Mario Lopez has a new reality show coming that will probably go the way of Ashton Kutcher’s “Pop Fiction” business. Do you remember that show? That’s right, you don’t. Lopez’s show is called “H8R” and Internet trolls will be invited to tell their most hated faux-celebrities to their faces how they feel about them. Uh oh. Perez Hilton got all skinny and kiss-ass after he had a talking to by Jennifer Aniston. We’re breeding a new generation of reality stars with every one of these throwaway shows. They’re keeping the plastic surgeons in business at least.

Here’s more from an interview Lopez did with Star Magazine (with no sense of irony) about the show, which premieres on The CW on September 15th. This interview is accompanied by a shirtless photo of Lopez in the pool and a still of Janice Dickinson on the show touching some young chick’s leg in an attempt to win her over.

What’s H8R about?
The internet provides a forum for haters. We thought, “What if a person confronted the celebrity they’re bashing? Would they still have the guts to say it to their face?”

How do you select the celebrities?
We base it on who we assume might have a hater. Nobody is going to really hate Dustin Hoffman, but somebody like Snooki – she’s one our first show.

Do celebrities like it?
It’s a chance to rehabilitate their image. They can have a little fun with somebody who dislikes them because of a preconceived notion and then try to show them the real person behind the celebrity.

You confronted one of your haters. How did that go?
I’ll be honest; it was awkward at first. She was forming her opinions based on hearsay. But I won her over quick!

[From Star Magazine, print edition, September 5, 2011]

There are some previews of H8R on CW’s website (and one below) and it doesn’t look bad, honestly. They’ve got Snooki and Kim Kardashian. Some girl tells Kim K her ass isn’t real, a guy bitches Snooki out for not being Italian and then the celebrities meet them, act sweet and try to win them over. Of course it works because no one is going to continue telling someone to their face that they find their public personas annoying.

It looks very predictable, though, and as Lopez says it’s not like any A-listers are going to agree to be on it. He tried to frame it like those people don’t have haters, but in actuality it’s not like anyone with a real Hollywood career would be on that show. Popfiction had the same issue. We’ve seen all these people on so many other reality shows that it’s not interesting when they’re playing themselves yet again. Plus we know the outcome. I would like to see someone stand their ground and be like “yeah, you still really suck. How much money are you making for lying about your plastic surgery and attending toilet openings again?” It wouldn’t be me, though. I’d be caving and being sweet with the rest of them.

Mario Lopez is shown in August with his girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, and interviewing Kathy Griffin for “Extra.” Kathy should be on the show! Credit: WENN.com

Extra’s Mario Lopez was allegedly trying to pull a Star Jones and get free crap for his wedding in exchange for plugging donors on the show. When he tried to score a free diamond engagement ring, he got schooled by a producer for being so miserly about a meaningful piece of jewelry.

Mario Lopez… beats even Star Jones when it comes to snagging free stuff, sources say – designer duds, dude bling, a home makeover, etc. – and when dining out, Lopez often lopes off just before the check arrives. But insiders were really shocked when Mario went mega-mooch, hustling an “Extra” boss to promote him a freebie diamond engagement ring from advertiser Kay Jewelers – so he could present it to baby momma Courtney Mazza! Horrified, the ex wailed: “Are you kidding? Enough with the freebies! This is a ring you’re giving to a woman you’re going to marry – not to mention she’s the mother of your child! Step up and pay for it Mario! This is a very personal item – not something you barter for!” Shocked and upset at her reaction, Mario groused: “Fine, I”ll figure it out myself.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker's column, January 10, 2011]

How is that that “celebrities” (and I use the term loosely here) feel that they should get so much stuff for free when people who earn so much less than they do have to pay for it? That’s ridiculous that this jerk can’t even pay for a meal without trying to get it comped.

I googled “Mario Lopez cheap” to see if anyone else had stories of him being a cheapskate, and all I found was this 2006 Defamer article about how Eva Longoria was out with him for drinks and complained about a $17 tab, saying “celebrities should be comped.” I guess we know why these two are such good friends. They certainly share a sense of entitlement.

Oh and I’m not sure if Lopez is engaged or not yet. There were rumors after his daughter Gia was born in September that he proposed, but we didn’t hear anything more about it. Lopez told Ellen that “The jury is still out whether she wants to keep me.”

