Last week, Kaiser covered a Star story that alleged (in no uncertain terms) that Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are on the verge of breaking up after a decade of marriage. Strangely enough, Gwen and Gavin have subsequently spent the entirety of this past weekend getting papped out in “happy family” mode with their two children, Kingston and Zuma, starting with a venture to a birthday party as photographed above. Naturally, I feel sort of guilty for jumping to the conclusion that this couple may very well have posed their way through a series of pap-friendly ventures. Still, this seems suspicious, right?

I’ve always really liked Gwen and Gavin as a couple and was a fan of both their respective bands, No Doubt and Bush, back in the 1990s. For many years, they seemed very solid, but Gwen’s had to weather an enormous onslaught of stories about her husband’s past. In her story, Kaiser floated the theory that learning of the drag queen ex, the love child, and the dalliance with Courtney Love may have cumulatively taken its toll on Gwen. Honestly, who could blame any wife for being upset if she in fact learned about these skeletons through the press? Gwen and Gavin dated for close to eight years before getting hitched, and it would be truly terrible if Gavin had kept all of these things from her during the entirety of their relationship.

Another potential source of conflict that I’ve considered while observing them as a couple over the years is that Gwen’s career (including fronting No Doubt, solo albums, and the fashion empire) is far more successful Gavin’s. Sure, they were both rock stars when they got together, but Gavin’s earning potential has cooled significantly ever since Bush broke up over a decade ago. His solo album failed to reach an audience; he’s since gotten the band back together, and they’re heading out for a tour this year. I doubt Bush will ever reach their previous commercial success ever again, and Gavin may secretly resent the fact that she’s the breadwinner in the marriage. While I realize that not all men would feel that way, it’s a possibility.

Gwen and Gavin spent all of Sunday together in front of the cameras as well. First, they went, um, fishing at L.A.’s Troutdale ponds with the boys. Notice that Gwen’s lipstick never wavers.

Then on Sunday evening, Gwen and Gavin took their kids to the playground at Malibu Country Mart. These photos look especially posed, and Gwen doesn’t look happy at all. Maybe she’s just tired after the long weekend in front of all those cameras.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

Can you believe that Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani have been together for ten years? That’s kind of amazing, in the celebrity world and the music world. Although there have been some scandals involving Gwen and Gavin, I always think of them as one of the stronger family units around. Of course, I always thought that about Will Smith & Jada too, and they’re probably dunzo. Anyway, over the years, Gwen has had to deal with certain stories about her husband that she may or may not have known about before the stories went public – stuff like Gavin’s “one night stand” (or full-on relationship) with a drag queen named Marilyn, his one night stand with a woman that led to his fathering Daisy Lowe, and his relationship with Courtney Love, which may have overlapped with the start of his relationship with Gwen. And given all of these stories, Gwen and Gavin’s marriage has suffered, and Star Mag claims they’re almost done:

Poor Gwen! Her husband’s dark past and infidelities have lead her to reach a breaking point in love, according to a new report in Star magazine.

Gwen Stefani, 42, and Gavin Rossdale, 46, have been in and out of couple’s therapy trying to repair their marriage, but a source tells the mag that divorce is “inevitable.” And Gwen’s brother, Eric Stefani, 44, also agrees that divorce is possible, according to the new report.

“He’s just not been honest with her about his past,” another source tells the mag.

Two years into the marriage Gwen was hit with Gavin’s first secret — that he had a daughter, Daisy Lowe, now 22, by his ex-girlfriend song-writer/designer Pearl Lowe. And then began the rumors about Gavin’s affairs. In 2009, 80s cross-dresser Peter Robinson — famously known as Marilyn — revealed he had had a short fling with Gavin, before he married Gwen. And in 2010, Gavin confirmed the affair in an interview with Details magazine claiming it was a one-time experimentation when he was 17-years-old.

“That was it. You have to know what you like, and I know what I like,” Gavin said in the Details interview.

