With all the hoopla around Michael Jackson’s shocking death this week, one of the things that has actually gotten to this hardened gossip hound was Lisa Marie Presley’s blog post about their married life together, and how she tried to save him. Here’s an excerpt:

On dying like Elvis, Lisa’s dad

At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, “I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did.”

On their married life

Our relationship was not “a sham” as is being reported in the press. It was an unusual relationship yes, where two unusual people who did not live or know a “Normal life” found a connection, perhaps with some suspect timing on his part. Nonetheless, I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much.

On Michael’s addictions and trying to help him

He was an incredibly dynamic force and power that was not to be underestimated.
When he used it for something good, It was the best and when he used it for something bad, It was really, REALLY bad.

Mediocrity was not a concept that would even for a second enter Michael Jackson’s being or actions.

I became very ill and emotionally/ spiritually exhausted in my quest to save him from certain self-destructive behavior and from the awful vampires and leeches he would always manage to magnetize around him.

On the similarities between MJ’s and Elvis’s death

As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness, reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date, watching on the news almost play by play The exact Scenario I saw happen on August 16th, 1977 happening again right now with Michael (A sight I never wanted to see again) just as he predicted, I am truly, truly gutted.

This honestly was probably the most she’s ever spoken about her marriage to Michael; there was always SO MUCH speculation, rumors, etc., and even though I find it very hard to believe that they had anything approaching a normal relationnship, it’s interesting to hear how she did try to help him.

HOWEVER, come on, we can’t hear about the CrazyTown stuff? Seriously, I want some dirt! Did he really have a skeleton of the Elephant Man? Did he really sleep in a hyperbaric chamber? What was up with him grabbing his goodies in all his videos? And so on. Come on, you know you want to know - don’t deny it!

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Well, after ten years of marriage and five seasons of a reality show that showed how awfully strained their marriage had truly become, Jon and Kate Gosselin have officially called it quits. Their show tonight on TLC had the announcement:

I don’t think anyone who’s watched the show for more than five minutes is surprised at this announcement; Kate always treated Jon like he was something on the bottom of her shoe, and Jon dealt with it by disassociating with the family. Hopefully they’ll put the kids first in this whole thing, but judging from their past history, I’m not going to hold my breath.

You know what? It’s nice to be surprised by people, especially in a really good way. In a radio interview this week, Marie Osmond, a devout Mormon and mother of eight confirmed that her oldest daughter Jessica is gay, and that she totally supports her right to get married to someone she loves. Here’s what she had to say:

“You know, on those types of things I’m very supportive. When it comes to marriage, I think that civil rights need to be for all,” Osmond said. “When you start mixing religion into that and beliefs, you know, I do believe in the Bible. My daughter understands my beliefs. And, you know, God said to be married and be productive with your children and, you know, replenish the earth or whatever. She understands those things. My daughter is sharp. And we have a great relationship and I think she would tell you that.”

She also said that faith shouldn’t stand in the way of civil rights, and that the whole lesbian/gay marriage thing is NOT a sensitive subject - because she loves her daughter! Boy, if we all had mamas like that, right?

Remember yesterday when I told you that Hulk Hogan says he could “kill like OJ Simpson”? His soon to be ex-wife Linda Hogan is now responding to these comments:

“Hulk’s serial cheating destroyed our marriage, our family and our future. Sadly, his recent comments remind us that his definition of fair is much different than what the law dictates.”

Before you get all weepy-eyed about how brave she is, remember that this whole family is beyond screwed up - they are literally MADE of the crazy. They all just need to shut it, get to therapy, take some major Xanax, and get on with life. Right? right!

Has The Boss been bossin’ around another woman than his wife? Apparently so - according to news reports, Bruce Springsteen has been named in a suit filed by businessman Arthur J. Kelly, who named the Born In The USA rocker as the reason for the breakup of his 17-year marriage to Ann C. Kelly, according to a complaint filed in Superior Court in Monmouth County last month.

The suit alleges that his wife “has committed adultery with one Bruce Springsteen, who resides in Rumson, N.J., and Colts Neck, N.J., at various times and places too numerous to mention.”

