Christina and her new boyfriend, Matt Rutler

Here’s an amusing story from the print edition of US Weekly about how Christina Aguilera’s estranged husband, Jordan Bratman, is staying put in the couple’s mansion and refusing to move out. Christina announced her separation from Jordan in mid October of last year. She took up with her new boyfriend, a set assistant she met while filming Burlesque (while she was still married) a hot minute later. We heard in late October that Christina was staying in hotels because Bratman wouldn’t move out of their home, presumably because he wanted to be near their son Max, three. Fast forward three months later and Bratman is still at their family home, while Christina has moved her new boyfriend in to help her stagger to bed after their drunken nights out. I’m pretty sure that Christina still lives in the mansion that was shown on The Osbournes, as she purchased it from the family in 2007. That’s a big house but I don’t think it has two kitchens or anything.

A source tells Hot Stuff [US Weekly] that [Christina Aguilera], 30, and new boyfriend Matthew Rutler, 25, are living under the same roof with her ex, Jordan Bratman – because he refuses to move out! “It’s gotten really awkward,” the Aguilera pal says of life at the $11.5 million Beverly Hills mansion, where the exes look after their son, Max, 3. “Jordan won’t leave the house!” The singer is so distraught that she broke down while knocking back vodka sodas and venting about the situation at L.A.’s the Dime nightclub January 25. “She was drinking and crying uncontrollably, talking about Jordan and the house,” says a witness. “She was working herself into more and more of a state.” Adds another insider, “She strong and wants to be there for Max. But all this is very stressful for her.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, February 14, 2011]

Poor Christina. She cheated on her husband, moved her jump off into the house, and now her husband won’t leave! What’s a drunk rich girl to do? I know, she could sell the house (probably at a loss) and downsize – if the house is in her name, that is. There are probably some complicated legal issues that are keeping her from being able to kick Jordan out. She could rent another place nearby and move there with her son. I don’t know whose side I’m on in this whole mess, but I’m inclined to have some grudging respect for Bratman for staying put. (There are rumors that he abused Christina, and if that’s true it’s despicable. Sources say that never happened though.)

Photos below of Christina and Jordy is from 12/21/09. She’s shown with the other guy, Matt Rutler, in January. Credit: WENN.com and Fame Pictures

US Weekly has details of a dinner and drinks date that estranged couple Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were on in LA recently. This could possibly come from a source close to the couple and be meant to either prepare us for a reunion or push some kind of image of these two as having a bittersweet divorce. Here’s US’ report which is the same as in their print edition: (Update: in my original report I misread the date of their reunion as late December, when it fact it was just last week according to this story.)

Post-split peace talks?

Heads turned at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont at 11 p.m. Jan. 28, when exes Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson, who filed for divorce Dec. 23, got drinks on the patio and chatted for an hour.

Johansson, 26, did most of the talking in what appeared to be a rollercoaster conversation. She would at some points smile, then appear to fight back tears. Turns out it wasn’t just a nightcap, either.

The pair also dined at L.A.’s Little Door earlier that night and “seemed comfortable,” says a source.

So are they back on? “There are no plans to reconcile, but they’re still friends,” adds an insider. (Reynolds, 34, spent a flirty New Year’s Eve with Sandra Bullock; a rep for Johansson recently denied reports that she is dating Saturday Night Live’s Jason Sudeikis.)

Says another pal of the former couple, “They have divorce details to work out, and they’d rather do it face-to-face than in some office.”

[From US Magazine]

This sounds like it’s from Ryan’s people. “Scarlett was teary” is meant to contrast with the stories that she’s been happily boning random guys like Justin Long. (Which she denies.) Ryan wants to make it seem like she’s still hung up over him, when he’s the one who is more upset about the end of the marriage.

I do think that Sandra Bullock and Ryan had some kind of fling, and that’s based on the wording in a US Weekly cover story that came straight from Bullock’s camp. It seems to be over now. Someone wants to convince us that Scarlet and Ryan’s divorce isn’t acrimonious, and maybe it isn’t, but who gets divorced when they’re still getting along and there’s nothing happening on the side? I know it happens, but it seems unlikely to me.

Photo credit: WENN.com

Camille Grammer said during part one of the RHOBH reunion that her estranged husband, Kelsey, cut her off from sex “ten years ago.” She’s also hinted in other interviews that he enjoys cross dressing, although she’s since tried to take it back. In appearances on The View and The Joy Behar show yesterday, Camille elaborated on her “sexless marriage” claims and also talked about how Kelsey became distant from her when he moved to NY for work around the beginning of last year. It’s interesting to note that these stories about how they never had sex are consistent with reports in the National Enquirer around the time of their split.