Right after Marilyn spoke out, Courtney Love, 47, claimed on the Howard Stern show that she had an eight-month affair with Gavin while he was dating Gwen.

“You mean he was having sex with you while he was with her?” Howard asked.

”Everyone … yeah … and a few other people,” Courtney said to Howard. “We didn’t have a lot of pressure on each other, but we did like each other quite a bit.”

Yikes! With all of these secrets revealed way after the two had married, Gwen now fears what else he has hiding in the closet.

“Gwen often wonders what other secrets Gavin is hiding. It’s getting harder and harder for her to go through the motions with a man she sometimes feels like she doesn’t even know,” a source tells Star.

Gwen and Gavin married in 2002 after meeting in 1995 when their rock bands – No Doubt and Bush — were on tour together, before Gwen turned into a rock star in her own right. Aside from Gavin’s secrets, her newfound success has also caused tension between the two.

“When they got together, it was Gavin who had the big career,” the source tells the mag. But now that the tables have turned and Gwen is more famous than Gavin and that’s “been a really hard journey for him.”

For now, Gavin is preparing to go on tour with his band Bush while Gwen stays at home with their sons, Zuma, 3, and Kingston, 5.

[From Hollywood Life]

What to say about this? I wouldn’t be upset or shocked if they split up, but it’s going to take more than a ham-fisted Star Magazine story to make me believe that Gavin and Gwen are going to throw away their ten-year marriage. Call me a romantic, but I think they’ve weathered their rough patches rather well, and I think they’ve still got some years left together.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You know I’m not some huge fan of the Gwen Stefani-Gavin Rossdale pairing. I don’t actively dislike either of them, and I occasionally wonder about the state of their marriage, or perhaps glance through some photos of their kids, but in general, I’m “meh” on them. Gwen seems to have toned down her daily paparazzi-friendly jaunts, but I do wonder how photographers managed to take so many high-quality photos of Gwen and Gavin on the Malibu beach this weekend. Maybe Gwen and Gavin don’t care… but some of these photos look posed. Like, LeAnn Rimes-level posed.

Random thoughts about the photos… Gwen’s abdomen looks really great, especially given her age and the fact that she’s given birth twice. You have to spend time developing those ab muscles, and I’m jealous. Gwen’s abs look better than Gavin’s, although Gavin is no slouch either. In fact, I like him shirtless. He looks hot and tan.

Kingston is 5, Zuma is 3, by the way. Both of them get their hair professionally done, and they go with their mom to get their nails done too. It’s harmless, people! Although I do wonder – do you think Gwen really wishes she had at least one girl?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

This is a post devoted to some of the additional photos from last night’s Tree of Life premiere in Cannes – we already covered Angelina and Brad’s red carpet appearance here. Brangelina’s buddies Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale were also on hand for the premiere. Considering I have no idea what other purpose Gwen and Gavin would have for being in the South of France, I’m going to say that they probably came explicitly to party and hang out with Brangelina. Gwen wore this Stella McCartney jumpsuit thing that only a small-breasted woman could wear without being arrested. Also: I’m pretty sure McCartney jacked this entire design from vintage Halston, because I was pretty sure this look WAS vintage Halston. As for Gwen’s styling… the makeup is too heavy, but that’s Gwen. That’s her “thing”. But the hair… Jesus, the hair. It’s a wonder Gwen’s hair doesn’t fall out in clumps.

Wherever Jude Law goes, he hears the Ocean’s 11 theme in his head.

In nearly every photo I saw of Zoe Saldana, she had a major case of bitchface. Why so peeved, Zoe? You thought you were the next big thing and now when you show up at Cannes, none of the photographers even bother to point their lenses at you? That was mean. I apologize. Zoe is wearing Armani… I would never have guessed “Armani” for this candy-cane-sarong dress. It’s kind of interesting, and Zoe definitely works it better than most girls would.

