You know what’s dumb? If you’re a dude with taste in sketchy women, with a history of failed relationships, to get married without a pre-nup. How did we ever buy that Kelsey Grammer was a smart man? Because he is screwed. TMZ reports that Kelsey married his wife Camille in 1997 without a prenup. That’s thirteen years of earnings that will be split in half for Camille in what’s turning out to be a pretty decent B-list scandal. Not only was Kelsey the highest paid television actor for several years, he’s also a pretty decent television producer – he owns Medium, that (really good) Patricia Arquette vehicle. By my estimation, Camille could be getting like $50 million in cash, assets and property. And since California divorces are no-fault, it doesn’t even matter if Kelsey is a crappy dad (eh) or if Camille is boning some jailbait (probable).
TMZ has learned … Kelsey Grammer took a page out of Larry King’s playbook, and got hitched to Camille without a prenup. It’s pretty stunning, since during the run of “Frasier” Kelsey was the highest paid actor on TV … making $1.6 mil an episode at the end of the show’s 11-year run.
As we first reported, Kelsey is asking that some of his “Frasier” money be declared his separate property. Turns out, he was married in 1997, four years after the series launched. So Kelsey’s separate property request only covers the first 4 years. His earnings for the remaining 7 years, as well as much of the syndication money, will be considered community property.
Going 50/50 is risky business, when you’ve already been married twice before. Camille is Kelsey’s third wife. Just a note for the future.
[From TMZ]
Of course, TMZ also points out that Kelsey is already trying to protect his ass(ets). Kelsey claims that he has “sole financial interest” in all of that Frasier money, AND Kelsey doesn’t want to pay Camille any spousal support.
You can bet that all of the strippers and back-up dancers and budget lingerie models sent out a high-alert that Kelsey is back on the market – and he’s dumb enough to get married without a pre-nup.
That is what happens when you marry an ex stripper.
Pre-nups gentlemen, PRE-NUPS! Jeez, no one is worth losing half of what you have worked for, and I am a woman.
thats what happens when men think with their second head
“If you aint no punk holla
We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP! Yeaah
It’s something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half”
Sorry I thought dumbass Kanye could express this more eloquently than me. lol
Seriously-WHAT was he thinking?????
Tactical error, Frasier.
Although I know it is dumb, dumb, dumb for anyone to not protect themselves financially before marriage, there is still something a bit refreshing about it. Good luck to both of them.
When will these old fools ever learn anyything? A prenup is absolutely essential for those with means to protect themselves. It’s not a fairy tale world. I guess some people still go into marriage with their heads in the clouds thinking it’s going to last forever. Well, 50% says it won’t and the odds in Hollywood are even less. They need to start thinking with the right head, not the one between their legs.
hahahaha.
He has a history of dating these kinds of women – the blonde trophies.
It’s a shame because he appears to be a reasonable type (not a psycho like Mel!)
I reiterate: the wife is past her expiration date (in the blond, trophy wife world, not the one I live in, since I’m older than her and still feel fresh) and he’s dumping her for new meat. It’s very simple. Should she get half? By all means, if she can. Why is it more despicable to be a gold digger than to be a man who knows fully well that the woman he purchases (ok, marries) is in it for the money? It’s a devil’s bargain: she gets a lush lifestyle and he gets a lush body. It’s base on both sides that male/female relationships are reduced to such a coarse transaction. It taints everyone. Where is feminism when you need it?
Three strikes, yer out, Frasier….
He married a stripper. Without a Prenup. Lord, how the jokes just write themselves.
Meh, this marriage has lasted 13 years, so I don’t think its outrageous for her to walk away with a load of cash. 13 years is a long time. She clearly wasn’t trying to put in the minimum number of years/months needed to walk away with 1/2 his money and then bail…
I can’t believe he didn’t have a prenup, especially after already having been married twice. Stupid.
If she gets half, I bet it’s more than $50 million. Acting, producing, TV, film, plus they probably have a lot of real estate and other joint assets.
She wouldn’t even carry his children – had a surrogate do it.
He’s got some dirt on her – she was a hooker maybe before he married her?
Just hand it over and be done with it, Frazier.
Maybe Sir Paul will buy him a drink afterward.
Awwwww, Fraiser. ): C’mon, man!
@ j ferber: (and I mean absolutely no disrespect)
Ummm, if by “lush body” you mean “silicone & surgically enhanced” then yes, he got a lush body. And she cheated on him, not the other way round.
What boggles my mind is how a man with his kind of relationship track record (younger, trashy-career having women) would enter into EXACTLY THE SAME KIND OF MARRIAGE WITHOUT A PRE-NUP. (Larry King also has trashy taste and a bad track record, and he did the same thing!) What is up with that?
Poor guy he had alot of substance abuse issues in the past just goes to show every drunk is not an asshole like MG. I think he is just a niave person who wasn’t thinking it through. As for her motives anyone who dumps her husband for the supposed excuse of not calling on Fathers Day is a drama queen and mark my words this will all end up on her reality show.
What a dumbass
What ever Camille may have done prior to the marriage, should not be dragged up to lessen her as a human.
Just like Kelsey being a coke head, boozer… chasing cheap ass all over LA, should not lessen who he is either.
Camille, from all appearances, has been a great wife to him. Seen alot of interviews with them and she was always gracious and funny. Always deferring to him in public.
I agree that this seems to be about him most likely looking to dump his 40 year old wife and two kids for something else.
No matter what the legit reasons are, Camille was his wife and has earned her % of the family income, for the years that they were married.
For Kelsey to demand that she not deserve any income from any of the shows he owns, seems like typical cheap bastard behavior.
But to demand he owns no spousal support to her, is just tacky. As if, since he no longer is shagging her, he owes her no cash.
I hope she hired that scary lady divorce lawyer in LA. The one that all the soon to be ex-husbands hate.
No pre-nup? Kelsey, you’re a dumb shit.
He married THAT skank without a pre-nup? Proves he really had a bad drug/alcohol problem.
When Kelsey married Camille he really scrapped the bottom of the barrel.