When I first saw this story in the NY Daily News I thought it was just one of those “insider” tales and found it rather sweet. Like two BFFs bonding over the holidays when one is newly separated. Then I realized that the story originated in People Magazine, which makes me suspicious. Like it probably happened, but why did they have to go and tell People? When someone wants me to go “aww” I’m more likely to squint my eyes and try and figure out their motivation. (Unless a baby animal is involved.) Anyway here’s People’s story about Jen and Court’s Very Special Christmas with Coco.
Christmas Eve was all about girl time for Courteney Cox: She spent Dec. 24 quietly celebrating with daughter Coco and her BFF Jennifer Aniston.
“Both Jen and Courteney are tired after a long year,” a source close to Cox tells PEOPLE. “They celebrated Christmas [with] each other and just focused on making things special for Coco.”
Cox, 46, and her husband, David Arquette, who separated earlier this year, also made an effort to give Coco, 6, a merry Christmas, putting in some time as a family over the holidays.
While the source says Cox and Arquette, 39, are getting along well, he is finding the separation difficult.
“He’s just not handling this situation well,” says another source. “He’s really depressed. There was a moment when David thought they’d get back together but that doesn’t seem like it will happen now and it’s really tough on David.”
Even so, at this point the pair have no imminent plans to divorce, says the source.
[From People]
So does that Stephen Huvane PR guy rep Courteney Cox too? From what I can find, he doesn’t but maybe he’s “helping” Courteney out by including some information about how devastated poor David Arquette is now that Courteney is f*cking her coworker.
Oh now I know why they’re coming out with this story! E!’s Mark Malkin just reported that Courteney Cox and her rumored lover Brian Von Holt were inseparable at a Christmas party for their show, “Cougar Town.” They were also rumored to be planning a romantic holiday getaway that doesn’t seem to have happened (yet). Instead, Courteney and Jen want us to know that they spent the holidays bonding and that David Arquette is in a bad way. It has nothing to do with Courteney and her new boyfriend, of course. He’s not mentioned at all.
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aaw how sweet, the bffs spending the holidays together, like they always do 🙂
EDIT: court and jen should just raise coco together
It’s so ridiculous that they have to put all this stuff out there to make themselves look good.
Why did they issue a statement?
I spent the Holidays after my separation/divorce with my BFF & kids. So what? That seems surprisingly normal to me – not including the “leak” to People. Get over it.
It’s really slick of Courtney, she’s learned alot from her friend. Poor David he never had a chance.
Smokescreen. Total smokescreen.
Don’t these two always spend every holiday together? I mean, when Jennie isn’t in Mexico!!
It’s nice to have a BFF but does Courtney not have a mother, father or siblings that she can spend some part of the holidays with? Personally, I don’t care but I do think it’s sad that little Coco has to spend Christmas Eve with her “Aunt” Jen rather than with her Granny and/or cousins.
P.S.: The comments on some websites are kind of funny. Some people think Court and Jen are more than just BFFs!! Hilarious!! Huvane had better watch what he throws out there to People.
Not one of the commentators here was married to the guy so give her a break. Marriages end…sad but true. It’s so easy to sit back and make judgments on people but until you are in the situation you should just leave her alone. David is not making the situation any better by going out and drinking and spilling his guts to anyone who will listen.
We just might be looking at the real reason that Courtney left David.
Does anyone else remember all the stories about how Courtney was a bitch to Brad when he left Jen for Angie because Jen was so devastated ect. ect.
Does no one else see the similarities here, only because it’s a her shagging about it’s ok?
All this stories done is made me feel for David even more, and think that these two are hypocritical cows.
@lisa: They didn’t issue a statement. If you read the People piece two “sources” are quoted – one supposedly close to Cox and Aniston, and the other supposedly close to Arquette. Maybe this did come from one or the other’s (meaning Cox or Arquette’s) PR people, but it really says nothing at all positive or negative either way.