On The View, Barbara Walters really got harsh with Camille and asked her why she was surprised that Kelsey went for another woman when she wasn’t having sex with him. Camille answered that that they didn’t mesh sexually, there was more to marriage than sex, and that Kelsey was her best friend. On the Joy Behar show, Camille explained it like Kelsey was the one that didn’t want sex, not her.

Barbara Walters seems to blame Camille for Kelsey cheating
When Barbara mentioned that Camille implied on the reunion show that she didn’t have sex with Kelsey in a couple of years, Camille said “We tried… something just didn’t click with us on an intimate level, but we were best friends and it’s too bad I lost my best friend.” Barbara retorted “You also lost a man who wasn’t your lover.” That’s nasty! This is coming from a woman who had multiple married lovers and admitted cheating on the men she was with. She obviously justified her behavior by telling herself that the married men weren’t getting laid at home.

Camille said she met Kelsey’s new fiance Kayte when Kelsey and Kayte came over to her hotel to pick up the kids. Camille came down to meet the two of them, and told the ladies of The View that Kelsey was steaming like he never expected her to come down with them. As for whether she’s going to go to Kelsey’s planned wedding with Kayte (which still may not go through because Camille is trying to delay the divorce) she said “no, that would be awful.”

Kelsey watched Fox News, Camille just wanted to cuddle
On the Joy Behar show, Camille again addressed the fact that she didn’t have much sex with Kelsey toward the end. As for whether it was her fault or Kelsey’s, she said “Could be both, but it was more on his end.” When Joy brought up cuddling, Camille said they didn’t even cuddle because Kelsey was “too busy watching FOX News.” She also said that they had some political differences.

As for whether Kelsey manipulated the situation by having her appear on RHOBH, she said “it makes one think. I don’t know if it was totally set up, but it makes one think. I think he had something going on for a while.”

Camille is really handling this press tour expertly. She may have been a nasty piece of work on the show, but she’s recovering quite well. She didn’t even snap back at Barbara Walters when she got snippy with her and seemed to blame her for her husband straying. I’m not a Camille fan by any means but she’s a savvy woman and she’s playing this situation to her advantage.

Meanwhile the NY Post is reporting that Kelsey has already sent out invitations to his wedding to his jump off, scheduled for February 25 at the Plaza Hotel. He still isn’t divorced from Camille, and his petition to bifurcate the divorce (separate it into a quick legal divorce so he’s free to marry and then work on the property settlement later) hasn’t been granted and Camille’s people are trying to block it. So this whole expensive wedding reception, which is rumored to run in the six figures, may have to be scrapped.

Here’s the video from The View. Sex talk starts around 1:15. What the hell is Whoopi wearing? It looks like a Snuggie.

And here’s the video from The Joy Behar show.

Story leads via Huffington Post and Radar.

Check out this picture from 8/31/10. Look at big mouth Taylor sucking up to Camille: (Fame Pictures)

I had the chance to read US Weekly’s cover story on Sandra Bullock’s reaction to the Jesse James Kat Von D mess, and it’s epic. This is the same outlet that breathlessly carried the intimate details of Sandra publicist-arranged post breakup trip to the Caribbean last October. I think it’s safe to assume that the version in this week’s US was at least reviewed by her publicist, and that Sandra suspects that James cheated on her with Kat while they were married. That’s never stated outright in the article, but is heavily implied and would absolutely be James’ M.O. Not only did Kat “model” for James’ magazine in 2007 (He was married to Sandra from 2005-2010), James openly admitted to Sandra that he had a crush on Kat. (Kat was also married at the time, but she separated from her then-husband in August of ’07, and he’s stated that she cheated on him.) To add insult to repeated injury, James never told Sandra that he was engaged to Kat, and Sandra found out through the press like everyone else. US’ version of events is in contrast to earlier stories that claim that James gave her a heads up.

Note that the bolded headers below are from me, except for the last one “Sandra & Ryan: Cooling Down.” The word “cheating” isn’t used in the article, but it’s obvious that’s what they’re talking about.

