The more Jesse James talks, the more we come to know the narcissistic selfish creep he truly is. Yesterday we covered some segments of his new memoir, in which he generally made himself out to be this cult figure who came from a rough upbringing and whose incredible betrayal of Sandra Bullock was somehow excusable in light of his childhood. It wasn’t anything new from the guy and it won’t do much to bolster his image. He never admitted how many strippers he slept with or discussed all the dumbass text messages and e-mails he sent them before screwing them on the coffin couch in his office. It was all “poor Jesse” and how he was just this wounded soul who never felt worthy of Sandra’s love.

Well Jesse also said yesterday that he didn’t really give a crap about how Sandra might feel now that he’s revealing intimate details of their relationship in that twisted “me me me” way of his. He said “I think I’ve spent a good chunk of the last five or six years worrying only about her and what she thinks and what I should do and, you know, controlling all my movements and everything else and I think it’s time to worry about Jesse, and making sure Jesse’s happy. God or whoever you believe in must have thought I was pretty f*****g strong to lump that on me.”

So someone else brought this on Jesse, not himself, and he showed how much he cared about Sandra for six by trying to hide his many affairs with random tramps he picked up in strip bars and on MySpace.

Jesse went on Howard Stern yesterday and called his new fiance, heavily tatted Kat Von D, “100% better” in bed than Sandra. I hope he met his match in that woman, and that she rakes him over the coals and cheats on him every which way to Sunday. You know she has it in her, unlike Sandra. Maybe they have an agreement that they can see other people anyway:

In a raunchy appearance on Howard Stern’s Sirius satellite show today, James gave a thumbs up to fiancée Kat Von D for her prowess in the sack.

He then alluded that Sandra Bullock lacks talent in [bed]

Motorcycle guru James, star of Monster Garage, was on the show to promote his new book, American Outlaw, but of course the conversation inevitably turned to his bedroom antics.

“That one is an easy no-brainer,” Stern said after wondering who’s better. “Kat Von D.”

“One hundred percent,” James replied. “She’s a vixen. If she cheated on me, I would forgive her and still love her.”

The tatted-out James told Stern he was famously unfaithful to the stunning Oscar-winning Bullock because he never felt comfortable in her world.

“She could stand there in front of the world and say she loved me, but in my mind I was thinking, ‘Yeah? Bulls**t. You don’t love me. I’m just some biker kid,’” he confessed, adding that he began straying from the Blind Side star two years after their 2005 wedding.

James is convinced that he will have better luck with his fourth marriage to Von D, telling Stern why she is the one: “When everybody kind of turned their back on me and . . . and totally persecuted me and, like, nobody wanted to be my friend. She was there for me through all of it. Who would imagine that one year later I would be happier than I’ve ever been? There’s only one now, and one forever. I’m devoted to this chick and she’s rad.”

[From Radar]

I’ve actually heard this same story before. Douche boyfriend (or girlfriend) cheats, tries to get ex-lover back, is rejected and then claims the new lover is better in bed than the old one anyway. I hope that he marries Kat and that she takes him to the cleaners. This will be his fourth marriage and he thinks he has it right this time. He deserves what he’s about to get.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Did you know that Kate Hudson’s film Something Borrowed comes out next week? Yeah. So… Kate showed up for her Today Show interview with a huge diamond engagement ring, and then she confirmed her engagement to her baby-daddy Matt Bellamy. Is anyone else kind of disappointed? I thought Kate wasn’t going to make anything official…?

First comes love, then baby, then marriage! Kate Hudson is engaged to Matthew Bellamy, her beau of nearly a year and father to her unborn child. Hudson, 32, made the surprise announcement on Wednesday’s Today Show.

Interviewing Hudson (who’s promoting her flick Something Borrowed), Matt Lauer noticed a giant square cut engagement ring on her finger.

Confirming her engagement for the first time, Hudson said, “I haven’t really announced it, I was waiting for someone to notice.”

Although mum on details, the Oscar-nominated star said the “very romantic” proposal went down about a week ago in NYC.

It will be the second marriage for Hudson, who divorced the Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson in 2006 after nearly six years. The amicable exes share son Ryder, 7.
Us Weekly was first to break news of Hudson’s second pregnancy back in January.

