Source: evilbeetgossip.com
In case anyone cares.
Their divorce was official on Thursday.
Now Manson is free to make an honest woman of his 12-year-old girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood. (I kid, I kid. She’s a full 20 years old. Manson is 38.) And Dita is free to find someone who deserves her luscious ass.
Source: www.celebitchy.com
I freaking love writing about Marilyn Manson. You know why? Because no matter how messed up my life is, I feel completely sane and boring next to him. And I assume that applies to most of you dear readers too. In fact if any of you feel crazier than he is, feel free to email me, because I want to know what the hell is wrong with you. Marilyn got sued for $20 million a few months ago by his former keyboardist Stephen Bier - nee Madonna Wayne Gacy – for misappropriating band funds. Or as they call it in rock and roll, “Blowing your wad on hookers and heroin.” Gacy accused Manson of frittering money away on such oddities as a taxidermied grizzly bear, vintage Nazi paraphernalia, and African masks made from human skin. [I just have to interrupt to say that as a former criminology major, that was an extra funny sentence to write. If I could have gotten Dahmer or Bundy in there, my life would be complete]. Gacy also claims that Manson used band funds to pay for his pricey wedding to Dita Von Teese, her $150,000 engagement ring, Manson’s drugs, and the expensive rehab for said drugs.
Manson has filed a countersuit against Gacy, claiming that he didn’t fulfill his contractual obligations to the band, even though their business partnership ended 11 years ago. Manson claims that Gacy didn’t properly promote the band.
Bier often showed up late for recording sessions, performances and promotional appearances, and handed confidential info over to the media and other outsiders without the band’s permission, says the complaint filed in L.A. Superior Court. When it became obvious in 1996 that Manson had become the group’s leader and focal point, he and Bier dissolved their business partnership, but the keyboardist continued to collect income from the group’s album royalties, concerts and merchandise sales, the suit says.
Bier played on all of the band’s studio albums except for this year’s Eat Me, Drink Me. Contracts spelled out Bier’s obligations to the band, but he “failed to render services to the best of his ability and in a practical and cooperative manner,” Manson claims.
[From E! News]
Well that was a lovely bunch of vague legal jargon. Somehow I don’t really side with either party in this whole affair. While it definitely sounds like Gacy might have gotten cheated out of funds, he did wait an awfully long time to do anything about it. Marilyn Manson definitely seems to feel that Gacy owes him a lot.
When he learned that Bier had gone after him in court, Manson told MTV News in denying the allegations that he had no idea why this was happening. “I don’t have an explanation for it,” the “Beautiful People” purveyor said. “It just seems like another ex-bandmember suing me and trying to assassinate my personality as a means to financial gain, and it just seems old. It’s just not fair. If I spent my money on anything, it was my family, and paying his salary for a year when we weren’t even touring.”
[From E! News]
So pretty much just the usual man-diva problems. I wonder if they had hissy fits in the dressing room, where they’d go all Liza on each other and throw crystal vases filled with roses. But let’s be realistic, it’s Marilyn Manson, so it’d be crystal vases filled with black roses. Or dead roses. Or taxidermied kittens. It sounds like most of Gacy’s argument isn’t focused so much on “he spent group money” as it is on “he spent group money on really creepy things.” And if you find just one bear lover on that jury, I guarantee you Gacy will win. Just like most trials.
Source: www.celebitchy.com
It really isn’t possible to write a tasteful story about Marilyn Manson. It isn’t really possible to write anything about Marilyn Manson that most sane individuals wouldn’t find pretty offensive. So here we go, adding to the pile. A logical person – with nothing better to do – would likely spend a good deal of time wondering exactly how Marilyn Manson got to be the way he is. I have one word for you: genetics. Or to get all Freudian: Mother. Although considering Marilyn Manson’s mother raised him, I guess you could also say nurturing was the problem. So basically, nature, nurture, and his mom are the reasons Marilyn Manson is eight kinds of f-ed up. Would you like a specific example? Well it seems that Barb Warner - aka Mrs. Manson – kept young Marilyn’s (he was known by the slightly-less-creepy Brian then) foreskin after he was circumcised. In a jar. I know some parents save baby teeth, some save locks of hair, I get that parents like to save parts of their children’s bodies. But there is a line between a molar and a foreskin. That’s the 5th weirdest sentence I’ve ever written.
Marilyn Manson is hoping to one day make a fortune from a childhood souvenir - his foreskin. The shock rocker’s mother, Barb Warner, has long been rumored to have kept the foreskin from his circumcision in a small jar - and Manson admits it is all true, even joking about the potential value of such an item.