How Sandra found out about the engagement
According to a source, Bullock wasn’t even given a heads-up by James. Amazingly, she got the news the same way everybody else did…

“Jesse’s statement [on 2010 being the best year of his life] is just so malicious,” says a James ex-worker, noting that he had entered sex rehab last April in hopes of a second chance with Bullock. “He was pleading with her to take him back!”

On Jesse and Kat probably cheating in 2007
“Jesse has been obsessed with Kat for years,” says a Bullock source. “It was an open secret, even to Sandra.” In 2007, the then-Miami Ink star… was chosen as the Garage Gal of the year for Garage magazine, which James owned….

To celebrate, James threw Von D a party in Austin, which Bullock and Von D’s then-husband, Oliver Peck, attended…

Soon, Von D started hanging around the bike shop. James shortly named her a spokeswoman for the WCC clothing line and she posed for ads, and ex-employees say she was a regular visitor….

Jesse told Sandra that Kat was his dream woman
“Jesse always considered Kat his dream woman, and he even talked about it in front of Sandra!” says a Bullock source. “But Sandra never worried. Kat was the girl Jesse was allowed to have a jokey crush on. Sandra thought Jesse was in love with her, his wife, and never figured Jesse would do anything about Kat.

One friend speculates Von D may have been James’ “back-burner” girl during the marriage.

On how Sandra is doing
“Nothing shocks her anymore,” says a source, “but she’s still processing it. It’s messed up because it’s been nearly a year since the news of the affairs began, so it’s not like he’s continuing to try to hurt her…

“James like to rub things in people’s faces. He needs a new feather in his cap and probably feels like he’s winning now.”

[However] “Sandy is a no-BS kind of woman. She’s not caught up in his relationship with that tattooed woman.”

Sandra & Ryan – Cooling Down
After they rang in the new year together, dancing into the wee hours, Bullock and Reynolds had fans of their 2009 romantic comedy, The Proposal, hoping for an offscreen happy ending for the unlucky-in-love paid. But Bullock and Reynolds… seem to be back in “just friends” territory… “Friends would love to see them together,” a pal says of the pair. “But they really are just friends.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, February 7, 2011]

The whole article was worded so carefully it points directly to Sandra’s people, and I don’t blame them. Jesse is predictably continuing to try and hurt her, and never seems to have emotionally matured beyond puberty. People say that she’s not as innocent and classy as she’s coming across, but I would disagree. She’s handled this whole thing expertly. Now cheater Kat will be able to experience firsthand what Sandra went though, except she can’t say she wasn’t forewarned.

Doesn’t it sound like Sandra is half admitting she had a little fling with Ryan and that it didn’t go anywhere? They’re “cooling down” and are “back” to just friends, as if they were hot and heavy for a little while. Fans of romantic comedies know that this is a typical plot scenario for the middle of the film. I’m just saying.

Garage Magazine cover via Iowa Hawk. US Weekly cover via Cover Awards. Other photos credit: WENN and Fame

Kelsey Grammer has partnered with an established reality show production company through which he will presumably produce reality shows. According to his estranged wife Camille, it was Kelsey’s idea for her to go on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She’s said that Kelsey did it to distract her while he lived with his mistress in New York, but maybe he had a business motivation too. The question is whether Kelsey will create some kind of reality show for himself and his fiance in an attempt to earn back the public’s good will after so publicly wronging Camille. Here’s the report from US Weekly:

Apparently Kelsey Grammer didn’t feel his cameos on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills were enough.

The 55-year-old actor — who famously ended his 13-year marriage to Camille Grammer (née Donatacci) while she was filming the hit Bravo show — has partnered up with reality TV veteran Stella Bulochnikov-Stolper to form G3 Productions.

According to Variety, the two have embarked on a joint venture with Zodiak USA to develop reality series concepts and formats that can be sold and distributed around the world.

Bulochnikov-Stolper, a former VH1 programming exec who also masterminded Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, is currently working with Grammer on the Starz drama Boss.

“I knew that Kelsey loved this space and would love to pop some big shows,” Bulochnikov-Stolper says. “The idea that he would lend his name and brain and star power to working on some formats was so exciting to me, and then to have a partner like Zodiak to produce them and sell them all over the world — that’s really going to produce some fireworks.”

[From US Weekly]

US Weekly titles this “Kelsey Grammer Wants His Own Reality Show,” but in the original article they source on Variety there’s no mention of a Kelsey-centric show. It seems like a likely next move. I could easily see him creating a reality show for himself and that Kayte character he took up with behind his wife’s back. It could be a stupid move but Kelsey is an excellent actor and he could convince people that he’s a decent guy despite all the evidence otherwise. I’m sure he’ll hide his high heels and lingerie.