Let’s end it with some additional Brangelina photos that came in after I published yesterday’s story. This one, below, might be one of my favorite Brange photos EVER. While Brad and Angelina are often affectionate on the red carpet (and off), Brad usually isn’t so grab-happy and clutchy. I like it. I like the way he’s holding her, pulling her closer to him. I love the look of his hands on her. Is this gross? Whatever. I think this is a lovely, sexy photo, and dear God, I love Angelina’s profile.

Angelina is simply shocked that Brad was man-handling her! SHOCKED.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Last year, a drag queen (?) named Marilyn came out and told the world that he and Gavin Rossdale had been lovers for five years. There was even a great photo of Gavin and Marilyn to “prove” Marilyn’s story. Gavin hadn’t really confirmed or denied anything until he sat down with Details for a interview in the November issue. Gavin basically said that yes, he had slept with Marilyn, but it had just been a “one-time experimentation” when he was 17 years old and exploring the world (of dong). Well, within 24 hours of the Details piece going online, Marilyn has spoken again! And this bitch is pissed.

More than a year after British pop star Marilyn revealed his secret love affair with Gavin Rossdale to In Touch, Gwen Stefani’s husband is finally confessing to the same-sex romance he experienced as a teen.

“I’ve never wanted to appear closed about it,” he tells Details in the magazine’s new issue, though he adamantly denied In Touch’s story about the relationship when it was published in April 2009. “I don’t think there’s anything strange about any form of… learning about life. It’s a part of growing up.”

The news about the Bush front man, who has two young sons with his world-famous wife Gwen, won’t shock In Touch readers.

“Gavin and Gwen are perfect for each other, but he was the love of my life,” Marilyn told In Touch, adding that he dated Gavin for five years in the early ’80s. When Boy George first discussed the former couple’s romance in his 1995 memoir, Take It Like A Man, Marilyn kept quiet, even when Gavin denied their love.

“He was just becoming successful in America,” Marilyn explained. “I agreed to lie against every grain of my being.”

Now that Gavin has come clean about the relationship, Marilyn isn’t feeling totally vindicated.

“I think it’s really hypocritical that Gavin can do an interview about me, yet me doing one about him is wrong!” he said today on his Facebook page.

[From In Touch Weekly]

Well, the Gavin’s interview wasn’t just about you, Marilyn. But whatever. I agree with Gavin: Move on. Is it interesting that a rock star (-ish) who is famously married to another rock star and they famously have two adorable kids together, is it weird or strange that the dude has a sexual history that involves dong? Maybe. But I said before, experimentation isn’t just for girls. There are boys who are curious too.

One more thing – NYDN had a piece on Gavin trying to get Details to pull his interview, or at least his admission about the relationship being a “one-time experimentation”. Apparently, he had to “come clean” to Gwen. Yeah… like she didn’t know.

Here’s an image that ITW sent us (the header is courtesy of ITW as well):

In the new issue of Details, Gavin Rossdale sat down for an interview to discuss his music over the years, and how he is reuniting with the members of Bush. The full interview is here. Can I just admit something right now? Bush is one of those bands that give me such a heavy wave of nostalgia for my college days, it’s not even funny. Like, I can taste the Boone’s-mixed-with-clove-cigarettes in my mouth right now. In college, I also was friends with a dude who pretty much thought he was Gavin Rossdale – and he wore leather pants EVERY DAY. They showed off his adorable, perfectly-formed ass. Ah… memories. And no, I never hit it. But I did hit it with his roommate. Ah… sketchy memories. Anyhoodle, in the Details interview, Gavin talks in some detail about the drag queen/transvestite (I don’t what she/he is, how this person self-identifies) Marilyn. Marilyn came out last year and claimed that he/she had a five-year-long relationship with Gavin when they were both very young. Since then, Gavin has never really spoken about it, other then to offer vague denials. Details gets him to open up a little:

Details: Last year, the cross-dressing pop singer Marilyn revealed that he was romantically involved with you in your teens—an assertion Boy George first made in 1995. Why haven’t you talked about those claims?
Gavin Rossdale: I think at the outset there was a sort of fear—that was right at the beginning of Bush, and I didn’t want it to be part of it. It felt like a cheap shot, so I was like, “I’m not getting involved.” I’ve never wanted to appear closed about it. It’s not something I’ve talked about really because it’s always been in the glare of a tabloid world. It’s just one of those things: Move on. When you’re 17, Jesus Christ. I don’t think there’s anything strange about any form of—you’re learning about life. It’s a part of growing up. That’s it. No more, no less.