Photos are from 8/11/10 and 11/19/10. Credit: WENN.com

Am I the only one who thinks Mario Lopez is a douche supreme? I’ve never really gotten any vibe from him that he’s anything other than a narcissistic sociopath. I mean that in a nice way. Well, I mean that in a “I don’t really care, honestly” way. I mean, the dude was on Saved By the Bell, and now we’re supposed to buy him as “sexy” or “hot”? Not so much. Anyway, Page Six has an interesting little tidbit about Mario’s pregnant girlfriend, and how he made her work her ass off and get plastic surgery before he would even be seen with her in public. Yikes:

Mario Lopez is so body-obsessed, he persuaded his beautiful girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, to undergo rigorous personal training and encouraged surgery to get her into even better shape.

Sources say friends of Mazza are concerned that the image-conscious “Extra” host started nudging her to perfect her already amazing looks once they got together. They met in 2008 while appearing together in the Broadway revival of “A Chorus Line” and started dating the next year when Mazza moved to Burbank, Calif. She’s expecting their baby in September.

One source told us, “Mario is obsessed with his image. He spends a lot of time working out, and he expects his girlfriend to do the same. Even his new book is called ‘Extra Lean.’ Courtney was engaged to a guy in Queens before she met Mario, but once they got together she dropped everything to go to California and be with him.”

“He encouraged her to work out with a trainer every day. She underwent a boob job and liposuction last spring. Once her body was perfect, he arranged for them to be photographed on a beach.”

Lopez has previously described his obsession with fitness and once told TV Guide, “I never feel awake unless I’m sweating.” He told the magazine he exercises for at least an hour a day, runs, bikes, swims, plays basketball and throws punches three times a week at a boxing gym.

But he says he’s overjoyed at the prospect of becoming a dad, recently telling Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, “I am so excited, dude, I’m fired up! I’m like a little kid waiting for Christmas!”

Asked about Mazza’s exercise regimen and surgical procedures, a rep for Lopez said, “This is silly. Mario and Courtney are very much in love and focusing on the birth of their first child.”

[From Page Six]

Are there seriously women out there who are like, “Yes, I’ll work out a million times a day and get lipo and a boob job, all so Mario Lopez will recognize me publicly as his girlfriend”? Gross. And you know what it really makes me think? That he’s gay. That he did a “casting session” for his girlfriend and he didn’t want all of the dudes at his “gym” to think that his “girlfriend” had a fat ass, so after Mario cast his girlfriend, he made her work out and get new boobs and everything. I could be wrong, of course. But that’s the way it feels.

Last week, there was some major controversy about Jessica Alba’s husband Cash Warren and his reported maybe-probably make-out/hook-up with a certain crackhead named Lindsay Lohan. At first, Us Weekly just left the report to their print edition, but last Friday, they put the story online, and it’s created quite a buzz. At the same the time Us Weekly outed Cash as someone who might stick his tongue down Lindsay’s throat, People reported a breezy denial, coming straight (in my opinion) from Alba’s publicist. Still, the damage was done, and now many people think Cash is a skank – by association, at the very least.

Also note this – even though Lindsay issued some cracked-out denial when the initial reports began, as soon as Lindsay got to India, she tweeted Cash with a note that read “landed!” Because Lindsay loves the drama, regardless of whether she and Cash actually have something going on.

Anyway, Star Magazine has this hilarious story about Jessica Alba being so distraught over Cash, she’s run to the arms of… Mario Lopez!

The Lindsay Lohan rumors could push Jessica Alba and Cash Warren apart, Star has learned. A friend of Jessica’s tells Star: “Jessica isn’t happy. She threatened to kick Cash to the curb after she heard about the Lohan incident. She was livid!”

Jessica and Cash were “pretty miserable” when they picked out their Christmas tree. “Cash is in the doghouse, but Jessica is going through the motions, pretending to be a happy family for the holidays.”

Jessica’s relationship with Cash has been troubled for a while, sources note, ever since he cheated on her with a blonde named Vera Mishina a year before their May 2008 wedding. But now they seem to be on the brink of breakup.

“Jessica called up a close pal and confessed, ‘We’re not sleeping in the same bed.’ She’s been saying for quite some time that she and Cash are having major problems. It doesn’t look good.”

Apparently, Jessica has started hitting the town like a single gal – and she has a huge crush on Mario Lopez! “She’s gone from being a homebody to someone who always wants to go clubbing… she’s been drinking and hanging with the girls a lot lately.”

A pal reveals: “Jessica said she thinks Mario is a great guy and so easy to talk to… she said he’s given her good advice on some of the issues she’s dealing with in her marriage. I’m not sure how they met or how long they’ve been friends, but let’s just say she definitely finds him sexy.”