Kelsey is still trying to rush his divorce, probably because that 29 year-old stewardess he’s engaged to is from England and needs a visa. (Although he denies this.) Camille is pushing back through her lawyers and is fighting Kelsey’s move to “bifurcate” the divorce, which means he wants to be legally free to marry someone else right away and will deal with all the property settlement issues later. In court papers detailed by Radar Online, Camille’s lawyer lists their assets at over $120 million, including “a substantial estate which includes multiple real estate properties and their corresponding furnishings, numerous pieces of valuable art, many investment, brokerage, and bank accounts, over twenty-five vehicles.” Who needs 25 cars and houses all over the world? They may have earned over a hundred million together, but I’m surprised they’re in the black because that’s some Nicolas Cage level f*ckery.

Kelsey is shown on the NY set of I Don’t Know How She Does It on 1/20/11. Credit: WENN.com He’s shown out with Kayte and their cute dog on 1/21/11. Credit: Fame.

A “source” close to Melissa Etheridge recently confirmed a scoop by the Enquirer that Etheridge has been dating longterm family friend, Linda Wallem, who served as the best woman at her 2003 commitment ceremony with now-ex, Tammy Lynn Michaels. Michaels and Etheridge have four year old twins together, and Michaels has claimed that Etheridge left her with little money and no clear explanation for why she was leaving. Now that the news is out, People is reporting that Melissa and this Linda woman, who created the show Nurse Jackie, got together three months after Tammy and Melissa split up. Only Tammy, in her roundabout way, is disputing those claims and suggesting that Melissa cheated. She also adds that she’s known about it for a while, that one of her kids told her, and that Melissa accidentally had a box of dildos delivered to her house. Maybe it was meant as a gift. Here’s some of what she wrote on her blog, and I’ve translated some of it it. (My words are in bold.)

Melissa didn’t break up with her and just said she wanted a break
i moved out november 23rd 2009
she said it would help
i was convinced it would
too and i trusted there was
no one else
i didn’t know
there was someone moving in
as i was moving out

Melissa’s assistant delivered some vibrators to Tammy by mistake
three weeks later a box of new toys
was delivered and her assistant brought
it to my rental house as a mistake
i opened it
and that’s when i felt something was up

i called her
“i have your new dicks on my kitchen counter?”

one thing by one thing
i slowly felt things were not
as
they were being represented

one never even said one was breaking up with me
one only says things in song and string

Tammy figured out Melissa broke up with her by listening to her new CD
and then i listened to the album
and i understood
oh
you don’t want to work it out
oh you already have someone in the wings
oh you already have pined for another
oh you are done here

oh i have become another one of your exes

oh i have become an album

On how she got cheated on
so. you know. people magazine tries to get things right. they try to
clean things up for the famous folk- their sources are usually the publicist
for the celebrity. i’m here to clarify. well… i want to clarify without
dealing with getting sued for SLANDER (and paying someone), which would include
me saying that the two were involved while I was living there (it is still my house, by the way).
and i haven’t gone just that far yet.

since april of 09? mmm…. one of my little sweet peas told me otherwise much
earlier than that, Pooper magazine.

they should have shut the bedroom door.

and once again… if we’re going to have little “leaks” and such… let’s make them truthful?

perhaps folks out there are going to start doing math. “speak true and spread the peace” of 2010
i kept this to myself last summer. maybe i shouldnt have- it would have explained another reason
why there was so much bitterness in my cray-cray crazy blogs. i couldn’t believe someone would have a
saying, and motto to ask people to buy and live by, but not oneself?

spread the peace? speak true.

[From Tammy Lynn Michaels blog]

I can write more coherent e-mails on an iPod. I hope she was using a Blackberry keyboard to compose that. Ok, I get it, Tammy got royally screwed, and because she wasn’t legally married to Melissa it was worse for her. I’ll repeat what I’ve said about Tammy before – this is only making her look petty. I’ve had people bash me for saying she should keep it to herself or get an editor, and maybe my problem is her writing style. Before responding and telling me I’m wrong and she has every right to get her side of the story out – which I’m not disputing – please read her entire post on her blog. She goes on about it, and I personally find it annoying to read through all that drama and try and figure out what she means. What purpose does it serve to spill the detail that she got delivered some vibrators meant for Melissa?