Details: So it was just a one-time experimentation?
Gavin Rossdale: Yeah. That was it. You have to know what you like, and I know what I like.

[From Details]

Do I think it was just a one time thing? No. But I also don’t buy that it was a five year affair either. Split the difference – they had a relationship for months, probably (long enough for them to pose for photos together). But I do buy that Gavin was just going through an experimental phase. Girls are allowed to (generally), so why not boys? Also, Gavin is really cute throughout the rest of the interview too:

Details: Your ancestral surname is Rosenthal. What’s the most Jewish thing about you?
Gavin Rossdale: My father was a lapsed Jew, but my grandfather was practicing, so he used to do the Friday-night thing. I love the culture of it, the tradition, the theatricality, the funny outfits, the buildings, the history. I’m half Jewish, half Scottish, so I have a bizarre obsession with being generous, because one of the stereotypes leveled at Scots and Jews is the inability to share. I’m fighting the good fight.

Details: You met your wife, Gwen Stefani, while touring with No Doubt in 1995. Do you remember your first date?
Gavin Rossdale: I threw a party in New Orleans just as an excuse to hang out with her. We drank a bunch of hurricanes and went around the French Quarter. We had our first kiss that night, just walking around, being careful to step over the puddles of pee. The next day we had that sort of cute, embarrassed, sober meet-up.

Details: You have two sons together—Kingston, 4, and Zuma, 2. Who’s on diaper duty at home?
Gavin Rossdale: Whoever’s nearest, really. We have good people around us. If there’s no one there, I can do it, but otherwise I sort of slide away—I get very interested in my BlackBerry at that point. A friend once told me, “By the way, they never thank you for changing their diapers when they grow up, so don’t sweat it.” I thought it was good advice.

Details: Is it true you and Gwen bathe together to conserve water?
Gavin Rossdale: The first half is true, maybe not the latter. Or, the ecological benefits are a healthy consequence.

Details: Keep your romance alive, save the planet?
Gavin Rossdale: Exactly! And stay clean! But no, we don’t stage bath-ins.

Details: You play tennis regularly with your friend Roger Federer. Ever come close to beating him?
Gavin Rossdale: No, it doesn’t really work like that! With Roger, my fun is just to hit with him enough so it’s a workout for him. That’s my Wimbledon: to hit with Roger and not waste his time. I’ve scored points on him, of course. If you hit a good serve, you could take out anyone in the world. But can you do it over five sets? Probably not.

Details: In 2004, you learned you have a daughter, the now 21-year-old model Daisy Lowe. How do you shift from being a dad to toddlers to being a dad to an adult?
Gavin Rossdale: With the boys it’s traditional: I’m all they know, and I’m with them all the time. With Daisy, I don’t know her in that context. The way I nurture those boys, I never got a chance with Daisy. I love my connection with her, but I don’t have any say in who she is. With the boys it’s my job to correct them and shape them. With Daisy, I just have to be respectful. I suppose it’s more like a friendship.

[From Details]

Honestly, I think Gavin is one of those rare guys like Tom Hardy – where he spent his youth f-cking everything and everyone, just for the hell of it. I buy that Gavin has matured into a loving husband and father – and I think he’s lovely.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

We generally don’t cover Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s outings, but these are newish photos of the two of them watching Roger Federer at the U.S. Open yesterday, and I found them adorable. Isn’t it weird that we never really wonder about the state of Gwen and Gavin’s relationship? They occasionally walk a red carpet, but for the most part, the photos we have of them are candids shot while they’re out with their kids, or enjoying some downtime at an event like this. They’re just so cute, and they always seem so solid. I love these photos.

