UGH. I hate LeAnn Rimes’s blog. I mean, I don’t hate the fact that she has yet another outlet to spew her delusions (that’s just funny), but I HATE the way her blog is set up. You can’t cut-and-paste her posts! You have to either retype it or find some other site who has excerpted heavily. Anyway, if you want to read LeAnn’s new post, “No Step About It”, go here. It’s all about how she’s a step-mother and how difficult it is to raise her stepchildren in an atmosphere filled with drama. What’s funny is that LeAnn completely bypasses her own role in her self-perpetuating drama machine, instead laying the blame on the media (cough). Here are some excerpts:

Step. Stepmother, Stepfather, Stepchildren — the word ‘step’ can take on such a connotation to so many in our society,” she says. “A family is a family. In my eyes. There’s no ‘step’ about it.”

It’s not easy being a stepparent, taking on a mother or father role in your new blended family and household. It can be incredibly intimidating…. As a parent you try everything in your power to make it easy on the kids, to make them feel like there’s more love than they could ever imagine, not less.

There are many obstacles to overcome… two households with different rules, many different personalities and opinions that can pose issues at times. But it’s important to take the highroad for the kids’ sake and ultimately for your own. Unfortunately, our family like is being played out in the media in a way that’s unsettling to Eddie and me. We cannot control “speculation,” “accusations” or “allegations” (big words thrown into articles to make it legally ok to print lies) nor control the “sources.” We can however control the way we choose to handle our lives as professional, public figures, parents and adults for our family and to set an example for the boys.

Eddie’s son’s [sic], I treat as if they are my own. Eddie has always encouraged me to look at us as a family and a part of our family are the two beautiful boys that we share with their mother and hopefully one day another wonderful man. Trust me, it’s sometimes hard to wrap my head around…. One thing I know, is that I will never replace their mother, I would never try. I will however love them with all I have and do everything in my power to help raise them in a loving, safe and proper environment.

These two little boys came into my life for a reason and I think I came into theirs for a reason too. And through all the challenges I speak of, we’ve found an amazing relationship full of laughter, respect and love. It’s beyond rewarding to be able to help Eddie raise the boys and shape their lives. I take my role very seriously and I’m proud of the peaceful, loving environment Eddie and I have created for our family in our household. Society will always call me a stepmom, the boys will call me Le, but in our house, in our family, we remove the ‘step.’ We really are all… simply family.

[From LeAnn’s World]

Did you catch the part about LeAnn hoping that Brandi will remarry? “Eddie has always encouraged me to look at us as a family and a part of our family are the two beautiful boys that we share with their mother and hopefully one day another wonderful man.” My guess is that Eddie (and LeAnn, since it’s probably her money) won’t have to pay so much in alimony if Brandi gets remarried, right? So both Eddie and LeAnn are really praying for Brandi to get a man… which LeAnn will probably steal again, and continue on her Single White Female course unabated.

As far as her complaining about the media spreading lies, and playing the pity card because those “lies” are hard on the kids… boohoo. LeAnn has done more to damage her reputation and lose her fan base all on her own, with little to no help from the media.

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