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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Married At First Sight Reunion: Who’s Expecting? Who’s Divorced?
KABOOM!
A handful of bombshells were dropped on the Married At First Sight reunion special Tuesday night.
For instance, one couple is expecting a child… another is no longer together… and all involved have seen their lives significantly changed by their participation in this show.
We might as well start with Bobby Dodd and Danielle Bergman, right?
These two basically enjoyed a perfect season, not even fighting a bit on decision day when Bobby got down on one knee and proposed to Danielle.
This helped Danielle feel confident that her husband was truly in love — and the twosome told viewers yesterday that they are yet to have their first disagreement.
Oh, and one more thing:
DANIELLE IS PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!
With their first child on the way, Bobby and Danielle confirmed that they’ll be a part of the spinoff series Married At First Sight: Happily Ever After? where they will join two other couples from the program who are expecting children.
Interesting twist, huh?
The news was less positive for Tristan Thompson and Mia Bally, however.
As previously reported, these newlyweds have filed for divorce.
And we now know why.
Once the cameras stopped rolling and the season ended, Mia walked out on Tristan for showing her pictures of his ex-girlfriend.
“He said I was not mentally strong or mentally tough,” Mia explained to the camera on this special episode.
After the dramatic walk out, the couple decided they needed to simply dissolve their marriage, arguing on the reunionset over who initiated the split, but this is on legal record:
Mia filed the paperwork.
Can we at least end on a happy note with an update on Dave Flaherty and Amber Martorana?
No, actually.
Amber, who is now brunette, appeared on the reunion to announce that their romance had gone sour.
Amber moved out of Dave’s home after a few major fights, one of which included the unresolved issue of her previously dating one of his friends. Awkward!
“He just kind of felt more like he doesn’t know if he could fall in love with me,” Amber said. “I moved out. I felt like maybe he needs more time to know if maybe I’m the person he wants.”
Following the move, Dave simply couldn’t do it anymore.
Amber said she tried to save the marriage because she recognized her mistakes — but Dave had no desire to even go to counseling with her. He was done.
“I don’t think that we will be able to reconcile things,” Dave said. “We both hoped that it would be in a different place right now but I think that the reality is that it’s not.”
This revelation made Amber feel like a failure.
She said she was disappointed with herself.
Even though Dave’s choice might have been predictable, she was still very upset hearing it.
But, hey, at least Bobby and Danielle are having a baby! Good for them!
Friday, September 21, 2018
Ex-"Housewife" Carlton Gebbia Officially Divorced
‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum Carlton Gebbia is officially single — her divorce from David Gebbia is now final … TMZ has learned. The judge signed off on the divorce settlement Thursday, according to docs obtained by…
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Angelina Jolie Says She Wants to Be Divorced From Brad and Be Single Again
Angelina Jolie is sick of being married to Brad Pitt and is asking the divorce judge to end her marriage and make her single again, even before the judge deals with some nasty child custody issues. Angelina’s new lawyer just filed legal docs asking…
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Bristol Palin: Yes, I"m Divorced, Okay?!?
Bristol Palin may be a new Teen Mom.
But she’s no longer a 27-year old wife.
The mother of three and the impending MTV star has confirmed that she has legally split from husband Dakota Meyer.
When a fan asked on her Instagram Stories page this week whether or not she was dating, Palin wrote back:
“Freshly divorced & single forever lezzbereal (I am not ready to date).”
She included these words and emphasized this status beside a photograph of her and her nine-year-old son Tripp at Disneyland.
The recently-hired Teen Mom OG cast member married Meyer in 2016 and they have two kids together, Sailor Grace, 2, and Atlee Bay, 14 months.
We first heard rumblings that the union was over in February of this year, but neither Palin nor Meyer had spoken out on the rumored break-up until this message.
Reports, meanwhile, now indicate that Meyer filed for divorce a few months ago, citing “discord or conflict of personalities” as the basis for his decision.
Despite this court filing, the estranged couple often posts family picture and snapshots of each other to their social media accounts; hence the speculation that they would reconcile or that they had reconciled.
But Bristol shot down both of these notions in her Wednesday evening Q&A on Instagram.
“Honestly (right this SECOND) no,” she replied when asked if she would get married again, adding:
“my focus is on God & my kids… a relationship/guy isn’t even close on my radar.”
