Morning Links: Jon Gosselin's 'aha' moment: when Kate admits they split long ago
It's safe to say that nobody on the face of the earth watched Kate Gosselin's confessional Monday night more closely than soon-to-be-ex-husband Jon. Not only for the big things -- when Kate said she was sorry she's been so mean to Jon on camera, or possibly sorry that the camera had captured her snippy moments -- but that the truth about their relationship leaked out. He tweeted, "Kate even slipped last night and admitted we split up a year ago! Though she claims she 'didn't remember' who called it quits." Kate also said she misses "the old Jon," and still "wake[s] up every day and I think the phone will ring and it'll be ... the old Jon." But he also had new love Hailey Glassman on his mind Monday night, tweeting, "Read Hailey's tweet, Still miss her though." Later he added, "I stand behind Hailey because she is the only person who has spoken the brutal truth." As for Hailey, she tweeted, Yes I am semi-single, but definitely NOT YET ready to mingle. I need some Hailey time and regroup myself and my life."
Kate Gosselin may regret some of the obnoxious behavior she exhibited toward Jon, but she should also realize that the cameras are rolling when she appears in public with her little ones. After picking them up from the bus, she was filmed snapping at them after one of the boys tried out a few dance moves. "This is the kind of stuff you cannot be doing when you are 5 years old. Stand quietly ... Stop your feet and don't move them," said Kate, adding, "If I wasn't here you'd still be standing in the parking lot waiting!"
Michael Jackson's longtime doctor, Arnold Klein, offers a semi-innocent explanation of why a young boy could describe in detail the discoloration of the skin on Jackson's private parts caused by the skin disease vitiglio. The boy's 1993 explanation was considered powerful evidence that Jackson had sexually abused him. But Klein, left, told TMZ's Harvey Levin that Jackson liked to urinate openly in front of people because he "thought it was funny," and often urinated into a cup "around groups of people, including children" at Klein's home and office. Ummm, OK.
Search warrants executed at the homes of the teenage members of the gang that targeted celebrities have turned up a wide variety of portable pricey goods, including a bag of loose diamonds and rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings, wedding band sets, Paris Hilton brand perfume, designer purses, eyeglasses, jeans, cosmetics and perfume and expensive watches. The gang members are suspected of breaking into the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox, Audrina Patridge, Ashley Tisdale and Brian Austin Green.
The Atlanta stripper who claims she had a one-night stand with Josh Duhamel after meeting him in the Tattletale club where she worked says she has text messages and polygraph test results to back up her story. But Duhamel and his wife Fergie, left, are again denying Nicole Forrester's claims. "This is not the first nor will it be the last time that a stripper was paid a large amount of money to sell a false story about a celebrity," says Duhamel's rep. "This story is absolutely ridiculous." Fergie's spokesman calls the allegations "nonsense." The dancer appeared on a radio show to repeat the claims she made that the two hooked up in mid-October. She sold her story to the National Enquirer for $20,000, which pays a lot better than dancing.
Hollywood funnymen Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will share hosting duties for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards next year. The ceremony will be held March 7, 2010, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," said Martin, who was the ceremony's solo host in 2001 and 2003. "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars—it's the opportunity of a lifetime," said Baldwin.
Newlywed Ivanka Trump raised a few eyebrows when she brought a conspicuously naked ring finger to "The View" on Tuesday. "I knew you'd call me on that," she said, laughing, when the women noticed she wasn't wearing the bling put on her finger just over a week ago by new husband Jared Kushner. "I was engaged for three months and then I've been married around eight days, so it's sitting on my bedside table. I forget about the hardware," she said. Ivanka and mom Ivana appeared on the show to promote the daughter's new book, "The Trump Card."
Reese Witherspoon turned from celebrity photo subject into a witness when two members of the paparazzi, competing to get the perfect shot of her after an exercise session in Brentwood, took it up a level and began brawling. Police were called and took a report, and later Reese contacted the LAPD, said she had witnessed the fight, and said she would be "happy to cooperate" with the investigation.
Thomas Dekker, who played John Connor in the "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" TV show, faces two charges of misdeameanor counts of DUI after an Oct. 14 crash in which a 17-year-old bicyclist was injured in the San Fernando Valley.
-- Anne Neville
I read the racy blub on this blog, ripped from the headlines: "John and Kate's ah-ha moment" and thought "Oh, no, not Jon and Kate, again?".
Anne Nevile last blogged about these two wanna-be personalites on Oct.31st.
On that occasion I wondered who in the world are interested in these two people, and why? Is it just tweens. And does the NEWS have a big tween readership?
Today, I looked at the "recent comments' on that last blog. I wondered how many people were interested in these two empty people. My comment was the only comment. Apparently no one else is interested in these two no-talent people.
Now I am waiting to see who will comment on today's other burning story about the discoloration of Michael Jackson private parts.
Please be patient. Wait your turn. Don't all try to blog at once.
Posted by: BobbyCat | November 04, 2009 at 09:13 AM
Bob...
With all due respect, the Morning Links posts are not intended to be a DISCUSSION blog entry.
We are directing people to entertainment/celebrity stories that they may not have seen.
We are not soliciting opinions, but welcome comments.
And despite what you think, the daily traffic that the blog receives is in the thousands, even with your perceived lack of participation.
Thanks for your continued reading.
Posted by: Dave Valenzuela | November 04, 2009 at 09:46 AM