CB has been doing most of the coverage of Jennifer Lopez and her facially-challenged boy-toy, Casper Smart, but I just had to chime in when I looked through these photos. These pics are of Jennifer in Miami, doing a “steamy” (oily?) photo shoot with Mario Testino. Casper was at the photo shoot, of course, because he basically has nothing else going on in his life other than following J.Lo around. Paparazzi managed to get lots of photos of Jennifer “posing” for Testino, and in between set-ups, the paparazzi caught all of these “candids” of Jennifer and Fubar.

You know what? I’m kind of done making excuses for her? Even at her worst, I can usually find some love for the diva-monster hurricane that is J.Lo, but Casper is one facially-challenged move too far. I think I would be able to overlook her need to take some young, dumb lover… if only he had actually been attractive. But Jennifer is got young, dumb and fug. And I just don’t see how she’s that bad off? That’s such a massive downgrade, I can’t even start. Like, I don’t even think Kirstie Alley would want Casper. Yet here’s Jennifer, making lovey-dovey faces at this meathead.

By the way, I swallowed my dry heaves and checked out Casper’s Twitter feed, the one he used to defend his love with Jennifer. In one tweet to a friend, he mentions what he’s been doing lately, which is “choreographing” and “been in acting classes.” OH GOD. That’s what’s next, isn’t it? Jennifer is going to get him a job in one of her movies.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

For all you can say about how Jennifer Lopez jumps from one serious relationship to the next, her estranged husband isn’t taking his time in his currently relationship. Right after we saw a flurry of photos of J.Lo out with her new boyfriend, 24 year-old backup dancer Casper Smart, Marc was posting messages on Twitter and Facebook to make sure we knew about his new 24 year-old girlfriend, a Brazilian model named Shannon De Lima. Well now there’s news that Marc got someink for De Lima to seal the deal. He calls her his Statue of Liberty, so he had a Statue of Liberty inked inside his right wrist, which is where he previously had a tattoo for J.Lo. So smart.

Some say it in love letters, others in poetry.

Marc Anthony, however, opts to say it in ink of a different kind – etched permanently onto his skin.

The singer, 43, currently sports a new tattoo he got in honor of his new flame, Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima, on New Year’s Eve in Miami, according to TMZ.

The tattoo, of the Statue of Liberty inked onto the inside of his right wrist, is a direct reference to the 24-year-old beauty, whom he calls his “Statue of Liberty” – a nickname he gave her for “freeing” him of his past relationships, sources told the site.

Anthony very publicly split with wife Jennifer Lopez this past summer after seven years of marriage. The couple have two children together, twins Max and Emme.

The singer’s children from previous relationships, however, thus far approve of dad’s new relationship.

“To all my followers and everybody on twitter follow 2012 best couple and for many more years to come @MarcAnthony and @Shadelima !!!!” his son Chase Muniz wrote earlier this month.

Anthony and his 17-year-old daughter Ariana even decided to get unspecified matching tattoos on New Year’s Eve, replacing the “Jennifer” tattoo that used to cover his right wrist.

Lopez and Anthony will continue to work together on talent competition “Q’Viva! The Chosen” despite their split, and the couple opened up about their new relationship dynamic in a recent screening of the premiere episode, with Lopez calling it “very Sonny and Cher after divorce.”

Added Anthony: “Marriage is one chapter, kids are another.”

[From The NY Daily News]

I can’t really tell from the way this story is worded on TMZ or The Daily News if Marc covered up his J.Lo tattoo with the Statue of Liberty tattoo. It sounds like he got another tattoo to cover up the J.Lo one and then added this Statue of Liberty tat in that same area. When is it ever a good idea to get a tattoo for a lover? I understand getting tattoos for your kids, parents or blood relations, but even for a spouse it seems misguided. Marc has been with this model a few weeks tops unless he was cheating with her and she was his jumpoff. Even if that’s the case, it’s supremely dumb to get a tattoo for her. At least he’s getting a symbol instead of her name, but he’s going to have to look at that thing every day for the rest of his life barring another tattoo covering it up or laser surgery. I could see maybe getting a tattoo for a girlfriend or boyfriend in a discreet spot that you don’t have to see all the time, but when it’s on your wrist it’s going to remind you of them constantly even after the breakup.

