Monday, December 20, 2010

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Cele|bitchy


Prince Harry is cold, needs to heat himself up with burning loins

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:30 AM PST

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As I mentioned on Friday, Prince Harry was in Berlin, Germany for several days to receive an award for his charity work, and to do some ceremonial stuff. The photos where he's wearing his coat and he's standing in the snow are my favorite - he's paying his respects to some kind of war memorial, and he looks absolutely delicious. Cold and hot at the same time, you know? Like I would warm up that ginger boy with the FIRE OF MY LOINS.

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Anyway, there are also some really funny photos of Harry at this event for charity. I guess part of the event was some kind of sit-down meet-and-greet with mothers and kids, and this one little girl was severely unimpressed with Harry. She's yawning and looking away and being a little pill throughout the whole thing. Harry is a good sport about it, too. Call me crazy, but I think Harry is the one who got his mom's hands-on love of children - Harry is a big kid himself, and whenever I see him with kids, he just seems to completely engaged. Unlike William, I hate to say.

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By the way, did I ever mention how my mom is a huge Diana-loonie? She is - Diana could do no wrong for my mother. Anyway, my mom has gotten to the point where she looks at photos of Harry and mutters "Jesus, Diana, who were you doing?" Ha! Even a Diana-loonie thinks something in the milk ain't quite clean as far as Harry's paternity goes.

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Photos of WENN.

Angelina Jolie on her holiday plans: “We’re going to travel & have an adventure”

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:37 AM PST

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Angelina Jolie spoke to her nemesis on Friday… no, not Jennifer Aniston. Not Chelsea Handler, either, although that's closer. No, she spoke to her nemesis Ryan Seacrest, the little diva who bashed her several years ago, and who Angelina and Brad have gone out of their way to ignore on several award show red carpets. Perhaps Angelina was just in "saleswoman" mode, and she just wanted to get The Tourist's press tour over with. Perhaps Angelina and Dame Seacrest finally buried the hatchet. Whatever… the full radio interview can be heard here, and here are some of the highlights of their conversation:

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their globetrotting family won’t be staying put for Christmas.

“We’re going to travel with the kids and go to a random part of the world,” Jolie told Ryan Seacrest on his KIISFM radio show Friday. “We’re going to travel and have an adventure because that’s what we love to do.”

It’s hard to image when the mother of six, who’s currently promoting her latest film The Tourist, has had time to shop for Christmas, but Jolie says she has all the kids’ gifts taken care of.

“I’ve got it all boxed and ready to go,” Jolie, 35, says. “I went through it today. I’m trying to get every stocking right and all the wrapping paper.”

And after the holidays? It’s back to work for Jolie, who just wrapped filming on her directorial debut in Hungary.

“I go into the editing room in January for a few months,” she said, adding that her animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 2 will be out in the spring.

“I’m a little schizophrenic,” she joked of her wide-ranging film choices, “but somehow it works out.”

[From Us Weekly and People]

I sent this story to CB on Friday, and we were chatting about it back and forth throughout the weekend, for some reason. CB thinks it would be nice if Angelina, Brad and the kids spent the holidays at home - or one of their homes. She doesn't get why they always have to "travel" and "have adventures" for the holidays. I theorized that it was probably one of the few times during the year that the kids are out of school and no one has to work and they can travel as a family and do something all together. I don't know, though. Perhaps Angelina is just trying to be "different". I think it would nice if one year, their "exotic" holiday locale was just Missouri, you know? Spend the time with Brad's family, have a Christmas tree, do a brunch. EXOTIC.

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Amy Adams’ cheesy Christmas

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:11 AM PST

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Actress Amy Adams has a new interview and Christmas photo spread with Parade Magazine. I love Amy and enjoy reading her interviews, but I have to say that her holiday photos are super cheesy. It’s like they’re channeling her Enchanted persona for Christmas. You get the impression that she’s somewhat like that, though, and that this photoshoot is closer to her real personality than any sexy half-dressed generic starlet spread.

Most outlets are pointing out that Amy is saying she’s not in a hurry to lose the weight she gained while she was pregnant. She’s filled out a little, sure, but I barely see the weight on her. You can tell that she’s not stick thin, but that’s about it. In Parade, Adams also talks about her relationship with her fiance, how they work out their differences and co-parent their daughter Aviana, 7 months.

