Sheryl and Kid in 2003. Image thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.

I have a good dating rule of thumb – it’s a truism I’d like to pass along to all of you. Here goes: “Never date anyone who has touched Pamela Anderson.” Sometimes the best rules are the simplest. You’d think that would be common sense, really, but smart women have dated men that have touched Pamela all over the place, so some of these women need better girlfriends to tell them the facts of life.

Does Sheryl Crow need new girlfriends? I suspect she might, because the National Enquirer is reporting that after years of hot-and-heavy flirtations, Sheryl and Kid Rock are entering into the first blush of a relationship. This is the same Kid Rock who married Pamela Anderson at like 10 different ceremonies all over the world, then dumped Pamela a couple of months later, allegedly because he was pissed at her “cameo” in Borat. What the f-ck?

Sheryl and Kid Rock have known each other for the better part of a decade. To Kid’s credit, he seems to always treat Sheryl with respect and he does seem to admire and like her quite a bit. Even though I think his taste in women tends to be more “Pamela Anderson” than “Sheryl Crow”, I could kind of see why he would want to date Sheryl. She seems like a cool chick with her act together. So why in the world would she want to get with him?

Kid Rock is rockin’ Sheryl Crow’s world again!

The pair turned up the heat – publicly cuddling at the June 16 CMT Music Awards in Nashville.

“They were certainly raising eyebrows,” declared an eyewitness.

Crow, 47, met country rap-rockin’ Kid Rock, 38, in 2001 when they teamed up as partners for “Picture” which became a top 10 hit. During that time the two had a brief fling, claims a friend of Rock – but they kept it secret.

Then in a 2004 interview, Crow denied ever dating the rapper, but added: “I really love him – he’s a good boy.”

The two went on to other projects, but the embers never quite cooled, revealed Rock’s pal, who says the two occasionally enjoy hush-hush get-togethers in Nashville.

[A Crow pal] says she “just lights up whenever she sees Kid, even though he’s not Sheryl’s type. The guy drinks a case of beer a day, smokes a dozen cigars and gets into brawls in bars and diners.”

“Sheryl says that Kid’s one of the most animated, funny men she’s ever met. But when you ask her about any possibility for the two of them as a couple, she turns red and says, ‘I don’t know if I could survive that!’”

But judging by their closeness at the CMT Awards, Kid and Sheryl may finally try to become a full-fledged couple rather than just flirty pals, says Sheryl’s friend.

“It’s really Sheryl’s move – but she’s got to decide if she wants to go public and admit she has feelings fro Kid.”

Adds Rock’s pal: “They’ve been coy about their relationship for years, and Kid says it’s time to make it official – that’s something he wants, very, very badly.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, July 6 2009]

When I read the line “The guy drinks a case of beer a day, smokes a dozen cigars and gets into brawls in bars and diners” I cracked up. Here in the South, that kind of behavior is called “the weekend”. And people who participate in that kind of behavior are called “Dad” or “my buddy Bubba” or “Yes, sir, boss.” Perhaps that’s why Sheryl likes Kid? Because he seems really normal? Still, I’d like to sit Sheryl down and have a talk about my dating rules.

Here’s Sheryl and Kid performing “Picture” when he was still with Pam.

Kid Rock was sentenced to 80 hours of community service for his part in a brawl in a Waffle House restaurant in October, 2007, in which it’s said he threw the first punch. In early December of last year, Rock’s judge in Georgia refused to let him have credit toward his community service requirements by going to Iraq to perform for the troops. Judge Alvin T. Wong wrote that “giving [Rock] credit for something he would otherwise love to do in front of a camera completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service.”

Rock then bitched about this on his website, noting that he’d already done a fundraiser at the Waffle House and complaining that Judge Wong thought he had better plans for him than “tak[ing] pictures and spend[ing] time with the men and women who put themselves in harms (sic) way to protect the very freedom he and all of us live by.” For good measure Rock also published the judge’s contact information for all his fans to complain too.

Two months later and Rock is still trying to weasel out of his community service. He says he’s not being put to enough use by just shoveling show and doing clerical work and that he should be fundraising for the charity but that mean old Judge Wong isn’t letting him do it:

Rock then asked that charity work he had done for autism, Aids and war veteran organizations be taken into account – and that proposal was rejected too, so now the singer is begrudgingly clearing snow in his native Michigan, insisting his energy could be put to much better use. He says, “There’s so many people in Michigan right now that are really hurting, especially charities, who are looking for money to do what they do.