They just seem so shockingly normal. I know that’s what people say about Jennifer Garner too – that they like her because she seems so normal, like your neighbor with the cute kids, but I’ve never bought it from Garner. I’m one of the few who dislikes the weekly parade of dimples from the Garner-Affleck clan, just because I get a vibe that they are, at times, forcing it. Forcing the “we’re so normal and down to earth and a big happy family” thing. Specifically, I think Garner is forcing it to promote a very family-friendly image of herself, to continue the whitewash of her past relationships. I don’t get a forced vibe from Gavin and Gwen, ever, in candid shots. Sometimes I get it from Gwen when she’s promoting something, when she’s wearing all of her gear and everything, but shen she’s dressed in her beloved track-suit/muumuus, she looks adorable. They just seem like a cool rock star couple who are really solid. I will be heartbroken if they ever split. Also: Gwen still looks pregnant to me. You think?

And of course, how could you not enjoy yourself when you’re watching Federer? I love him. He’s so f-cking cute.

I believe this, although the report seems to made of smoke and mirrors. Star Magazine (I know) and WENN are reporting that Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are expecting their third child together. I remember just a week or so ago, I saw some photos of Gwen and I thought “Oh, I bet she’s knocked up again.” Now that I’m looking for additional sourcing, I see that a lot of people think she’s been looking bump-y lately. Here’s what WENN says:

The pop star is already mum to sons Kingston, three, and 20-month-old Zuma and has previously expressed her desire to add another tot to her growing brood once she gets a break in her busy work schedule.

But Stefani has recently been spotted sporting a fuller figure and snaps of the No Doubt singer in New York last week (04May10) show her with what appears to be a baby bump.

An eyewitness tells Star magazine, “She was pulling at her shirt to keep it away from her body. It seemed really strange – but then, when she turned to the side, I could see why. She definitely had a baby bump!”

Stefani has also been photographed wearing a Sea-Band bracelet, usually associated with expectant mothers – as it helps to relieve morning sickness.

Stefani has been donning the accessory because the nausea she has been experiencing has been worse than ever before, reports OK! magazine.

An insider says, “Gwen is having a really rough time this pregnancy. She had all-day morning sickness for a while with Zuma, but she’s sicker this go-round and has been feeling exhausted and dizzy.”

And the couple’s publicist has failed to put a stop to the rumours. When approached about the story, the stars’ spokesman Dave Tomberlin offered WENN a firm “no comment”.

Stefani and Rossdale wed in 2002.

[From WENN]

“No comment” isn’t a “no”. So, could be. If I remember Gwen’s previous pregnancies, didn’t she start showing early? And didn’t it take forever for her to confirm those too? It could be that she and Gavin just want to wait until they’re well into the second trimester. We’ll see!

All of these photos are from May 3 through May 7:

There are so many sketchy stories today! Lord have mercy. Today we have an extra helping of Courtney Love Crazy, in addition to whatever verbal hate-f-cking is going on between her and Billy Corgan. Apparently, Courtney went on Stern yesterday and claimed that she and Gavin Rossdale were hittin’ it – when he was already dating Gwen Stefani. Now, Courtney has claimed to have had a relationship with Gavin before – back in 2006, she gave an interview where she basically claimed that Gavin was close to proposing to her, and that she dumped him to go out with Ed Norton. Ugh. Anyway, in this new interview, Courtney claims, in a convoluted way, that she and Gavin were still getting it on when he started up with Gwen, and that Gwen knows all about it:

Courtney Love claims she slept with Gavin Rossdale even though he was with Gwen Stefani. On The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio Monday, the Hole rocker, 45, said she had a “vision of marrying Gavin Rossdale one time … We were like, ‘Let’s go spend our rock star money!’”

During their eight months together, “we had a really good time…” she said. “He was lovely.”