Adams is promoting her role in The Fighter, alongside Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it earns her another Oscar nomination.

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On the holidays
“There was always a lot of energy around my house during the holidays growing up–a lot of food, a lot of football. The whole season has a magical feeling for me that I don’t think ever goes away,” says this middle child of seven kids, who grew up mostly in Colorado and whose parents split when she was 11. As she does every December, she’ll call her dad to get the recipe for the family’s traditional Banana Ice (a frozen whipped concoction featuring bananas, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, ice, and Sprite or 7-Up). This year, she’s also looking forward to starting some new traditions: “Just little things, like a certain candy in a certain dish,” she says. “I find that it’s the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.”

How she realized she was pregnant
Adams realized she was starting her own family one morning when she tugged at her refrigerator door. “I saw almond milk in the fridge–Darren drinks it, but I’d never tasted it–and it triggered an animal response,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘I need that,’ and I drank the entire carton in 10 minutes. I looked at Darren and said, ‘I think…yeah, I’m pregnant.’”

On finding pregnancy liberating
She describes the months that followed as one of the most liberating periods of her life. “Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body–meaning that it wasn’t put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit,” she says (though anyone who saw her 2008 pictorial homage to Rita Hayworth in Vanity Fair might disagree). “I was like, ‘Look, I can carry a baby! I’m gaining weight right, everything’s going well.’ And I’ve had that relationship ever since.” Since the birth, she adds, “I’ve been working out when I can, and I’m trying to eat in a healthful way, but losing weight is not my number-one priority. It’s part of my job to return to some semblance of what I was before. But I don’t feel I’ve ever made my career on my rockin’ bod.”

On toning up for her role
The role [in The Fighter] required Adams to wear short shorts and a crop top for the bar scenes and lingerie in the bedroom with Wahlberg. “David said, ‘This is kind of how we see her dressing,’” she recalls, “And I said, ‘I’m getting in a gym, ’cause there’s no way I’m going to end up not looking my best.’” But Russell KO’d that impulse, telling her he didn’t want her to look like an actress who’d gotten in shape for a role. “He said, ‘I want you to look like a girl who drinks beer,’” the actress recalls with a laugh.

On her relationship with her fiance
Le Gallo [Adams' fiance] has also turned out to be “a great swaddler” and helpmate in managing the work/parenting balancing act. The couple, who met in acting class, have been together nine years, but the birth of their daughter has deepened their relationship, Adams says. “Now we understand the importance of teamwork. And if we have a disagreement, we work toward a solution.” They have a policy of never spending more than two weeks apart. For example, when Adams went to New Orleans in August to film an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Le Gallo and Aviana joined her for the 11-day shoot. At home in Los Angeles, they share baby night-shift duties and have a dinner date once a week. As for a wedding, she says it’s going to happen but isn’t sure exactly when–she hasn’t been able to wrap her head around the planning process.

Mostly, Adams says, she’s been learning to focus on the moment and not be too hard on herself. “The best advice I’ve gotten as a parent is, ‘You’re not gonna be perfect,’” she says with a chuckle at the understatement. “Take today–she’s teething and I want to be in there with her. But I also want to do a good job here for everybody who worked on the film.”

She pushes back a lock of her naturally strawberry-blond hair. “I actually love my work more now, ’cause I feel if I’m going to be away from her, I’d better enjoy it. I’m trying to be more present in each moment of my life. She’s taught me that.”

[From Parade]

Amy doesn’t say anything particularly personal or groundbreaking, but I love to cover her because she’s just so damn normal. Plus we never hear from her unless she has a film to promote and that’s refreshing. Parade also has a recipe from Amy for “guilt free” pumpkin pie with Splenda. I hate Splenda because my son is allergic to it. Regular sugar (or Stevia) has to be much healthier than anything that gives people rashes. Regular sugar also goes along with the whole theme Amy stresses in this interview. She says that her family’s signature holiday drink involves 7-up and that she’s putting out candy in a specific dish to create a tradition. And she’s not pushing herself to lose weight. So let’s see a recipe with real sugar and butter! It feels good to have something minor to criticize her about.