Palin’s focus is also on raking in a $ 250,000 salary for a handful of Teen Mom OG episodes.
Indeed, fans of this series remain shocked that the daughter of ex-Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be screaming, yelling and crying each week just like future colleagues Amber, Catelynn and Maci have been doing for years.
Of course, this is not what Bristol and her famous mother claim Bristol will be doing.
Both are on record as saying Palin’s presence on Teen Mom OG will send some sort of positive message to other young mothers of multiple kids.
“I look forward to sharing my experiences and hope that I can help others on their journey,” Bristol said shortly after her casting was announced.
Sarah Palin, meanwhile, has shot down the idea that her child will be a “reality star,” insisting instead that Bristol will just be… a role model, we guess?
“Bristol’s gonna be a great messenger for overcoming a little bit of challenge and doing well in life,” Palin told TMZ.
“She sees this as a venue, a forum, for good [and] to help people in a hurting world… I encourage her doing this, I support her doing this and I’m proud of her.”
Yes, anchoring a reality program centered on feuds with baby daddies, co-stars and parents, while earning a six-fugure salary that you keep for yourself, is absolutely the way to help a hurting world.
God bless you and your noble career move, Bristol.
As for whether she would ever have more children down the line, Bristol told followers yesterday:
“I love babies, and love kids but I think I’m done having my own! I’d adopt if I was in the right place for sure.”
Elsewhere, other parents asked Bristol for advice when it came to raising their kids without a partner by their side, to which Palin wrote:
“Try your hardest, work hard, don’t search for someone to fill the emptiness you might feel by not being married.
“It gets easier, read good books, don’t dwell on the past, try to get along with your ex, just look at your kids and be THANKFUL!”
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott: FINALLY Getting Divorced?!
Rumors about Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott getting divorced have been circulating since … well, about the time that the troubled couple got married.
But this time around, it seems Dean has actually taken steps toward bringing an end to what might be Hollywood’s most dysfunctional marriage.
According to Radar Online, McDermott has moved out on Spelling and is expected to file for divorce in the near future.
Sources tell the site that Dean moved out after spending the Fourth of July holiday with Tori and their five children.
He reportedly has not been back to the house since.
“Tori’s behavior has sent him to a breaking point,” says one insider.
That behavior includes a number of emotional breakdowns, the worst of which prompted Dean to call the cops on Tori for behaving erratically.
After those episodes, Spelling and McDermott assured fans that they’re still married, but they’ve been quiet in the weeks since.
Tori’s recent mental health issues may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back, but they certainly weren’t the first sign of trouble for her and Dean.
For years, fans have been expecting a divorce announcement, as the couple continues to make headlines with their marital issues.
The trouble seems to have started when Dean was caught cheating on Tori with mistress Emily Goodhand.
To say the years that followed weren’t always kind to the McDermott clan would be a massive understatement.
Tori and Dean went broke, drove up seven-figure debts to their creditors, and were forced to downsize to a much smaller home in not-so-posh Encino.
Their financial stresses show no signs of letting up, and just last year, Dean was almost imprisoned for failure to pay child support to his first wife.
Needless to say, it’s not hard to see how all of this might have put a considerable strain on Tori and Dean’s marriage.
Reports the couple is on the brink of calling it quits date back to early 2018, when sources say they began living separate lives.
“Tori and Dean have been sleeping in separate bedrooms for the past six weeks,” a family insider told Radar back in April.
“Things have been very bad at home between them.”
Spelling and McDermott have been quiet on the matter thus far, but if we know them, they’re feverishly pitching a reality show about their crumbling marriage at this very moment.
Friday, July 13, 2018
NBA Legend Kevin Garnett and Wife Getting Divorced
Former NBA star Kevin Garnett is heading for divorce after 14 years of marriage … TMZ has learned. According to new legal docs … Brandi Padilla filed the divorce papers Thursday in L.A. Padilla reportedly lists irreconcilable differences as the…
Monday, July 9, 2018
Gina Kirschenheiter: Getting Divorced Because She"s a Real Housewife!
After 13 years of marriage, former Real Housewife Alexis Bellino is getting divorced. So is current Real Housewife Shannon Beador. And they’re not alone.
