When people break-up they always want to experience other people, be it straight away or after a couple of months, but what isn’t so common is when one of the people decides to go gay. But after all this is Hollywood so here is a list of 10 celebrities that decided to play for the same.
Since the shock of Christina Aguilera‘s recent divorce announcement from Jordan Bratman, it’s been revealed that Aguilera turned to Samantha Ronson for emotional support when her marriage started to crumble. And it’s been said that Jordan eventually “found himself unnecessary in his wife’s life.” And during their marriage, it’s been said that Christina picked up women at gay bars around Los Angeles, one solicited woman said, “The bodyguard told me it was an understanding within their marriage and that she brings girls home and Jordan’s okay with it… I met Christina in the bathroom and she told me she liked to play with girls.” Well, perhaps Christina and Ronson can be of comfort to each other now that their loves are lost? We’ve rounded up a few other celebs who went gay after their big breakups or divorces.
Back in the mid-‘90s, Anne Heche dated Steve Martin for two years but eventually left him for Ellen DeGeneres, whom she dated until 2000. It’s even been rumored that Heche was Martin’s inspiration for Heather Graham‘s character in “Bowfinger,” who hooked up with Bowfinger to get ahead but ends up with “the most powerful lesbian in Hollywood.” Martin denies any similarities. Guffaw.
Cynthia Nixon was dating an English professor named Danny Mozes for 15 years and had two children with him, but got separated in 2003 when she began seeing education activist Christine Marinoni. Nixon and Marinoni got engaged in 2009 and now raise Nixon’s kids together.
After Al and Tipper Gore got divorced after 40 years of marriage, it was rumored that Gore was “caught up in a nasty gay affair.” Of course, there were also rumors that he was sexually harassing homely female hotel masseurs, so it’s hard to know who to believe.
Meredith Baxter played the matriarch on “Family Ties” and had five kids from three different marriages. After her third divorce in 2000, Meredith admitted that it took a few years before she “discovered herself” and began dating Nancy Locke, who she’s been with since 2005. She didn’t come out of the closet until 2009 though, when the National Enquirer printed pictures of her on a gay cruise.
Portia de Rossi says that she has known she was a lesbian since she was little, but she married documentary filmmaker Mel Metcalfe in 1996, in an effort to get a green card. After their divorce in 1999, Portia said “it just obviously wasn’t right” and began dating singer Francesca Gregorini for 4 years, eventually falling for and marrying Ellen DeGeneres in 2008.
Former N’Sync member Lance Bass dated women until he was 22 years old, including “Boy Meets World” actress Danielle Fishel. Bass knew he was gay early on but thought it would be “something that I would have to hide my whole life.” Of dating women, Bass said, “I’ve definitely, you know, been with women. And I’ve had great relationships with them where I was definitely in love. It’s just I grew to a point where deep inside I knew that I could never truly have a relationship with a woman. I don’t know if they ever suspected. It was never brought up.” Instead of keeping up with the charade, Bass came out in 2006.
After losing her spot on “The View,” Star Jones‘s marriage to Al Reynolds also fell apart. Reynolds spoke up afterward, mentioning that he takes pride in his appearance and “some people call that kind of soft” or “metrosexual.” He also said that he agreed to leave his plush Wall Street job to support Star’s career. But apparently, all of that was in order to deny that he was gay as the rumor mill persistently insisted.
Tom Cruise‘s “Top Gun” love interest, Kelly McGillis has two kids from two marriages, but came out last year after having “battled with her sexuality for more than 40-years.” She denied her homosexuality in 2007, after appearing on “The L Word” but last month, Kelly married her girlfriend Melanie Leis, who she met when Leis worked at the restaurant McGillis owned with her then-husband Fred Tillman.
In her teen years, Jodie Foster was involved with Scott Baio and used to make out with him on the set of “Bugsey Malone” and “Foxes.” Foster began dating producer Cydney Bernard in 1993, while raising two sons from unknown father(s) but only admit to that relationship 14-years later at a Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast. The two broke up in 2007.
source: 10 Celebs Who Went Gay After Their Breakup [The Frisky]
Given the fact that 3 celebrity couples have broken up in the past week that we all thought would have made it last it has made NY Mag come up with a list of couples that we are all expecting to make it. Here are the couples:
Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley
Okay, so she’s not famous in her own right, but being Bon Jovi’s High-School Sweetheart Who He Married is enough to make this pair an A-List duo. New Jersey would be devastated if they broke up. Though, if he wrote “Shot Through the Heart” after dating Diane Lane only a short while, imagine the opus he could come up with if these two split! Actually, we’d rather not.
Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly
Intel Chris saw them on the street the other day outside the magazine offices! They looked like they are in love. Also, he’s practically albino and she was in Labyrinth, so what could possibly go wrong?
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
Who doesn’t want this couple to make it? Oh, yeah. Every single gay-marriage foe in the country who is threatened by the fact that a normal lesbian couple is in living rooms in middle America each afternoon. But other than that?
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard
If they split up, it would be a real blow for Brooklyn.
Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt
You may think this pair is not going to make it, as Jennifer is suffering from the disadvantage of Having Dated Somebody Incredibly Attractive Since Before He Was Famous. But last year Intel Jessica spotted them at an SNL taping full-on making out, and they’d already been dating for years. Normal couples aren’t even like that. Also, it’s Jon Hamm. Nobody is letting go of that for as long as they still have hands.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
As Vulture Kyle observed, “That would be sadder than your own mom and dad divorcing.”
Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich
Everything about Julianne Moore gives us warm feelings, even her terrible Boston accent on 30 Rock. Which is why we’re rooting for her and her director husband, despite the fact that we’ve never watched a movie he’s written or directed. If Julianne likes him, he has to be worth keeping.
Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson
Normally we wouldn’t put ScarJo — who dated Josh Hartnett, for God’s sake — on a list like this. But then she surprised us by managing to conduct a relationship with another celebrity for a long time, all in secret, such that we didn’t know she was even dating the Van Wilder star until they were practically married. You still never see them together, really, which makes us think there’s something to this relationship. Like, they might even have conversations.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver
You may not like his or her politics, but you’ve got to admit, at this point they’re like America’s almost-gorgeous-but-actually-kind-of-weird-looking aunt and uncle. Apparently, back when aspiring New York governor Andrew Cuomo was married to a Kennedy, none of the rest of the clan liked him in Hyannis because he wouldn’t play football and horse around. You KNOW Arnold horses around. Better than anybody.
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber
Did you read the story in which our reporter took a cab home from the airport with Liev and before he even got in the door he took their kids to the park to play? We rest our case.
I agree with this list, but after all this is Hollywood and they all tend to bite the dust sooner or later.
source: Celebrity Couples We Still Believe In [NY Mag]
The Firsky have come up with a list of 10 celebrity couples who stupidly never had a prenup and because of that have lost money to each other.
Kelsey Grammer and Camille, his wife of 13 years, are getting a divorce and, like so many who’ve eschewed Kanye‘s advice, there was no prenuptial agreement. This is kind of a big deal for Grammer, who was the highest paid actor on television during “Frasier”‘s 11-year run, making $1.6 million an episode towards the end. Grammer is requesting that some of his earnings be declared separate property, but that will only cover the first four years of the show, leaving the last seven years up for a 50/50 split. Plus, Camille is Kelsey’s third wife, so with the history and that psychology degree (just kidding), you’d think he would’ve known better!
Screaming mad Mel Gibson and his ex-wife Robyn got divorced last year, after 28 years of marriage, about three of them separated. And since there was no prenup, Robyn was eligible for 50 percent of Mel’s estimated $900 million that he earned by the time of their separation. Which is probably what she deserves for putting up with him.
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe seemed like a dream couple, but when they got divorced in 2005, the lack of a prenup became a problem for Reese. The actress was pulling in $20 million a movie by that point while Ryan was making around $2.5 million. Under California law, their earnings were split 50/50. On the plus side, their kids are super cute.
It’s kind of shocking that Madonna and Guy Ritchie didn’t have a prenup, considering Madonna’s worth an estimated $500 million. She ended up paying Ritchie between $76 and $92 million in the divorce. Who needs jobs when we can just get divorces?
Ellen Degeneresand Portia de Rossi are the only couple in this slideshow who haven’t gotten divorced! They got married in 2008, and though Ellen is worth around $63 million, it’s been said that she thinks prenups are “unromantic.” I hope they’re always married—they’re super cute together and make me feel warm and fuzzy about marriage.
The Dream and Christina Milian were married for about a year when they announced their separation. They’ve got a baby together now and though Milian is a self-made millionaire, The Dream has a small fortune and sans prenup, Christina is entitled to part of it.
Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold were totally in love in 1990, and Roseanne fired her attorney for suggesting a prenup. But four years later, Arnold walked away from their divorce with $50 million … and a Roseanne tattoo on his chest!