Marc and J.Lo really were perfect for each other. They’re both so stupid when they’re in love. Or maybe Marc still loves J.Lo and is trying to make her jealous. Given their dynamic recently that could be the case.

Marc Anthony is shown on 9-9-11 performing at The Meadowlands. Credit: Janet Mayer / PR Photos

If it wasn’t enough to be paying her 18 year younger boyfriend a stipend of $10k a week just to hang around, Jennifer Lopez managed to land him some kind of vague job working on the American Idol set. I guess this is meant to keep him busy while she’s doing her job critiquing singers, and it’s not a bad idea. Her ex husband used to hang around during the performance episodes and tell her what to say during the commercial breaks. If you look at the dynamics of her last relationship, her new one makes a lot of perverse sense. She’s in charge now. Here’s more:

Jennifer has petitioned the show’s producers to find a job for her young lover. “Casper has some title but no one knows what he’s supposed to be doing,” an insider tells In Touch. Jennifer, 42, is so intent on keeping him close she’s even hired her attorneys to clear him of charges stemming from recklessly drag-racing a friend down an LA freeway last winter. Dishes the insider, “She doesn’t mind paying thousands of dollars if it means he’ll stick around.”

[From In Touch, print edition, January 30, 2012]

Meanwhile Star is claiming that Lopez is so enamored with her “man” that she wants to have a baby with him. I’m really hoping this is in no way true, but here goes:

Jennifer Lopez is so smitten with her new love, Casper Smart, they are already talking babies, Star has learned! “She’s seen how great Casper is with her twins, Max and Emme, and she knows he’d be a terrific father if they had a baby of their own to add to the family,” a source tells Star. “She and Casper are so madly in love…

“Marc is fuming about her relationship with Casper and how serious it’s getting so fast. Tensions between Marc and J.Lo are worse than ever.” But Jennifer is determined to build a family with Casper – and is even currently shopping for a new multimillion-dollar apartment in Manhatten to serve as their primary residence. “She’s living with Casper now in L.A. but looking to buy a place in New York City with plenty of room,” says the source.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, January 30, 2012]

Again, I’m hoping it’s a made up story and that J.Lo isn’t about to have kids again, but I wouldn’t be surprised. This woman moves on lightning fast and she’s been married four times. She’s probably thinks that babies are just the way to seal the deal with baby doucheface. Plus she doesn’t have a lot of time left if she wants more.

Did you see the deep thoughts that Casper tweeted, which J.Lo retweeted? True love, I’m telling you. He wrote in three tweets: “Age, status, n opinions of others are irrelevant. Our hearts are endless and our souls infinite.. Our ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this earth and the precious time remaining. We should all honor our time here by indulging our passion and dreams. So, close your ears and open your hearts; Love and be happy!” Then later he tweeted “Good friend sent it for me and thought it was beautiful and perfect!!!” Does that mean that J.Lo dictated those tweets to him? I bet she dresses him too.

Caper outside of Idol studios in Pasadena. 12-15-12. Credit: Miguel Aguilar/Juan Sharma. Other photos are from 12-18-11. Credit: Fame. The last photo of her below is from September, I just like it because her makeup is so bad. Credit: WENN.com

Over the weekend, photos came out of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez attending a press conference together for their new South American talent search reality show, “Q’Viva”. (You can see some of the photos here) Plans were in the works for the show well before Marc and Jennifer separated, and we’ve heard that there have been problems with production given their issues with each other. They were the picture of togetherness during the press conference – sort of. It looked more like Marc was trying to his exert some kind control over Lopez than trying to get along amicably with his ex. It was uncomfortable although she seemed to roll with it. (You can see a brief segment of an interview they did with ET at about 10:15 into the full episode on ETOnline.) I’ve heard before that Marc was controlling, and is rumored to have been abusive, but this really brought it home for me. He put his arm around her waist during the photocall, led her by the hand, and repeatedly touched her. During the ET interview he brushed something off her skirt.