Gina Kirschenheiter is a new addition to The Real Housewives of Orange County. Her season doesn’t even begin for another week.
But there’s already drama — she’s getting a divorce. In fact, these two separated while filming this upcoming season.
Back in March, we told you that the new cast for The Real Housewives of Orange County was revealed. But that wasn’t all that happened back in March.
Gina Kirschenheiter, who was already filming for the show at the time, separated from her husband Matthew.
Then, on April 2, the couple filed for divorce — citing irreconcilable differences.
Gina is asking for sole physical custody of the couple’s three children, but joint legal custody.
Gina and Matthew have been married for just about 8 years.
The couple’s three children are Nicholas, 5, Sienna, 4, and Luca, 2.
According to RadarOnline, Gina also made a request regarding support payments in the divorce filing.
Gina has apparently asked that the court terminate Matthew’s spousal support.
She has asked instead for domestic partner support.
Gina is also asking that Matthew pay all of her legal fees during this divorce.
Speaking to Us Weekly, Gina Kirschenheiter released a statement on her divorce.
“After careful consideration and deep thought,” her statement begins. “We have decided to end our legal marriage.”
“With that said,” the statement continues. “We will never end our friendship and will forever remain family.”
“We are dedicated to raising our children together in a happy, healthy loving environment,” Kirschenheiter says.
That’s good. The children should always come first, but that doesn’t always mean staying together for them.
“We will be navigating this difficult process with respect and grace for one another,” the statement promises.
So many couples say things like this at the beginning.
Unfortunately, sometimes, divorces go from amicable to acrimonious faster than either party would have imagined.
“We kindly ask for others to treat us with this same respect and grace,” the statement concludes. “As we move through this family adjustment.”
Of course.
Gina also dished on exactly how the two split apart. It turns out that Matthew’s job played a role … but so did filming The Real Housewives of Orange County.
“I think I did see it as an opportunity that would be good for us,” Gina says. “’Cause we’re buddies, we’re friends, we’re just going to navigate this together.”
That doesn’t always work out, however.
“And then when he couldn’t film, and he’s also away a lot,” Gina says. “I think that it probably did have more of a negative effect on our relationship and made things harder.”
“Now i’m basically going on this venture,” Gina says, referring to the Bravo series. “And he’s not included and involved in it, and it creates even more distance than is already there.”
Well, here’s a tip for a lasting marriage, folks: don’t be part of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Alexis Bellino and Jim Bellino: YES, We"re Getting Divorced!
The Real Housewives of Orange County alum Alexis Bellino is getting a divorce after 13 years of marriage.
Though it has been a few years since she was on RHOC, the news about Alexis and Jim took a number of fans by surprise. People wondered where they went wrong.
In a joint statement, the divorcing couple is confirming their divorce — and explaining it.
In a joint statement to Us Weekly, Alexis and Jim Bellino hope to clear the air.
“It is with heavy hearts,” the statement begins. “That we inform the public of our mutual decision to end our marriage.”
That can be a difficult choice to make, and sometimes it is just as difficult to announce.
The statement continues: “But it’s important to us that you know we made this choice together, with love.”
That sounds amicable! That’s very promising.
She says they see it as right for them, “and as the best decision for our children’s future.”
The statement from Alexis and Jim, who just last year enjoyed a romantic getaway in Venice, Italy, continues.
“We hold one another in the highest regards as spouses, and especially as parents,” the statement reads.
So they want it clear that this isn’t a situation of spite or hatred.
“We have agreed,’ they announce. “On 50/50 custody of the children,”
So it doesn’t sound like they plan on waging a custody battle.
They’re telling fans this “and we ask that you respect our privacy by not theorizing about the reasons for our divorce.”
So we’re not meant to believe that they’re both assassins from rival organizations and have only just learned of this. Gotcha.
“In recent days and weeks,” the statement continues. “There has been a lot of negative discussion about our marriage and why it is ending.”
“Outside of the news of our decision to part ways,” Alexis and Jim say. “There is nothing provocative, alluring, or sordid about the dissolution of our marriage.”
That is often the case. Marriages can begin and end for very mundane reasons.
“Quite to the contrary,” the statement says. “We strongly support each other just as we have since the beginning of our relationship.”
It sounds like they’re just no longer compatible as partners.