Even though it was Larry King‘s eighth marriage this time around, he didn’t get a prenup with Shawn Southwick. So when he allegedly cheated on her with her sister, his estimated $144 million could have been split 50/50. Thank goodness they’ve reunited—for now.
When Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey got married in 2002, it probably seemed like they had equal earning potential. But when they got divorced three years later, Jessica offered Nick $1.5 million, which he rejected, and ended up forking over “far less” than half of her estimated $36 million income during the time they were married, but “significantly” more than her original offer. Who knew 98 Degrees wasn’t going to last forever?
Everyone urged Paul McCartney to get a prenup when he married Heather Mills, but when they got divorced five years in, she made about $35 million. Plus, McCartney has to pay for their daughter’s nanny and education until she’s 18-years-old which costs $70,000 a year. Maybe Mills and Guy Ritchie should get together and make a Scrooge McDuck money swimming pool?
source: 10 Celebrity Couples Who Didn’t Have Prenups [The Frisky]
Are you all ready for a bit of depression? Forbes have released their annual list of the Top-Earning Celebrity Couples and just like last year the top spot is owned by Beyonce and Jay-Z. But unlike last year the couple made $162 million, this year they earned $122 million. A sign of the recession?
01. Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles : $122 million
Between Jay-Z’s musical empire, Beyonce’s chart-topping hit “Single Ladies” and several clothing lines and ad deals, this couple knows how to use their fame to make money. Jay-Z has a hit with “Empire State of Mind,” which he performed with Alicia Keys at the World Series. His next tour launches in February. Last year Beyonce sang at Obama’s inaugural ball and her film, Obsessed, earned $74 million at the worldwide box office.
02. Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart : $69 million
For the past few years Ford has stayed out of the spotlight, but he returned in a big way in 2008 with Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Ford earned $65 million for his work in the role. His girlfriend, Calista Flockhart, is no lazy daisy. She stars on the ABC show Brothers & Sisters.
03. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie : $55 million
Pitt and Jolie have always gotten plenty of attention, but now they’re making plenty of money too. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was one of Pitt’s highest grossing films, earning $334 million at the worldwide box office. Jolie is profiting by embracing her inner action hero. Wanted earned $341 million at the worldwide box office. Later this year she’ll appear in Salt as a disgraced CIA agent.
04. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith : $48 million
Smith is without a doubt the biggest movie star in the world. His films have earned a total $5.7 billion at the worldwide box office and studio heads say he earns every penny of his $20 million paycheck. Most of the couple’s earnings come from Smith, but Pinkett Smith has a growing career of her own. She’s been writing and producing films as well as voicing Gloria the hippo in the Madagascar films.
05. David and Victoria Beckham : $46 million
Beckham is still a worldwide soccer sensation at the ripe old age of 34. Part of the year he’s a star in Los Angeles with the Galaxy. The rest of the year he plays for A.C. Milan, which should help him land a spot on the England team to appear in a record-tying fourth World Cup this summer. Beckham’s wife, Victoria (better known as Posh Spice), is scheduled to appear as a guest judge on this year’s American Idol.
06. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi : $36 million
DeGeneres has become an entertainment mogul. She has a successful talk show, shills for American Express and owns part of a dog food company. Next she’ll take over for Paula Abdul as a judge on American Idol. Her significant other, de Rossi, stars in the ABC show Better Off Ted, which has garnered a cult following but seems poised for cancellation.
07. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson : $35.5 million
As one of the few actors in Hollywood who can still command a $20 million paycheck, Hanks is the main breadwinner in his house. He had another hit this year with Angels & Demons. The film earned $486 million at the worldwide box office. This summer he’ll once again voice Woody in Toy Story 3. Wilson has a much more low-key career, but she still pops up in best friend roles. She recently appeared with Meryl Streep in It’s Complicated.
08. Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy : $34 million
Carrey and McCarthy have been a couple for the last four years and in that time McCarthy’s profile has risen considerably. She’s gone from a Playboy model to an outspoken (and controversial) vaccine opponent. Carrey contributes the majority of money to the pair, but McCarthy will soon have her own television show under Oprah’s Harpo banner.
09. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes : $33.5 million
Cruise and Holmes are a source of endless fascination for tabloids and they’re also very rich. Cruise is the family breadwinner, earning $33 million between June 2008 and June 2009. Holmes still acts a little. In 2008 she starred in Mad Money alongside Diane Keaton. Up next for Cruise: Knight & Day with Cameron Diaz.
10. Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow : $33 million
As the front man for the group Coldplay, Martin outearns Paltrow. The group’s latest album, Viva la Vida, sold 2.6 million copies in the U.S. and 3 million in Europe. Paltrow will be the high-profile spouse in 2010 though when she reprises her role as Tony Stark’s assistant, Pepper Potts, in Iron Man 2.
Lists like this make me really depressed, especially after I look at my bank account.
CONAN O’BRIEN
“I’m like that guy that the test is tomorrow and it’s 10 p.m. the night before.â€
AMY POEHLER
“I’ll be watching, definitely watching. Just celebrating, celebrating, celebrating.â€
DEMI LOVATO
On performing at the Disney Channel’s Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future concert: “It”s not just another president. What’s great about having the Disney Channel at the inauguration is now kids can be able to realize what a great experience this will be … I’m ridiculously nervous to a point where I don’t know what I’ll be able to do with myself. And I really hope I don’t fall.”
PORTIA DE ROSSI
“Don’t we all have so many hopes for that poor man?â€
KIEFER SUTHERLAND
“I’m going to watch it on the telly like most other people.â€
NICK JONAS
“It’s absolutely an honor to be able to perform. We’ve always talked about a future in the White House one day, so to be able to go back should be fun. What we’re doing is all for the children and families of the military … We know that Sasha and Malia [Obama] are fans of ‘Burnin’ Up’ which is probably what we’ll playing.â€
JENNIFER BEALS
“I’ll be there. I started working for the campaign during the primaries. Then I went to Ohio to speak. I went to Pennsylvania twice, knocked on doors, phone banks, talked to five, 10, 500 people, just did as much as I could. He means the change that you want to see in yourself. The economy is first and foremost, obviously.”
PAULA ABDUL
“I’m going to be in Tampa on Home Shopping. I’m going to watch with my friends.â€
JASON BATEMAN
“I”m excited … we’re putting a new face on the leadership of this country, somebody representing all of us Americans that is a bit more appealing to the rest of the world, somebody who comes from a bit more of a common-sense position. That’s been lost for the last eight years. In fact, I’m going to be shooting a PSA for him, a pledge — you’re trying to pledge what you plan on doing to sort of better the country. Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, a bunch of people [are going] to make it. We’re going to deliver it to Obama, I think, on Inauguration Day.â€
DENIS LEARY
“We’re going to be watching at work. Larenz [Tate] is going so my plan is to call him on his cell phone as often as I can that day and see if he’s finagled himself into the White House or not. We’re just looking for ashtrays and souvenirs that he can steal and bring back on set because he has to be back at work the next morning.”
AMBER TAMBLYN
“It’s going to be amazing. I have friends flying to New York tomorrow, who are going to take the train down to D.C. They’re coming from L.A. to go to it. Everyone is doing something for it.”
EDIE FALCO
“I was invited. I’d give my right arm but we’re in the middle of production, so we’re going to watch it on set.”
JIMMY FALLON
“I’m doing Ellen on Tuesday and then after that I guess I’m just going to watch it. I guess I’ll just watch it on TV but I’m excited about it. Change is good.â€
SCOTT FOLEY
“I hope to watch it if I’m not working. I don’t have any plans specifically for the inauguration aside from the same kind of plans I had during the election, turn the TV on and be a part of history that way.â€
SHIRLEY MANSON
“Hell, yeah, of course. I’ve got my Obama T-shirt ready. I’m going to wear it the whole way through. Like most of my friends and people that I know, I’m really excited about his possibilities and potential.”
SETH MacFARLANE
” It’s going to be a clusterf–k, but I’ll be watching. We all fought hard to make this happen. Here’s my theory: It’s going to take one term just to undo everything that George Bush has f–ked up. And by the way, not just George Bush but Reagan. too … So I think, step one, we have to admit to ourselves we have to give Obama two terms, and we have to let the Democrats continue to undo everything that’s gone wrong since the ‘80s. My fear is that eight years will roll by, assuming he gets elected a second term, and they’ll go, ‘Why didn’t he fix everything completely?’ And they’ll elect Sarah Palin, who will completely take the country to s–t, and if that happens, we do not deserve to be the dominant power any longer.”
She says, “this morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step toward equality [with the election of Barack Obama] and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away. I believe one day a “ban on gay marriage†will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.”
I feel the same way, the country makes a step forward with Obama but then takes another step backwards.