The facts definitely make Tammy out to be the wronged party, though – she nursed Melissa through cancer, gave up her career to raise their children, and then got pushed aside while Melissa took up with her former best friend. I felt more sympathy for Tammy before she chimed in to say “I would have told you so,” and “Oh, Melissa’s dildos got delivered to my house.” What’s more is that Tammy has to let everyone know that she’s got a new girlfriend too. What’s next for her – a reality show? It’s not like she’s going to be able to write a book without a ghostwriter.

These photos are from 2007 (above) and 2005 (below). Credit: WENN.com

Here’s a mean-spirited article on Radar Online that wipes away the minor twinges of sympathy I was feeling for Camille Grammer after we saw her get dumped on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills last week. We’ve heard rumors that Kelsey Grammer is into baby talk and getting tied up, and Camille heavily suggested on Howard Stern that Kelsey enjoys cross dressing. Now there’s an article that sounds straight from Camille’s camp about how she’ll write a tell all book if Kelsey doesn’t meet her demands for a divorce settlement. Kelsey’s estate is thought to be worth around $120 million, with the bulk of that money being earned while he was married to Camille. The article on Radar pretty much spells out the details about Kelsey’s sex life that Camille is prepared to spill if he doesn’t pay up. Given how obvious this story is making Kelsey’s “sex secrets” it’s not like there will be a hell of a lot more to tell.

Camille has the ability to write a tell-all book about Kelsey, and if she does, she’ll have plenty of material we’ve learned.

“It’s absolutely true that Kelsey wears women’s underwear, and lingerie,” a source told RadarOnline.com. “Camille never understood why he did. However, that is just the tip of the iceberg of what she knows about Kelsey.

“She knows things about Kelsey that would shock his fans. Camille has chosen to take the high road during the divorce proceedings, but she is getting to the point where she is considering setting the record straight once and for all about her marriage to Kelsey. There is no pre-nup agreement that would prohibit her from writing a tell-all book. She was a devoted wife to him.

“Kelsey should give her what she deserves in the divorce settlement, he should give her whatever she is asking for.”

Not only does Kelsey like dressing in women’s clothing, another source told us, “but he also prefers having sex while dressed as a woman!

“Kelsey has been into women’s clothing for a long time,” the source said. “He’s dressed up in lingerie and heels as a ‘surprise’ for a woman previously! And yes, she was surprised.”

Kelsey is not gay, the source insists, but he’s led a wild life and pushed a lot of boundaries.

“Kelsey was heavily into cocaine during his Cheers days. He was so out of control. He would do practically anything. He cleaned up his act later.

“But sexually he pushed limits. He was into, let’s just say, having women treat him like a woman in terms of what was done in the bedroom.

“Not only that but there was a time when he took photos of the sex and also his ‘toys.’

“Some of the photos slipped out of his control years ago. They were seen by the tabloids.

“Kelsey is lucky they were never published because the pictures were too hardcore. Of course if those same pictures were to surface today they’d probably be on the internet within an hour!”

The bottom line, says the source, is: “Kelsey is very kinky. A lot of people would be shocked by what he likes but he’s not doing anything illegal. Unusual, yes!

“But any woman that’s going to be with him is going to have to get used to it.”

[From Radar Online]

Whatever people are into in the privacy of their own bedrooms is their own business. It’s stupid to take photos or video, though, and just assume your partner is always going to keep it to themselves. We’ve learned throughout this whole thing that Kelsey is as much of an insensitive manipulative narcissist as Camille. These two are perfect for each other and probably spent the past 13 years aggrandizing each other’s fragile egos. Now that it’s over, they’re both stooping to the lowest level to try and discredit the other. Kelsey convinced Camille to go on television and Camille is spilling Kelsey’s kinks to the press. I could do without the mental image, but it just serves to make me think even less of Camille.

Photos are from 9/10/10. Credit: WENN.com

This is a really juicy piece of gossip when you take it in context. Melissa Etheridge is now dating her ex wife Tammy Lynn Michael’s former best friend, who served as the “best woman” at their commitment ceremony in 2003. (Tammy Lynn and Melissa never legally married when it was possible before Prop 8 passed, but they did have a traditional-type wedding.) We heard all sorts of drama about Melissa and her ex when they broke up last year. Michaels complained on her blog that Etheridge wasn’t providing enough support for her to feed and house their now four year-old twins, and Etheridge’s lawyer countered that his client was providing $2,000 a month and paying all the bills. When you consider how wealthy Melissa is, that really isn’t that much. Last year, Tammy’s lawyer told In Touch that Tammy suspected Melissa was cheating. He said, “There were all the usual signs. Strange comings and goings and lots of days and nights absent.” Now we may know who the other woman is.

