Christie
Let's see, Christie Brinkley is 54 - I'm 43 - I watched her model everything from a swimsuit to underwear. I saw her turn as Chevy Chase's fantasy girl in Vacation. I thought it was great when she married Billy Joel - a regular-looking guy - and was sort of down on her when that whole thing went sour.
Now she's in the middle of what promises to be an ugly divorce from her latest husband who was caught with a teenager, and reportedly spent a lot of hours trolling porn sites for fantasy girls of his own.
Really? Men get sick of Christie Brinkley? I guess it shows that restlessness can manufacture ugly behavior.
I believe it was Springsteen who in one of the greatest love and lack of love albums of all-time (Tunnel of Love) said, "In a restless heart the seed of betrayal lays."
In that album he also speaks of marriage by saying - "Would they ever look so happy again, the handsome groom and his bride, as they step into their black limousine for their mystery ride?"
I think of that at every wedding. No matter what, the bride and groom are all smiles believing that they deserve the party to pronounce their love. Yet restlessness very often rears its ugly head and one party or the other disregards the love they feel on that day - for what? Trolling strippers on the Internet? How the hell does that happen? Someone was pretending for sure, right?
Howard Stern often has guests in who are just starting relationships - these are often celebrity types who speak of their new-found love as though it's the 2nd coming of Romeo and Juliet. Invariably, Stern will have these people back after the relationship goes sour - and he'll play the old tape of them gushing about a love that turned into hate. The uncomfortable celebrity will be at a loss to explain.
How do you explain it? How do you hold onto the giddy feelings of happiness on that wedding day? I had about seven best men on my wedding day - one of them (the wise, great philosopher Fluffy) said: "Someday you'll look back on this day as the happiest day of your life. Then again, you might learn to rue this day, as the worst move you ever made. It's a crapshoot."
On that day we laughed and clanked beer bottles, but that goofy bastard was right. For Christie and her latest, I'm sure that as they battle truths and non-truths in their life together, they will realize that they didn't account for the restlessness - most likely because they never truly respected one another to the level that it takes.
Perhaps it isn't about the superficial things, huh? Look at Christie - three men and counting have grown sick of her. Perhaps not her fault, but even gorgeous people haven't gotten love right.
Oh well - Dr. Phil is slightly overweight and bald too - if he can talk about love - so can I.
My advice? I don't have any - I've been fortunate enough to stave off restlessness and I have a ton of respect still in my heart that will sustain through the days of diminished beauty and declining health. I don't ever want to rue that day - thanks Fluff.
Now she's in the middle of what promises to be an ugly divorce from her latest husband who was caught with a teenager, and reportedly spent a lot of hours trolling porn sites for fantasy girls of his own.
Really? Men get sick of Christie Brinkley? I guess it shows that restlessness can manufacture ugly behavior.
I believe it was Springsteen who in one of the greatest love and lack of love albums of all-time (Tunnel of Love) said, "In a restless heart the seed of betrayal lays."
In that album he also speaks of marriage by saying - "Would they ever look so happy again, the handsome groom and his bride, as they step into their black limousine for their mystery ride?"
I think of that at every wedding. No matter what, the bride and groom are all smiles believing that they deserve the party to pronounce their love. Yet restlessness very often rears its ugly head and one party or the other disregards the love they feel on that day - for what? Trolling strippers on the Internet? How the hell does that happen? Someone was pretending for sure, right?
Howard Stern often has guests in who are just starting relationships - these are often celebrity types who speak of their new-found love as though it's the 2nd coming of Romeo and Juliet. Invariably, Stern will have these people back after the relationship goes sour - and he'll play the old tape of them gushing about a love that turned into hate. The uncomfortable celebrity will be at a loss to explain.
How do you explain it? How do you hold onto the giddy feelings of happiness on that wedding day? I had about seven best men on my wedding day - one of them (the wise, great philosopher Fluffy) said: "Someday you'll look back on this day as the happiest day of your life. Then again, you might learn to rue this day, as the worst move you ever made. It's a crapshoot."
On that day we laughed and clanked beer bottles, but that goofy bastard was right. For Christie and her latest, I'm sure that as they battle truths and non-truths in their life together, they will realize that they didn't account for the restlessness - most likely because they never truly respected one another to the level that it takes.
Perhaps it isn't about the superficial things, huh? Look at Christie - three men and counting have grown sick of her. Perhaps not her fault, but even gorgeous people haven't gotten love right.
Oh well - Dr. Phil is slightly overweight and bald too - if he can talk about love - so can I.
My advice? I don't have any - I've been fortunate enough to stave off restlessness and I have a ton of respect still in my heart that will sustain through the days of diminished beauty and declining health. I don't ever want to rue that day - thanks Fluff.
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