It Doesn't Get Much Dumber, Folks.

[mrkilborn]

So, I'm strolling in to do tonight's late_late_show when I discover that natalie_portman has left me a note saying that she couldn't make it! Okay. I have fifeen minutes to get a replacement guest. Sure. No problem.

debra_messing, my friend and possible lover offered her services as the second guest. I agreed, just moments before milla_jovovich appeared... she was the original choice for the show to begin with! But, too late, the program was already altered for Deb to be the guest.

Prophetic? Read on.

As it turns out, the crowds for a Tuesday night program were far smaller than those on our usual night, which of course is Friday. And many of the people had never even heard of The Late Late Show.

Great. It's not that any of these people "misbehaved," but they simply didn't get what was going on, because they were invited in without knowing the rules for the studio audience. They basically rabble-roused the entire show, almost starting a "Springer" type fight with chairs right in the middle of Yambo.

On top of this, Deb had been having some romantic moments with this guy Sully... and she wanted to throw that in my face by wearing a Godsmack T shirt for our interview. How's that for classless? She's the one who invited in the noisemakers, and she tops it with her top. Should I have expected less? Read the Show #5 entries in the late_late_show journal to see how it all went down.

I really don't like getting involved with people who are still married. I'm sorry if that makes me old-fashioned. I'm sorry if that makes me less exciting than the lead singer for a rock band.

At that point, I simply wanted to post the show and get out, but LJ decided to go into "Read Only" mode, and that meant I had to wait until the server cleared so I could upload. Plenty of time to sit and listen to Deb ask me questions about where I thought our relationship was going.

Great. Well, at this point, I thought that she would flirt a bit then go back to her husband, since they hadn't even signed off on the divorce. So, I candidly shared these thoughts with her.

Of course, after LJ started functioning again, when I attempted to piece the show together, when I'm tired and just want to get it all done, Deb comes backstage, still wearing her "Godsmack" Tee, only now it's all rumpled, and she has a visible hickey on her neck and she tells me that Sully has asked her to be his girlfriend and she said yes.

Great! Thank you. Bye.

I guess some people simply can't wait until their divorces are final before they jump into another relationship.

Am I the crazy one?

I dodged a bullet there.

Comments

[drew-barrymore.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about how everything went down Craig - it doesn't sound like it was good for either of you.

But...

I guess some people simply can't wait until their divorces are final before they jump into another relationship.

Am I the crazy one?

I don't know Deb's situation - but I know that marriages can be complicated - and that things aren't always as they seem. Unfortunatly marriages in this day and age don't seem to hold the same meaning they once did. I'm very guilty of entering into marriages that didn't hold the meaning they should.

I don't think that love and attraction have a time line - sometimes you meet somone and they are just it. And, it is easier to act on those emotions then to wait until a piece of paper says you are "allowed" to move on with your romantic life.

[mrkilborn.livejournal.com]

Hi Drew!

Thanks for your reflections about it all.

I totally understand about the love and attraction and timing. I guess I felt that if there was a bit more thought about how to say "it's over" than coming on my show with a t shirt of your new boyfriend's band, and then coming backstage after making out with him to say, "oh, by the way, I'm dumping you," was what bothered me.

I'm okay though!