So that’s kind of gross, because it’s saying basically that Randy Sandy was be-bopping with Bruce pretty much ALL THE TIME, in all sorts of places. DO NOT WANT.

This isn’t the first time that Bruce has been tarred with the adultery brush; his current wife Patti Scialfa was his on the side fling while he was married to his first wife, Julianne Phillips. Naughty!

AS WELL SHE SHOULD!! Just kidding, please don’t start picketing my house, okay? Here’s a cute little video of Portia de Rossi “apologizing” on the Jimmy Kimmel show for marrying her longtime love Ellen DeGeneres. Basically, it’s an apology to all the Prop 8 supporters who were put out by protesting same-sex marriage. Watch:

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick went out for a night on the town last night (pictured above) and decided to address the constant rumors that surround them regarding the marriage being a farce, a scam, kaput. Here’s what Sarah had to say:

“We don’t even bother to address them,” Parker told reporters, adding that the best part of being married is “being married.”

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If I was a celebrity, I would get SO TIRED of the constant inquiries into my personal life. They’ve been married for a long time, they’re obviously happy, for pete’s sake let it go!

Actress Portia de Rossi, who married her longtime partner Ellen DeGeneres five months ago, believes that marriage has changed her in a fundamental way. Here’s what she had to say:

“There’s a peace to [being married] and a sense of togetherness that we just didn’t have before. And I didn’t even realize it would change as much as it has, but it’s so lovely,” said the actress.

“It’s legal, and it’s real, so there’s that kind of formality to it that makes it very valid,” added de Rossi. “I think the emotions that went with that as a gay woman kind of surprised me – that I would be that relieved to have my mother be present at the ceremony to bless the union, and to call [Ellen] her daughter-in-law.”

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Well, I think that’s great - we’ll wait a few years and see if she’ll feel the same way, huh?

Life with Tom Cruise is a whirlwind of fun, excitement, and Scientology meetings, but it wasn’t so rosy for Nicole Kidman. In a new revealing interview with Glamour, Nicole said she felt like she was in the background all the time. Here’s an excerpt:

‘I thought, I don’t deserve to be here. We would go to the Oscars and I would think, I’m here to support him.

‘I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and to be seen and not heard.’…

Wow! Isn’t that amazing that pretty much Katie Holmes has had that EXACT ROLE nailed from day one? Is there a Tom Cruise indoctrination for all his wives, you know, so they can learn the proper “stand in the background” behavior?

Nicole did go on to say that her life with Keith Urban is MUCH different, and that he supports her, loves her, encourages her, all that mushy stuff. I’m glad she finally found love, she deserves it!

In an upcoming interview with Parade magazine, Nicole Kidman gives out some pretty candid information. Here’s a few snippets:

On Sunday Rose, her daughter

“People say, ‘Oh, it would be so much easier if you’d just let them get a photo of her.’ And I can’t. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to. I want her to stay out of that.’ Maybe that will wane as she gets bigger, and I’ll be easier with it. But for now, I’m still keeping her in a bubble.” Her eyes turn red and moist.

“I’m raw and emotional,” Kidman admits. “I cry even thinking of her. But they are tears of joy. Because I suppose I never thought I would get to have it. To have been given it so late in life–I’m so ready for it. And I think giving birth to a child, as a woman, is what we’re born to do. I don’t mean that to sound sexist, because many women don’t get to do it, and I thought I was one of them. But at the same time, if you are given that gift, it’s an extraordinary thing.”

On her marriage to Keith Urban

“We were thrown into his alcohol problem three months into the marriage, and that was big,” she says. “We became the closest we could become, because we had to bare our souls. We did 10 years of marriage in three months. You go to hell and back with this–when the addiction takes control of the life, it’s terrifying. But there is hope, and we work on it every day, and we are in a place of actual peace right now, which is a beautiful place. I love him so deeply, and he has done an amazing amount of work, and he is an amazing husband, and I am just very, very grateful. I think we are both in a place of humility.”

You can read the rest of the interview here.