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Sunday Cute Shot - Mario and Son Croc It Up

Whit Honea — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:14:00 GMT

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that little Leo's V-8 smack is the result of dad Mario Batali forcing the footwear issue- again.

In all fairness, Leo makes the Crocs work.

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Celebrity Car Seat Carrier Thingy

Whit Honea — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:28:00 GMT

I've never understood how doubling the weight of a baby makes it easier to carry. It must be the handle.

The model above is poplular in celebrity culinary circles. Apparently. Find out who uses it and how you can, too, at Droolicious!

Gordon Ramsay F-Bombs Away On Letterman

Josh loposer — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:30:00 GMT

He may be a good father to his own children, but he's not exactly the kind of guy you want your little aspiring chef to look up to. At least, not until they're allowed to watch R rated movies.

Gordon Ramsay's colorful language apparently shocked Letterman and his studio audience so much that the chef himself actually blushed and tapped Letterman's shoulder to apologize. Ha!

He not only let the F-bombs fly, he even went into a description of a French girlfriend he once had, saying that sex with her was "like going to bed with a Rottweiler... In a very passionate way, you know, they... they... the French enjoy sex."

You might expect his colorful way of speaking to have rubbed off on his kids -- Megan, 11, twins Jack and Holly, 9, and Tilly, 7 -- but reportedly, he doesn't curse at home. (well, I'm sure he lets something slip every now and again)

"We have a swear box, and I figured I'd buy a new pair of shoes when there was enough money. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting!"

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Madonna's Ex-Chef: She's A Self-Centered Mother

Josh loposer — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:00 GMT

With all the drama surrounding Madonna's attempt to adopt Mercy James, and her upcoming appeal with the Supreme Court of Malawi, it's a pretty disastrous time for a ex-employee to go public with a bunch of accusations that Madge is a bad mommy. Nevertheless, Madonna's former chef Eric Ienco is publicly bashing the diva's parental skillz.

"She gets up and has a coffee, then she does two hours of yoga. Then there's two hours of Pilates and exercise. That's six days a week. After that, she deals with her e-mail, her calls and the rest of her business. And after that, she spends maybe half an hour with the kids. If Lourdes comes in and says, 'I want to see Mom,' she is told, 'She's doing yoga' - and Lourdes knows she can't disturb Mom. Madonna puts herself before her kids. When she adopted little David, he arrived at her home from Africa - and three hours later, she left to do Pilates. Wouldn't you think she'd want to spend the entire day with her new son?"

Are you buying it? Or do you think this guy's full of it? Madonna obviously has a pretty strong emotional attachment to her kids, but of course, she's a pretty busy lady with her horse-wrecks and all (which she ~~lied~~ ahem, isn't telling the whole truth about).

Ienco's description of Madonna's daily routine seems pretty convincing, but of course it needs to if he's going to ride this controversy into his own cooking reality show -- or whatever it is that he's angling for. According to him:

"That's why it's a puzzle she wants to adopt again. She's hardly ever with her children. She's got two full-time nannies and one part-time nanny. So why adopt a kid if somebody else is raising them?"

I know why, to give my high-dollar nannies more work to do. Duh.

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Rob Lowe Won His Battle in Court

trix — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:32:00 GMT

Rob Lowe's nanny was out of line.

Remember that debacle a few months ago, Rob Lowe and his wife going back and forth in the media about who was wrong. Well it's over, for now. The decision the judge handed down was, her right to freedom of speech was not violated.

Ooh, in your face nanny.

She signed the confidentiality agreement of her own volition, she broke it and now she's in trouble.

She spilled secrets and got in trouble for it. Let that be a lesson to all those that have already signed their agreements.

Loose lips sink ships, and all that jazz.

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Video: Dancing With The Stars Winner Brooke Burke!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:57:00 GMT

Sexy Brooke Burke has boogied, shook, rattled and rolled her way to the top spot on Dancing With The Stars! The mom of four impressed judges and America alike! Despite having an injury a few weeks ago, certainly didn't stop her from giving it her all.

Video after the jump!

Can you believe the woman just gave birth to her FOURTH baby a few months ago???

Warren Sapp took second place and Lance Bass came in third. Congrats!

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Gordon Ramsey- Adulterer Extraordinaire

trix — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Gordon Ramsey is a piece of work. He affirms his bond to his family over and over to the public, but has a secret life off camera.

Gordon has apparently been in a long time affair with a woman who turned professional mistress last year. The couple spent 75 minutes together in a London hotel earlier this week after she went to Soho to pick up a sex drug for their meeting. Sounds sordid doesn't it?

