Tag Archives: celebrity divorce

Divorces for Usher and Barry Bonds

Just four short months after wife Tameka suffered cardiac arrest in Brazil reportedly during plastic surgery, Usher has filed for divorce. He filed the petition in Superior Court in Atlanta on Friday. The couple married in August 2007 after cancelling their July wedding. That November, the couple’s first son Usher Raymond V, was born. Tameka gave birth to their second son, Naviyd, last December. Many speculated that the cardiac arrest was due to having plastic surgery too soon after the birth of a child. A source told PEOPLE magazine that the couple had been leading separate lives for months. That … Continue reading →

Russian Pop Star Claims to be Mel Gibson’s Other Woman

And you thought divorces only affected the warring parties and their children… In an example of just how far-reaching Mel Gibson’s split has become, consider the impact it has had on a woman named Oksana Kolesnikova. The married Russian classical pianist was mistakenly cited by numerous publications as the woman responsible for causing the demise of Mel Gibson’s 28-year-old marriage to his wife Robyn. Only Kolesnikova has never met the movie star. Apparently, several media sources who printed Kolesnikova’s name only got half their facts right. The alleged “mystery woman” photographed canoodling with Gibson on a beach near his Costa … Continue reading →

What Divorced Dads Can Learn from Russell Simmons

Listen up mad dads… here’s something you don’t hear everyday: Unlike some fathers, Russell Simmons “very happily” pays child support. No kidding. Despite various news publications making it sound as though he’s being forced to pay out huge sums of cash in child support, rap mogul Russell Simmons insists he “very happily volunteered” to fork over the dough. Simmons set the record straight on his divorce settlement yesterday. In an online message to fans the music tycoon says that he wasn’t “ordered” to pay $40,000 a month in child support payments to his daughters Ming, 9, and Aoki, 6, rather … Continue reading →

Pregnant “Gossip Girl” Actress Files for Divorce

You know things are bottom of the barrel bad when you feel the need to file for divorce when you’ve only been married for two years… and you are currently three months pregnant. No word on exactly why “Gossip Girl” actress Kelly Rutherford is splitting from her husband of two years, German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, but it appears their disdain for each other is mutual. According to reports, Rutherford simply beat her estranged husband to the punch by filing for divorce just hours before Giersch submitted his paperwork for legal separation. The 40-year-old former “Melrose Place” star is reportedly three … Continue reading →

A-Rod Plays Madonna’s Waterboy While Kanye Wants to be Elvis

After months of rumors, have Madonna and Yankee Alex Rodriguez finally going public with a romance? Well, maybe not exactly, but tongues are still wagging about something that happened Wednesday night. Madonna was in Miami at the Dolphin’s Stadium playing a sold out show. As you might imagine, one can get parched performing like that, so thankfully, there was someone in the front row to hand her a bottle of water. What? Madonna took a bottle of water from someone on the front row? Well, yes, but it wasn’t just any someone – it was Alex Rodriguez. Now, maybe the … Continue reading →

Ashlee Welcomes a Man Cub and Madonna Embraces Freedom

Pop stars Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz will have one more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving—-their new son. According to reports, the 24-year-old singer gave birth to the couple’s first child last night. Bronx Mowgli Wentz weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20 1/2 inches long, according to PEOPLE magazine. Jessica Simpson’s baby sis and her Fall Out Boy bassist hubby got hitched in May in an elaborate Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding. The celebration was followed by an equally opulent Winnie-the-Pooh-themed baby shower, which was held just a few weeks ago. I wonder if we can expect … Continue reading →

Charlie Sheen’s New Boys and Guy Ritchie’s New Girl

What a difference a year can make. While some maintain he doesn’t deserve happiness, Charlie Sheen is having one heck of a 2008. Not only did he cut ties with former wife Denise Richards (though, when you are divorced from the other parent of your children, are you ever completely rid of them?), the same woman he dubbed “a pathetic example of a human being,” but Sheen also married his girlfriend Brooke Mueller and three months after the wedding announced that she was pregnant. Now, on top of all that, Sheen just confirmed that Mueller is expecting twins. Twin boys … Continue reading →

Update on Madonna’s Divorce: The Male Version of Heather Mills and Pregnancy Rumors

Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie has been front-page news in British papers for nearly a week now. The Mail, The Sun and just about every other tabloid, entertainment publication and traditional print source has been rolling out daily pieces on the embattled couple. Here are a few of the juicier bits being reported by papers across the pond: The Mail is accusing Madonna of stooping to a new low by dragging her kids into the middle of her ugly divorce. Yesterday TMZ posted a shot of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s young son Rocco wearing a Yankee’s t-shirt while playing at … Continue reading →

Madonna Making Divorce Official

If you believe British newspapers then Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s marriage is over. Sure, we’ve heard this allegation dozens of times in the last six months, but according to Britain’s The Sun the Material Girl and her British movie director husband are done with each other and are finally ready to make their split public… and official. The Daily Mail is reporting that a joint statement from the couple addressing the divorce will be released to the media “imminently.” The Sun is reporting that Madonna wants the divorce finalized before the eighth anniversary of their fairytale Scottish wedding on December … Continue reading →

Celebrity Splits

There was several celebrity splits announced this week- some were the end of a marriage and one was the end of a business relationship. Morgan Freeman was lucky to get out of a car wreck in one piece earlier this week. The 71 year old actor suffered a broken arm, broken elbow, and injured shoulder after rolling a car in Mississippi. This week, he is getting out of something else – his 24 year marriage. His lawyer, Bill Luckett, announced the Freeman and his wife Myrna Colley-Lee are divorcing. Morgan has two children from previous relationships and adopted Myrna’s daughter, … Continue reading →