Photos and video are from Parade, which has more photos from Amy’s shoot.

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David Beckham makes Victoria weepy, emotional at UK event

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:56 AM PST

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Before I get into the nice stuff, can we just talk about David Beckham's hair? I mean… what the hell? Becks is known for his constantly changing hairstyles, and I do think he looks very handsome when his hair is a bit longer and shaggy, but this parted-down-the-middle, goober-style he's sporting is just hideous. I hope he changes it up soon. Anyway, onto the real story. Last night, David Beckham took home the BBC's "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Sports Personality of the Year awards in the UK. Apparently, Becks got very emotional when he gave his thank-you acceptance speech, and Posh got very emotional too. It all sounds very, very sweet.

Victoria Beckham was reduced to tears last night as her husband David was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year. The former Spice Girl struggled to contain herself as she sat with the couple’s three sons Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight and four-year-old Cruz and Beckham’s mother Sandra.

A clearly emotional Beckham also found it difficult not to cry as he thanked Victoria and their sons for their support over the years. He said: ‘Of course, I want to thank my wife and my children. Not only has she given me three amazing boys but the support she’s given me and she is truly and inspiration for me every single day. So Victoria, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz - thank you.’

In the audience, a teary Victoria wiped her eyes as she watched her husband accept the prize along with her sons.

While Lineker gave Beckham, 35, a couple of seconds to recover, Sir Bobby said: ‘I would just like to say congratulations to David. He is a very very pleasant person and a good man and he deserves everything that has been said of him tonight. He’s also never afraid to say his opinions on everything so I think I should pass it across to him now.’

Beckham then continued: ‘I’m obviously really humbled because to receive an award for something I love doing and have always loved doing is amazing. To receive it from Sir Bobby Charlton, I am truly honoured. Football is a team game and without the teams and the players’ support I have had over the years, I wouldn’t be here today. I wouldn’t be here without the skill and support of those players. I’ve been lucky enough to play with some of the great teams over the years. Playing for England has been one of the highlights and biggest things of my career. I’ve been able to play under some of the best coaches in my career and obviously for me the best manager in football who I regard as a father figure still after so many years of knowing him - Sir Alex Ferguson. I’m sorry that I’m going on, but I really have to thank my parents, who have sacrificed so much over the years. My sisters, my grandparents, my family, my friends, other people who work with me and for me, and lastly, if I’ve forgotten anyone I apologise. This year I went to Afghanistan and I saw the bravery of our troops out there. And what they do day in and day out, they risk their lives to save other people. I dedicate my award to the men and the women who are serving our country in Afghanistan. Be safe and have a great Christmas.’

[From The Daily Mail]

What do you think the state of the Beckhams' marriage is? Despite all of the reports of David's infidelity over the years, I do think he and Victoria really love the hell out of each other, and that their marriage is relatively strong. Obviously, Posh isn't going to let a few random hookers, assistants, club girls and whoever else ruin her family. Are these the new "family values"? I don't know. But whatever they're doing, it seems good, I guess.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds go to dinner, supposedly act friendly

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:52 AM PST

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Why is it when celebrities divorce they end up going to dinner afterwards and leaking details to the press? It’s like they have to show that they’re not involved with all the acrimonious name-calling and blaming that accompany typical divorces. As Kaiser wrote Friday, many of the recent stories on the Scarlet and Ryan split have a definite pro-Ryan slant, with wording that suggests that Scarlett was somehow too immature for him, and that he wanted to work it out but she was ready to bolt. Now there’s an undoubtedly publicist-sanctioned piece in People about Ryan and ScarJo’s dinner and how they were “civil” and “friendly” with each other but aren’t reuniting.

FacebookTwitterE-mailWhen they announced their split, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds said they wanted to continue to show love and kindness toward each other.

That was certainly how they appeared Friday night as they got together for what a source tells PEOPLE was a “friendly meal” at Blue Ribbon restaurant in New York. “They were smiling and laughing the whole time,” the source says.

Johansson, 26, had just returned from a trip to Jamaica with girlfriends and Reynolds, 34, was in town for a photo shoot during a break from filming in Atlanta.

