MTV Curse meets the Barkers

epchick · #1 08-15-2006, 01:51 PM

Why am I surprised?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060809/en_celeb_eo/19710

Following in the footsteps of Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson and Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro, Blink-182 drummer and MTV reality star Travis Barker is seeking a split from his wife of less than two years, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, People magazine reported Tuesday.

Barker's rep, Dvora Vener, said that Barker filed for divorce Tuesday morning but declined to offer any other details behind the breakup.

Season two of the couple's reality series, Meet the Barkers, premiered in January, with the last episode celebrating the Christmas Eve birth of their daughter, Alabama. Barker and Moakler also have a two-year-old son, Landon, and Moakler has a seven-year-old daughter, Atiana, with ex-boyfriend Oscar De La Hoya.

All three kids were featured on Meet the Barkers, which, in the tradition of The Osbournes, set out to tell the tale of a rocker and his own madcap version of domesticity.

"My only concern right now is for the welfare and best interests of my children," Moakler said in a statement released by her publicist.

Barker and Moakler decided to part ways with their happy home--literally--early last month, putting the 12,000 square-foot Bel Air villa, where much of their show was filmed, on the market for $8.5 million.

The 2001 Playboy Playmate got hitched to her heavily tattooed hubby in a Nightmare Before Christmas-inspired ceremony on Halloween in 2004, which made perfect sense considering Barker popped the question while the duo were riding through Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.

Meet the Barkers now joins Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica and Carmen & Dave: Til Death Do Us Part in the MTV canon of series chronicling the charmed lifestyles of temporarily happy, but ultimately divorce-bound couples.

Before their relationship entered the postmortem phase, Barker and Moakler, who's set to compete on the third season of Dancing with the Stars later this year, guest-starred on an episode of CSI together.

After Blink-182 announced they were going on "indefinite hiatus" last year, Barker teamed up with guitarist and fellow Blink-mate Mark Hoppus to form Plus-44 (a reference to the international dialing code for the United Kingdom), which Hoppus has described as "punk rock meets '80s synth-rock." The band's first album, Little Death, is due out in October.

f8nacn · #2 08-15-2006, 02:22 PM

Most celebrity couples don't last...sad that they didn't attempt to make it work...

lilbay77 · #3 08-15-2006, 02:28 PM

I watched their show, and I always felt sorry for Shanna's daughter. It seemed like they hardly paid her any attention. Shanna also seemed extremely lazy.

AchtungBaby80 · #4 08-15-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by lilbay77

I watched their show, and I always felt sorry for Shanna's daughter. It seemed like they hardly paid her any attention. Shanna also seemed extremely lazy.

Um, yeah, check this out: http://community.livejournal.com/ohn...50.html#cutid1

lilbay77 · #5 08-15-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AchtungBaby80

Um, yeah, check this out: http://community.livejournal.com/ohn...50.html#cutid1

*smh* That's a shame.
Sometimes you want to give reality TV show folks the benefit of the doubt because of editing and whatnot, but this girl was lazy. I didn't understand why she needed a nanny and she wasn't working.

#6 08-15-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lilbay77

*smh* That's a shame.
Sometimes you want to give reality TV show folks the benefit of the doubt because of editing and whatnot, but this girl was lazy. I didn't understand why she needed a nanny and she wasn't working.

On her MySpace, the tabloids picked up on the blog she posted after the divorce papers were filed.

I know that they were launching their FAMOUS brand clothing line during the 2nd season, so that could probably constitute "working"?

And she'll be on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars 3, along with her former Pacific Blue co-star, Mario Lopez.

I wonder how that'll factor in to her sleeping time.

rho4life · #7 08-15-2006, 04:52 PM

She ranks up there in the top 10 worst moms ever. The only reason her kids are doing ok is b/c she can afford nannies and b/c Travis takes care of them

whiteandblack · #8 08-15-2006, 06:31 PM

I just hope that jennifer anniston is not marrying her beau as a rebound. *sorry, hijack!*

sigtau305 · #9 08-15-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by f8nacn

Most celebrity couples don't last...sad that they didn't attempt to make it work...

wonder how long will Chris Knight and his wife will last after being on their reality show?

f8nacn · #10 08-15-2006, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sigtau305

wonder how long will Chris Knight and his wife will last after being on their reality show?

Who is Christ Knight???

Rollergirl2001 · #11 08-15-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by f8nacn

Who is Christ Knight???

I think that she meant Chris Knight.

fuzzie · #12 08-15-2006, 09:16 PM

Chris Knight = Peter Brady from the Brady Bunch

RU OX Alum · #13 08-16-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by f8nacn

Most celebrity couples don't last...sad that they didn't attempt to make it work...

how do you even know?

lilbay77 · #14 11-07-2006, 04:38 PM

This whole display just screams "pressed" to me.

That cake is creepy.

#15 11-07-2006, 04:50 PM

Divorce parties I don't mind because I've been to a few of them and they're actually pretty fun.

Judging from the messy nature of the split and the nasty divorce that ensued, I feel sorry for their children who will see these pictures later on in life. She's not really setting a good example.

Attention whoring at its best.