Her marriage news comes as something of a surprise. Although she and Bellamy, 32, have been inseparable since her pregnancy announcement, she said in January, “I don’t feel it necessary to get married…I already have one child, and have had one divorce, so it is not necessarily the golden ticket. I just want to be happy.”

Bellamy gushed of his love while accepting a Grammy in February, thanking “my beautiful pregnant girlfriend” at the podium in L.A. The duo reportedly met years ago in Australia, but didn’t become romantic until late spring 2010 — finally stepping out together in June.

[From Us Weekly]

This kind of proves a theory I’ve been working on that if the girl plays it cool and acts like she doesn’t even care about the ring or making anything official, the guy is even more likely to propose. That’s what I think happened here – Kate said time and time again that she didn’t feel the need to get married just because she was having Bellamy’s baby, and the strategy worked beautifully. I do think this was probably Bellamy’s idea (in theory) – he seems like he’s utterly devoted to her, and he probably thinks he’s the one to get her to settle down. Poor bastard.

Here’s the video from Today, including a close-up of the ring:

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Last September, the news came out that Liam Neeson had begun dating again. It came a year and a half after Natasha Richardson’s death, so it wasn’t like Liam jumped right into the dating pool. Liam’s new girlfriend emerged as Freya St. Johnston, a 36-year-old public relations executive and single mother of two (Liam is 58 years old, by the way). So, we know Liam and Freya have been dating since at least last September, when they were photographed together (see photo here) – is it too soon for Liam to propose?

Liam Neeson is ready to marry his girlfriend of six months – just two years after the tragic death of his wife Natasha Richardson. Liam is telling pals that his girlfriend, public relations executive Freya St. Johnston, helped mend his broken heart – and he has already proposed, the Enquirer has learned.

“Liam never imagined he’s get over Natasha’s death, let alone fall in love again,” a source revealed. “But Freya has been a ray of sunshine in his life after so much darkness. She’s been very patient with Liam and never once pressured him to move fast or make any commitments.”

“Freya is a single parent of two kids and they’re already blending their families. At this point, they’re leaning toward a small ceremony in New York late this year.”

Since Natasha’s tragic death, Liam has casually dated a string of women, including Swedish model Jennifer Ohlsson, but the insider says Liam has steered clear of serious relationships for fear of upsetting his sons, Michael and Daniel.

“Liam has been very careful to respect Natasha’s memory and not move too fast back into the world of dating,” added the source. “But Liam’s sons like Freya and told him that Natasha would have wanted him to be happy. They’re thrilled that their dad is in love.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition]

I tend to think it’s too soon after they started dating, but I also tend to think that Liam deserves happiness, and maybe he can handle his own affairs without my input. I’m also not completely sure about this report – on one side, I could totally buy how a man like Liam just loves being in a relationship, and how he would want to settle down so quickly after Natasha’s death, and thus, I believe he could have proposed to this woman. On the other side, Liam still seems like he’s grieving very deeply for Natasha – remember his heart-wrenching Esquire interview just two months ago? So… while I wouldn’t judge Liam if this story is true, I also think that Liam’s not quite there yet.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I’ve seen Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba co-hosting on Regis and Kelly in the past. She’s very bubbly and excitable, and the time I saw her she was happily showing off photos of her cute cats. Well Carrie was on Regis & Kelly today, doing guest hosting duties with Regis in Kelly’s place. Her fiance dropped in to propose to her towards the end of the show and damned if I wasn’t tearing up along with Carrie when I saw the video! It was really touching, and as cheesy as it may seem to propose on television I found it all very romantic. Here’s more, from Popeater:

Carrie Ann Inaba got more than she bargained for when she agreed to sub for Kelly Ripa on today’s episode of ‘Live With Regis and Kelly’ — 2.5 carats more, to be exact.

The ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge was surprised on-air by her boyfriend of two years, Jesse Sloan, when he asked for her hand in marriage.

Earlier in the show, Inaba, 43, denied reports that she was engaged, showing off her bare ring finger to the audience.

In the show’s final minutes, all of that changed. The lighting crew set the mood as violinists ushered in the would-be groom, who told told Inaba how beautiful and inspiring she was to him, finally working up the nerve to ask, “Will you marry me?”

