MARK AND SABRINA
The other day I made the comment that more successful hook ups take place on a single season of “Dancing with the Stars” than on years of ABC’s other reality series “The Bachelor.”
I counted pro dancer Mark Ballas and his former Cheetah Girl celebrity partner Sabrina Bryan among the “success” stories, but alas I may have spoken too soon.
According to US Magazine, the sizzling hot couple, who met in November 2007 when they were partnered together on season five of DWTS, split a few weeks ago.
“We are just friends now,” Ballas told US following DWTS’ 100th episode Tuesday night.
Then less than 24 hours ago Ballas recanted his public statement by posting this message on his MySpace blog: “We are both really busy, and see each other when we can, are still close as ever and nothing has changed!!!”
Okay, let’s read between the lines here:
“We see each other when we can.”
Translation: When Bryan is in L.A. and Ballas gets a break from trying to get Kristi Yamaguchi to the finals they hook up.
“Nothing has changed.”
Translation: They don’t use the word “dating,” rather they prefer the term “friends with privileges.” It’s less messy should someone corner them about the nature of their relationship. Friends forever.
ANDY AND MARLA
I can’t tell you how pleased I am to report that the charade between “Bachelor” Andy Baldwin and his “girlfriend” of five months Marla Maples is finally over.
Baldwin told reports that his recent move to Washington, D.C. for work (he got a job as an advocate for Navy Medicine) put a strain on the relationship so he called it quits.
“The big move coupled with the long distance relationship wasn’t working for us so I decided we were better off as friends,” Baldwin said.
Regarding his romance with Donald Trump’s 44-year-old ex-wife, the 31-year-old reality TV star told the Washington Post. “We were friends, it got romantic for a little while, but we’re just friends.”
Translation: “We were friends with privileges and now we are just friends.”
Let’s just hope he stays away from Tessa.
SURI AND HER BOTTLE
The cute as a button spawn of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is under fire (or actually her parents are) after being photographed yet again sucking milk from a baby bottle.
Yesterday, several news shows paraded out a string of “parenting experts” to discuss the implications of Cruise’s 2-year-old daughter Suri still clinging to her bottle.
According to the experts, parents should try to wean their children from the bottle by age one and almost certainly by 18 months.
However, given young Suri’s chaotic travel schedule, following her globe-trotting parents to the four corners of the earth, one doctor suggested that the tot is clinging to her bottle for “comfort and consistency.”
Even Oprah’s favorite psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow weighed in on Suri’s bottle habit. The good doctor suggested that the Cruise’s distract their daughter with a sippy cup and if that doesn’t go over well they should sit back and take their cue from Suri. After all, he noted, “Have you ever seen a child go to college with a bottle?”
Does this guy get paid for saying this stuff?