This Week In Tabloids: J. Lo's Boyfriend Loves a Good Gay Glory Hole
CelebritiesWelcome back to Midweek Madness, in which yours truly bravely ventures to the newsstand and spends actual American currency buying In Touch, Us, Ok!, Life & Style, and Star. This week, Robert Pattinson is running in slow-mo through the fields behind Reese Witherspoon’s ranch house, sobbing as he goes; Jennifer Aniston’s face is puffy, so she’s either playing a hooker in a movie or pregnant; and Casper Smart, the 25-year-old backup dancer currently playing the part of Jennifer Lopez’s boyfriend was seen patronizing an establishment specializing in orgasm assistance.
Ok!
“Shocking Baby News!
You want to know what’s shocking? That teenage girls who had unprotected sex are on the cover of a magazine that is an epic waste of paper.
Grade: F (worthless)
Life & Style
“I’m Done!”
Kristen Stewart “ruined the perfect romance” and Robert Pattinson is “a shattered man.” He is also “heartbroken” and drinking a lot. The only quote from Rob in this story is an old one, from April, where he says: “There’s a thing I’ve never got. That is, why do people cheat?” There’s also a quote from Rupert Sanders, from May, when he said: “Kristen’s vivacious and rebellious and naughty!” Anyway. Not a lot of new info here, so let’s move on: Jennifer Lopez was “betrayed on her birthday.” Her boyfriend Casper Smart was spotted enterting a “seedy store that advertises peep shows and massages.” Although his rep denies it, the mag has pix of Casper outside the spot. A source says he went inside and stayed for 10 minutes and came out empty handed — he wasn’t shopping. (Fig. 1) Next, a story about how Katie Holmes is “struggling” as a single mom also includes the information that Suri’s school casts $40,000 a year. Finally, a piece about Jessica Simpson blares that she’s dropped 35 pounds… but the photo used to show her 60 lbs heavier is from when she was pregnant.
Grade: D (worth a penny)
In Touch
“J. Lo Betrayed!”
One day before Jennifer Lopez’s 43rd birthday, Casper Smart was spotted on a “sleazy block” In Hell’s Kitchen, where he entered a building and went upstairs to “an appointment-only exotic massage parlor.” An intrepid reporter spoke to a Korean “massage worker” named Bibi, who says: “I saw Jennifer’s boyfriend.” Bibi claims he was “in a big hurry” and was in the establishment fewer than 10 minutes. “He is a nice man. He has strong muscles,” Bibi adds. Apparently Casper claims he was on the block to get a tattoo on his finger, but In Touch points out that he’s had his fingers tattooed since May, which makes him “caught in a lie.” (Fig 2) In Robsten news the copy here explains that when Kristen found out the photographer had shot pictures of her with Rupert Sanders, she begged the paparazzo to discuss things with her: “Please, please, please talk to me. We can talk about this,” she said, according to an eyewitness, who we will assume is said photographer. Anyway, Rob’s publicist found out that the pictures were being published and called Rob. Then Rob confronted Kristen, who told him it was a onetime thing and it was Rupert’s fault because he was so much older. Rob was devastated. He wanted to marry Kristen, now he refuses to take her calls. And! More stuff: A source on the set of Snow White and The Huntsman claims that Kristen was “constantly texting” director Rupert Sanders while she was getting her hair and makeup done. “It was hundreds of texts a day. She was obsessed.” KStew and Rpatz are scheduled to appear together at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, and then they’re expected to promote Twilight: Breaking Hymen Part Dos after that. No one knows what will happen! GAH! Moving on: Kim is “under Kanye’s control.” She gets his clothes ready, makes him breakfast and schedules massages for both of them. And she loves it! “She enjoys doting on him,” a source claims. Snooki wants you to know that she will be giving birth in heels. It costs $49K a month to look like Kim Kardashian but only $21K to look like Jennifer Aniston. And a mere $14K monthly to be Kate Middleton. (Fig. 3, Fig. 4)
Grade: B- (worth twenty-five cents)