LeAnn Rimes & Dean Sheremet separate

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Not all that surprisingly, LeAnn Rimes and her husband Dean Sheremet have separated. They let the world know via a “friend,” who was savvy enough not to announce their marital woes until after 5 p.m. on a Friday. What a PR knowledgeable friend. Of course the friend also insists Dean and LeAnn have been having problems long before she met and had an affair with Eddie Cibrian. Who – conveniently enough – just separated from his wife three days ago. All these coincidences…

Four months after reports surfaced that LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian were allegedly having an affair, a source tells PEOPLE that the country singer is no longer living with her husband, Dean Sheremet.

“Le and Dean have been separated for quite some time now, but they’re continuing to try and work through their relationship, a Rimes pal says.

The couple married in 2002, when she was only 19. Last August (six months before their seventh anniversary), they threw a “Seven-Year Itch” party to, as Rimes put it, “remember how blessed we are.”

News of their separation comes days after Cibrian’s wife, Brandi Glanville, said she and the actor were splitting.

“Eddie is a devoted and loving father first and foremost and the speed bump he and Brandi are experiencing needs to be worked out privately for everyone’s benefit,” his manager said in a statement.

Cibrian, 36, who is joining the cast of C.S.I. Miami this fall, has denied he was having an affair with Rimes, his costar in the Lifetime original movie Northern Lights, which they filmed last fall.

In March, the Rimes pal confirmed the singer and Sheremet were having problems in their marriage, but maintained Cibrian was “not the cause,” adding, “There have been issues brewing for months prior to meeting Eddie on set.”

[From People]

I certainly don’t find that last little bit a surprise at all. Kaiser’s theory is that LeAnn and Dean have always had an open relationship, which makes sense, especially given that they didn’t split up right away. However a lot of people think Dean is gay and he and LeAnn don’t have a sexual relationship. Unfortunately they have yet to confirm any of these rumors, but hopefully a Barbara Walters interview will happen soon and she’ll ask those tough, nosy questions that drive us crazy. It is absolutely none of my business, but I so want to know what the deal was between those two.

Regardless of all the requisite talk about working through things, remaining friends, having the utmost respect for one another (those last two will be coming in the next few weeks, I guarantee you), I’m sure we’ll be seeing LeAnn and Eddie “out and about” in Us Weekly in under a month. Maybe under the cover of sunglasses and out-of-date trucker hats, but there they’ll be. A month after that, they’ll be openly attending events together. “Working on it” as they all might claim to be, these marriages are kaput.

Here’s LeAnn leaving her house with a friend on Thursday. Images thanks to WENN.com . Header photo with Dean from February. Image thanks to Fame Pictures .

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  1. Wench. says:

    …..And next in News That Will Shock No-one, grass is green.

  2. Jon says:

    When you gotta get some you will turn to anyone.

  3. KRD says:

    …The sky is blue.

  4. dirty martini says:

    ….and in other late breaking news, Michael Jackson passed away.

  5. Firestarter says:

    Well color me shocked! Helen Keller could have seen this one coming!

  6. sandy says:

    are they headed down the tori and dean path?
    2 married co stars meeting in a lifetime movie, cheating on their spouses, divorce their spouses, get together, make a reality show…???

    all we need to get the ball rolling is a big, nasty tattoo on eddie’s bicep of leann with big implants wearing a bikini and pigtails.

  7. photo jojo says:

    I am stunned by the magnitude of this surprise.

  8. Wow says:

    LMBO @ all of you! Funny, guys & gals. 🙂

    Well I, for one, am shocked … that she knows how to arrange those beautiful sunflowers.

    Leeanne and Eddie come off as skeezy. I bet his wife feels stupid for giving that interview about Leeanne “stalking” her husband, when in reality he was making arrangements to meet up with Leeann on his own. The wife is the last to know as the saying goes. I’m glad she woke up.

  9. Nebraska says:

    Dean Sheremet is so much hotter than Eddie Cibrian. LeAnn has to be careful with Cib as she is jumping into this situation with her hormones.

  10. Beth says:

    Considering this is coming from a source and NOT Leann or Dean, I don’t take this seriously. It could be true but People has gone in a more tabloid direction recently.

  11. Aspie says:

    And in other shocking news, the sun is hot.

    lol

  12. tasteT says:

    Well we know for sure–he’ll be getting a nice financial package from his wife..

    they married very young

  13. jay says:

    But if he’s gay what was the purpose of the marriage, really? She had no reason to beard for him, he isn’t famous enough to require it, what in the world would either get out of it? Of course, if he hadn’t come to the realization that he could be gay yet, and both being so young upon marriage, perhaps they thought it WAS real and later on either he did accept himself (just projecting here), and she went along, perhaps believing it could still work (I know, I know…but young love, eh). Or the basic reason…he’s not gay, they married way too young, and the relationship has just run it’s course.

    I hate to tag the guy with no proof of anything, and that really has to come from him, I hates outting of anytype, truthfully, and as to Leanne and affairs? Who knows with famous people? But she has never seemed even remotely of the sluttish type, so it’s strange.

    Guess we’ll find out soon enough…

    It’s still kinda sad though as two families, including children, are about to go through a ringer that should be private.

  14. Baby says:

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    I’m not surprised
    and neither are you

  15. Kate says:

    It is well known in Nashville that Dean is gay. He is FREQUENTLY seen at gay bars, hangouts, etc. The marriage came at a time when LeeAnn was in the midst of several legal battles, including one with her father. It was all about her being in “control” of her life and “independent.” Now, it’s time to move on.

  16. Sticky Wicket says:

    The story behind the split…after so many years of them living their sham marriage…is that Dean brought home a male friend while LeAnn was in Nashville…a ‘no-no’ for them…you do your business somewhere else. Anyway, said male friend made off with scads of letters and incriminating photos from LeAnn’s past with other men and blackmailed them! LeAnn was furious she had to pay because of Dean’s slip up, but she knew she must because the photos and letters were, to say the least, explicit! Her country fans might not understand her kinkyness. Her relationships with other men are now a matter of public record, so no need to keep Dean around. He’ll get a nice settlement and she and Eddie (if he still wants her) can come out in the open. And there you have it!

  17. Steven says:

    HOW MUCH MONEY DID HE GET?