He says, “It’s in more of a contact lens case, kind of like a shriveled up Lifesaver . If she ever came here, she would wave it around. We’re hoping Sotheby’s one day.â€?
[From Starpulse]
Well I guess we know where he gets his sense of humor/sense of perversity from. Though I did chuckle at the Sotheby’s line. I’ve heard of a serial killer who kept their fingernail clippings in a jar. I’m pretty sure that this is much, much worse. I’d instruct Barb Warner’s local police department to keep a very close eye on her. I’d also fake a warrant and insist on digging up her whole yard – just to be on the safe side. Next time I criticize Marilyn Manson for his collection of Chinese skeletons and shriveled baby heads, I’m going to remind myself that it’s not 100% his fault. Somehow keeping the bones of a complete stranger seems less upsetting than the foreskin of your own son.
Picture note by Celebitchy: Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood are shown trying to hide beneath a green velvet blanket outside the Led Zeppelin concert on 12/10/07. It also looks like Manson throws water on the photographer. He must be pissed because he’s not wearing makeup. Thanks to PRPhotos.
Source: www.celebritysmackblog.com
It seems the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Marilyn Manson’s mother kept her son’s foreskin after he was circumcised! The piece of skin has been held in a small container since his birth and Manson hopes to one day auction it off. (I’m just surprised he hasn’t chewed it like gum yet.)
He says,
“It’s in more of a contact lens case, kind of like a shriveled up Lifesaver . If she ever came here, she would wave it around. We’re hoping Sotheby’s one day.”
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Source: www.celebritysmackblog.com
“I haven’t showered in four days, and I’m proud of it.”
- Marilyn Manson isn’t the most hygienic of people.
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Source: www.celebitchy.com
After hearing all the stories about Marilyn Manson over the years – the type urban legends are made from, only true – nothing should really shock us about him anymore. It’s gotta suck for Manson. What in the world could he possibly say anymore that would be interesting? What’s as morbidly fascinating as finding out (through legal documents no less, so you know it’s gotta be true) that he has the skeleton of a Chinese man that he keeps in an old wheelchair? Well nothing is. But it is somewhat interesting to find out that baboons seem to play quite the reoccurring theme in Manson’s life. Manson was on the BBC’s “Graham Norton Show” last night, where he told the story of taking some ecstasy and at the zoo and ending up in a baboon’s cage.
Controversial rocker Marilyn Manson ended up sharing a cage with a baboon after taking an ecstasy pill. Manson found himself face to face with the ape after taking the drug in a zoo in Florida. He said: “It was the first time I saw a baboon face to face. They said whatever you do don’t look him in the eye so that’s all I could do. They actually let me in. Some irresponsible bastard said lets put Marilyn Manson on ecstasy in a cage with a red arse baboon.”
[From Showbizspy]
That’s definitely in one of the top three bizarre drug stories I’ve ever heard. Really, that could only happen to a select few, because how many people have access to a baboon? Marilyn didn’t give any indication of when this interaction took place. However he has also stated that he’s in a legal custody war with ex-wife Dita Von Teese over their collection of taxidermied animals – which includes four baboons. I can’t help but wonder which came first: the ecstasy or the taxidermy? Talk about a question for the ages.
While on the “Graham Norton Show,” Manson also informed the host that he’s hoping to get a tattoo on his penis.
He said: “I wanted to put a tattoo, if I would get one there, that would say buyer beware.”
Manson sparked controversy by comparing troubled singer Amy Winehouse to a can of soured fermented herring. The Swedish delicacy has a pungent odor described as combining rotten eggs, rancid butter and vinegar. Manson said it was like “Amy Winehouse in a can” but quickly withdrew the harsh remark saying “I didn’t mean to say that” on the Graham Norton Show.
[From Showbizspy]
I don’t want to nitpick, but to look at him, Marilyn Manson doesn’t exactly strike me as someone who’s likely to smell of Polo Sport. He seems like one of those “bathing optional” types. Though all that thick white makeup must be hell on his skin. It seems a little odd that he’d take back his comment since the man thrives on shock and attention. Though frankly, until he made that derogatory comment, I would have thought Amy Winehouse was just his type.
Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Marilyn at the Nightmare Before Christmas 3D World Premiere last October. Images thanks to PR Photos. Header of Manson and Nigella Lawson on the ‘Graham Norton Show’ last night. Images thanks to Splash Photos.
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