“They just wanted to connect and have a friendly chat,” the source says. “They just wanted to sit down together. The tone was light and fun despite the untruths that the media is working up. 
They aren’t reconciling. This was just two people who were married being civil and friendly.”

Sources say the pair, who were married in 2008, had grown apart because the demands of their busy schedules.

[From People]

Maybe this happened, and maybe it was a way for these two to present a friendly face to their divorce. Meanwhile there’s a story on E! that makes it sound like Scarlett’s people are trying to hit back at the carefully worded reports from Ryan’s camp. They claim that these two were “never together” and naturally “grew apart.” Scarlett isn’t immature, according to this story, Ryan is. “She wants a family once she finds the right guy with enough confidence to deal with her celebrity,” their source says. So while these two are having dinner and a “friendly chat” their publicists are battling it out with leaked stories to various celebrity outlets. There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just Scarlet calling Ryan a jerk over the phone.

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Teen Mom Amber gets huge tattoo of her daughter

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:35 AM PST

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Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has had a large tattoo inked on her stomach of her daughter Leah, two, in what sources tells Radar Online is “a way to show her commitment to Leah.” (You can see the tattoo here, on Radar) Amber recently earned back custody of Leah, after the girl was temporarily placed with her father. Amber is under investigation for felony domestic abuse of Leah’s father, Gary Shirley. Part of the reason why Amber was awarded custody again was the fact that she moved into a new apartment and actually got a bed for the little girl. There were rumors in this week’s tabloids that Amber was pregnant again by an unknown father, with In Touch running it as a cover story, but she’s denied that’s the case and those stories may have been leaked by Amber in an attempt to earn headlines. You would think that if Amber wanted to show “her commitment” to her daughter she’d clean up her act, stop attacking her ex and try to interact with the little girl more. Instead she’s getting a giant ugly tattoo of Leah’s face. I’m sure Leah would appreciate it more if her mom actually sat down and read a book to her or played a game. Here’s Radar’s report:

Controversial Teen Mom star Amber Portwood never wants to lose her daughter, so she recently took a dramatic step to prove it: she got a full-torso tattoo portrait of two-year-old Leah.

As RadarOnline.com discovered, Portwood is proudly showing off a colorful tattoo on the left side of her stomach featuring Leah’s face surrounded by roses.

The ink appears to be unfinished, as there are still parts left uncolored with just the outlining.

According to a source close to the Indiana native: “she got the tattoo as a way to show her commitment to Leah” — and so far it’s her first and only tattoo.

The 20-year-old mother has come under immense scrutiny since she was charged with felony domestic violence for assaulting her baby’s father, Gary Shirley, during an episode of the hit MTV show.

The Department of Child Protective Services was forced to get involved, placing the baby with Shirley for a short period before giving her back to Portwood after she purchased a new bed for her daughter and cleaned up her home.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Portwood hit Shirley again - this time away from prying cameras - after an argument ensued involving his new girlfriend, Ashley.

Portwood has also stepped back into the dating pool since her split with Shirley, spending the majority of her time with Clinton Yunker, who has two children of his own and a lengthy criminal record.

[From Radar]

That is one huge ass tattoo. Leah is a gorgeous little girl and in no way does that amateur portrait surrounded by giant purple roses do her any justice. Still, I’m enjoying the thought that Amber will be stuck with that bad ink for the rest of her life. If only it would dawn on her that she needs to change her ways and spend time with her daughter to be a good mom.

Radar is also reporting that Amber’s ex Gary spent about $20,000 on completely frivolous items for himself, including $6k on a trip to Vegas, $5k on furniture, and $4k on a new Dodge Charger although, like Amber, he has a suspended license. Amber must be the source for that story. It’s believable, and you just wonder if Gary is getting the money from MTV.

Photos are from 12/9/10 and 12/10/10. Credit: Fame Pictures

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Tom Cruise takes Katie Holmes out for her 32nd birthday

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:18 AM PST

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Katie Holmes turned 32 years old on Saturday. Thirsty-two… going on a hard 40-something due to excessive Xenu and medication. Anyway, Tom Cruise managed to pry himself away from Jeremy Renner and Josh Holloway on the Canadian set of Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (twitch) to fly down to New York to treat his girls to some family time. On Friday, Tom took Suri and Katie to see The Nutcracker, and they even got to pose with some of the ballerinas (cute pics here). Then, Tom took Katie out for two birthday dinners on Saturday and Sunday night. These photos are from last night - I guess Katie didn't feel like wearing makeup for dinner…?

