What can we learn from serial celebrity break-ups, billionaire bust-ups, misbehaving spouses, pants-on challenged politicos and the ever-shifting landscape of divorce law? Question is, "What CAN'T we learn"? With latte in hand and clicky finger at the ready, dive in for the best in divorce news, views, gossip, and buzz – assembled below for your reading pleasure.
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.
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What's it take for a President to get some love?
Apparently French President Nicholas Sarkozy needs to be asking that very question. Rumors of his impending divorce are flying once again in the wake of news that Cecelia will not be accompanying her husband on his state visit to Morocco next week.
Traditionally, French president's wives have accompanied their husbands on state visits such as this, but Mrs. Sarkozy has not attended a single official function since Bastille Day celebrations on July 14.
Now, is it time for Sarkozy to place a call to Bill Clinton for tips on how to keep his woman around? Perhaps not just yet. Cecelia does appear to be his little Hillary, though, supporting her husband and serving as an advisor when he was an interior and finance minister.
The couple separated in 2005 for a few months, but were very publicly reconciled in 2006, amidst heavy declarations of love on Nicholas' part. Since then, she remained under the radar for his campaign, and since his rise to power she's attended only three official events, even wiggling out of an informal meeting with President Bush and his family.
Silly me, I thought that's what being a politico's wife was all about. Smiling, shaking hands and gushing about how wonderful the man in charge is while pushing a few safe political ideas of your own in your free time.
It does amuse me that this is what it takes to get the French press as detail and tabloid hungry as the American press. Oh the times, they are a 'changin.
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