How is it that you become a professional mistress? Is it like professional sports, you know, they aren't professional until they make money. I thought that mistresses made money no matter what, isn't that the whole point.

HIs mistresses name is Sarah Symonds and she actually wrote a book about mistresshood, in case you were interested. The title of the book is "Having An Affair?" A Handbook For The "Other Woman".

Does that sound like it's right up your alley?

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Spying on the Neighbors:11-18-08

Whit Honea — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:49:00 GMT

I can see the NIT from here!

Rules for Britney (Binkywood)

Brad and Oprah (Just Jared)

Rebecca Romijn ain't happy (Jezebel)

The Naked family (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Miley and Bolt (Gossip Girls)

Jack-O is sick-o (Perez Hilton)

Jamie Oliver on Letterman

Whit Honea — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:56:00 GMT

The once naked chef Jamie Oliver was on Letterman the other night and he shared some information on the relatively odd cravings of his pregnant wife Jools.

“Basically she’s an eating machine and I’m feeding her. She’s gone back to retro food — fish paste, all that stuff from her childhood. She’s dipping bananas in Vegemite. She goes to the hardware store and she gets rubber hot water bottles and she chews on them.”

She chewed on hot water bottles in her childhood?

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DWTS Brooke Burke Dances Despite Injury!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Celebrity mom of four, Brooke Burke, who has been looking fabulous on Dancing With The Stars, suffered an injury during a rehearsal Sunday afternoon. A camera had come down hard on her right foot while doing a front flip during her dance routine. She iced the injury and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Monday morning as a precaution. She suffered a contusion but that didn't keep her from dancing Monday night!

Brooke, despite being bruised, did a fantastic job and nabbed the top score on DWTS for the seventh straight week! Burke and her partner, Derek Hough performed Don't Be Cruel and scored 29 out of a possible 30 points from judges. It was the highest score yet!

I guess chasing all those kids around has helped keep her fit and limber!

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Brooke Burke Dances Her Tush Off

High School Musical 3 London Premiere: Gordon Ramsay

Whit Honea — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Chef Gordon Ramsay, his foul mouth, and his wife Tana attended the London premiere of Disney's latest High School Musical movie. This one is actually in the theaters.

Nine-year-old Megan, eight-year-old twins Jack and Holly and six-year-old Matilda were looking pretty pleased with the evening, despite the disturbing lack of popcorn.

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Dancing With The Stars: Brooke Burke's Amazing Bod (Video)

Sassy Smith — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:41:00 GMT

The new season of Dancing With The Stars has started and although I'm not a regular watcher, I did catch the first show. Brooke Burke is one of the 'stars' on the show, and I think she danced well - I was slightly preoccupied with her abs, so I'm not 100% sure of her dancing abilities. The woman is a mom of four and the youngest is only 6 months old! Watch the video and you too, will hate her. Ha.

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Lotsa cleavage going on too. I mean, look at her technique.

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Rob Lowe's Kids Were Terrified

trix — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:32:00 GMT

In the ongoing battle between Rob Lowe's family and the nanny new papers have been filed stating the "real story".

Rob and his wife stated that " she terrified their children by discussing gang activity in her neighborhood “in graphic” detail and sharing stories about people having their eyes and limbs cut off. The Lowes also claim that Boyce repeatedly used “racially inappropriate” words and discussed details about her sex life with the children. Boyce is also being accused of using the “n-word” when referring to her African-American friends and making inappropriate comparisons to her boyfriend’s genitals and household objects. Rob and Sheryl go on to claim that Boyce would “self-medicate on Xanax and alcohol.” The Lowes also claim that she would often come to their house with strangulation marks and facial bruising, blaming her physically abusive boyfriend. In November of 2007, the Lowes say that Boyce did not show up for work one day so they filed a missing person’s report and “feared for the worst”. In April, Boyce sued the Lowes, alleging that Sheryl Lowe created a “sexually offensive and hostile work environment” by using the “n-word” to describe Boyce’s boyfriend. She also claimed that Sheryl often walked around “naked, completely exposing herself.” While Boyce did not accuse Rob of sexual harassment, she is holding him jointly responsible.

It sounds like maybe they should have stayed home a little more and done a little more parenting rather than leave it all up to a nanny.

They have quite a few lawsuits against former employees for breach of contract, and other unsavory acts. They might want to check references before they hire anyone else to work for them.

That's why I'm not getting nanny, well that and the fact that I can't afford one.

