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Another Nasty Divorce

December 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Alex Young, David Sutcliffe, Kate Walsh

I think it was probably assumed when Kate Walsh announced that she was getting a divorce from her husband of 15 months, Alex Young, that it would be a quick thing and really not much would be heard of it again. Really, they were married for about 5 seconds and so really, how messy could it get? Apparently, very messy when one person decides that they just can’t get over their own damn pride. Such is the case with Kate Walsh. Maybe it’s because there were rumors that she was spending too much time with her costar David Sutcliffe and Kate didn’t like the insinuation but she has now counter-filed for divorce. Which is pretty much saying, “You can’t divorce me, I’m divorcing you!” Which is so mature. She also may have been much unhappier in the marriage than it was originally thought. Apparently she did a pretty good job of putting on a show as the happy housewife. From Celebitchy,

“Getting dumped was the best thing that ever happened to Kate Walsh! Less than two weeks after her husband, Alex Young, filed for divorce, Kate couldn’t be happier.

“She feels like a major weight has been lifted from her back,” a source tells Star. Instead of moping around in her fuzzy pajamas, the Private Practice star has spent time buying flowers, redecorating, planning a vacation and generally acting like a fabulous single woman.

“Kate never wanted to get married,” a source reveals. “She just felt she had to because she turned 40 and her family was pressuring her.”

After a whirlwind seven-month courtship, Kate, 41, married 20th Century Fox exec Alex Young, 38, in September 2007. But their romance quickly soured.

Kate regretted the marriage, but she smiled for the cameras. “Alex was too controlling,” the source adds. “He wanted her to be a perfect little Martha Stewart wife, but she’s not like that. After a few months, she started thinking, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’”

I don’t really blame Kate for having her marriage turn out to be something completely different than what she thought it would be. That happens. But it’s also more likely to happen if you marry someone 7 months after knowing them. I also think there’s a huge issue that needs to be addressed if a 40-year-old woman can get married because she’s feeling pressured. I don’t care who she’s feeling it from, she’s 40 for cryin out loud! It really makes her sound sort of pathetic.

Kate Walsh may have had Private Practices of her Own

December 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Alex Young, David Sutcliffe, Kate Walsh

After it was announced just a week ago that Kate Walsh, who stars in the hit medical drama, Private Practice, and her husband, Alex Young, had called it quits on their marriage, it turns out that the reasons may be more than a simple case of a marriage that happened too fast, as we all had thought. It seems as though Kate’s job of being a big TV star just takes up far too much of her time and more importantly, so does her co-star, David Sutcliffe. There are no actual allegations of an affair but the undertone is there. From Celebitchy,

“Yet, just a week after Katherine’s Nov. 15 bash, Kate and hubby Alex Young called it quits, according to divorce papers he filed in Los Angeles. So what went wrong in such a short time?

Friends say one of the main reasons is Kate’s growing closeness with David Sutcliffe, the divorced hunk who plays her love interest on her Grey’s Anatomy spin-off.

As Kate’s character and David’s character have grown closer, so have the actors. “Kate really likes David, and knowing that didn’t help Alex’s fragile ego,” a friend of the actress said. “Kate and David had a real connection playing lovers on the show, and she didn’t seem to have that with her own husband.”

Kate’s determination to keep her struggling show alive meant spending more time at the “office,” regularly working 16-hour days on the show. Much of her time was spent with David, 39, who just became a regular on the show.

“Kate was too busy working - she hardly even saw Alex anymore,” says the source. “She looked forward to being on the set and really liked where the show’s storyline was taking her. But then, who wouldn’t with a co-star like David?”

A second source adds, “She’s one of those people who needs constant male attention.” And he gave it to her. “She spent a lot of time in her trailer with David.”

I have no idea how much time stars spend in their trailers when they’re on a job but I would imagine it’s a lot. I can also see why one would choose to spend their time in the trailer with their closest friends on the set. I can also see how that could pose major problems for the spouse that is left at home wondering just what the hell is going on. It seems that celebrities really may be in a no-win situation. Some say that they can’t date within ‘the scene’ because of conflicting schedules and so little time for each other, not to mention the hayday that the press has with it. On the other hand, how fair is it to the non-famous spouse who now forever lives in this person’s shadow and just has to accept that sometimes, their spouse’s job requires them to make out half-naked with other people. I don’t blame her husband for feeling this way and if she’s really not having an affair, then I feel badly for Kate as well. She does have a job to do and it’s no secret that celebrities work long hours. On the other hand, if she’s a cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater, I hope Alex takes her for all he can! Which won’t even be much considering they were only married for a little over a year and she probably had prenups up the wazoo.