LITTLE ROCK — Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are back to being Brevi again.
(Or perhaps Lestol, Palston, Paljo or Jopal. No combinations really have that Brangelina, TomKat or Speidi celebrity couple ring, do they?)
If those two could make up after all they’ve been through - unplanned teen pregnancy, public scrutiny, political pressure, family feuds, custody battles, child-support fights and media trash-talking - surely there is hope for other unlikely reunions?
We consider some other potential reunifications.
Jon and Kate Gosselin
No couple has had a more disputatious divorce than these parents of eight. Then again, no couple has better names to work with title-wise. Think Jon and Kate: Clean Slate and Kate and Jon: Moving On.
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown
It would be a terrible idea for this volatile pair to conciliate. But really great reality television for us. What we wouldn’t do to hear Houston shriek “Bobaaaaaaaaay!” on Being Bobby Brown again.
Charlie Sheen and DeniseRichards
Now that Charlie Sheen’s estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, has entered a stress management program (after all, could there any bigger stressor than being married to Sheen?), and he faces jail time over a Christmas Day domestic dispute with her, we don’t expect this union to endure. It’s enough to make an existence with ex-wife and It’s Complicated star Denise Richards and her posse of pet pigs look like the simple life.
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson
Lindsay Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson has been visiting and reaching out to the actress who is to begin serving a jail term this week. This is quite a switch from a few months ago when Ronson made Lohan so angry that she reportedly threw a drink at her. For Lohan (who was found guilty of violating probation terms of a drug and alcohol case) to waste alcohol, shemust have been furious!
Bachelor Jake and Vienna
He says she’s needy. She says he’s obsessed with media attention. He says she’s condescending. She says he’s mean. He says she’s a liar. She says he’s a phony. We say they’re perfect together.
Paris Hilton and jail
The heiress told Larry King back in 2007 when she was released from jail that she would never go back because she had parted with her partying ways. But recently she was released after being busted on suspicion of marijuana possession in South Africa during the World Cup. And a French newspaper reported she was detained for 30 minutes in Corsica when authorities allegedly found one gram of marijuana in her bag. (She called such reports “completely false” via Twitter.) Could she end up behind bars again someday? It’s probably more likely than that she’ll fulfill her “help raise money for kids and for breast cancer and multiple sclerosis” televisioninterview pledge.
Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva
How could the actor begin to apologize to his girlfriend and mother of his child that he allegedly admitted to beating on a tape filled with ugly insults ? An “I’m sorry for saying ‘You look like a f***ing pig in heat’” greeting card?
Mel Gibson and Jewish and black people
Perhaps they also have “I didn’t mean it when I said, ‘The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world’” and “Pardon me for using a plural form of the n-word, using the words ‘raped by’ and ‘pack’ in front of it” stationery. too?
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Style, Pages 53 on 07/25/2010