She said she took heat because many thought Rossdale, 44, was too much like her ex, late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

“Everyone gave me so much s— because Gavin sounded like a lot like Kurt….” Love said. “But man, he was such an Adonis in his day! He got good in bed … something happened. Maybe Gwen taught him, for all I know.”

Stern then asked her, “You were [having sex] him while he was with Gwen Stefani?”
“Yes,” Love replied. “She does know.”

Stern continued: “You mean he was having sex with you while he was with her?”

“Everyone … yeah … and a few other people,” Love said. “We didn’t have a lot of pressure on each other, but we did like each other quite a bit.”

Rossdale has yet to comment on Love’s claims.

This isn’t the first time Rossdale has been in a scandal. In 2004, DNA tests revealed that he has a secret lovechild. Stefani, 40, was said to be “devastated.”

The two, who wed in 2002, have two sons together: Kingston, almost 4, and Zuma, 1 1/2.

[From Us Weekly]

Yeah, I always forget that Gavin is a cheater. It’s always the quiet ones (not really, it‘s every type). I think he’s probably a nice guy, and he seems to devoted to Zuma and Kingston, and Gwen for that matter. But he probably still enjoys some strange. And it doesn’t get any more “strange” than Courtney. Or that male lover Gavin had, “Marilyn”. CB thinks Gavin just has “rock star tastes” which I think is a nice way of saying “fug looks and a disco stick don’t bother him”. CoughcoughCourtneyhasadiscostickcough.

Like Jenny Shimizu before him, rocker “Marilyn” had a same sex relationship with a high profile celebrity decades ago and is just now coming out with the news. This guy Marilyn, who favored a look like Boy George with makeup and high hair, said he was with Rossdale’s lover for five years in the early 80s and that he initially lied about it for the sake of Rossdale’s career after the news came out. He’s just coming clean to In Touch now, and calls Rossdale “the love of my life”:

With a happy marriage, two beautiful children and a romance that’s lasted more than 13 years, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have one of rock ’n’ roll’s most stable relationships. But Gavin wasn’t always the perfect family man he is today. Back in the ’80s, he was a wild child who wore black lipstick and partied until all hours at London’s underground clubs. And the most important relationship of his life may have been with another androgynous, hard-partying man. As In Touch has learned, Gavin had a long-standing secret love affair with Marilyn — a male rocker who looked remarkably like Gwen. “He was the love of my life,” Marilyn tells In Touch.

Though Boy George broke the news of Gavin, 43, and Marilyn’s tumultuous romance in his 1995 book, Take It Like a Man, Gavin denied it, stating, “I wasn’t dating Marilyn. We were, and still are, good friends.” At the time, Marilyn denied the affair, as well. But today he says he did it only because Gavin asked him to. “He was just becoming successful in America,” Marilyn explains. “I agreed to lie against every grain of my being.” Now, Marilyn wants to set the record straight. In an exclusive interview with In Touch, the British pop icon details the love affair that spanned the early ’80s. “We were together five years,” Marilyn says. “But it felt like 40.” (Gavin’s rep denies the story.)

[From In Touch]

Why do these people come out with news of their long-over relationships with celebrities over a decade after the fact? It’s like they’re begging for some sort of validation for their relationship with a now famous person and want the notoriety that goes along with that. Maybe there’s an aspect of wanting to bring the celebrity down a peg too. “I hit that – 20 years ago.” Really, who cares? If it’s true that Marilyn is still pining for a relationship from the 80s that’s sad. Good for Rossdale for being in a committed relationship with another guy if that’s what this was, but it’s a shame that he picked someone so willing to kiss and tell, even if it took the guy an awful long time to spill the news. Rossdale’s daughter Daisy Lowe was born in 1989, from a brief relationship he had with singer Pearl Lowe, so if this is true it means that he moved on to women shortly after this relationship was over.

Header photo vie In Touch. Photo below is from 4/12/09. Credit: Fame Pictures