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In Memorium: Remembering Celebrities We Lost This Summer

trix — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:02:00 GMT

George Carlin (June 22)

George Carlin was one of those guys that didn't care what anybody thought of him. He fought against censorship on TV and satirized the excesses of American living. Along with his foul-mouthedness, he lent his voice to such children's programs as "Thomas the Tank Engine" and the movie Cars. George Carlin was also the first person to host Saturday Night Live. He was a father and a grandpa.

Dr. Randy Pausch (July 25)

Randy Pausch knew he was dying and wanted to leave a legacy for his children. He put his heart and soul and everything he learned about life into a lecture, the Last Lecture. He wanted his children to know what kind of man he was and what kind of people he hoped they would grow into. The rest of caught a glimpse of a genius, a loving brave man and it made us all the better. Your children will always remember you, as will we.

Bernie Mac (August 9th)

First there were the text messages, then the rumors on the internet about Bernie Mac dying. It was all untrue, Bernie Mac Was Expected To Recover. He didn't. Bernie Mac, a very funny man and well loved movie and television actor, died. It was on Saturday, August 9th, that the world lost Bernie Mac. He will always be remembered!

Isaac Hayes (August 10th)

Isaac Hayes was probably best known to the world for the theme from Shaft, and his voice over work as Chef on "South Park." However, he was also a father to 12 children and had 14 grandchildren. Isaac Hayes Died one day after his friend and co-star Bernie Mac. We will be able to see Isaac Hayes on the big screen in the movie Soul Men which is due out later this year.

Andre Young, Jr. (August 23rd)

We all probably know Dr. Dre better than we know his son, but his loss is our loss as well. Andre was just 20-years-old when he was found dead. Andre will be missed by his family and fans. His tragic loss will leave unknown his potential and what he could have accoplished in life. There were over 2,000 mourners at his funeral. Such a sad thing when someone dies so young.

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Those we lost will always be missed for who they were and for what they represented. Free speech, great comedy, great music and their inspiring words. They will live on in the memories of their families and each one of us.

We also had two crazy rumors, this summer, about people dying. There was a text messaged rumor that Lil Wayne's daughter died in a car accident as well as a rumor that Dolly Parton was dead.

Lil Wayne's Daughter Reginae "nae nae"

There was a text message rumor that Reginae, the daughter of Lil' Wayne died in a car accident. She is alive and well, but that was a crazy couple of days, before Lil' Wayne made a statement about her being alive. His supporters showed care and concern about his daughters welfare. I am glad she is alive and we were able to put the rumor to bed.

Dolly Parton

I am not certain what started this rumor, but Dolly too, is alive and well and in great health. The rumor was that she suffered congestive heart failure, and was similar to the rumors that precluded Bernie Mac's death.

Thank you, FameCrawler readers, for the kind words and concerns you shared for these individuals and their families. Hopefully we won't have to cover loss again any time soon.

Dancing With the Stars Season 7 Lineup Announced

Karl Erikson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:35:00 GMT

This morning on Good Morning America the newest celebrity/quasi-celebrity lineup was announced for next season's Dancing With the Stars! Woo hoo! I'm so excited!

OK, not really. I've never seen the show. I still happen to think the Funky Chicken is a badass dance move. Still, I know the show is big and that lots of our readers are interested. I mean, it's up for eight Emmys this year, so someone must watch.

This season, not only are they bringing back uber-popular dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy, but they're also adding three new pro dancers. On top of that, this season brings a couple of records to the table. The oldest-ever competitor on the show, hilarious lady Cloris Leachman, who is 82, and the youngest competitor, Cody Linley (of Hannah Montana fame), who is 18.

Here's the complete lineup of stars, which include some of our favorite celebrity parents:

Toni Braxton (some singer)
Lance Bass (never heard of him)
Ted McGinley (The Love Boat!)
Cloris Leachman
Warren Sapp (some football dude)
Rocco DiSpirito (some cooking dude)
Kim Kardashian (some slut)
Maurice Green (some Olympic dude)
Misty May-Treanor (some hot badass Gold Medalist chick)
Susan Lucci (some soap actress chick)
Jeffrey Ross (some funny dude)
Cody Linley (some dude making money off Miley Cyrus)
Brooke Burke (some actress)

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Tyler Florence and Wife Cook Up a New Baby

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:01:00 GMT

See what I did there? Tyler Florence is a chef and I made a cooking reference. You can use that.

Tyler and his wife Tolan welcomed their second child together, Dorothy Tyler Florence, on 8/8/8. Someday she'll dig that.