But, despite her partying, Jessica hopes she and Cash can work out. “She believes he can turn it around and become a doting husband and dad… but people who know him think he’ll never change. Either she accepts it, or these two are headed for Splitsville.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 21, 2009]

God, she has the worst taste in men. That’s her biggest problem. Remember when every guy was lusting after her, circa 2006? She was the hottest thing going despite her angst misery. Yeah… she really could have traded up, in more ways than one. What exactly does Cash have going for him? He’s not cute, he’s not successful, he’s not rich, he’s not nice, he’s not a good husband. I don’t get it. And for all of those people who are like “Cash has his own career!” No, he doesn’t. His career is being married to Jessica Alba. He’s described as a “producer” but the only project he’s got going is this cover story project with Lindsay Lohan. Which I don’t even buy. So, in that sense, Mario Lopez would be trading up. At least Mario has a job, you know?

Jessica Alba in LA on December 10, 2009 in LA. Credit: Fame.

Mario Lopez, who by some misguided soul at People Magazine just got named their bachelor of the year, says that he would be with Eva Longoria now if they’d ever been single at the same time.

Lopez says, “We never dated. Unfortunately. We met a long time ago, and she was always with somebody or I was with somebody. But we hit it off and I have the utmost respect for her.

“Tony Parker is a lucky guy. I was in (sic) her wedding. I walked her mum down the aisle.”

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Now Mario, it might have been that even if you had dated Eva, she still would have met and fallen madly in love with Tony Parker, who happens to be a lot more loaded that you are.

Of course, what also might have happened is you might have split up because you’ve been f***ing a Hooters waitress. Or a singer. Or a wannabe singer that works at Hooters. Which is how his relationship with Dancing with the Stars partner Karina Smirnoff ended.

Or, you might have split up with her two weeks into your marriage, after cheating on her during the week leading up to your wedding. Which is how his marriage to Ali Laundry ended.

This, according to People Magazine, is the best that the male population has to offer. Mario tells the magazine that he is looking for a woman who is ‘modest’, not ‘uppity or affluent’. I think this means he’s looking for a woman who doesn’t stick up for herself and doesn’t publicly call him out on his philandering.

Mario Lopez is shown promoting his fitness book, Mario Lopez’s Knockout Fitness, on 5/15/08 and on Broadway before appearing in A Chorus Line on 6/5/08, thanks to WENN. He is with Eva Longoria in that stunt they pulled for “Pop Fiction” in which he gave her a necklace in front of the paparazzi in March.

A.C. Slater – er, I mean Mario Lopez- and his “Dancing With the Stars” partner Karina Smirnoff have split, according to reports. I guess that means that they were actually dating- which both of them have denied at various times throughout the relationship. It also means that Karina either: A) was a willing beard for Slater; or B) has a penis.

Mario Lopez and Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Karina Smirnoff have recently split, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

The couple, who met during Dancing’s third season, never publicly acknowledged their relationship despite the fact that the pair were living together in Lopez’s Los Angeles home. A source tells PEOPLE Smirnoff is moving out of Lopez’s digs.

Lopez’s personal rep, Lisa Perkins, says, “It’s my policy to not comment on my client’s personal life.”

Smirnoff, who is now competing on Dancing’s sixth season with R&B star Mario, has been spotted recently with E! Entertainment personality Michael Yo. The two were seen dancing and canoodling at a recent event at Hollywood eatery Beso.

Lopez, meanwhile, is starring in A Chorus Line on Broadway, and recently returned to the ballroom with 18 Chorus Line dancers to tape a synchronized number to air on Dancing’s 100th episode on May 6. He’s also about to embark on a national tour to promote his upcoming book, Mario Lopez’s Knockout Fitness.

[From People]

Unless there is a sex tape somewhere, there is no way I believe these two were any more than platonic friends. It’s not that Karina isn’t gorgeous enough for Slater- it’s just that she’s the wrong gender. Maybe Mario will finally find the strength to come out after spending some time on Broadway. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Note by Celebitchy: Karina Smirnoff denies they broke up, and tells People “We’re going on strong. As much as I love and appreciate the attention, this isn’t true. For the record, I am not moving out. Everything is great.”

At least she was honest about loving the attention, but you have to think that they either have a rocky relationship, have been broken up for a while, an/dor that she may have leaked the rumor to whip Lopez into shape.

Last November, Lopez completely denied ever having dated Smirnoff despite all the photographic evidence, and told Life & Style that “We were never dating. I don’t know where that rumor started.”