“Our marriage was a good one,” Alexis and Jim say. “But we were never perfect people or spouses.”
The statement then goes on to claim that “no one is” perfect. If that’s true, how do they explain Janelle Monae?
“And in this respect,” the statement says. “We were a lot like millions of other married people.”
In other words: flawed.
“And,” the statement says. “Just like millions of other married people, we simply grew apart over times.”
Hey, it happens.
“There is no ill will or bad blood between us,” they reiterate.
“And maybe that’s why,” they say. “Absurd rumors about our marriage and future together began when we filed for divorce.”
Their argument, here, is that if they’d really been having problems, then there would have been rumors before their divorce.
(We don’t know if we necessarily buy that logic)
“We ultimately want you to feel happy for us,” the statement reads. “Respect our privacy during this difficult time, and pray for our mutual benefit as we weather this storm.”
Alexis and Jim give a shoutout to those lending them emotional support.
“To the fans who have supported us since the beginning, we’re grateful for how you cheers us on,” they write.
“We ask that you continue to cheer,” the statement concludes. “As our lives and the lives of our children change and ultimately improve as a result of this difficult decision.”
That is a very reasonable request.
Let’s hope that their divorce remains as amicable and thoughtful as it appears in this joint statement.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Lamar Odom: Here"s the REAL REASON Khloe Kardashian Divorced Me!
With all the recent talk of Tristan Thompson cheating on Khloe Kardashian, it’s easy to forget that this isn’t the first time Khloe has chosen poorly while drafting from the ranks of the NBA.
Yes, before she was mother to baby True, Khloe was Mrs. Lamar Odom.
And if you’ll recall that relationship wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, either.
Lamar was also unfaithful to Khloe, but the consensus has always been that what really drove the couple apart was Odom’s drug use.
His substance abuse was so severe that it eventually left Lamar comatose and fighting for his life in a Los Angeles hospital.
Khloe stood by his side as he recovered, which is futher evidence that she never stopped loving Lamar, but was forced to end their marriage simply because she couldn’t stand by and watch him destroy himself.
Or at least that’s what the Kris Jenner publicity machine has led us to believe!
Lamar has a memoir coming out next month, and today, the former NBA star spoke with US Weekly about the book:
“I”m very excited to work with BenBella Books, Inc. to release my very first book,” Odom said.
“My fans have always been the best and I really wanted to release this book to give you all a chance to get to know Lamar Odom and my real story, directly from me.”
He added:
“I hope to [be] an inspiration to many that you can overcome adversity and challenge no matter where you fall from.”
Pretty generic, boilerplate stuff, to be sure.
Lamar probably had a PR rep feeding him lines through an earpiece for that part of the interview.
Later on, however, things got mildly interesting:
According to Us, Lamar stated that the book would reveal “what led to the end” of his marriage to Khloe.
Normally, we’d say he’s just trying to move some units, but we all know the public version of the Kardashians’ personal lives is never the real story.
Maybe Lamar really does have some bombshell news that will make him seem like the sympathetic party here.
Of course, if he’s planning on engaging in any Khloe-bashing, his timing couldn’t be worse.
Generally, people aren’t fond of ganging up on new moms who just got cheated on by their partners.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Kanye West: Kim Kardashian Almost Divorced Me Over Slavery Comments
Remember back in May when Kanye West said slavery was a choice and was justly torn limb-from-limb by the entire internet?
Perhaps after weeks of concerted effort, you succeeded in blocking that shameful incident from your memory — but it’s still very much on the minds of both Kanye and his long-suffering wife.
Earlier this month, Kanye debuted a new studio album, on which he made some surprising and disturbing revelations about his marriage and the way it’s been negatively affected by his erratic behavior.
Now, the controversial rapper has gone into greater detail in a surprisingly candid interview with The New York Times.
West says that after he made the infamous slavery comment during a conversation with TMZ staffers, he had reason to believe Kim Kardashian was considering ending the couple’s four-year marriage:
“There was a moment where I felt like after TMZ, maybe a week after that, I felt like the energy levels were low, and I called different family members and was asking, you know, ‘Was Kim thinking about leaving me after TMZ?’ So that was a real conversation,” he told the paper.