I’ll say the same thing as I said yesterday in the Cox piece – still absolutely no proof of her being with Van Holt, no matter how people like to state this as fact. She has continued to wear her wedding ring (kind of a buzz killer for a new relationship I would imagine), and she and Arquette continue to spend time together with their daughter – including on Christmas, apparently.
Just a few days ago everyone here was condemning her for keeping her daughter from Arquette over the holidays as per some ridiculous tabloid story. Given that we have this report and pics of her in LA, I think it’s easy to see that you can’t believe everything you read. I don’t know why everyone is so quick to throw blame without clear proof.
The only thing I believe about this “story” is that JA did see Courtney and Coco at some point over the holidays. It’s another attempt to make JA look desperate AND to nail home the point that there are allegedly no guys in our sad little world.
@anon
I get that Courteney and Jennifer didn’t necessarily call People, but why even print this. It just seems very random. But it is not unusual for their “friends” to talk to magazines and give out little information to counteract gossip. It would be one thing is we saw a picture, but the picture we saw this week was of JUST Courteney and Coco. NO Aniston. YET she is mentioned.
Just seems a ploy. and no you are correct that there is no proof of a relationship. But I think it is funny that David believed that something was going on. Enough so that he confronted her and has said she is Emotionally attached to this man. I think he would know some things that we don’t. There are a lot of little clues out there.
but I believe the truth will come out sooner then later. IT always does.
I just have my own view of what happened. And if this were any other person I don’t think she would be given this much leeway.
I honestly don’t care about the fact that she did or didn’t cheat or left David because it’s true I haven’t been married to him what does disgust me is Courtney’s manipulation of the situation. She initiated the separation, but didn’t have the guts to announce it. Even as the first People mag article came out denying her affair with Van Holt who defended her? David the poor sap that she left in the first place. And because there was never a split announced everyone assumes that David was the cheater/scumbag and that it was his ‘fault’ that CC left and she deserves a new man. So in the proper time when BVH come out as a couple everyone in the minivan set will be talking about how happy they are for her that she got rid of that bum. Why can’t she just be honest?
EDIT: BTW doesn’t anyone understand what sources are in People mag?? In this case more than likely Court’s publicist.
mln76, she did defend David as well when everyone was shocked about him giving TMI interviews left and right. What else can she do? He’s a single man, an adult, he’s living his life as he sees fit, she isn’t forcing him to do anything and she isn’t condemning him for anything past or present.
But she has a right to live her life as she sees fit too, you know. She has a right to divorce him if she isn’t happy with him anymore and she has a right to do it without explaining herself to anyone but David and their daughter.
Lord have Mercy.
They spent Christmas together.. the end.
Whats the big deal?
ND David is devastated. I think he was blindsided I feel really bad for him.
Courteney & David have been having problems for a long time. Any couple that spends the majority of their marriage in counseling is probably not going to last forever. Courteney has a right to move on if she has finally tired of propping David up. They had some good times, but if the love is gone, then there is no reason she should stick in there because David’s a good guy.
I feel for David. The dissolution of a marriage isn’t easy, but if he really wanted to save his marriage, he’d get the help he needed to be the type of husband Courteney needs and wants.
@mln76: What leeway are you talking about? Most posters here have already condemned her and concluded she is a cold, calculating PR manipulator. I’m simply pointing out that it is not a factual conclusion as yet that she is with her co-star, despite many on here stating it to be true. As I said yesterday – for all I know she and Van Holt have been together for months. I just think it more than a little suspect that they have never been pictured together off set, and there is absolutely no smoking gun on them after all this time and everyone involved (paps and tabs) knowing who to be snooping around after.
And as for how things have gone down – Arquette claims Cox asked him for the separation in June – just before they both went away to Michigan to film on location for Scream 4 for two months. Hardly a convenient time for a break if she was looking to further things with Van Holt. They have both stated they are in no rush to divorce, so perhaps that is why they made no rush to announce a separation publicly. CC has never pushed the Arquette was a cheater angle – she supported the fact that they were separated before he hooked up with anyone.