Tyler also has a son from a previous relationship.

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Isaac Hayes Dead At 65

trix — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:48:00 GMT

Isaac Hayes died today in Memphis at the age of 65. He was a well known, Grammy Winning, singer-songwriter. The cause of death is not yet known but, it is known that his wife found him on the floor and unresponsive next to the treadmill in their home Sunday. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead an hour later.

Isaac is survived by his wife (his 4th) 12 children and 14 grand-children.

He was best known for his Grammy win for the The Theme From Shaft and more recently for his voice work as Chef from "SouthPark".

Isaac Hayes filmed a cameo role in Soul Men which is due out later this year.

Eerily enough the film Soul Men also stars Bernie Mac, who also passed away this weekend.

Isaac Hayes will be dearly missed and our hearts and thoughts go out to his family.

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New Dish for Chef Zilli

Whit Honea — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Celebrity Chef Aldo Zilli and Nikki welcomed a baby daughter.

The named the little girl Twiggy. Yes, after the model.

Says Zilli, ""Twiggy is a style icon of mine from the 1960's and she still looks amazing as a grandmother.

"I hope my daughter looks as good at 30 as the real Twiggy does today!"

The name doesn't seem that strange to me, as I've grown callous to such things, but that part about his daughter seems a bit weird, doesn't it?

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Gordon Ramsay Needs Some F*@king Boundries

Whit Honea — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:26:00 GMT

Foul-mouthed chef and Beckham chum Gordon Ramsay has some charming parenting skills. That, dear readers, is sarcasm.

Here's a sampling that we stole from our sister site Scanner when they weren't looking:

The foul-mouthed TV star says his 10-year-old daughter, Megan, was a fussy eater - but she eagerly eats vegetables because she thinks they will enhance her chest.

He says, "I say to Meg, 'You've got to eat your lettuce, otherwise your boobies aren't going to grow.'

"It works - she's eating whole heads of lettuce, saying, 'Dad, look!' "

10-years-old and already starting with the body issues. That's Ramsay style, start the scars early.

He also has an interesting take on his son's habit of cursing, and by interesting I mean total denial.

How the hell does K-Fed win 'Dad of the Year' when Ramsay is dropping nuggets like that? I demand a recount.

BTW, does that picture make anyone else want to go vegetarian?

Rob Lowe's Credibility Questioned in Media

Karen — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Rob Lowe recently dropped the lawsuit he had against former chef Peter Clements, after Clements provided the Lowes with "accurate information."

"Once Peter Clements provided Rob and Sheryl Lowe with accurate information, the Lowes willingly dismissed their claims against him without cost to either side," the papers say.

The "papers" did not disclose what the "accurate information" is. Now I'm just "using" quotes wherever I "want," since this story is "obviously" missing certain elements that are "vital" to what the truth may or "may not" be.

Sources say the "chef" was originally sued because he allegedly backed up the nannies stories, but that turns out to be "false."

Gloria Allred, attorney to the nannies, says Lowe's dismissal of the lawsuit will "blow up in his face."

"Whatever Mr. Lowe has attempted to cook up smells bad and will leave a lasting bad taste in his attempts to go after two innocent nannies who loved and cared for his children," she says.

"It was a big mistake," says a "source" close to the "case."

Celebrity Baby In A Bikini

Sassy Smith — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Daddy's full of tattoos, daughter's sportin' a tiny bikini and some adorably chubby legs - who's the celebrity family?

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It's Alabama, 2, daughter of Travis Barker and ex-wife, Shanna Moakler. Along to play in the sand and surf in Malibu, was the ex-couple's son Landon, 4, and Atiana, 9, (her daddy is Oscar de la Hoya).

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Shanna Moakler Supports Ex-Nanny In Charges Against Rob Lowe

HerBadMother — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:53:00 GMT

So, that nanny who has charged Rob Lowe and his wife with being big ol' perverts? No, not the first one. The second one. Yeah, that one. Well, she used to nanny for Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker, and Shanna Moakler, for one, is standing right by her.

From People.com:

"I've been friends with Laura for the past ten years – before she was my nanny – and I completely stand by her," Moakler told PEOPLE exclusively.

A source added that Boyce appeared in at least one episode of Meet the Barkers, the MTV show about the unconventional family life of Moakler, a former Playboy centerfold, and her now ex-husband Travis Barker.