So when I heard they broke up I assumed it was ages ago, but maybe Lopez is just the type who won’t commit but is more than willing to get the milk for free. Smirnoff is a lovely woman who deserves much better.

I don’t think he’s of the other persuasion, but MSat could be right.

Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez are shown on 3/6/08 at the opening of Beso Restaurant, thanks to PRPhotos.

Earlier this week, we told you about E!’s new reality show, “Pop Fiction,” in which celebrities engineer pranks on the paparazzi and tabloids, to prove….I don’t know what. That you can’t believe what you see in a photo? The show was responsible for Paris walking around Hollywood with a fake shaman and Avril Lavigne shopping at baby stores wearing a prosthetic pregnancy belly. Well, it looks like the item we ran last week about Slater– er, I mean, Mario Lopez giving his BFF Eva Longoria a gold necklace from Cartier was all a big prank for “Pop Fiction,” too. Hardy har har.

It’s true that Eva Longoria-Parker and Mario Lopez are friends, but the Cartier necklace he gave her on March 6 is fake! In Touch can exclusively reveal that the pair were setting up a skit for Ashton Kutcher’s new reality show with a twist, Pop Fiction. In fact, a video crew even followed the friends to the Hornitos tequila-sponsored opening of Eva’s restaurant Beso later that night. The show picks up where Punk’d left off, with celebrities acting out fake scenes in front of paparazzi.

[From In Touch]

Big deal. It was pretty much a non-story anyway. Some oily, washed-up former teen star who’s hanging around with an about-to-be-over “It” girl, hoping some of her fame will rub off, pulls a prank on the paparazzi. Wow. That Ashton, he sure is clever!

I’m still confused about the concept of the show. Celebrities don’t like it when tabloids make up false stories about them, so they….intentionally set up false stories? Maybe I need to smoke what Ashton’s smoking, and then I’ll get it.

Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez have been claiming they’re best friends – and only best friends – since… well forever. But there’s always been something a little fishy about their relationship – maybe it’s just because you don’t often see a lot of opposite sex best friends in Hollywood. And you rarely see a real, platonic friendship when the guy is a total womanizing philanderer. But Eva’s husband Tony Parker must be totally cool with it, because Lopez and Longoria are seen out together all the time. Yesterday Mario gave Eva a gold Cartier necklace, supposedly as a congratulatory present for the opening of her new restaurant Beso. Though it could also be a “thanks for being my f*** buddy” necklace too.

Who’s a lucky girl? Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker received an expensive gift from pal Mario Lopez as the two lunched together in Hollywood.

With her basket ball star husband Tony Parker away on work duties, Eva, 33, joined Mario for an outdoor lunch at Café Med in LA.

Dancer and TV presenter Lopez turned up with a gold necklace in a Cartier bag for the already pampered Hollywood star.

An attentive Mario hopped out his seat to help Eva put the gold necklace on, and she seemed pretty pleased with the spontaneous gesture.

[From the Daily Mail]

Haha, yeah right. I’m sure Mario was just being attentive. I’m under the impression that men rarely give platonic female friends jewelry – even if they’ve got the money like Mario. It’s a pretty intimate gift. Next week he’ll be buying her some lingerie to congratulate her for walking down the street without falling or something. The Daily Mail notes several times that Tony Parker was “away on work duties.” I have no idea what they’re implying there.

The opening of Beso supposedly went pretty well, with several of Eva’s cast mates showing up.

Eva attended the opening of restaurant Beso, which means ‘kiss’in Spanish in Hollywood last night. With husband Tony Parker away on basketball duties, Eva was supported in his absence by her Desperate Housewives co-stars Nicolette Sheridan and Felicity Huffman. An excited Eva told People magazine: “Everything is painted, every candle is lit, every glass has arrived So far there has not been a catastrophic emergency happening. So I am very excited.”

And unlike spoiled Gabby on on Desperate Housewives, Longoria does actually know how to cook if her skills were called upon. She said: “I’ll go to a restaurant and if I have an amazing dish I’ll go to the kitchen and ask the chef how he made it. And then I’ll make him teach me. You can ask [my husband] Tony [Parker], I do it all the time. I’ll leave him at the table for like 30 minutes.”

[From the Daily Mail]

I’m sure that’s totally true Eva. Mario must love you because you’re just so down to earth. Er, I mean Tony. I’m sure it’s your great cooking that keeps Mario coming over to your house all the time. Hmm, what else can I say that makes it sound like Mario and Eva are sleeping together? I’ve probably done enough. At least she’s getting some good jewelry out of it.