The comment won’t come as much of a surprise for fans who have listened closely to the lyrics on Kanye’s eighth studio album, titled simply ‘Ye:
“I said, ‘Slavery a choice,’ they said, ‘How, Ye?"” West raps at one point, adding:
“My wife callin’, screamin’, say, ‘We ‘bout to lose it all! … Told her she could leave me now, but she wouldn’t leave.”
Obviously, never every line in every rap song is an accurate reflection of the emcee’s real-life experiences, but Kanye prides himself on his authenticity and often insists that he’s 100 percent straightforward with his fans.
That’s why it’s so troubling that the song contains at least one line in which he seemingly alluded to being unfaithful.
“Told my wife I’ve never seen her After I hit it, bye Felicia, that’s the way that I’ma leave it,” Kanye raps on a song fittingly titled “Yikes”.
Sounds like Kim had reasons for considering kicking Kanye to the curb that go beyond his astonishingly ignorant remarks.
As for those dreadful comments Kanye is still defending them, telling the Times:
“I said the idea of sitting in something for 400 years sounds—sounds—like a choice to me, I never said it’s a choice. I never said slavery itself—like being shackled in chains—was a choice.
“That’s why I went from slave to 400 years to mental prison to this and that. If you look at the clip you see the way my mind works.”
All of this comes at a time when Kim is being praised for her efforts to secure presidential pardons for non-violent offenders serving life sentences.
In other words, don’t be surprised if you hear another round of Kim-Kanye divorce rumors.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Antonio Sabato Jr. is Officially Divorced, He Gets House and Car
Antonio Sabato Jr. is officially a single man, just in time to hit the Congressional campaign trail. According to the docs, the former soap star and his ex, Cheryl Marie, reached an agreement on their divorce back on December 31, 2017. Happy…
Antonio Sabato Jr. is Officially Divorced, He Gets House and Car
Antonio Sabato Jr. is officially a single man, just in time to hit the Congressional campaign trail. According to the docs, the former soap star and his ex, Cheryl Marie, reached an agreement on their divorce back on December 31, 2017. Happy…
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Jenelle Evans & David Eason: The Haters Want Us to Get Divorced!
Divorce rumors seem to circulate non-stop for just about every married couple in the Teen Mom franchise.
(With the exception of Cole DeBoer and Chelsea Houska, of course. No one seems to doubt that those two are in it for the long haul.)
But there’s only one marriage that fans actively want to fail:
Yes, every time there’s a new report that Jenelle Evans and David Eason are getting divorced, a certain segment of the Teen Mom 2 fandom jumps for joy.
It’s not so much that they all want Jenelle to be miserable (although some certainly do).
It’s more that the longer the Evans-Eason marriage continues, the more likely it is to end in disaster.
And since the couple has five kids between them, most viewers would like to see them call it quits before any irreparable harm is done.
But no matter how much you tweet or how many David- and Jenelle-shaped voodoo dolls you lock in separate cabinets, it seems Ensley’s mom and dad are still going strong.
It’s a sad fact that fans were reminded of during this week’s episode of Teen Mom 2.
The drama-packed reunion special saw Jenelle flipping out on just about every adult in her life except for David.
At one point, she absolutely lost it on Nathan Griffth’s girlfriend, Ashley Lanhardt, for daring to hug her mother, the infamous Barbara Evans;
“Because you wanna hug my mother in front of everyone,” Jenelle shrieked in an attempt to justify her tantrum.
“Me and my mom have turmoil right now.”
This, among other things, caused Babs to lose it:
“You f-cking b-tch! I have never seen you like this ever,” she told Jenelle.
“Even on drugs, you didn’t act like this.”
At that point, David stepped in, because of course, he did:
“You’re right, Barb, you’ve never seen her like this because you’ve never seen her stand up for herself.”
David probably thought that was a witheringly clever comment, and amazingly, Jenelle agreed with him.
It was then that she made the remark that forced those are eagerly hoping for a Jenelle-David breakup to abandon all hope:
“I love how everyone hates us so much, but we’re so in love and happy with each other that it’s just like we don’t give a f–k,” Jenelle stated.
“Nothing’s wrong with us.”
Obviously, Jenelle has said a lot of questionable things over the years – but that last sentence might be her most ridiculous to date.
