Keeping up with the lives of celebrities is harder than keeping up with Hurricane Taylor (my adorable, yet rambunctious 2-year-old). I’m sure my Pop Culture blogging partner Libby would agree (having a 2-year-old herself). It is very easy for us to blog about an event that “just happened” to a Hollywood such-and-such, only to find out five minutes later such-and-such “changed his mind,” or that the media “misinterpreted” a certain event. Their lives are a whirlwind and circumstances and minds are constantly changing…
Such is the case with the following celebs Libby and I have covered in recent weeks:
A MISTAKE
Less than 48 hours ago I reported that Oprah Winfrey’s lawyers threatened to take legal action against Patrick Crowe, the man who is trying to promote her as a candidate for president. (By the way, she’s not running.) Today, the “queen of daytime” admits that her attorneys may have acted a bit hastily.
“I feel flattered by it,” the 52-year-old talk-show host told reporters. “My lawyers overreacted, I think, by sending him a cease-and-desist order because it really is a flattering thing.”
It should have been handled in a phone call, said Winfrey, who said she’s thinking of calling Patrick Crowe herself.
AN EVEN BIGGER MISTAKE
Aaron Carter has broken off his engagement to 22-year-old actress Kari Ann Peniche. That’s right; eight days after popping the question to the former Miss Teen USA and former Playboy Playmate, onstage in Las Vegas, the two are parting ways.
“I got caught up in the moment and proposed,” Carter told Us Weekly magazine. “I then realized it was a hasty thing to do and I am not ready for marriage quite yet.”
Well, I guess that spares me from writing (and you reading) a blog about what could have been a bitter divorce. Did I mention Peniche is an ex-girlfriend of Carter’s 26-year-old brother, Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter?
TWIN BOYS
“Grey’s Anatomy” hunky “Dr. McDreamy” should self-prescribed himself some bed rest. As I reported last week Dempsey’s wife is pregnant with twins. Now, the actor has revealed that the family will be welcoming twin boys to the world, much to the delight of his young daughter.
IRISH TWINS (give or take a couple months)
And, speaking of babies, in case you missed my blog comment last week… it’s official. Britney Spears and hubby K-Fed have named their newest son: Sutton Pierce Federline. The new addition now shares the same initials as older brother (by 3 months) Sean Preston.