “Because of a song. How stupid. If I was together with every collaborator I worked with… f-ck my life.”

Esquire: “Still, the lyrics didn't do much to dispel that impression. His opening line is ‘Girl I want to f–k you right now/been a long time/I've been missing your body.’ You reply: ‘Remember how you did it/If you still want to kiss it/Then come and get it.’”

Rihanna: “That was the tone before he was even on the record. You think it was going to be about hopscotch or jump rope?”

Esquire: “So neither of you for a minute thought ‘This is going to put the cat among the pigeons’?”

Rihanna: “I could never see anything wrong with making music.”

Esquire: “Maybe the thing is that as an artist your personal and private life are intertwined, and you’ve already played on this. The first song you put out after the beating incident was ‘Love the Way You Lie,’ about domestic violence.”

Rihanna: “Absolutely. But ‘Love The Way You Lie’ was me as an artist working with Eminem as an artist, telling our stories individually. On a track together. I’m lost. I'm confused as to what you're trying to get at.”

Esquire: “That it's hard to separate the person who's been the victim of domestic violence and the pop star singing about domestic violence.”

Rihanna: “I know. And that's how f-cked up society is. There's a lot of s–t y’all can't get over. Y’all holding your breath on a lot of stuff that doesn't matter. When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me – and God. This is turning into a tacky interview. What do you really want to talk about? I'm not here to [talk] about messy s–t.”

Esquire: “It's just what's been making the headlines recently.”

Rihanna: “OK! So do you want to talk about everything on Google? Or do you want to talk about stuff that my fans want to know? Let’s get to the real stuff. The stuff that’s important.”

Esquire: “What do your fans want to know?”

Rihanna: “You tell me, as a journalist. You’re asking the questions and I give you the answers. I can’t give the questions too.”

Esquire: “I'm sorry it's upset you.”

Rihanna: “It hasn’t upset me. It upsets me that you keep asking the same kind of questions about stuff that's trivial. What’s there to talk about? Are all your questions like that? Let’s move onto the next one.”

Esquire: “It's just that you haven't given an interview for a while. A lot has happened.”

Rihanna: “You think I haven’t given an interview for a while? I did four this morning.”

Esquire: “Did they go any better than this?”

Rihanna: “We’ll see [when they come out] tomorrow.”

[From Esquire UK]

Look, I know that Rihanna is a bit of a brat most of the time, and this fact is evident by those who haven’t even heard any of her music but have merely glimpsed her Twitter stream. I also think it was a very stupid move for her to record music with Chris Brown — not only because Rihanna was placing herself that much closer to actually getting back with him (relationshipwise) but also because it sends a very bad message to her young (and not-so-young), impressionable fans. However, this journalist didn’t know how to stop asking the same questions when Rihanna had already made it very clear that she wouldn’t discuss them any further.

It’s like Esquire and Esquire UK have been instructing their journos to deliberately irritate the living hell out of most of the celebrities that they profile over the past few years, and the final interviews have often been so twisted that the journos end up looking like douches themselves. Obviously, critical journalism has its place, but Esquire’s interview method of late has been rather counterproductive.

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Incidentally, here’s Rihanna on the set of the new Seth Rogen movie, The End of the World, which also features Paul Rudd, James Franco, and Emma Watson. Rihanna plays herself in the movie, so there’s no danger of her showing off her (nonexistent?) acting skills.

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Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, RihannaLounge.com, and Esquire UK

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Amanda Bynes tweets Pres. Obama: “Please fire the cop who arrested me.”

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:19 AM PDT

After spending the last two months in an endless cycle of booze, car accidents, arrests and would-be, should-be arrests, Amanda Bynes has issued a statement about her tendency to drink-and-drive, and about her DUI charge. That statement was made via her Twitter:

[Via Amanda's Twitter]

YES. She tweeted President Obama and asked him nicely, "Please fire the cop who arrested me." ARE YOU JOKING? I hope to hell she was high and drunk when she tweeted that, because if she was stone-cold sober, I'll have to think that she's a flat-out moron. Besides all that, her denial of "I don't drink" and "I also don't hit and run" is bulls–t. Does she think people will believe her over the mounting evidence that she hits-and-runs on a now weekly basis?