Lopez smiled throughout everything and said “We’re like Sonny and Cher.” She knows what she has to do for business but I get the sense that she’s happy with her new young piece, and she’s also happier with the new dynamic in her latest relationship. She’s in control of baby doucheface, monetarily and probably otherwise, and she doesn’t have some husband telling her what to wear and how to do her job.

Maybe that was Marc’s way of showing J.Lo that he still loves her, and wants her back. I know a few dudes who have cheated on their wives but are devastated at the thought of losing them. I think Marc and Jennifer had serious problems, that he had some sort of affair with Jada Pinkett Smith, emotional or otherwise, and that Jennifer pulled the plug. He’s obviously insanely jealous of her new boyfriend, and he even got himself a little model to show off. He still loves Jennifer, though, and I bet he would take her back. I think she’s well rid of him.

The photos below are from 2011 and 2010. Credit: WENN.com

We’ve heard plenty of stories that Jennifer Lopez’s estranged husband Marc Anthony doesn’t want her 24 year-old boyfriend, Casper Smart, around their nearly four year-old twins. There were photos of Casper horsing around with the twins while on vacation in Hawaii that were said to particularly enrage Marc. We’ve also heard that Marc refuses to let Casper, who Was convicted of drag racing, drive with his kids in the car. Well if this latest story is true it obviously bugs Marc more than all of that. The twins supposedly call Casper “Daddy Casper” even when he’s not around. You would think that “hermano” would be a more natural name for him.

Marc Anthony exploded in a fit of rage after his kids called Jennifer Lopez’s much-younger new boyfriend “Daddy”!

While staying with their famous father recently, Marc and Jennifer’s 3-year-old twins, Emme and Max, referred to J.Lo’s 24-year-old backup dancer beau, Casper Smart, as “Daddy Casper,” say sources. An enraged Marc immediately called Jennifer and blasted her, telling her that if she didn’t fix the situation pronto, he was going to let the kids call his new girlfriend, 24-year-old Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima, “Mommy Shannon”!…

“Marc mockingly told Jennifer that if Casper wants to be called ‘Daddy,’ he needs to start acting like it and pay some of their children’s expenses instead of just sponging off of her!

“Jennifer freaked out and told Marc he was childish, but she promised to correct the situation.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 23, 2012]

Isn’t that ripe that they’re both dating 24 year-olds? Casper is paying expenses now, he’s paying them out of the $10,000 a week allowance J.Lo gives him.

Kids that age often get names confused. This probably pisses off Marc immensely, but that doesn’t mean the kids actually think of Casper as their dad. My son sometimes accidentally calls me “grandma” right after he’s been hanging out with her. When he was around Lopez’s twins’ age, he called an older man who was babysitting him “opa” (grandpa in German) because he didn’t know what else to call him. I explained it to him later. The thing that makes the difference, though, is that Casper and Jennifer encourage the kids to call him “Daddy Casper.” Jennifer has only been going out with that man child a few weeks. She shouldn’t have even introduced him to her kids yet, and having them call him “daddy” is just ridiculous. Marc has every right to be upset, but he’s as much of an ass as J.Lo if he retaliates by having them call his latest girlfriend “mommy.”

Jennifer Lopez is shown out with Max on 1-8-12. She’s shown with Casper on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame. Marc is shown performing in Miami on 9-16-11. Credit: Johnny Louis/WENN.com

Jennifer Lopez’s 24 year-old backup dancer boyfriend doesn’t make enough money to keep her in the style that she’s accustomed to, so she’s remedied that. Star Magazine [via Jezebel] is reporting that she gives him a very generous $10,000 a week allowance. Some of that he spends on her, of course, and the rest he presumably gets to keep. So the little twerp is making over a half million a year just to screw J.Lo, drive her around in the Bentley she’s either lending or leasing him, buy her some presents and accompany her on vacations. I doubt she expects him to pay for accommodations out of that $10k a week. Insanely nice work if you can get it, and how again did this kid land the job? Just by being in the right place at the right time, for the woman who can’t stand to be alone for a minute. Here’s the story:

Jennifer Lopez has a kept man! She hated having to whip out her credit card every time she went to dinner with 24-year-old dancer Casper Smart, and it “bummed her out” that Casper had to borrow money from her to buy her a Christmas present. So Jenny from The Block started giving the kid an allowance a “stipend” of $10,000 a week. According to a source, “She thought $10K was a nice round number.” Apparently Casper is “learning to live like a star,” flying on private jets and staying in luxury hotels. Now that he’s getting paid, “Jen is hoping Casper won’t think twice about buying presents for her kids of whisking her off for a surprise weekend getaway,” the source spills. “She can take care of herself just fine, but she’s old-fashioned when it comes to wanting the man to take charge.” Plus! He needs new clothes for events and stuff. Just think of her as Richard Gere and Casper as Julia Roberts, going “woo woo woo” at a polo game. Which means Jenny gets to snap a jewelry box on Casper’s fingers! Fun! But seriously, being a rich forty-something lady and gleefully supporting your much-younger house boy boyfriend is what America is all about, right?

[Details from Star, writeup at Jezebel]

How is that “old fashioned” to give a “boyfriend” that much money and then sit back and pretend that they’re paying for everything? Bedhead pointed me to this story in the Post that suggests that Madonna might be doing the same thing with her much-younger boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat. Brahim was seen paying the bill at a restaurant with Madonna, which may mean that she gave him a credit card that she pays off for him. It’s probably cheaper than just giving the kid a hefty allowance. I guess it’s less embarrassing for these ladies to try and keep up the illusion that they don’t have kept men. It should be embarrassing enough that they’re dating them in the first place.

J.Lo and Casper are shown outside a jewelry store on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame

The last we heard about Marc Anthony, he was dating a young model type and posting photos of them together on Facebook. It was just as obvious a move as all the paparazzi photo ops that J.Lo has been staging with her much younger, facially challenged boyfriend, backup dancer Casper Smart, only J.Lo started it first. Well Marc and Jennifer aren’t getting along at this point, and they’re fighting over custody of their nearly four year-old twins. Radar has the news that Marc sniped at Jennifer that she needed to see a psychiatrist because she’s incapable of being alone.

The former couple had yet another fight over the weekend, with Marc complaining that he wanted to see their toddler twins more frequently.

“As always with things between Jen and Marc recently, the conversation quickly turned heated,” a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. “Jen said Marc wasn’t being attentive enough as their father, and Marc scoffed at that remark and said she was always changing her travel plans with the children at the last minute.

“The real source of Marc’s anger is Jen’s relationship with back-up dancer, Casper Smart. Jen is VERY serious about him, and it makes Marc extremely jealous. Marc told Jen that she [should] see a psychiatrist to deal with her issues to figure out why she always needs a man in her life. Remember, Jen and Ben [Affleck] had just broken up when she got hot and heavy with Marc. Jen’s relationship with Marc was the longest relationship she ever had with anyone, about seven and a half years.”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Marc is now dating sexy Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima and the two have been Tweeting up a love storm to each other. Marc wrote in Spanish to Shannon “To my @Shadelima my statue of liberty. Kisses, baby.”

The Latin crooner has told JLo though that her boyfriend, who has been arrested for drag racing and had warrants out for his arrest, is banned from driving their toddler twins, anywhere.

Even though Marc and Jennifer haven’t formally filed for divorce yet, the Latin superstar told the American Idol judge he would take legal action if she went against his instructions.

“This wasn’t a threat that Marc gave Jen. He will go straight to family court if he needs to get a judge involved to make sure Casper doesn’t get behind the wheel with his kids in the car,” the insider says.

Smart formally pleaded no contest last week to exhibition of speeding, and was sentenced to one year probation, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.

[From Radar]

I agree with Marc that a guy who was convicted of drag racing should not be driving with his kids in the car. Other than that he just sounds jealous. This “you need to see a psychiatrist” dig is the oldest line in the book. When a current or ex partner isn’t behaving in a way the other one wants (or when they want out) they often pull that “something’s wrong with you, you need to get professional help” line. It’s an easy way to place blame on the other person. In J.Lo’s case she may benefit from talking to someone about her need to be in a relationship, but I think she’s just sowing her oats and trying to feel sexy after being committed to one guy for the longest stretch in her life. When men do it, it’s normal, when women do it they’re crazy and need help. Gah I can’t believe I’m defending J.Lo. If she does end up marrying baby douche face, then I’ll concede that I was wrong and that she should have sought some kind of help.