“The place I’m working with now does a lot of work with children with terminal illnesses, so they’ve got me here stuffing envelopes and moving boxes and shoveling snow – that’s what the judge wants me to do… They’re sitting here, like, ‘Man, we wish you could raise us some money.’ “I turned in over 120 hours, where I raised over… a million dollars and they disregarded all of that… I understand what he’s getting at – he wants you to go out and slap and spend your time and sit there, but it doesn’t make any sense… Whatever, I’m here schlepping 15 hours a day.” Kid Rock fears his community service stint will cost him an appearance at the Grammys this weekend: “I’m trying to juggle a few things around.”

[From WENN via Hollywood TV]

Of course Kid Rock can throw a fundraiser for the place where he’s doing community service – that’s a no brainer. All he has to do is show up on his own time to perform. He’s just mad that he won’t get credit for it, like he hasn’t received credit for his other volunteer work. When you beat up people and cause a public disturbance, you have to do some penance for it. Two weeks of helping out at a service organization is way better than going to jail, and if Rock ends up wanting to help them out more he can certainly do it. Instead he’s moaning about what a disservice the judge is doing by actually making him do a little work.

Kid Rock is shown in Austria on 12/8/08 and at the People’s Choice Awards on 1/7/09. Credit: WENN

Kid Rock recently got up to some brawling in a Waffle House, and was sentenced to community service by a judge. Obviously, Kid’s got to bang a groupie and work on his facial hair, because he tried to weasel his way out of performing the 80 hours community service. Kid Rock will be heading to Iraq and performing for American troops this December, and requested that the court include it in his community service hours.

Georgia State Court Judge Alvin T. Wong, who denied the request Sept. 30, sees it differently.

He noted that Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert J. Ritchie, had performed for the troops before and “would do so even if he was not under a sentence to perform community service.

“Besides, giving him credit for something he would otherwise love to do in front of a camera completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service,” Wong wrote.

AP

Kid Rock responded on his website.

Apparently he thinks it’s more important that I do something else rather than sing, shake hands, take pictures and spend time with the men and women who put themselves in harms (sic) way to protect the very freedom he and all of us live by.

It’s not that I don’t take responsibility for my actions, because I do, and I have, in more ways than one. The case got so much press (a lot of it very silly press) that I decided before I even went to court that I would have a fundraiser at a local Georgia Waffle House and donate the money to a local Dekalb County homeless shelter that helps families get back on their feet (we raised close to 20 thousand dollars for that shelter).

Kid rock website

Kid Rock was clearly having a bad day fighting off whatever disease his ex-wife left him with, so he decided to post this blog entry with the Judge’s name and contact details attached.

It could be argued that Kid’s actions following the ‘Waffle House Incident’ (surely there’s a movie in that title) were actually an attempt to gain favor with the judge prior to the case, not actually a form of community service. While the fundraiser was a good gesture, Kid had just assaulted Tommy Lee at the VMA’s, and was said at the time to have thrown the first punch in both situations. I think he got off lightly with just community service.

Kid Rock is shown performing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England on 11/30/08. Credit: WENN

Kid Rock at the VMAs on 9/7/08. Credit: Jody Cortes / WENN

A few weeks ago, Ellen Degeneres had professional bimbo Pam Anderson on her talk show as a guest. Since she doesn’t know how to do anything else, Pam took off her clothes and pranced around in a bikini on the show. Today, when Kid rock appeared on Ellen’s show, the talk show host showed him the clip of his ex-wife and asked him to “explain her to me” Kid responded with the classic “sign of the cuckoo,” to great laughter. When Ellen asked him if he was still friends with the former Baywatch star, and he gave a very honest answer.

It seems like every time a celebrity couple calls it quits, we hear the same boring requisite response that, while things may not have worked out, they’re still going to be lifelong pals.

Whatever.

That’s why it’s so refreshing when a guy like Kid Rock comes along and tells it like it is. During an appearance on today’s Ellen DeGeneres Show, he talks about his current relationship with his married-six-months-before-getting-divorced ex, Pamela Anderson.

After showing Kid a clip of his former missus doing a little striptease on the show a couple weeks ago, Ellen proceeds to ask if he and Pam are still tight.

“Not really,” the singer says. “If I saw her somewhere I’d say hi, but I try not to go in the same circles. I touched stove, stove was hot, I think I’ll not touch stove anymore.”

Sounds like it’s true what they say: If you want an honest answer, simply ask a Kid.