Inaba joyfully responded, “Yes! I will marry you!” and showed off her new 2.5-carat Rafinity princess-cut ring to the audience.

If things hadn’t gone as planned, Inaba always had a second choice: newly single Jake Gyllenhaal, who toasted the happy couple with fellow guest Howie Mandel following the proposal, had offered himself — and a fake ring — to Inaba before Sloan arrived with the real thing.

[From Popeater]

I know some people are going to call it tacky to make something like that public, but I disagree. Getting married is a way of showing that world that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person (at that time in your life). That’s why I find public proposals fitting. I thought it was very sweet of her boyfriend to do this. Guys stage grand gestures to propose because they want us to remember that moment forever. Now Carrie and Jesse will always have video of it, along with a very cute story to tell their friends and family. Congratulations to Carrie and Jesse on their engagement!

Photos are from 12/5. Credit: WENN.com

There was a blurb yesterday in the NY Post that had cuckoo Courtney Love’s response to the news that Ed Norton, 41, had proposed to his girlfriend of six years. Apparently Norton proposed on a trip to India three weeks ago and this is the first we’ve heard about it. Norton used to date Courtney back in the 90s when they did The People vs. Larry Flint together. I guess they’re still friends because Norton was investing Courtney’s money for her and she was raging about it or something. Well Courtney wants to remind us that she dated the guy, and she was gracious about his engagement. I’m sure her remarks are translated to non-crackhead speak in order to make them fit to print.

Courtney Love was shocked by Edward Norton’s engagement to his longtime girlfriend, film producer Shauna Robertson. Norton proposed to her in India three weeks ago but news hadn’t reached Love — who dated Norton in the late ’90s after they starred in “The People vs. Larry Flynt.” At the Cinema Society screening of “Meek’s Cutoff,” Love told us, “Wow, it’s about time. He’s 41, they’ve been together for six years. He needs to have babies. I wonder what kind of ring he got her? He bought me a ruby.” Love flattered Norton, saying, “He has great character. He’s very political. I see him being a senator one day.”

[From The NY Post]

It’s too bad for Robertson and Norton that the news of their engagement is being released through a comment by one of his cracked-out exes. He also dated Salma Hayek but I guess she was too busy counting her diamonds to go to an event where someone could ask her about it.

The last we heard of Norton he was getting dumped by Marvel in a would-be reprisal of his role as The Hulk in the upcoming Avengers. They issued a bitchy statement about it suggesting that Norton was difficult to work with, and then they replaced him with Mark Ruffalo.

Norton also co-founded a social networking charity website called Crowdrise last year. He may have been in India with his girlfriend doing charity work. Congratulations to Ed and Sauna! Sorry we had to find out the happy news from Courtney Love.

Shauna Robertson is shown in 2008. Credit: PRPhotos. Ed Norton is shown on 10/28/10. Credit: WENN.com

OH NO!!! People Magazine has just announced that Sophie Monk’s engagement to sketch ball “businessman” Jimmy Esebag is OVER!!! Sophie announced her engagement to Jimmy in January, after the couple had only dated for five months. She even gave an interview where she discussed her love of sugar daddies (sort of) – so what was the problem? Why couldn’t these two crazy kids work it out?

Just six weeks after Sophie Monk shared her engagement news, she’s single again.

The surprise announcement came from Sydney on Sunday. While taping a new episode of Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler asked the Aussie model about her recent engagement to “that old guy,” French businessman Jimmy Esebag, 50. Monk, 31, shook her head, saying, ”I’m newly single.”

She even hinted that she might even ”turn Samantha Ronson.”

The news quickly spread from audience members via Twitter.

[From People]

Ugh. Okay, it’s one thing to be a glorified hooker who “dates” for money and attention, and then it’s quite another to get “engaged” to one of your johns and wrap it all up in gooey love talk. And then it’s a fresh level of hell to break it off with the guy and announce that you’re going to “turn Samantha Ronson.” What’s wrong with this chick?!