If anyone is to blame for how David is coming across to the “minivan” it’s the “poor sap” himself as you call him. David is a grown man of almost 40 who has been in the business most of his life. He is not some innocent naive newcomer unaware of how the media and PR works. If he had wanted to he could have come out of this whole thing looking much different. Even if he doesn’t care about his own PR, you would think he would care enough about his daughter to have kept his head down, acted an adult and stayed off of Howard Stern and out of bars. Just because he acts like a child and has substance abuse issues doesn’t mean we should coddle and pity him – at his age and with his responsibilities it’s time for him to take charge of his own life.
So they spent some time together over the holidays???so what?? thats what friends do in my world…I doubt they spent every moment together..Im sure David got to see his daughter, and all was well…take a chill pill people.
mln76, I feel bad for him too. But I don’t see how it’s any easier for CC. She’s going through the same split as he does. Just because she doesn’t fall apart publicly doesn’t mean she’s all indifferent and unfeeling.
Reminds me of J.Austen’s Sense and Sensibility in which two sisters had a totally different reaction to heartbreak and one that “suffered” publicly and openly thought the other who practiced extertion to be unfeeling, unnatural and generally uncool 🙂
I am not saying she doesn’t feel bad about the split what I am saying is that she is using PR to cover her ass. A story comes out about her making out with her co-star at an office party gets turned into a story about her and Aniston having Xmas eve together. That doesn’t mean that behind the scenes she isn’t doing the dirty deeds. She knows how to use PR to her advantage and keep up appearances, and make sure she isn’t photographed UNTIL she is ready to go public. David did her a huge favor by not announcing the separation during the interview he did for People denying the affair with BVH, if he hadn’t said anything at that time when the rumours first broke into mainstream gossip the public opinion would be on his side. As for Arquette he is like the rest of his family unfailingly honest he was raised on a commune for godsakes so although he knows about the hollywood game it’s just not in his DNA to play it-hence his comfort with talking to Howard Stern . I do think eventually he will come out of this and be a happier person though.
These two come off as very needy. I don’t think they are sexually involved, but they should just move in together. This way when one comes home from a date they can just tell each other how wonderful they are and how no man understands them.
@mln76: There was NO story of Cox and Van Holt “making out” at an office party. Did you read the E! story? All it said was that they spent much of the night together with other cast mates. There was no report of them doing anything more than attending the party and spending time together at it – much like most of us would do with our co-workers at the office party.
And did you read the People report of their Christmas above? It’s hardly unsympathetic to David. If anything it makes him sound better than her, as once again he is said to be depressed and having a hard time dealing with things, while no mention of her feelings on the matter are given at all. It’s no more PR savvy for her, than him if you ask me.
ND I agree with you that simply because Cox was the one to initiate the split and can keep her crap together publicly, doesn’t mean she isn’t struggling with things as well. It’s clear from the few comments she has made that this is upsetting for her too.
And regardless of whether it is in his DNA or not to “play the Hollywood game” I would hope it would be in his DNA to demonstrate respect and love for his child and the estranged wife he claims to want to reconcile with. As I said, if he had kept quiet and out of the press (see his latest antics at TMZ) public opinion would likely be on his side, but moreover, he would probably still have a chance at reconciliation with CC and wouldn’t have to worry about his daughter seeing this stuff in the years to come.
Um… David Arquette is barely holding himself together enough to not end up in jail, or with a DUI. If Courteney was the only thing between him and a complete break with reality – well, that’s a lot of pressure on her. I’m sorry, but I actually think the way David has behaved post-break has been appalling. Truly horrible. I would be devastated if my husband was out drinking publicly sleeping with club skanks, picking up god knows what sort of diseases. Why would she ever want to get back together with that?
If anything, David’s behavior post-break only served to convince Courteney that there was no chance he could grow up and no chance of reconciliation.
@Anon – agreeing with you on all counts. Marriages break up. Unless you’re privvy to the finer points of someone’s relationship, doling out judgement in the absence of facts is lame and unfair. I like CC, if she’s protective of her image, where’s the crime in that? And she’s not the one who’s been running around shouting her mouth off about her failed relationship. So if we’re talking dignified and thinking about the child’s interests, then we’re looking at CC and not DA.