Anyway, Amanda seems to have tweeted this nonsense in direct response to a misdemeanor charge being filed against her officially. This misdemeanor DUI charge is related to her original arrest on April 6 – where she (drunkenly) SMASHED INTO A COP CAR. Upon her arrest, she refused to complete a Breathalyzer, so I guess Amanda's justification for her consistently horrible driving in the wee hours (after she's been clubbing and bar-hopping) is that she's simply a horrible driver. If she's convicted (I hope), she'll face 48 hours in jail, three years probation and a nine-month alcohol program. And that's basically it. Because California is soft on drunk drivers.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and PCN.
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Jenny McCarthy complains that her ex Jim Carrey never visits her autistic son

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:18 AM PDT

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I have mixed feelings about Jenny McCarthy. I still remember her as the sexy doofus on “Singled Out,” which seemed to be playing on MTV constantly when I was in high school. She’s carved out a career for herself, and she’s going to appear in Playboy again as well as host a dating show called “Love In The Wild.” She’s also a controversial advocate for autism awareness, having founded a school and advocated for the Green Our Vaccines campaign. Jenny claims her son Evan, 10, from her first marriage, is autistic. She also claims that she successfully treated Evan with diet and alternative therapies. (A 2010 article in Time speculated that Evan may have a milder disorder called Landau-Kleffner syndrome.) Whatever the case, Evan was diagnosed with autism.

Jenny’s son formed quite a bond with her then-boyfriend, Jim Carrey, whom she dated from about 2005 to 2010. Jim was around for Evan’s formative years, and Jenny called him “the autism whisperer,” saying in 2007 that Jim had “helped Evan get past some obstacles I couldn’t. He speaks a language Evan understands, and Evan feels safe with him.

According to Jenny, Evan still asks about Jim all the time and she’s upset that Jim hasn’t reached out to Evan in the years since their breakup. She admits that she hasn’t personally contacted Jim to tell him this, although she says she’s gone through “channels” to reach him. Here’s more:

McCarthy, who dated the 50-year-old comedian for more than five years, says Carrey — who has spoken publicly before about his lifelong struggle with depression — has completely turned his back on McCarthy’s autistic son Evan, 10, following their 2010 split.

“I’ve tried to ask [Jim] numerous times [to see Evan], because my son still asks,” the Love in the Wild host, 39, told Stern, adding that Evan tells her he misses Carrey “almost weekly.”
McCarthy revealed that, while she doesn’t feel like she can communicate with Carrey herself, she’s gone through “channels” in an attempt to convince the actor to talk to her son.

“I haven’t [reached out directly] . . . I think that sometimes people need to take a real break from each other,” she explained. “But I still love him. I think you can love people from a distance and respect him. But as a mother, you just hope when you have a relationship with someone, it has nothing to do with the child when you break up.”

Added the former Playboy model (who also revealed she lets Evan watch her ex’s films), “I tell [Evan] that someday you’ll cross paths, meet again. . . [but] it’s hard. He’s been in therapy. It’s a process, he’s working on it.”

Even though she hates the impact her breakup has had on her child, McCarthy says she still doesn’t regret her and Carrey’s decision to part ways.

“Jim’s a dark guy,” Stern remarked during their discussion.

“As you get older, Howard, you kind of get to see things more clearly,” McCarthy explained about moving on from her ex-love. “Hopefully you get happier [over time], and I am so much happier.”

Contributing to McCarthy’s happiness? Her new relationship with Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher.

Her rep confirmed to E! News recently that the model and NFL player are indeed a couple. McCarthy and Urlacher, who have been dating quietly since April, made their public debut together during a date night last month at Giuliana and Bill Rancic’s Chicago eatery, RPM Italian.

[From US Weekly]

I feel like this isn’t fair to her son for Jenny to put this out there. Yes it’s sad that Jim hasn’t contacted him, but it sounds like Jenny has only barely tried to contact Jim in a roundabout way and hasn’t told him directly what’s going on. It’s not right to make a public statement that her son misses her ex and is in therapy because of it. Jenny never had much of a filter though. She told Oprah that she broke up with Jim Carrey because “it wasn’t fun anymore.” Reports at the time claimed that Jim was in a deep depression, having gone off his medication for bipolar disorder. There were rumors that Jim had given Jenny a whopping $25 million in trust for Evan after their breakup, although those originated in Star Magazine and it’s hard to know whether they were true. She’s moved on now, but it’s sad that her kid still misses Jim and asks about him. I don’t get the sense that Jim would ignore Evan, but I have no idea.

Jenny McCarthy Jim Carrey

Jenny McCarthy Jim Carrey

Jenny McCarthy Jim Carrey

Jenny McCarthy Jim Carrey

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Jenny and Jim are shown in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

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