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Debbie Rowe and the “Sham Marriage” to Michael Jackson

JC — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:32 +0000

The only thing sadder than the sudden death of a loved one is drama that soon circulates without the person being able to defend themselves. That is the case now with Debbie Rowe, the former wife of Michael Jackson and surrogate mother to his two children, whom she now claims are not biologically his.

Rowe, who married Jackson at the Sheraton Hotel Sydney in November 1996, said she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor and likened herself to one of the thoroughbred mares she now keeps on her California ranch.

“I was just the vessel. It wasn’t Michael’s sperm,” Rowe told News of the World.

“I got paid for it, and I’ve moved on. I know I will never see my children again.”

Nas and Kelis to Divorce?

JC — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:40:27 +0000

I certainly hope not. It’s not like hip-hop culture had that many marriages to model after anyway. Now one of its most prominent is headed for break up.

The hope is that they could reconcile without public innuendo and interference, but that’s just not pop culture, so, my prayers definitely go out to Nas and Kelis.

Nothing Says Marriage Like Gays and Jennifer Lopez

JC — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:38:48 +0000

Interestingly enough, if you did a Google news search on the word “Marriage,” your top five results would be stories about gay marriage rights and the faltering marriage of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez.

Ain’t it grand? A rich actress who can’t stay married and people who aren’t allowed to be married sharing an algorithm.

You hear so much talk about how commercial Christmas has gone, but what about the ordinary miracle of marriage? It’s pretty sad that so many people work so hard at it, only to be bombarded in news and entertainment about how being in a celebrity marriage is suffering at its worst, and how people who are in love have to fight so hard to get a basic human right.

Neither is deserving of our two-cents, but this culture makes it our two-cents. Misery is the best headline and here are the polar opposites of it. And we wonder why 50 percent of these things fail?

Because no one is promoting it to be something worth while.