Watch Teen Mom 2 online to remind yourself of just ridiculous Jenelle and David truly are.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Chester Cheetah Actor"s Getting Divorced, Wife Says Hold the Cheese
It ain’t easy being Mrs. Cheesy, apparently … because the guy who voices Chester Cheetah is getting divorced. Maral Leadbeater filed her divorce petition Tuesday in Los Angeles, officially calling it quits from Adam Leadbeater … best known as…
Monday, March 19, 2018
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott Would Get Divorced, But...
As previously reported, the police have been called on Tori Spelling on two separate occasions over the last two weeks.
But while the actress is very possibly dealing with some kind of mental breakdown, a new report suggests that she and husband Dean McDermott may want to place a phone call to someone else…
… a bankruptcy attorney.
If that have any interest on actually going their separate ways, that is.
The latest controversy surrounding these parents of five got underway on March 1 after authorities were called to Spelling and McDermott’s home in response to claims of a domestic disturbance.
When they arrived on the scene, they found the actress behaving in erratic fashion, according to various outlets.
Spelling was then taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Fast forward six days and McDermott calling the police to their home again because he was concerned about Spelling leaving their home with at least one of their children.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this second call, but said in a statement that it was much ado over nothing on McDermott’s part.
“Deputies located her in Thousand Oaks, spoke to her for a few minutes and determined she was fine,” the office shortly after this story went viral, adding:
“That was that. She was fine and no further action was taken.”
Perhaps Spelling was A-OK at this time, but it’s evident that she and McDermott are having some major issues once again.
“They argue several times a week,” a source tells In Touch Weekly, explaining in a bit more detail:
“Their fights can be heard throughout the whole neighborhood. Tori’s yelling and hysterical crying are unmistakable.”
The stars have been through A LOT over the years.
Most notably, McDermott have confessed to cheating on his wife, while money issues have plagued Tori and Dean nearly since the day they exchanged vows.
Heck, McDermott was almost jailed for failure to pay child support last year
Why don’t the two just go their separate ways?
For this exact reason, Life & Style writes.
The tabloid quotes a family friend who thinks Tori and Dean are “too broke to divorce,” citing expenses involved in such a process such as payment to lawyers and other tasks.
It’s a rather terrible sign for a couple when they are forced to be together because they literally can’t afford any other option. But here we are.
“She loves him and has always tried to keep the relationship together, but she’s at the end of her rope,” the source tells Life & Style.
He or she goes on to say the following:
“[They] are at each other’s throats over so many issues – everything from their dire financial situation to neither of them having a steady job to not being able to adequately support their five children.”
Very reasonable concerns, that’s for certain.
Spelling and McDermott are parents to a 10-year-old son named Liam, a nine-year-old daughter named Stella, a six-year-old daughter named Hattie, a five-year-old son named Finn and a one-year-old son named Beau.
That’s a lot for any couple to handle, let alone a couple that rarely gets along well for any extended period of time.
For the sake of all these kids, let’s hope Tori and Dean work things out.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Tarek El Moussa: I"m Divorced & I Have Self-Help Advice for YOU!
You might not think that a guy whose dramatic breakup that involved a gun would be in a position to be handing out advice to anyone.
But what Tarek El Moussa has to say here, after finalizing his divorce, is genuinely good advice. … Mostly.
And he’s hoping that fans will take it to heart.
In a handwritten note that he photographed and shared on Instagram (thankfully, in print, rather than that eldritch script known as cursive), Tarek El Moussa of Flip or Flop fame shares his thoughts on feelings and he hopes that his fans will share his message.
He says that he wrote this from the heart.
“Life is a series of ups and downs and there is nothing we can do about it.”
That’s good advice for a lot of people. it’s also a total bummer.
“When you are on a ‘high’ you feel nothing but happiness and positivity, and on the flip side, no pun intended, when you are on a ‘low,’ you forget what that high feeling felt like.”
One, let’s be clear that he’s not talking about drug-induced highs, just happiness and other positive emotions.
Two, he definitely chose to say flip side, there are a ton of ways to say what he did and only one references the show that made him famous.
“When you experience a ‘low,’ understand it is a ‘feeling’ and not your reality.”
It almost sounds like he’s describing bipolar disorder, but we’re not going to try to diagnose him from our keyboards.
“How do you overcome these feelings? I find that written words are a big part of understanding what you are feeling.”