[Melissa Etheridge] is “hot and heavy” with Hollywood producer/writer Linda Wallem, the creative force behind the hit cable TV series “Nurse Jackie,” according to an insider.

“Linda has been talking constantly on the set about how she and Melissa are in love and how they’re in a committed relationship,” the insider said.

Melissa and Linda – who are both 49 and were born on the same day, May 29, 1961 – have known each other for years. Linda was the best friend of the singer’s ex partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, according to one of Tammy’s friends.

When Tammy and Melissa exchanged wedding vows in 2003 in a lavish ceremony at Dick Clark’s Malibu estate, Linda was in the wedding party.

“In lesbian terms, Linda was the ‘best lady,’” the friend said. “Now she’s taken Tammy’s place.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 24, 2011]

So did Melissa wait until she ended things with Tammy before taking up with their mutual friend? From the way Tammy explained Melissa’s behavior before their split, it’s doubtful.

Meanwhile Melissa’s new girlfriend might create a sitcom in which Melissa will star:

Linda is planning to write a sitcom for Melissa, described as a reverse “Will & Grace,” where the singer would portray a gay teacher living with a straight man.

And the pair want to collaborate on a musical play that Linda is developing.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition]

We haven’t heard much lately about Melissa and Tammy’s court battle for custody and support. It looks like Melissa has moved on while she’s left the mother of her children high and dry.

Melissa Etheridge is shown on 10/6/10. Linda Wallem is shown below on 5/3/10. Credit: WENN.com

Linda Wallem:

Tammy Lynn Michaels and Melissa in 2002 (credit: Fame)

Kelsey Grammer was on the Late Show last night, which happened to coincide with the episode of his wife’s reality show in which he broke up with her. At first he talked to Letterman about finishing his stint on Broadway in La Cage Aux Folles. Kelsey will be leaving the production in mid February, and he told Letterman it’s “really hard work” to do eight shows a week for a year. He said “it’s been a really hard time for me physically and emotionally and as you know there’s been all this other stuff going on.” Letterman asked him about his divorce and how his kids were doing.

“The kids seem to be doing ok. We’ve been spending quite a bit of time with them – Kayte and I, Kayte’s my new girl and we’re planning to get married soon – sometime in February.”

Well that won’t happen if Camille has her way. She’s moved to block Kelsey’s petition for a quick divorce.

On last night’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we got to see Camille react to Kelsey telling her it was over. He still let her come out to New York to be his date for the Tony Awards afterwards, and he acted like he might give her another chance. Before she went to the Tonys, Kelsey broke the news over the phone. She explained “My husband called me in the middle of the night and told me that he was done with our marriage. I begged him please don’t leave, and don’t leave the family. It’s devastating.”

Camille claimed that she didn’t want to go to the Tonys afterwards, but that Kelsey struck a bargain with her. “If you come to the Tonys, why don’t we spend some quality time together and see what happens? Maybe we can have a romantic weekend. Let’s just see if it works out.” We know of course that Kelsey already had a mistress at that point and was completely misleading Camille for his own purposes. He even put her up in a hotel because the other woman was already living with him. No wonder Kelsey went on Letterman. He looked like a cheating conniving bastard on Real Housewives. There was even a sad scene where Camille talked about having to break the news to the children that their dad wasn’t coming home. (She’s not an involved mother by any means, but that really tugged at the heartstrings.)

Camille recently told Popeater that she met Kelsey’s fiance and that it was uncomfortable but that she thought Kayte was “nice.” She added “It’s really important for me and Kelsey to be friends and amicable for our children’s sake. Because you know, we have to co-parent and that’s the correct way to do it.” She’s not sure if she’ll return to Real Housewives, and adds “I found out during filming that he wanted out and that he had moved another woman into our apartment in New York and she had gotten pregnant. And I ended up the bad guy!” Maybe, for this week, she’s not the villain for once. She’s still a self involved piece of work, but no one deserves to be treated like that.

Here’s a toast Kelsey made on Real Housewives. He toasted “to love” and said “I’m particularly thrilled with the love I’m getting from the British people.” His 29 year-old mistress is of course British. That was really cold, and I felt so sorry for Camille after seeing this. I never thought I would say that. E! Online points out that this is just like an episode of Frasier.