[From E! Online]

It’s pretty well-documented that I think Kid Rock is a tremendous douchebag, but even I got a kick out of that response. He may be gross, but if I was forced to choose whom to set next to on a plane, Pam or Kid, I’d go with Kid. At least you can sort of have an entertaining conversation with him. As for Pam being the human equivalent of a “hot stove” – I’d say these days, she’s got a few burners out.

Here’s the video:

In Touch has details of the performer’s backstage riders at the VMAs and they’re really not all the demanding – except for Christina Aguilera, who is said to have had 41 items on her list, and LL Cool J, whose list is particularly expensive and detailed. I think that In Touch distilled this list down to just a few things for each musician. The Jonas Brothers prefer both regular and sugar free Red Bull, Vitamin Water and vegetarian sushi while Kid Rock wants socks and ChapStick.

Christina Aguilera
- 1 large boom box that plays CDs, no alarm clock stereos
- 1 full length mirror
- 1 space heater
- 1 table just for makeup and dressing
- 2 bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne
- 3 L’Occitane vanilla-scented candles with matches
- 1 cozy blanket
- 4 black bath towels
- 1 case of Arrowhead water

LL Cool J
- 1 black super stretch limo
- 14 airline tickets
- 14 hotel rooms
- 3 dressings (ranch, thousand island, honey mustard)
- 24 long-stem roses with no thorns, with individual water reservoir tips

Rihanna
- 1 lighted professional makeup mirror
- 2 Trish McEvoy blueberry candles
- 1 large, comfy sofa
- 24 Buffalo wings, hot sauce on the side
- 1 whole roasted chicken, spiced with jerk seasoning and cut into parts

Kid Rock
- 1 toaster
- 1 tube of ChapStick
- 1 pack of white crew socks
- 2 bottles of Grey Goose or Ketel One vodka
- 2 low fat yogurts (raspberry)
- 1 package of baby wipes

Jonas Brothers
- 8 Red Bull Sugarfree beverages, plus 6 regular Red Bulls
- 2 plastic bottles of room-temperature apple juice
- 12 bath-size towels (must be freshly laundered)
- 24 pieces of California sushi rolls
- 1 package of Oreo Double Stuff
- 6 bottles Vitaminwater (yellow, red, orange)
- 3 packages of Listerine Pocket-packs breath strips

[From In Touch, print edition, September 22, 2008]

I like setting up the guest room when people stay over and putting out towels, water, bath gel and hand cream and stuff. Sometimes I tie a little ribbon around the towel set, which I learned how to do in a Martha Stewart book. I think I would enjoy outfitting the celebrities’ dressing rooms and making them all special with baskets filled with their favorite things. Of course unlike the guests at my house no one would be thanking me for it and it would get tedious after a day or two. The people who do that job must chewed out regularly for forgetting small little details and/or not being able to read the privileged folks’ minds.

According Snopes.com, Van Halen added the seemingly strange request “no brown M&Ms” to their concert riders to make sure that all the more important requests about their technical and sound requirements were followed precisely. If there were brown M&Ms – they could be sure that the other details were skipped over too.

It’s about comfort for these stars rather than technical precision. The Jonas Brothers probably just want to get a nice caffeine buzz before they go on while Kid Rock has sweaty feet and needs new socks. I wonder what was in Britney’s rider. (Here’s what she asked for during her 2000 tour.) What would be on your list if you could get a bunch of stuff put in a room for you at work?

Last year, Kid Rock caused a ruckus at the MTV Video Music Awards by punching Tommy Lee in the face during the show. This year, the world’s oldest teenager, who gets his kicks by peeing on couches, trashed a hotel suite during a VMA after party, smashing tables and breaking glasses.

Trust Kid Rock to get the party started.

We hear the singer was chucked out of the VMA after-show bash for trashing furniture.
An insider said: “Kid jumped on tables and chairs and crashed through one table. And he broke around 20 glasses.”

Sounds like a smashing time.

[From The Mirror]

Ugh- when is this guy going to stop acting like an ass? He’s 38 years old, for God’s sake. I think even Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler gave up their hotel-room-trashing antics back when they were still in their early 30s. At some point, you stop looking “rock and roll” and start looking desperate. I predict a stint on “Celebrity Rehab” in “Kid’s” near future.