Introspection can be tough, and many people do find that having to articulate their thoughts and emotions helps them to better sort through and identify their state of being.
“When you are on a ‘high,’ write down how you are feeling, how you are thinking, and what is causing happiness in your life.”
That’s great advice, though most people are too focused on enjoying what they’re doing to analyze their joy.
“At the same time, when you are ‘low,’ write down how you feel, what you are thinking about, and what is causing pain in your life.”
Sometimes, people are unhappy but aren’t sure why.
“You must learn to differentiate the two.”
Here’s where some of his advice sounds more like it’s weird and a little self-help oriented.
“You must tell yourself while you’re feeling ‘low’ that it isn’t real, it’s not your reality.”
If we’re talking about chemical depression, sure. But a lot of the time, the best advice is just that your situation will get better. But … it is real.
“When you are feeling ‘low,’ go back and read your notes from when you were feeling ‘high’ and do the things you did and figure out what made you happy when you were on a ‘high."”
That won’t work with depression (depressed folks struggle to enjoy the things that once made them happy).
“Sometimes the best counselor is yourself.”
That can be true, though not always.
“Trust yourself, trust your notes, and believe what you wrote. … You are the one that wrote them.”
That’s … definitely true.
But we think that what he means here is that, if you’re at a low point and find it hard to believe that happiness will ever again be possible, reading your own words as they describe your own happiness could provide hope.
Recently, Tarek El Moussa spoke with Entertainment Tonight and described the ways in which he believes this his very public breakup has made him a better person.
“In general, through the process of my separation and divorce, it’s been a year and a half.”
Yep. And what a wild ride it’s been, for the couple and for their children. But Tarek and Christina get along for the sake of their children, so that’s good.
“I came out of this thing stronger, more present and healthier than I’ve ever been because I did everything possible to reevaluate who I am and who I want to be.”
That’s so important. And we think that his self-help note is evidence of that.
“And the conclusion of that is that I want to be the absolute best father possible.”
It’s good that his priorities are in order.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Snooki & Jionni LaValle: We"re Living Apart, But We"re NOT Divorced!
Rumors that Snooki and Jionni LaValle are headed for divorce have been circulating non-stop several months now, because apparently a surprising number of people still care what the former stars of Jersey Shore are up to these days.
Of course, the vast majority of those people didn’t tune into the recent Jersey Shore reunion special which tanked in the ratings, but that’s a different story…
For a long time, Snooki and Jionni refused to address the divorce rumors at all, which only furthered suspicions that they were on the verge of calling it quits.
And it’s hard to see why fans were convinced a divorce announcement was in the offing.
Seemingly out of the blue, Snooki abruptly stopped posting photos of Jionni on her Instagram page.
According to Radar Online, LaValle was even absent from the family Christmas card photo.
Some Snooki aficionados proposed other theories, but everyone seemed in agreement that comething was up with the LaValles.
And it looked as though whatever it was, they would do their best to keep it under wraps for the foreseeable future.
These days, however, Snooki is more in the spotlight than at any other time since the peak of her Shore fame, which makes it all but impossible to keep a secret.
It’s universally understood that Snooks is who people are tuning in to see (if they tune in, that is), which meand Mrs. Polizzi-LaValle is even more front-and-center than her cast mates.
Yes, folks may have lost interest in The Situation’s situation, but Snooki has maintained a pretty steady social media following over the years.
As in her Shore days, much of Snooki’s appeal stems from her candor, which may be why she’s decided to finally address the divorce rumors…
…by having Jionni clear things up:
“My wife is filming a scene packing up and leaving for her new show and I am choosing not to be on TV because I simply do not like it,” Jionni wrote on Instragam this week.
That may sound worrisome, but it turns out the reason he doesn’t want any part of the scene is that he doesn’t want her to go.
“I own my own business and work hard at it, that’s what I do,” LaValle.
“My wife is a reality star and works hard at that, that’s what she does.”
He did not respond to the persistent fan question about whether or not he and Snooki are living apart, but he did insist that they’re “not divorced.”
So it doesn’t sound like it’s all rainbows and sunshine in Snooki and Jionni’s world, but it does seem like they’re trying to work things out.
Probably not the best timing for her take off on a drunken road trip with a bunch of guys she’s previously hooked up with, but what are ya gonna do?
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