Katie Holmes, having a romantic 32nd birthday dinner with hubby Tom Cruise at ABC Kitchen in New York City. The couple was casually dressed – he wore jeans and she was in a lacy top – and very affectionate at their late-night meal. According to an observer, the two were very cozy at their table, laughing and enjoying themselves. Earlier in the weekend, the two took daughter Suri to see the New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker – and the family headed backstage, where Suri got to meet the dancers and pose for pictures.

[From People]

So Tom got to spend some time with his girls… good for him. There was some speculation in last week's Star Magazine that Tom and Katie are having marriage problems yet again, so this weekend came at a convenient time. Tom and Katie haven't been spending a lot of time together, though. She's been filming in LA, he's been in Europe and Canada - Tom goes weeks without seeing his wife and daughter. God knows what he does in that time. Shops for lifts?

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Neil Patrick Harris calls soap actor Eric Braeden a d-bag, gets schooled

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:07 AM PST

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Neil Patrick Harris has apologized for calling The Young and the Restless actor Eric Braeden a “d-bag” on Twitter. Harris tweeted on Friday that Braeden had canceled a cameo on Harris’ sitcom How I Met Your Mother, writing “Eric Braeden is a D-Bag. the actor, (Robin’s dad) agreed to a cameo, then last night bailed, saying the part wasn’t ’substantial’ enough.” In response Braeden, 69, explained that he’d just had hip surgery and was too tired to show up to do just two lines on HIMYM. As a soap actor, Braeden has to memorize up to 50 pages a day of lines.

"I really don't know who that fellow is. He's a guy who stars in that series," Braeden told EW, laughing. "It's very unfortunate. First of all, I came back from hip surgery. I was off for three weeks. I've doubled my work, 30 to 50 pages a day for me, alone. Everyone knows that I'm exhausted. I was not about to appear on a show for two lines, because that's what it amounted to."

On his Twitter feed, Harris said, "Eric Braeden is a D-Bag. The actor, (Robin's dad) agreed to a cameo, then last night bailed, saying the part wasn't 'substantial' enough." The reason for his so-called bailing? Braeden said he only learned about the size of his part the day before the taping, which he considered unreasonable. (He believes he should have been given the scripts weeks in advance).

Braeden originally agreed to take the gig because he enjoyed his first appearance on the CBS comedy in November 2008. "I truly enjoyed working there last time," Braeden said. "The cast and crew and producers couldn't have been nicer."

As for Harris, "His choice of words bothered me," Braeden added. "It seems to me like a young whippersnapper, having seen himself on a few covers, who's received a few awards, is now suddenly suffering from the first signs of hubris. I've been in the business for 50 years. I've seen people come and go and I'm still here."

Braeden ultimately laughed off the whole situation. "If he is a worthy adversary, he'd better not cross my path. I will let bygones be bygones."

It looks like Harris feels the same way. Three hours after his initial Twitter post, he added this comment: "Now I feel bad for the D-bag comment. Don't know the guy personally. I'm just fiercely protective of our show." Harris also said via Twitter that the role was re-cast with Ray Wise, "a fantastic actor who makes any part 'substantial'. Super excited to welcome him to the family."

[From Entertainment Weekly via People]

I was going to say that Braeden didn’t have to put Harris down, but his comments were pretty mild and on the mark. He called Harris a “young whippersnapper” suffering from “the first signs of hubris,” and went on to suggest that he’s seen it all before, as if it was nothing new and didn’t phase him. Braeden comes off as the more mature party here, but Harris wrote that he felt bad and it sounds like he does. We all say things we regret. I once talked smack about someone I worked with (not at Celebitchy) on Twitter, deleted it a couple hours later and still got called out for it when it showed up in a search a few weeks later. You have to be careful not to hastily use Twitter and social media!