@mln76 Actually the story wasn’t about her making out with co-star, the story was about her standing next to said co-star for the most of the evening, see the difference?
And yes, this “leak” to People is totally to clear the rumors about her going to Mexico with daughter and BVH for holidays but how is that damaging/offending to David? What, she has no right to defend herself in situation when tabs spread lies about her? Don’t see how this makes her a manipulative bitch toward him or anyone.
That David defending CC from affair rumors interview to People was done BEFORE they’ve separated (it was before their 11th anniversary at which they were still together and she even got him present) so he wasn’t keeping their split secret for her sake as you seem to believe.
If you look at the facts again, he didn’t make much efforts to keep it secret – right after their separation he went on banging random other chicks, telling them that he’s a single man. It’s possible that CC didn’t want to go public with their troubles at all but after such behaviour on his part there were no choice anymore, and CC agreed to make an announcement for David’s sake so he doesn’t look like cheater and all.
Mind it, it’s not that I think David is a bad guy in all this, he WAS a single man and had a right to see other people but CC doesn’t come off as a bad guy there either. She just wants to be separated from David, but she isn’t doing it to hurt him, she’s doing it to stop her own pain/unhappiness.
Maybe David and Jennifer should hook up, now talk about a grrreat tabloid story,
@min7 – the story I read about CC’s office party didn’t say anything about their making out. As a matter of fact, the story linked to this one quotes sources saying specifically that they didn’t see them kissing or even holding hands – just the two of them watching each other play a game.
I’m with @anon on this one. The plan seems to be that people will just keep saying they are definitely sleeping together until everyone just believes it to be true. I mean if someone can turn a story of two people in the same room at a party into a make out session and definite proof they must be sleeping together . . . Ridiculous.
This is a non story. Lots of people spend the holidays with their best friends, especially after a break up. That’s what besties are for! It seems obvious to me that Courtney is the source for this one, or her PR, not Jen. Courtney wanted to get it out there because of the stories about her spending the holidays with her jump off. It made her look really bad, so she had someone release the info about her spending the holiday with Jen. This story takes care of it pretty well.
@Moreaces
Howard suggested this.. but David said he had never been attracted to Aniston that way.
so no story there.
Some people think Court and Jen are more than just BFFs!! Hilarious!!
ah god jeebus the visual for that is revolting — like a string cheese having sex with a piece of beef jerky.
Mia: if he really wanted to save his marriage, he’d get the help he needed to be the type of husband Courteney needs and wants.
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Marriage is a two-way street. How about Courtney being the type of wife David needs and wants? Why should it be all on him?
@bizzy: Ewwwwwww!!!!!!
Edit: Jennifer Aniston really does have a very masculine facial structure. I can see why she hides behind her hair.
I don’t think the point of discussion is the fact that they spent the holidays together, it’s the fact that PEOPLE magazine is reporting it. It’s just such a mundane, regular thing that all friends and family do, that it seems a bit suspicious that PEOPLE is reporting this particular get together. And we all know that PEOPLE is where the stars run to get their story across. Ordinarily does this warrant reporting? No it doesn’t. The fact that it *was* reported is what is interesting here.
@Cheyenne I think Courteney has done all she could to be a good wife & mother to David. Obviously she has, because David still wants her. She doesn’t seem to want him and his issues anymore. Nothing wrong with that. At some point, she has to think of herself.
Damage control. The publicist put this out. I believe Courteney is having an affair and trying to hide it up.
I did not read all these comments, but will add: i think they spend xmas eve together every year-but arquette is usually with them.
I know this is dorky, but i have a strong memory and seem to remember a story last year or some other year, about their dinner together-out in some LA restaurant. It’s a tradition.
so maybe this is the usual?
@Mia: LOL! “Good wife and mother to David?!” That was a very telling comment you posted. Why would David still need a mother?
David was on TMZ last night he is a mess.Red eyes and rambling. I felt sorry for him
so Jen wears extensions?/ hr hair is thin in one pic and long and full in the other..guess I’m the only one that did not know it.
