Actor James Marsdens wife, Lisa Linde, files for divorce
Remember James Marsden? He’s a fairly handsome guy and former “It Boy” of Hollywood, who seemed to rise up from mediocre television to craptastic movies like the second and third X-Men movies and a recent Katherine Heigl romcom, 27 Dresses, to graduate to further curtain munching in Enchanted and Hairspray. Then all of a sudden, he was relegated to B-movies and found himself playing second fiddle to Russell Brand’s bunny in Hop. All of this is to minimize the sad fact that he was not immune to the fate found within a disproportionally large percentage of marriages, and James’ wife has now filed divorce papers:
“X-Men” star James Marsden’s wife has filed for divorce, TMZ has learned.
Lisa Linde cited irreconcilable differences. She’s seeking spousal support and joint legal and physical custody.
A rep for James tells TMZ, “This was a mutual decision. They are committed to raising their kids together and remain great friends.”
The couple married in 2000 and have two children — a son and a daughter.
Lisa filed for divorce on September 23rd. So this is interesting … TMZ got video of James at 4:30 AM that morning, outside the Papaya King hot dog shop in New York, singing with a bunch of friends.
[From TMZ]
The video referenced by TMZ is truly bizarre, but I guess that James was probably drunk and only happened to be filmed because he’s famous. Most people have done strange things in public while drowning their sorrows over the dissolution of a marriage and are just lucky enough to go unnoticed.
I really do wish that publicists would stop issuing the line about how amicable Hollywood divorces supposedly are because — let’s face it — absolutely no one believes that nonsense. Movie stars are just as messed up as the rest of us but just happen to be slightly prettier in most cases. However, I have to wonder why the court can’t just legislate a new ground for divorce — “He starred in Hop” — from the bench. After all, judicial activism does have its place in certain instances. God, I am such a jerk.
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