Oh, well. At least she got to go shopping.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

In case you were worried that Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner might not last after getting tattoos for each other and solidifying their love during drunken nights at Hollywood clubs, you can rest easy. These two crazy kids are reportedly engaged to be married. They’ve been together a whole year and only broke up once, so it’s time:

On Feb. 9, during the duo’s whirlwind trip to Europe, the divorced singer, 26, e-mailed a bandmate a picture of her left hand with what appears to be an engagement ring on it – with the subject line “ha ha.” And insiders tell Star that Brody, 27, did indeed pop the question to his girlfrien of about a year. “Avril has hinted to pals that she thought Brody was planning a big surprise during their trip to France,” says an insider. “It’s just her style to be coy rather than coming out with an announcement right away.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 17, 2011]

I’m hoping that this is just some joke e-mail Avril sent and that Star is reading too much into it. I checked both Avril and Brody’s Twitter accounts, and neither of them have tweeted anything about this and they don’t send tweets to each other either as far as I could tell. (I just skimmed it honestly and didn’t go that far back.)

Last summer, we heard that Brody was “begging” Avril to do a reality show with him. He’s sort-of a Kardashian, after all. (His dad is Bruce Jenner.) Maybe they are engaged and soon we’ll be treated to the Avril and Brody show. Spare us, but you know that some TV exec would sign off on that.

Avril and Brody are shown on 2/16/11, 2/13/11 and 12/7/10. You can see her left hand on 2/13 and there’s no engagement ring. Credit: WENN.com

Considering that I was completely wrong in my assessment of this “crusty love” couple at the beginning, I now feel the need to believe every tabloid report about them. When John Mellencamp initially dumped his wife of 18 years, and the rumors started bouncing around that Meg Ryan was the jumpoff, I honestly thought it was crap. It wasn’t. They declared their love through photo-ops, and there were lots of reports that there was some overlap between John’s marriage and his relationship to Meg. And of course, when the Enquirer got a hold of John and asked him about his temperamental douche ways, and his womanizing ways, his answer was a trail of expletives. Guilty! Anyway, Star Magazine has a report about John and Meg and how they are “pre-engaged”. Ugh.

Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp are headed to the altar!

“They are happily telling friends that are ‘pre-engaged’,” a source tells Star. John asked Meg to wait for him while he divorces his wife of 18 years, model Elaine Irwin. In the meantime, the rocker gave the actress a ring that belonged to his grandmother. And after just three months, the lovebirds are shacking up together in her Bel Air mansion.

“John’s had a crush on Meg for years, so this is a fantasy come true for him,” says the source. And Meg’s just as in love.

“She sees a future with John,” the source adds. “They’re trying to be hush-hush for now, but there’s no way they can hide the intensity of their relationship.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

As I said, I’ll believe it. Why not? What’s surprising to me is how open this jumpoff situation has been – and I think the photo-ops prove that they’re not ashamed of their crusty love. My favorite part of Star’s report is “John asked Meg to wait for him while he divorces his wife of 18 years, model Elaine Irwin.” Like he had to ask! Like Meg has so much to do these days.

Meanwhile, a few weeks ago Elaine spoke to Us Weekly about the split, but not the jumpoff: “The only thing certain in life is change itself…Change is good, some would say it is our greatest teacher, and I am embracing it.” Sure. She must be quietly thrilled that she doesn’t have to have sex with John again, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Back in November, we covered a story from In Touch that claimed that Kourtney Kardashian and her social-climbing sociopath baby daddy, Scott Disick were going to get married in order to sell the coverage rights and cash in with their own reality show. Some of you said you doubted that story because of the dubious source, and you could have been right at the time. Only now it’s popping up again on AOL’s Popeater, and on the covers of Life & Style and OK!, which all have “exclusives” (ha!) that Kourtney is engaged.

Spoilers for Kourtney and Kim take NY (if you care)
Popeater, OK! and Life & Style claim that Scott proposed to Kourtney and that it’s going to be aired on the finale episode of that Kourtney and Kim Take NY show, (which I have to admit to never watching). Then Scott and Kourtney hope to get their own show, similar to the way that Khloe parlayed her relationship with Lamar Odom into quick money for her and the family.

Can’t get enough of the Kardashian clan on the small screen? Well if the answer is “yes,” then you are in luck! Kourtney K. and boyfriend Scott Disick are the latest members of the family to be in talks to get their own spinoff show for E!, and sources tell me it will revolve around their still-secret wedding plans.