David looks like he is depressed-I’m sure the holidays have alot to do w/it.
these chicks can be cold, cold.
@Cheyenne Why would David still need a mother?
You should ask David that one. He used that word describing their marriage. Whomever she was for him in their relationship, he seems to be desperate for that to continue.
‘Jen had a long year…’
Too funny.
@Seeer: lrm is correct in that while you may not think this People report is worthy news, it in fact does constitute news in the celeb media world. There have been similar reports in other years of where Jennifer spent Christmas Eve, and lrm is right that it usually is with Cox, Arquette, her goddaughter and the extended family Arquettes (Patricia, Rosanna, etc.) at a steak dinner at an LA restaurant. It’s been a tradition for them for several years. Just a couple of years back People reported on how Aniston and Coco were chatting together at said dinner and that Coco called Aniston “Nouna” which is Greek for godmother.
@LisaTurtle: I agree completely with everything you said. I just read a report that Cox and some of Arquette’s friends are encouraging him to enter rehab, and given the recent footage TMZ has of him, I don’t think that’s a bad idea. It’s one thing to enjoy life and be the life of the party, but it’s another entirely to be a 39 year-old father clubbing, publicly intoxicated, and so out of control to allow sycophants to surround and influence you. Given David’s addictive history, his actions since the split are particularly troubling. I just don’t understand why so many here are quick to blame Courteney. This is a grown man, and at some point he needs to be accountable for his own course in life.
@TeeTee: those pics are more than a year apart – the car pic is from May 2009 and the others are from June 2010, which could explain changes in hair length/style.
I feel sorry for courtney, she can’t spend time with her family because Jennifer Aniston would have no one to spend Christmas with she have sacrificed her marraige and a lot of other things for JA.
Well I think it’s sweet and they are besties so why shouldn’t they spend time with each other during the holidays?
Are you all who think it’s odd that they spent time together on Christmas eve saying that you never see your friends during the holidays? Or are you the types of people who don’t share close friendships over years and years?
Christmas is supposed to spent giving gifts and attention and spending time with the people you love.
How the heck have some of you come up with reasons to take issue with two women who have known each other and been friends for over 15 years hanging out together on Christmas eve?
gloriaad: I suspect Courtney wasn’t too bothered seeing as they are best friends.
While I feel sorry for David Arquette, I always thought he was both childlike (a trait that can sometimes be good) and childish (a trait that is not good, especially in an adult male). I never understood how they ended up together, but if she has a caretaker personality, she may have found him to be unique and different than the usual guys who pursued her back in the day.
I can’t figure out her “type,” a common denominator linking the men she gets involved with. Didn’t she live with Michael Keaton? Also, weren’t there some blind items that many thought were about the new guy, and how he’s a pig to women in bars when he’s drunk? Or am I confusing him with the other guy on her show (the one who was a pig to J.A.)? Keaton, Arquette, and Van Holt seem like three very different types.
@Anon, I 100% co-sign all of your comments.
Break-ups are tough on all sides, and we don’t know if/when Courteney has started dating Brian Van Holt.
Yes, David is devastated, but he really needs to STFU – I find it really distatsteful the way he is blabbing to everyone about all the details of their relationship.
Yes, David has worked very hard to try to make everyone feel sorry for him. I think she put up with his childishness much longer than most women would. Just for this reason, of people blaming her for him being an idiot. They way Jen is fawning over her with her man hands maybe it was just a cover for them. Cox is the most stable relationship she has so she may have fallen in love with her.
And this is news because????? Whatever is right.
GOD FORBID the world NOT know how these two famewhores spent their holidays. Jen has only invited People to her birthday parties. So, it’s obvious they are seeking ATTENTION. Holidays are all about ME, ME, ME, right? Give me a break. These two are full of themselves.
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LOL!! Now we know that the ‘Courtney and Coco spent Christmas Eve with Jen’ story was planted because Jen was in NYC with Justin (or he was in L.A. with Jen) and they were screwing themselves silly. Ho! Ho! Ho!