Marriage, Hollywood Style

Marriage, Hollywood Style

After only four months of marriage, Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney have parted ways; and Zellweger has filed to have the union annulled.

The two met in January at a tsunami relief benefit concert and were married at a private ceremony in the Virgin Islands four months later.

Some media critics speculated that it was a publicity stunt.

In legal papers filed by Zellweger in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Oscar-winning actress listed "fraud" as the reason for the breakup with Chesney.

According to a written statement released by Zellweger's publicist, the term was "simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character."

In an age where divorce statistics are depressingly high, marriages numbered by months, days or hours are still unusual. Not in Hollywood.

Consider the marriages of Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd, which lasted 7 months; Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley, which flickered for 107 days; Drew Barrymore and Tom Green, which persevered for under a year; Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, which survived for just over 2 years; Britney Spears and Jason Allen Alexander, which raged for 55 hours; and Shannon Doherty and Ashley Hamilton, which endured for 5 months.

And of course we can't forget the connubial queen, Elizabeth Taylor, whose marriages have varied in length but who's been to the altar eight times.

The U.K. Daily Express is reporting that the real issue for Zellweger was that "she's an independent woman who's not used to being told what to do."

Zellweger is reportedly "not a washing-up, cooking and kitchen kind of girl. But Kenny was very controlling and wanted her to play the little wife. In the end Renee wanted out."

Let's see ... Zellweger marries a straight southern white male, a country-singing cowboy from Tennessee who sings about good old-fashioned love, marriage, family and faith. And she's shocked to find out he wants a traditional wife?

Source: A Political Look at Hollywood By James Hirsen A NewsMax Report

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