“The last episode of ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York’ is Scott proposing,” an insider tells me. “Then just like sister Khloe and Lamar, Kourtney and Scott will not only get their own show but also a wedding. It’s going to be TV gold.”

Mom Kris Jenner, who is the genius behind the whole Kardashian phenomenon, is currently conceptualizing a show with E! that will follow Kourtney and Scott on the path to a wedding. I’m told it will be complete with outrageous wedding plans, chaos, dresses and, of course, Scott being a groomzilla.

The family already has ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians,’ ‘Kim and Kourtney Take New York, ‘Khloe and Lamar’ and soon, Scott and Kourtney’s untitled show. This will make them arguably [one] of the most prolific TV franchises of all time.

“What is going to make this new show a monster hit is that Scott and Kourtney are actually happier than ever,” an insider tells me. “Heading toward the alter [sic] is the next step for them with or without the cameras.”

[From Popeater, Rob Shuter's column]

Life and Style also has an “exclusive” that Scott proposed to Kourtney on the finale, and just sent us an announcement that she’s engaged. They quote an insider who says “The season finale, which has already been filmed, ends with Scott proposing and Kourtney accepting. It’s been really hard for them to keep it quiet. She’s so excited for the finale to air this April so she can finally go out in public with her ring on. She wears it at home all the time.”

And this is similarly an “exclusive” on OK! Magazine’s cover. I skimmed the article and it basically says that they’re engaged, and that Scott has changed. He’s supposedly “done a 180″ after taking anger management classes and is trying to say sober. They give the wedding date as sometime this year.

This seems like the logical next step for the Kardashian girls. Kim is probably seething with jealousy, since she hasn’t been able to get a guy on the hook long enough to join the family business. (You know her ‘wedding news’ on the cover of Life & Style is about the same as her ‘baby news’ – someday.) Maybe she likes it that way though and doesn’t want a man stealing her thunder.

Keep in mind that once Kourtney and Scott get their own reality show there are two other Kardashian daughters, Kendall, 15, and Kylie, 13, who could potentially carry on the family name. Kris has already said she’s open to it. I imagine her naming her daughters with alliterative names planning for their future in entertainment.

photo credit: WENN.com

Here’s a story I’m hoping is made up. The National Enquirer is reporting that Jessica Simpson’s fiance is telling her that she needs to lose weight or he’s breaking up with her. That’s really harsh, and considering how impressionable and willing to please she is, if this happened I bet it was more of a suggestion than an ultimatum. Here’s the Enquirer’s report, which seems based on known details about Jessica’s diet and weight.

“Diet or we’re done!” Jessica Simpson’s expanding waistline prompted an ugly ultimatum like that from her fiance Eric Johnson – and pals say the blonde beauty is heartsick over vicious weight-related fights that are jeopardizing their wedding plans.

The 5-foot-3 singer is rapidly approaching the 150-pound mark because of her love for Mexican food, margaritas and “anything fried,” an insider told The Enquirer.

“And now it looks like her weight gain is ripping them apart!”

Eric, a former San Francisco 49ers football player, proposed in early November after a six-month courtship. “He is in tip-top shape and feels like Jessica is letting herself go,” divulged the insider.

“They’ve recently had some brutal fights, and finally Eric basically told Jess if she didn’t lose weight soon, he was calling the whole thing off. Eric is a vegan. He exercises daily and counts every calorie.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, February 21, 2011]

I don’t see this happening like this, if at all. Eric knows which side his bread is buttered and Jessica may be eager to keep him, but he’s not going to treat her like she’s expendable. Plus she hasn’t gained that much weight since she started dating Eric, and he’s filled out a little too. In my experience guys don’t really notice if you gain 10 pounds. They’re usually just happy to get laid and aren’t a fraction as hung up on our weight as we are. If anything, Jessica is probably trying to diet and lose weight before the wedding and it’s her own idea, as is typical for brides to be.

I wonder, though, if Jessica is going to postpone her wedding or just take it a little slower now that her little sister Ashlee just filed for divorce. It seems like she might take her time with the planning process if she hasn’t set a date yet.

Photos of Jessica and Eric are from 2/4/11 after they went to lunch. I hope she has JBF hair because that’s the only excuse she could give that would explain it. Credit: Fame