Here’s Mario fasting his gift around Eva’s neck at lunch yesterday. Images thanks to Splash Here are the arrivals for the opening of Beso last night: Eva with chef Todd English, Christine Lakin, Constance Marie, Dana Delany, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter, Sheryl Crow, and Sarah Lancaster. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Can you say disgusting? Mario Lopez, most famous for starring in “Saved by the Bell” six hundred years ago, has the reputation of being quite the cad in Hollywood. Instead of trying to do decent projects, Mario seems to relish his access to skanks. He cheated on x-wife Ali Landry on their honeymoon, and has dated pretty much every woman that walks. While he did have a few respectable gigs, most notably as a very successful participant on Dancing with the Stars, Lopez decided to return to his roots: sleazy crap that no one ever pays attention to. Except for me. This past week, Mario flew to Las Vegas to host the “Boobs or Bust: Go Big or Go Home” party at Jet nightclub. Classy.

Mario Lopez might want to be a little more choosy about the gigs he accepts. Case in point: Last night’s Boobs or Bust 2/Go Big or Go Home party at Jet nightclub in Las Vegas. The former Dancing with the Stars contestant hosted the evening, which featured a contest for women competing to win $5,000 to help pay for breast augmentation surgery.

I kid you not. Here’s how it worked. The club distributed preprinted “boob bucks” to bottle-service customers. Women hoping for new breasts had to convince said customers to hand over their bucks. The gal who collected the most scored the grand prize.

[From E!]

You know he went home with at least three contestants. The article goes on to mention that Lopez was on his best behavior and kept security guards on hand to deal with any over-eager contestants. Though I’m pretty sure by “deal with” they meant “give Mario’s room key to.” Lopez has at various times denied/admitted/denied again dating Dancing with the Stars partner Katrina Smirnoff, though supposedly the pair are still together. Depending on who you believe. I have to say, I know people cheat, I know there’s a lot of reasons and a lot of arguments about it, but if you date a guy who cheated on his own honeymoon, you better not be surprised by just about anything he does. He could come home with a giraffe and two parrots and tell you they’re your new sister wives, and you better not raise an eyebrow. I’m not saying you should accept it, but you shouldn’t be surprised.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Mario Lopez is shown outside his hosting gig for “Boobs or Bust 2″ at Jet Nightclub in Las Vegas on December 10, 2007, thanks to PRPhotos.

I pretty much ignore these reality show couples because I get enough trashy gossip from the news without being subjected to the fattening goodness that is American reality television. It also seems like the celebrities that are created by these shows are somehow less worthy than your average actor, actress, or model, but maybe Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have ruined it for all aspiring reality stars.

As only a casual observer of the Dancing With the Stars relationship between Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff, it seemed real enough to me. After all, there were makeout bikini pictures and everything, and if that doesn’t spell relationship I don’t know what does. Lopez hooked up with his professional dance partner Smirnoff on the show last year and the two were seen everywhere together. There was even news this spring that they were moving in together, but all Lopez would admit was that “they were great friends” and had “a very special relationship.”

Lopez hasn’t changed his story, and instead of admitting that they’re no longer together, he’s insisting they were just friends the entire time and never lived together. Maybe this is true and a mountain was just made out of a publicity molehill:

“We [Karina and I] were always friends,” he told Life & Style at EA’s Need for Speed ProStreet video game launch party on November 14. “We were never dating. I don’t know where that rumor started.” Photos tell a different story. And weren’t they living together? “No, no, I live… that’s not the case,” he insisted. “I haven’t seen her. I’ve been out of town.”

[From Life & Style print edition, December 3, 2007]

These two hit every red carpet together and were often photographed holding hands and kissing, and Lopez says he doesn’t know how that rumor started. This is the guy who was married for two whole weeks, so it’s not like he’s has a high level of maturity. He’s also “just friends” with Eva Longoria, and has been the subject of gay rumors. It sounds to me like he’s just an asshole.

Lopez and Smirnoff are shown on 10/6/07 at his birthday party, so they must have broken up recently. They are also seen out at a 50 Cent show on 9/8/07, and holding hands in Paris on 7/7/07, which must have been for Eva Longoria’s wedding. Look at how she’s looking at him! I want to smack that guy across the face. You can say you’re no longer with someone, but don’t deny that you ever had a relationship, that’s cold!

Thanks to PRPhotos and Splash News for those pictures.