Latest Tacky Celebrity Trend: Divorce Parties

(Picture: Shanna Moakler’s divorce party cake features a knife-wielding blonde and a bloody groom.)

I keep hearing about these big, blowout bashes that celebrate being single…again. They are divorce parties. Divorce parties have been gaining popularity with more celebrities selling out clubs and promoting parties in the name of their divorces.

Former Miss USA and reality show star, Shanna Moakler, held a divorce party at Las Vegas nightclub Light at the Bellagio back in November. Moakler had not yet finalized her divorce from Travis Barker, former drummer of Blink 182. Moakler and Barker have two children together and Moakler also has a daughter from a previous relationship. Like all great parties, there was a cake. The three-tiered cake featured a miniature knife-wielding blonde in a wedding dress on top, with a trail of blood leading to a tiny groom sprawled at the bottom. Moakler stated, “I’m really doing it for myself to have closure and celebrate being single again and start a new chapter in my life.” In the end, Moakler went through with the party, but not the divorce. Moakler and Barker reconciled and are still together.

Danny Bonaduce, the redheaded former “Partridge Family” member, recently held his official divorce party at the Key Club in Hollywood. The not-yet divorced Bonaduce and his wife, Gretchen, have been married since 1990 and have two children together, a twelve year old daughter and a six year old son. Gretchen had been urging Bonaduce to get clean and sober for years and informed him that she would be filing for divorce in April. At his divorce party, Bonaduce stripped down into teeny-tiny mankini bottoms and performed a lap dance for a young woman who happened to be onstage with him. Then he picked the young woman up and put her on his shoulders and they disappeared offstage. Continue reading here.

(Picture: Danny Bonaduce strips down to his mankini and gives some poor woman a lap dance at his divorce party. How many woman are happy this guy is now single? *Cringe*)

Distracted Driving: Driving While Texting Spells Trouble

I remember when I started driving. Each time I left the house my mom would warn me about wearing my seatbelt, being extra cautious of other drivers, and keeping the radio at a low volume so I wouldn’t be distracted from other drivers and the road. I wonder how that lesson would be modified to fit today’s world if I were just turning sixteen right now.

Why do we bring so many items to distract us when we pile into our vehicles and hit the road? Every morning during rush hour, I spot at least three drivers with books that they are reading. Drivers, not passengers, reading and driving. Last night, I was returning home from the grocery store on a 55 mph speed limit road and I ended up behind a giant SUV doing about 30 mph. Besides traveling far under the speed limit, the vehicle was swerving a bit. When it was finally safe to do so, I passed the SUV. As I passed, I couldn’t resist getting a look at the driver, a middle-aged female who was staring down at her lap. I noticed that she didn’t even have her hands on the wheel! I wasn’t able to see what this woman determined deserved her attention more than the cars and lives of those around her. I harbor very little doubt opposing the theory that she was engaging in the most popular of driving pastimes, texting and emailing.  Continue reading here.