This highlights just how tirelessly soap opera actors have to work day in and day out, with very little recognition. More than 20 pages of lines sounds insane for one person for just one day, but it’s typical from what I’ve heard. When James Franco worked on General Hospital he said he had the equivalent an entire film script to memorize in just one day. (He had seven episodes filmed that day, but it still goes to show how much work soap actors do.) There were TelePrompters on set, but according to Franco “the regulars didn’t use it.”

Last year, I read an excellent article in The Daily Beast by a former soap opera journalist who explained just how difficult and unrewarding it can be to act on soap operas. Braeden has worked on The Young and The Restless for 30 years, and probably sees two lines as about two minutes of work.

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Is Paris Hilton pregnant, or is it just coke bloat?

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:46 AM PST

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These photos are of Paris Hilton over the weekend, at an event for Supermartxe in Madrid, Spain. Paris had a few costume changes, and in every outfit, her slightly bloated abdomen was on full display. This caused Fame Pictures to ask: "Is Paris Hilton knocked up with Cy Waits' baby?" Oh, GOD. It might have spawned. Or it could just be coked out its mind, and this is some kind of coke bloat. Which is more likely.

CB pointed out this old post from 2008, about Paris Hilton once again looking sort of pregnant, and apparently this is not the first time Paris pushes out her stomach for attention. She might even wear a fake belly - although in these photos from the weekend, I think that belly is all Paris.

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The idea of Paris possibly being knocked up reminded me of Casey Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heir who died earlier this year. Casey was a mother too - she adopted a little girl. Casey's family took her daughter away from her because, obviously, Casey was a trainwreck, insane and an addict. If Paris was pregnant, would she go down that same route? Or would she "change" like Nicole Richie did when Nicole got knocked up?

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Steve Harvey: there’s no such thing as platonic friendship between men and women

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:31 AM PST


Here’s an interesting interview with comic Steve Harvey, 53, who has a second book out about relationships called Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man. I’ve never paid much attention to Harvey but apparently he has a syndicated morning radio show and also holds relationship seminars. He put out another relationship book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man in January, 2009. Some critics on Amazon say he’s arrogant and isn’t giving us any dating advice we haven’t heard before. Others say he’s on the money and that his advice is helpful.

Harvey has been married three times and has four children. He’s only been married to his third wife for about three and a half years. On CNN, the guy repeated the same old argument from When Harry Met Sally about why men and women can’t ever really be friends - men always want to sleep with attractive women no matter what.

All of my friends are men. I don’t have female friends. I’m incapable of that. I have a wife and I don’t really have female friends.

[To female interviewer] You’re an attractive woman. There’s some guy somewhere saying ‘we’re friends.’ That’s not true. He’s your friend only because you have made it absolutely clear that nothing else is happening except this friendship.

We remain your friends in hopes that someday they’ll be a crack in the door, a chink in the armor, and trust and believe - that guy you think is just your buddy, he will slide in that crack the moment he gets the opportunity. Cause we’re guys. 99.9% of us think that way.

You tell this to a woman and it just blows her back ‘No I have male friends.’ You have male friends because they know it can be nothing else right now. I tell you what, all your male friends just ask them in a friendly way ‘If I wanted to date you would you be ok with that?’ Watch the fireworks.

[From CNN interview, video above via ONTD]

In my experience this is true - for those few men like Harvey that think that way. (With their dicks.) In no way are all men like that. There are married guys and loyal committed boyfriends that would not consider sleeping with another woman and who don’t look at female friends sexually because they don’t want to cheat. Still I’ve been surprised by men who try and score despite the fact that you might assume they would be loyal to their wives/girlfriends or would respect that fact that another woman is married/in a relationship. It’s only a matter of time before those type of men find a “friend” who is willing to give it up.

This Harvey guy sounds like a lousy husband. At least he’s upfront about it and is giving his wife fair warning.

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 29: Comedian Steve Harvey and Marjorie Harvey attend the Steve and Marjorie Harvey foundation benefit at the Valentino Boutique on November 29, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 04: Actor Steve Harvey attends the BLUE Scholarship Gala to benefit Spelman College at The Plaza Hotel on October 4, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - MAY 03: Host Steve Harvey speaks at the New York Gala benefiting The Steve Harvey Foundation at Cipriani, Wall Street on May 3, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for The Steve Harvey Foundation)

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