Which, you know - it's tempting to disregard the character reference of a former-Playboy-model-turned-reality-TV-star, but why should it? I mean, is Moakler's word any less trustworthy than Rob 'Oh Hai I Videotaped Young Girls Having Sex With Me 4 Fun' Lowe? Really?

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Rob Lowe's Wife Facing Sexual Harassment Accusations

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Rob Lowe's Wife Facing Sexual Harassment Accusations

HerBadMother — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:08:00 GMT

First Rob Lowe was accused of being a perv - now his wife is, too. And the accusation isn't even coming from that first disgruntled nanny the Lowes accused of extortion - this is another nanny coming forward.

This doesn't look good.

People reports that:

A second former nanny of Rob Lowe filed a countersuit Wednesday in a Los Angeles court, accusing the actor's wife of sexual harassment, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Laura Boyce, who worked for the couple for seven months in 2007, claims Sheryl Lowe created an "extremely sexually offensive and hostile work environment ... behaving in a ... perverted, disgusting and crude manner."

Boyce also alleges that Sheryl used the "n" word in reference to Boyce's boyfriend, who was an NBA player.

Sheryl also allegedly "walked around naked, completely exposing herself" to Boyce, asked about her boyfriend's private parts and talked about Sheryl's sex life with Rob.

This isn't going to help the Lowes in their efforts to paint the first nanny's accusations - which charged both Rob and his wife with perversion - as sour grapes.

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Rob Lowe: Pee-Pee Exposer or Exploited Employer?

Nanny: Rob Lowe Was A Perv

Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Speaks Out

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Rob Lowe: Pee-Pee Exposer or Exploited Employer?

HerBadMother — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Aaaaand it just gets dirtier and dirtier. Jessica Gibson, former nanny to Rob Lowe's kids, filed her suit against the Lowes yesterday, and WOW. Either that household was a total cesspool of grotty, grotty depravity, or Gibson is an evil exploitative bizatch. And/or totally insane. Or both.

TMZ got a hold of the suit, and reported on its contents, and can I say again? WOW:

In her suit, Gibson claims Lowe not only groped her, he repeatedly exposed his "flaccid penis" and his "erect penis" to her, repeatedly asked her "to touch his penis," repeatedly masturbated in front of her, showed her pornographic images on his computer, asked her to give him a massage and tell him dirty stories ... and that's just Rob!

She then says Rob's wife Sheryl walked around naked --"completely exposing herself" -- made "numerous sexually vulgar comments about male genitalia," "would talk about her sex life" with Rob and said that "she would never have a boyfriend because only a married man would want to f*** her."

Gibson says the Lowes paid her $18.00 an hour for her services. She's suing them for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, retaliation, unpaid off-the-clock work, overtime wages and unpaid meal periods. She's asking for damages in excess of $50,000. She also said on this morning's "Today" show that she never tried to extort money from the Lowes, as Rob has alleged.

Lowe's lawyer says Gibson's allegations are "simply untrue."

What is one supposed to say about that? Wow, whoa, holy hell and grrroooosssss.

So who's telling the truth? I mean, the nanny stayed there SEVEN YEARS. Why would you stay somewhere seven years if there were penises and boobies being flapped at you all the time? On the other hand, this is Rob Lowe - he of the under-age girls in sex-tape fame - we're talking about. So what's one supposed to believe?

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Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Speaks Out

Does EVERYONE Have A Sex Tape Now?

Nanny: Rob Lowe Was A Perv

HerBadMother — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:45:00 GMT

I feel badly for Rob Lowe's family that they're facing such an ugly controversy, but you know? I'm maybe feeling a little sorry for the nanny, too. I mean, as Karen reported here earlier today, she's not only saying that she didn't blackmail the Lowe family, she's alleging sexual harassment. And given Rob Lowe's history (that whole dirty video with underage girls thing? anyone, anyone?) I don't know that I'm prepared to discount her claims just 'cause Rob says that I should.

According to the Associated Press, Jessica Gibson stated in legal papers filed Monday in Santa Barbara, California, that Lowe touched her inappropriately several times between September 2005 and January 2008. Which, again - this is a guy who's gotten into trouble in the past for, um, interfering with young women. Sometimes very young women.

So I dunno. On the one hand, celebrities are easy targets for opportunists. On the other, this young woman worked for the Lowes for seven years and was reportedly excellent with their children, which suggests against a set-up. And, as I've already said: ROB LOWE. My husband refers to him as Raw Blow for a reason. He's not exactly Mr. Clean Hands.

We'll have to wait and see as the he-said/she-said plays out, but it seems clear that no matter what the truth? It's all ugly.

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