Kid Rock and his classy date are shown at the VMAs on 9/7/08. Credit: WENN

How does Kid Rock still have a career? Who is buying his music? Someone please explain this to me. The middle-aged rapper/rocker was supposed to co-headline the Download Music Festival in June, but pulled out at the last minute. Rock (aka Bob Ritchie) was unimpressed with the conditions backstage, and when the show organizers refused to suplly food and drinks for his crew, he hit the road- but not before leaving a lovely parting gift for the festival’s promoter.

CHART-topping hip-hop rocker Kid Rock has revealed the reason he pulled out of this year’s Download Festival – they didn’t give him a big enough caravan.

In June organisers of the hard rock festival released a statement claiming he would not be playing after being rushed to hospital.

But Kid, 37, says that he wasn’t ill. He told me: “They treated me like f***. There was just one trailer for my whole band. We had no water, no bathroom, no rider.

“The final straw was when they wouldn’t give my crew any food or drinks vouchers.

“I called the promoter and told him he had two hours to get it sorted or I was out. They did nothing so I visited the promoter’s office, took a piss on his couch and left.”

With one of their headliners gone organisers released a statement that read: “We’ve had the curse of Download.

“Kid Rock is not very well, we’ve had to rush him to hospital in Nottingham. He apologises to his fans.”

But the All Summer Long hitmaker told me: “I was wandering the streets in Birmingham, trying to find a good movie to watch.”

Kid has vowed never to play Donnington again. He said: “I’d like to do something like Glastonbury instead next year. That has a much better vibe.”

[From the Daily Star]

I should point at that Glastonbury was the festival where Amy Winehouse showed up smashed out of her mind and was punching fans. So, yeah, I’m sure that “vibe” fits right in with Rock and his crew. He didn’t get a big enough trailer. Boo hoo. Tell that to some kid playing his heart out to 7 people in a rat-infested dive bar in middle America. As for Kid’s retaliation tactics, need I remind everyone that the guy is 38 years old? I really think being a rock star enables some people to remain 10 years old forever.

Note by Celebitchy: I really like Kid Rock’s new single, All Summer Long. And I don’t really agree with MSat that it’s diva-ish to request a decent trailer with water, a toilet and catering. But if this story is true he shouldn’t have lied and said he’s sick, and if did pee on someone’s couch that’s out of hand.

Here’s the All Summer Long video.

Kid Rock is shown in St. Tropez on 7/27/08. Credit: ANG/FamePictures

Sharing music is easy these days. Downloading music is just a mouse click away. The music “stealing” business probably started with Napster. The communal music haven then felt the wrath of angry musicians whose sales took a hit. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, but Kid Rock has gone nuttier than squirrel crap. He is now “encouraging” us to steal.

“The whole debate on downloading music has gone too far,” he said. “There are record companies suing kids. You can illegally download my music, steal it if you will. Because I’m f*#&ing rich. How can I bitch about you downloading a song or two?”

What I would encourage you to do? Let’s level the playing field. Steal everything. If you want a new MP3 player or a computer… Do you know how much money Apple and Microsoft have? Go in there, get a new laptop and run. You need a new car? Go steal a Toyota.”

[All Headline News]

His recent ranting about the fact that iTunes is stealing everyone’s money and he wasn’t getting enough cash from the deal has hit a nerve. He has since pulled his music from the catalogue. And is now an advocate file sharing.

Rock’s boycott of the major music companies started when Atlantic Records requested that he “publicly denounce file sharing.” Rock basically told them to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine and went on to explain his thoughts on the matter.

“ITunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don’t give it to the artists,” added the country rock rapper. Instead, he says, the internet offers a “great opportunity for everyone to be treated fairly, for the consumer to get a fair price, for the artist to be paid fairly, for the record companies to make some money.”

[Wired Listening Post]

Strangely enough…it makes some sense. Of course, I am not saying we should start using the five finger discount, but the digital music industry is still making the larger profit of the musical revenue. I adore Kid Rock and his trashtastic, down to earth and semi-rational ways.

Then again, anything he does is more acceptable than Heidi Montag and her continued ear raping. That’s the real injustice.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Kid Rock performing at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on June 11th. Images thanks to WENN.

Summertime is here, and you know what that means you have to get ready for: a sudden, inexplicable wave of celebrities suffering from massive dehydration. You may say to yourself, “Oh that makes sense, it’s summer.” But the percentage of celebrities who suffer from hospital-worthy dehydration is about 300 times greater than it is in the rest of the population.

Kid Rock started off this year’s dehydration season by knocking a few too many back on Thursday night, which led to him being rushed to a Nottingham, England hospital right before he was scheduled to perform at a music festival.