Ellen DeGeneres is getting married! Hazaa for gay marriage. So, now that Ellen is going to make an honest woman of Portia de Rossi, nude photos and videos have followed.
Portia de Rossi nude photos videos are available in your local video rental. She is no stranger to nudity and films. In “Sirens†she catches the eye of Hugh Grant in several scenes.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are getting married!
The talk show host made the announcement at a taping of her TV show Thursday night, which airs today.
The California Supreme Court took a stance for equality on Thursday, by overturning the ban on gay marriage, the judges reaffirmed their belief that all residents of California should be treated the same under the law.
“I’m thrilled that the California supreme court overturned the ban on gay marriage. I can’t wait to get married. We all deserve the same rights, and I believe that someday we’ll look back on this and not allowing gays to marry will seem as absurd as not allowing women to vote.
P.S. I’m registered at Crate & Barrel.”
Now let’s see how many other states will follow suit. I’m guessing this will be a slow process, but I am very happy for Ellen.
Here’s Ellen making the “Big Announcement” on her show:
What others said:
T.R. Knight:
“Our ‘certain inalienable rights’ are protected today. It makes me proud to live in a country that works to correct its sins.”
Melissa Etheridge:
“I feel they have made an honest woman of me. What a wonderful blessing for us and the gay community. We’re moving forward. It makes me feel happy for the whole human race that we are finally getting out of our differences and coming together and we are putting this all behind us. It really is going to be the thing that we talk to our kids and our grandkids and say, ‘That was the olden days — wasn’t that ridiculous?’”
Marc Jacobs:
” Who to love and how to love should be up to the individual or the couple. Enough said!”
Margaret Cho:
“I am overwhelmed. I can’t believe it. I am so thrilled. I am proud of my home state of California and so happy for all the soon-to-be-married gay and lesbian couples!!”
Who doesn’t love gorgeous women? Every magazine and Web site rounds up their list of Most Sexy This and Hottest That. Who’s got time to read all of them?
Yet we here at Gone Hollywood don’t want you to miss out on any hot celebrity chicks, so we have rounded up all the ladies that make up the elite of celebrity hotness.
Hottest Chick on TV- Kristen Bell
I love Veronica Mars. So Kristen Bell on Heroes is like candy. She looks like the type of girl who would tie you up and make you squeal…in a good way.
At first I thought Portia was guilty of the utmost crime of snobbery. You remember her days on Ally McBeal. She would strut around with long hair like she was Lady Lovely Locks and look pretentious. But now that she is openly dating Ellen Degeneres I can’t tell you how hypocritical I have become. I mean “Arrested Development†was pure gold.
Hottest Actress That is Actually Talented- Keira Knightley
How could you not love Keira. She swears like a sailor on shore leave and doesn’t have any shame. Keira is someone you could drink with and she would be racking up pints faster than you can say pirate hooker.
“Apparently on the Internet I’m a sexy beanpole, tomboy beanpole.”
Rose McGowan is one saucy kitten. She is one of those girls who will bust out freaky toys that make you nervous, but always wanted to try. Plus I have three words for you. Machine gun leg.
Hottest Young Hot Hollywood Chick- Hayden Panettiere
The second of the hot blondes on “Heroes†is Hayden. She is constantly bouncing around in a cheerleader skirt and is never without lip-gloss. Her character never dies and undergoes various grotesque accidents. Beauty and gore. It is like soft core porn and candy for a man.
Salma has just been inducted into the MILF association and has projects around every corner. After fighting her way from Mexican soap opera status, she now ranks among the A-listers. Plus she has fantastic boobies.
She is thin, blonde and rich. We get it. But I fail to see the appeal in Cameron Diaz. In true form she is rather ditzy and lacks talent. This is one chic who make it on appearance alone.
She ranks 14th on the Forbes’ list of the rich and powerful women. Sandra Bullock has that girl next door quality and buckets of cash you could roll in. She is also the type of girl you can bring home to mom, hold a decent conversation with and will ride your Harley without complaining about wind blown hair.
Before you gasp with fear of the voluptuous curves of the Queen, know that in a Yahoo Personals poll she came in third of the most desired single celebrities. Sure Jessica Alba was number one and Jennifer Anniston placed second. But Latifah placed third above Jessica Simpson and Maria Sharapova.
UPDATE (Freddy): In the interest of completeness, here are some of the more notable omissions from Cara’s list. Sure, it takes the list beyond 10 and technically screws up the title. But it’s hot women, people, so get over it already. (And Queen Freakin’ Latifah? Please. No way I’d hit that.)
