I was just listening to Courteney Cox’s call-in interview with Howard Stern and I was struck by how well Courteney and her ex, David Arquette, are handling their split and co-parenting. My impression may be based on a carefully cultivated image they’re putting out there with help from Stern, but I do believe that they still care about each other and are going about this in a healthy, rational way. I just wrote about Halle Berry’s acrimonious custody battle. It’s like Halle (and her ex, Gabriel Aubry,) can’t let go of the anger and they’re only hurting their daughter. Courteney and David Arquette know what matters and they’re working to make sure they put their child first. Part of that may involve Courteney making sure she’s completely ready before she starts dating adgain. We’ve heard that David has a new girlfriend, and he’s been a little too candid about hooking up with randoms when Courteney first pulled the plug on their marriage. Courteney insists that she’s been celibate since David, though, and that she hasn’t even been on a date. I guess all those rumors about her hooking up with co-stars were false, or she’s good at lying about it. Here’s more:
Courteney Cox and David Arquette have continued to support each other since their separation in October 2010. Last month, the former couple stepped out for a celebratory dinner marking Arquette’s year of sobriety. And when Arquette competed on “Dancing With the Stars” this past fall, Cox and daughter Coco cheered him on from the front row.
When Cox was a guest on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show Wednesday, she revealed that Arquette has been encouraging her to embrace single life: “He says to me, ‘Courteney, it’s time. Get out there.’ He wants me to date now. He wants me to start my life, and he’s comfortable with whoever that would be [with].”
But the 47-year-old “Cougar Town” actress admits she’s not ready to re-enter the dating game, and has been celibate since her marriage ended. “I have not had a man since David … No guy has asked me out,” she claims.
However, she assures Stern that she’ll be seeking romance again soon: “Right now, I’m not quite ready to date. I’m getting closer … as things become more final in my life with David.” – Huffington Post
Based on this interview with Cox, and prior chats with Arquette, Stern attributes the couple’s breakdown to sex issues, but Cox divulged that it was more than their bedroom problems that caused their breakup.
“The truth of the matter is that we love each other so much. We have such affection for each other, but we are very different,” she asserted. “I’m a homebody. I like to have people over, but I’m a little socially… not… I don’t love it. David, he doesn’t drink anymore, he’s completely sober, but he likes to go out and dance. He really is a very gregarious guy. He’s very outgoing. I’m much more of an introvert.”
While Cox isn’t dating, Arquette has a new girlfriend. The former “Friends” star admitted that it was hard to meet her.
Cox insisted that she and Arquette are getting along and co-parenting daughter Coco very well. – ExtraTV
[From Huffington Post and Extra TV]
I like these two. I really warmed to David after seeing him on Oprah with his sisters and hearing about his horrible childhood. He’s been committed to sobriety and it shows. Courteney could have been more upfront with denials at the time the cheating rumors were out, but I actually believe her. I do think she at least had some kind of “emotional affair” with her co-star, Brian Von Holt, around the time of her split. She confided in a single dude about her marriage when she should have been telling a friend or therapist. That can surely eat away at a marriage and lead to serious trust issues.
It doesn’t seem like we’ve ever been privvy to the details of a Hollywood couples’ split like this, and they two are acting like they have nothing to hide. It’s smart and they’re keeping the tabs at bay. Why speculate when they seem to be laying it all out?
Here’s Courtney at a screening of “Cougar Town” on 2-8-12. David is shown with his girlfriend, ET’s Christina McLarty, on 1-27-12. Credit: WENN.com
she toned down the botox…looks sooo much better!
That was my first thought as well. She actually somewhat resembles herself here.
I think she looks great too. People have been saying she looks busted. Are these just old pics?
THIS is how you handle a divorce/child custody, Halle and Gabe!
Exactly!
But sorry, I don’t believe her about the no men in her life. She had been already dating her co-star for a while now. Even before her official separation from David.
And Demi, please take note how an older woman, or a mother of any age for that matter, deals with the end of her marriage:
She puts the well-being of her kids first.
Riiigghhtt only during her marriage then?
Exactly! Umm, yeah, SURE. (looking for the “S” tattoo on any of our foreheads) That is most definitely in line with this “radically different from reality sexual history” trend Hwood women are all about these days~
My first reaction was liar, liar, pants on fire.
Exactly. Wasn’t she f**king one of her co-stars 5 minutes after her separation from David? I call major BS on this.
Love them. I don’t know how she lasted as long as she did with David. His silliness would grate on me. But he has a big heart and their love for each other will only benefit their child throughout heri life. Even when you want to move on, it is hard to meet the new girl.
With this interview, I’m getting the feeling that she was more of a mother figure to him, than a sexual partner…
First, that dress in the photo is awful and she needs a better bra. Other than that I have nothing bad to say about her or David. They have stayed consistent with their image from the beginning. Each interview shows that they care more about their privacy and family more than they care about the drama but are comfortable enough to talk about it in public.
BA BA BOOEY!!!!!!
His new girlfriend looks alot like Courtney.
Maybe it’s because she’s as neurotic as the characters she played.
I can’t believe she’s old enough to be my Mom. I hope I look that good when I’m her age. She’s so pretty!
I always forget how pretty she is! Botox well done. She’ll have no trouble getting a date.
I love Courteney! She’s my favorite ‘friend’ <3
I always got the feeling that there was real love there. They weren’t a career hookup.
This is the way to end it and remain dignified.
*side eye to Demi and The Berry/Aubry affair*
I’d like them more if they’d SHUT UP about their sex lives. No one’s business, and their daughter sure doesn’t need to hear the details, on the radio or on the playground. Boundaries, people.
AND THE TRIANGLE STRIKES AGAIN!…Seriously, why did we bring them into this post. No one is mentioned…
Just one post without them, please.
PrettyTarheel: You’re fighting a losing battle with this one. It has a serious case of the loonistons. I think it may be a lost cause. Poor thing. 🙁
Maybe she hasn’t had a “date” but we all know she has been with her co-star a long ass time.