Kid Rock was rushed to the hospital minutes before he was to head on stage Friday at a music festival in England, according to British press reports. Organizers of the Download Festival said the rocker, 37, had been hospitalized in Nottingham, which is 99 miles north of London. He was suffering from stomach cramps and dehydration, his spokesman told the music magazine NME.

Rock had been due on the festival’s main stage around 3.30 p.m. Friday, but an announcement came over the public-address system a few minutes before saying Rock was unwell.

He had reportedly attended a late-night event at Central London’s Whisky Mist nightclub that had continued into the early hours of June 13.

[From People]

Something tells me that if anyone is upfront enough to admit why he was so dehydrated, it’s Kid Rock. He also recently told The Guardian that he and Tommy Lee have patched up their feud – in fact Rock used the word “friends” to refer to the two of them. And while he says he’s alright with Pamela Anderson, he admitted he doesn’t go out of his way to chat her up. “If I see her, I say hello, but I kind of don’t want to be on that scene… I touched the stove, it’s f—— hot, I don’t want to touch it any more.”

I think a lot of people feel that way about Pamela Anderson’s stove. Except Tommy Lee.

Here’s Kid Rock leaving Whiskey Mist at Zeta in Mayfair… and Bungalo 8 earlier in the evening of June 12th, the night before he suffered from dehydration. Images thanks to WENN.

Yes, a Waffle House brawl in Atlanta landed him behind bars for a few hours. If it was anyone other than Kid Rock I wouldn’t buy it. Police have revealed that Kid, a.k.a Robert Ritchie, made a pit stop at the Waffle House on Buford Highway in the wee hours of the morning after a performance. With his entourage surrounding him as he enjoyed his breakfast, another male patron of the restaurant “exchanged words” with a female member of the group that ignited a disagreement that spilled into the parking lot and morphed into a physical fight. The reported crazy-making left one person, believed to be the instigator Harlen Akins, treated at a local hospital for cuts and bruises. Kid Rock and 5 of his fellow Waffle House brawlers were taken into police custody after his tour bus was pulled over. He can now add a misdemeanor charge of simple battery to his resume. But don’t cry for Kid Rock. He was out of DeKalb County Jail around 5 p.m. Sunday. He was even up to signing autographs on his way out.

Fox 5 News has learned that musician Kid Rock was arrested in Atlanta overnight in connection with a brawl at a Waffle House in DeKalb County Police tell us the singer, also known as Robert Ritchie, stopped at the restaurant at 5:15 this morning after performing at The Tabernacle.

A male customer recorgnized [sic] a woman in Kid Rock’s entourage, and police say that customer and the woman had words. That escalated into an argument, then a phjysical [sic] fight in the parking lot of the Waffle House, located on Buford Highway. Police were summoned, and Kid Rock’s tour bus was pulled over a short time later.

He and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. The customer, who police identify as Harlen Akins, has been charged with one felony count of second degree criminal damage to property for allegedly smashing a window at the restaurant.

He was taken to Northside Hospital and treated for cuts, bruises and lacerations. No member of Kid Rock’s entourage was hospitalized. Kid Rock bonded out and left the DeKalb County jail just after 5.pm. Sunday, signing autographs as he made his way to the tour bus.

[From My Fox Atlanta]

Note by Celebitchy: Kid Rock is no stranger to fisticuffs. He famously got into an altercation with Tommy Lee at the VMAs this year, saying that he “had it coming” after harassing him over his divorce with their mutual ex, Pamela Anderson. Tommy Lee said he was minding his business and that Rock up and punched him on the cheek at the VMAs. He said he was about to put the smack down on him for the unprovoked attack when bodyguards separated the two. “This is what people do when they have shitty albums and their careers are going down the drain,” Lee added.

Rock was also arrested in February, 2005 for punching a DJ in a strip club after they got into an argument over the music he was playing. Rock pled no contest to misdemeanor assault and the DJ is suing him for a million dollars.

I can’t wait to hear Kid Rock’s side of this latest fight, told with his typical bravado and attention to detail. If he has any sense he’ll avoid talking to the press and will issue a carefully worded statement about what happened, saying that he’s grateful no one was seriously injured. It’s Kid Rock, though, so you know he’ll talk a lot of smack about the guy and we’ll get a colorful account of how he and his friends were innocent victims despite the fact that it was the other guy who was hurt.

Here’s a collection of Kid Rock’s mug shots, thanks to The Smoking Gun. Header image is his most current booking photo thanks to My Fox Atlanta.