Jennifer and Casper are shown outside a jewelry shop on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame. Marc is shown on 9-9-11 and with Jennifer on 5-23-11. Credit: WENN

Jennifer Lopez and her facially-challenged boyfriend Casper Smart are loved up all over the world. The message is clear: J.Lo, true to form and true to her relationship history, has moved on from Marc Anthony and quickly jumped into a serious relationship… with a 24-year-old backup dancer. As you can imagine, the super-controlling Marc Anthony is NOT pleased. One of the biggest issues seems to be that Jennifer is letting Casper spend time with twins Max and Emme. Marc doesn’t like it, and he’s planning on fighting Jennifer over every little custodial issue, at least according to Us Weekly:

It’s war! After what appeared to be a fairly civilized July split following seven years of marriage, things between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are getting seriously ugly, multiple insiders tell the new Us Weekly, out now.

The catalyst? Lopez’s newfound love with Casper Smart, a 24-year-old backup dancer who’s already getting along swimmingly with Max and Emme, Lopez’s 3-year-old twins with Anthony, 43.

When the Latin crooner spotted photos of Lopez and Smart bonding with his son and daughter during a Thanksgiving vacation in Kauai, Hawaii, he “hit the roof,” one source says. “It caused a huge blowup.”

Anthony’s next move: Although he and Lopez, 42, already hammered out custody arrangements for the twins — ceding primary custody to the singer and American Idol judge — a close source tells Us he’s “going back on his word and saying his wants joint custody.”

His ultimate motive, says the source? “He wants to make Jennifer suffer because she’s having fun with someone new, and he knows this will hurt her on the deepest level.”

But Lopez, says another pal, is “ready to smash him if he tries anything…It’s getting vicious.”

[From Us Weekly]

This wouldn’t surprise me at all, actually. It’s all “amicable” and “look at us, we’re co-parenting!” until one of the parents gets a new partner, and then all hell breaks loose. Marc Anthony is rather douchey, that’s a given, and I believe he would make an issue out of the custody just as a way to “control” Jennifer. But! Jennifer introduced Casper to her kids WAY too soon, and I kind of feel like Marc does have the right to be upset. Also: I appreciate anything that can be done to separate Jennifer and that completely FUBAR backup dancer.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

We’ve seen J.Lo and her 24 year-old backup dancer boyfriend on vacation with her kids in Hawaii and we’ve seen them kissing in “candid” photos. Each of those photo ops were captured by just one photo agency, so now comes the big rollout. Lopez and Baby Doucheface were seen visiting a jewelry store in Calabasas, CA yesterday. It’s unknown what they purchased inside, but they exited separate and staged some evasive maneuvers while leaving in order to make it seem like they didn’t call the paps. It looks like Lopez just picked the perfect Christmas gifts for herself: a young piece of ass, a nice piece of jewelry and another public “f you” to her ex. Do you think this trip involves any sort of engagement ring? I’m hoping not. She already has a huge rock on her right hand that she wore into the store. Look, she’s holding it up for us.

At first I thought that Lopez had gifted this tricked-out white Bentley convertible to Smart, but a careful read of this TMZ article reveals that she’s just been letting him drive it without her. This of course pisses off her ex, Marc Anthony, who has told Lopez that Smart can’t drive with their three year-old twins in the car. Anthony is understandably protective of his children, especially since Smart has a criminal record after being arrested for speeding and driving on a suspended license. That doesn’t seem to bother Lopez, though, she’s thinking with her ego and making sure the public sees that she’s desirable to one of her young employees.

As Bedhead mentioned on Friday, Lopez allegedly got mistaken for Smart’s mother while ordering at McDonalds, which caused her to storm off without her Filet o’ Fish. The kid looks about 16 years old, it’s an honest mistake.

