It seems that lately two things dominate the pop culture news – Jon and Kate Gosselin and Michael Jackson. Never mind that Jackson is dead and Jon and Kate are divorcing, they still somehow manage to stay at the top of the news headlines.
As you may know, Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest Thursday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif. Even though the burial was a private affair for family and friends only, there was still fanfare. Rev. Al Sharpton was there along with Elizabeth Taylor, Lisa Marie Presley, Gladys Knight, Quincy Jones, Barry Gordy, Chris Tucker, Corey Feldman, and Macaulay Culkin. All in all, this private burial hosted 250 mourners.
Jackson’s casket was carried to The Great Mausoleum by his brothers. Michael’s daughter Paris tried to place a bejeweled crown on top of the casket, but wasn’t able to reach it, so her older brother Prince Michael helped her. Afterward, many of the mourners went to Villa Sorriso in Pasadena, which TMZ called an “after party.”
Over in Gosselin World, things just keep getting nastier and nastier. Some tabloids say that Jon is spending money like a kid in a candy store after being “freed” from his soon-to-be-ex wife Kate. He hit Las Vegas with girlfriend Hailey, reportedly spending money on pricey jewelry for her. But, he was there making money as he was being paid to make an appearance at a Vegas party. Someone would pay to see Jon Gosselin?
Anyhow, the most famous Octodad in the world had a lot to say about Kate on “Good Morning America” and as you might imagine, it wasn’t good. In his first interview since filing for divorce, Jon told Chris Cuomo that he took a lot of abuse from Kate. He said she told him he wasn’t going anywhere and called him a “lame fish.” He also said he despises Kate and even accused her of theft! He said he took his wedding ring off, laid it down, and it disappeared, but there was no one there to take it other than Kate.
I am just sad that one day, the Gosselin kids are going to have access to all this public airing of their parent’s laundry. Wouldn’t it be weird if Michael Jackson’s kids turned out to be more normal than that Gosselin kids? How is that for an ironic twist!