Photo credit: Tonys photo credit: WENN.com and dated 6/13/10. Photo of Kelsey and Kayte credit: Fame and dated 10/14/10. Other photos credit: BravoTV

Spoilers for last night’s RHOBH
This week’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills didn’t involve the amount of cat fights and bitchiness we’ve come to expect, but that wasn’t for lack of trying on Camille’s part. It just seemed like Kyle and the rest of the women were wise to it and didn’t let her cheap tactics get to them. I won’t do a full recap here as I want to focus on some other stories about Camille, but the highlights were:
- Cedrick’s story of a childhood on the streets
- Camille’s tennis party followed by a swim in which she paraded in a bikini, (As to why the other women didn’t want to swim she said “I guess it’s just female jealousy,”)
- Camille’s passive aggressive gift to Kyle, a book called How to Behave and Why, and
- Kyle’s awesome white party for Mauricio’s birthday, which looked like so much fun.

The main drama this episode focused on Taylor’s problems with her husband Russell, who is a dud in social situations and left the party before Taylor, bringing her to tears. Oh and I have to mention that Camille told Lisa that she wasn’t speaking much with Kelsey in New York. She said “The lack of communication [with Kelsey] is disturbing to me.” It’s about to get a whole lot worse for Camille.

Back in real time, Camille is aware that her husband has ditched her for a much younger British flight attendant. She’s also unsure whether she’ll return to RHOBH next season. We’ve heard that she’s already quit the show, but according to Radar Online that was a negotiation tactic aimed to increase her salary. (As if she’s not set for life with the $50 million she’ll probably get in her settlement.) Camille will appear on Ellen in a segment that airs today, and she told her that she’s still in talks with Bravo for Season 2. She also said that she doesn’t talk to Kelsey:

On the rumors that she is returning for the second season and details about her divorce…
Ellen: And so now, the rumors are that you’re quitting. That you’re not going to do it again.
Camille: We haven’t decided that yet. Right now, as everybody knows, I’m going through a divorce.
Ellen: Well, let me ask you about that. You said Kelsey wanted you to do this. So you got divorced while you were shooting?
Camille: I found out he wanted out of the relationship during the shooting.
Ellen: How did you find out? Did he tell you?
Camille: A mutual friend called me and said, “I don’t like what he’s doing to you and I don’t like the timing because you’re still in the middle of shooting a reality show.” And then I called him that night and texted him. No answer from him. I waited for three hours and then he called me and said, “I don’t want to be married anymore.”

On deciding to return for season two…
Ellen: Then when you say you haven’t decided yet, I just don’t know why you’d want to put yourself out there. Everybody’s going to have an opinion when you’re on television. People are going to love you. People are going to hate you. I try not to pay attention to any of it because if you believe the good, you have to believe the bad. But there are people, and you know, are saying not nice things about you.
Camille: Oh, they’re saying awful things about me and it’s very hurtful.
Ellen: So why do it?
Camille: If I would do it, it would be to try to change my image. To try to change it around and have people see the other side of me that you don’t see on TV.

Does Camille talk to Kelsey?
Ellen: Since this is happened and it’s airing now, has Kelsey, do you speak at all?
Camille: No, we don’t speak at all.
Ellen: Because I was going to say, “Has he watched and what does he think about this because it was his idea?”
Camille: Everything I find out is through the press with him. Or he writes me an email or text. I think it’s really important for us to speak if we’re going to raise children together. We need to co-parent. So right now, my focus now is that we hopefully become friends and we move on from this and we can become good parents to our two young children.

[From The Ellen Degeneres show, aired 1-7-11 and received via e-mail]

So if you read between the lines, Camille wants to return to RHOBH, but she wants to make sure they don’t portray her as the villain. This seems to be supported by Radar, who claims that she’s waiting to see how she comes across on the reunion episode, which supposedly involved Camille going off as usual. Camille can’t change her image by continuing to appear on that show. She has only one setting, “petty bitch,” and you know she’s not going to change. What little money she’s making from the show isn’t worth it in the end to her either. She’ll probably stay on it though, because she’s delusional like that and has more bikinis to show off.

Radar has video of Camille’s appearance on Ellen, in which they exercise on stationary bikes the whole time.

Photos courtesy of BravoTV and The Ellen DeGeneres show.