Speaking of kids, Lopez is part of the “Big Stars, Big Giving” special on CNN. She started a foundation in 2009 with her sister to provide medical services for needy children. It’s called the Maribel Foundation, and is named after of Marc Anthony’s sister who died at the age of 8 from brain cancer. Lopez told CNN that she was inspired to start the charity after experiencing a medical scare with her daughter Emmme. When Emme was a few days old, Lopez found a lump on the baby’s head. Everything turned out fine, but Lopez explains that freaked out about it and thought “What if I didn’t have access to great health care? What if I was a mom just sitting there and there was something wrong with my baby and there was nothing I could do about it?” That’s nice of her to start a charity, although the cynic in me thinks it’s for tax purposes. I’m honestly surprised this is the first I’m hearing of this charity. I tried to look it up on a few different charity review sites like Charity Navigator, The Better Business Bureau Charity Reviews and Give Well, and it’s not yet rated. Given the track record of other celebrity charities, I think it’s safe to take a wait and see approach.

Photo credit: Fame

Here’s a photo of Jennifer Lopez a few day ago while en route to tape the eleventh season of “American Idol.” Business is going well for Ms. Lopez, but her private life may have hit (another) rocky patch. You see, people just won’t let her date 24-year-old Casper Smart (or as CB likes to call him, “Baby Doucheface”) in peace even though she was the one who wanted us all to know that she was banging a much younger dude. And Jennifer even took the dude on vacation to Hawaii along with her 3-year-old twins.

Then the trouble started. Jennifer’s mom stopped speaking to her, and Marc Anthony refused to work with her when Baby Doucheface was in tow. Also complicating matters is the fact that Jennifer really doesn’t think that she looks too much older than Casper. Why, they almost look the same age, right? Right?

Well, The Enquirer has heard from a few eyewitnesses who say that Jennifer is being mistaken for Casper’s mother while they’re out in public together. It’s kind of hilarious merely because Lopez always acts like an entitled brat, and now she’s actually dating a little brat herself. Naturally, the diva is pissed off and throwing tantrums as a result:

“I’m his girlfriend — not his mother!”

That’s what an irate Jennifer Lopez spat after the hot-blooded “American Idol” judge, 42, was mistaken for being the mama of her 24-year-old toyboy Casper Smart! The curvy diva is disgusted with strangers assuming she is Casper’s mother and it’s affecting her ego, sources say.

“Jennifer is tired of people making comments,” divulged a source close to the Latina bombshell, who is separated from her husband of seven years, salsa singer Marc Anthony. “She doesn’t know what’s worse — being mistaken for Casper’s mother or accused of being a cradle-robbing cougar!”

At 18 years Casper’s senior, the booty-ful star is technically old enough to be his mother. “But it kills Jennifer every time the age difference is brought to her attention,” noted an insider.

“The two of them stopped in a McDonald’s recently, and Jennifer was mortified when the cashier asked Casper if he wanted to have his mother’s order added to his or if they were going to pay separately. Jennifer shouted: “I’m his girlfriend — not his mother!” And then she grabbed Casper’s arm and marched out in a huff, the insider said. Added another source: “The cashier’s comment really bruised her ego.”

Now sources say that when J.Lo goes out with her tattooed toyboy, the image-conscious entertainer wears very little makeup and run-of-the-mill outfits so she doesn’t draw attention to the two of them. But she just can’t disguise the age difference. And during another outing, Jennifer blew up when a bartender asked to see Casper’s ID but not hers, the insider divulged.

“Jennifer just doesn’t think she looks that much older than Casper and took huge offense when the bartender carded Casper and not her,” the source said. “Jennifer enjoys spending time with Casper, but her ego is taking a solid beating. Friends predict the nonstop comments from strangers are the beginning of the end for the couple.”

[From Enquirer, print edition, December 26, 2011]

Aww man, you mean that Casper didn’t even get to eat his Happy Meal before Jennifer made him leave McDonald’s? That’s some unpalatable, bad mommy-like behavior right there. Can you imagine this poor little face right after it learned that there would be no McDonald’s that day?

Seriously though, if Jennifer has a problem with age difference, she shouldn’t have decided to date a guy who’s young enough to be her own son. If this story is true (and it likely is), then Jennifer either needs to dump the guy or make like Madonna and just ignore what everyone is saying. Barring her ability to tune out the opinions of others, Jennifer might want to go with someone a little more age appropriate. Or even just be single for awhile. Such a novel thought.

Photos courtesy of Fame and WENN