Curb Your...Marriage?

Donna Carlisle — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0400

Dealing with divorce is difficult for anyone, even celebrities. Most seem to soothe their pain by diving into some activity, whether it's more time with the kids, social causes, or even a fiercer attitude towards their career.

Larry David saw opportunity to turn his divorce into comedy gold.

In June, Larry and his wife Laurie separated, citing irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage.

The Davids' spokesman has stated that their split was "very amicable".

Sunday night, on Larry's hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm, his on-screen wife announced she was going to leave him.

The show split was slightly less friendly, with his fictitious wife calling her husband in fear for her life due to a potential plane crash, only to be told to call back in ten minutes while the cable man fixes the Tivo.

When David's on screen wife returns safely, she announces she'll be leaving him. The rest of the show dealt with friends of the couple choosing sides, some of them being Larry and Laurie's real friends.

Larry David has always stated that his show persona is something like a funhouse-mirror version of himself, the person he might be if he had "no manners or restraint."

Lucky for Laurie — in that case — that her former husband isn't as insensitive as he appears onscreen.

It's a difficult thing to find the humor in divorce, but I would say anyone could watch that show and find something to laugh about, including Mr. David.

Click here to read more.

firstwivesworld - Curb Your...Marriage? - Comments

Curb Your...Marriage?