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| | Maria Sharapova & Alexander Gilkes are engaged after dating since 2018 | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Maria Sharapova retired from tennis early this year, just after she lost first round at the Australian Open. She had been a shadow of her former self ever since she returned to the tour in 2017, following her suspension for doping. I still think about the audacity she had, to lie so coldly with a doping cover story that still makes zero sense. Anyway, Maria returned to the tour in 2017 and in the two and a half years that followed, she was beset with a laundry list of injuries. She was constantly pulling out of tournaments after taking wild cards, and she was constantly losing in the first or second round whenever she did play. While Maria still had her defenders (coughChrisEvertcough), the jig was up. The only reason Dopapova won before 2016 was because of the performance-enhancing drugs.
Anyway, the doping, lies and injuries were not the only thing to happen to Maria during this recent timeline. In 2018, she met Alexander Gilkes, a posh British dude who went to Eton with Prince William. Gilkes and Prince William are still friendly and travel in the same circles. Gilkes was also married to Misha Nonoo for 13 years they divorced in 2016 (and Misha remarried in 2018, in a wedding attended by Ivanka Trump and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex). Anyway, Gilkes and Maria seemed quite loved-up. And now they?re engaged, as you can see from her Instagram.
Does anyone have any idea what ?This was our little secret, wasn?t it? means? I take it that they?ve been secretly engaged for a while and they?re only announcing it now? But? who was checking for it? Like, was it a secret or did no one care? Hell, maybe it?s a reference to a pregnancy, God knows.
Alexander works for Paddle 8, the online art auction house which used to employ Princess Beatrice. I think Maria lives in London with Alexander now, or at least she seems to have been locked down in London this year with him. Will they split their time between London and her institutional-looking LA home?
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| | Katharine McPhee could be hinting that she's pregnant with twins | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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We learned in October that Katharine McPhee and David Foster were expecting their first child together. ?Together? being the operative word there, because David, of course, has five other children from his numerous earlier relationships. However, we stupidly didn?t pay enough attention to Katharine?s announcement that she secured her meal ticket was experiencing the magic of pregnancy, because now she?s on Instagram playing games with us about how many miracles she?s currently gestating. On Wednesday, Katharine posted this photo to her IG page:
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| | Gillian Anderson and 'The Crown' creator Peter Morgan have split after four years | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I first heard that Gillian Anderson had been dating The Crown creator, Peter Morgan, when she was doing press for the shows fourth season last month. She of course plays Margaret Thatcher, and shes phenomenal in the role. Shes said that she and Peter dont discuss her performance, that they dont talk about work, and that they have boundaries around their work and personal lives. Unfortunately theyve split after about four and a half years together. The Daily Mails Baz Bamigboye has an exclusive about it, writing that he heard it was a logistics issue for them due to their work schedules and children. Gillian has a young adult daughter, Piper, 26, from her first marriage to X-Files art director, Clyde Klotz, and two sons, Oscar, 14, and Felix, 12, from her relationship with Mark Griffiths. Peter has five children with his ex, Princess Anna Carolina Schwarzenberg (shes Austrian nobility). They separated in 2014 but I cant find confirmation that theyve divorced at all. Gillian said earlier this year that she and Peter dont live together by choice. Heres that report on their breakup from The DM:
Gillian Anderson, 52, and her writer partner Peter Morgan, 57, who worked together on the latest season of The Crown, have split amicably after four years together
They were supportive of each others careers. Morgan was often seen at Andersons first nights, and they would frequently be spotted together on the awards season circuit in Los Angeles and London.
But Ive heard that the relationship has run its course ? not helped by various work commitments and family logistics (each has children from past relationships) ? though they remain great friends.
I approached representatives for both Anderson and Morgan this week, but they declined to comment.
[From The Daily Mail]
The rest of the article focuses on their careers. The reasoning for the split makes me think this report is somewhat official. Couples always say that their breakups are amicable and that it was work and scheduling. The next season of The Crown, season five which will be its last, will have PMs John Major and Tony Blair. Im assuming that Gillian and Peter wont need to work together anymore. I buy that they couldnt make it work, especially if theyre not living together. They have young adult children and its got to be so much stress to live with them or even visit with them and have an outside relationship too. There are just too many variables now and if even one child is out socializing its dangerous. I would like to learn more about this but theyre British and Gillian isnt messy about her personal life.
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