Ted and Gayle Haggard Headed to Divorce Court (But Are Staying Married)
 
 

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Ted Haggard has a history of descending upon dudes with varying degrees of vulnerability for a little closed door action. The disgraced pastor also has a history of self-promotion. Joining filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi on the press tour for her HBO documentary about him, showing up on Oprah and Larry King Live, Haggard is making another press-worthy appearance: Divorce Court. Yes, the television show. Extra bonus: His wife is joining him.

Ted and Gayle are in Los Angeles this week to tape the show, which will air April 1.

The show's presiding judge, Lynn Toler, is interviewing the couple about how their marriage survived in the wake of the 2006 revelation that Haggard, founder and former pastor of New Life Church, was having a sexual relationship with a Denver male escort.

The Haggards say their marriage and Christian faith are stronger than ever, and they want people to know that divorce is not the answer.

"This is part of Ted's journey," Gayle Haggard said. "It's made him a better man. I see what has happened as a divine rescue."

[...] As for their "Divorce Court" appearance, the Haggards say they believe they have a lot to share about keeping a marriage together. After the scandal broke, Ted says he asked Gayle to divorce him.

And how did we get here?

Several weeks ago, "Divorce Court" producers asked the Haggards to appear on the show to talk about their marriage, executive producer Mark Koberg said. "Divorce Court" sometimes sets aside court drama to feature Toler's interview of a well-known married couple.

And yes, Ted and Gayle will be paid for their performance. To pay for their mortgage and other unexpected fees.

[Colorado Springs Gazette]

 
 
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Comments (10)

No. 1 · petted

Any bets on the political leanings of Mark Koberg?

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 3:03 pm
No. 2 · Norm!

Airing on April Fools. How appropriate.

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 4:10 pm
No. 3 · Cam

See, THIS is what I hate about Hollywood. Everybody there knows exactly why they stayed together. He will do ANYTHING to avoid saying he is gay, and his wife is in total denial and doesn't understand that she is his lifetime beard. But of course the interviewer will ask questions like "Was it your strong love for each other that held you together?"

No, it is his fear and her denial……why is this such a mystery. He is terrified of being out, he is as afraid of being out as any of us are of walking out of our house into a heard of hungry lions. Wouldn't you pretend to like the woman who owned the house to keep from getting eaten by a lion?

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 4:12 pm
No. 4 · Chitown Kev

@Cam:

Oh, please, Gayle Haggard is NOT in denial. Ted Haggard, for some reason, is still a cash cow and she will go along with anything as long as the cash keeps coming in.

I do feel sorry for the children of these hos though.

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 4:22 pm
No. 5 · Chip

So what are the questions that y'all would like to see him given to answer?

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 4:34 pm
No. 6 · mick

Why does he have to be gay maybe he is bisexual and he is choosing not to sleep with men because he made a decision with his wife, who is his life partner.

Some accounts say she knew from the beginning of the relationship that he was bisexual. And she was okay by that.

I'm not saying he is not gay but I don't think sexuality is black and white = gay or straight.

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 5:04 pm
No. 7 · Dabq

Sexuality isn't black and white, its men with hang ups about sexuality that makes it bad if its not done in the so called normal manner with the rules they put on society.

These two? Just twisted, he still wants men, and, she wants a man as well, so, they must be a good fit, pitiful at best.

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 5:31 pm
No. 8 · Alex

@mick: Even if he's bisexual, he's still an adulterer, which, you may know, is against one of the 10 Commandments. And it's clear that, at least to the public, he hasn't fessed up to the extent of that adultery, and not publicly made amends to those with whom he engaged in sex acts privately while preaching against those same behaviors.

Posted: Mar 19, 2009 at 5:47 pm
No. 9 · Oscar Portela

JED HILL HIJO DE ZEUS Y AMANTE
POEMA DE OSCAR PORTELA

JED HILL UN HIJO DE ZEUS
poema de Oscar Portela

Jed, no es Apolo no, el que sembró su semen
en las islas Egeas para que nazcas tu,
hijo de Zeus y envidiado por el Olimpo entero.
Así tu reino – construido por porfido y con sangre –
es el de todo súbdito que ama el vasallaje
del amor, al que rendidos – prosternados,
uncen la savia de sus vidas: dese modo
tu padre olímpico creó tu cuerpo de titan para
que nunca mueras y des el pan y el vino a quien lo necesita.
¡Ah, que bello eres señor mío! ¡Zagreus!… ¡Zagreus!
¡Más dulce que la miel de las colmenas de Palmira
en donde rinden culto a tu hermosura-
y es tu abraso de amor el liquido que llevas
para que brote de la tierra
simiente clara de otra raza de reyes.
¡Ay, si por instantes tu eternidad penetrase
en mi cuerpo, leve me elevaría hacia los cielos,
y besaría la ingle de donde brota
el tallo que florece fulgente como flama
para que nadie muera, pues traes la eternidad
en él, tu sembrador de la ambrosia!
Y yo, como custodio del templo en el que
finges dormir, vivo por siglos
para que la luz de tus transformaciones
no se apague y como el rayo que te engendró
cruce los tiempos hacia el retorno- y lance
la flecha de la felicidad perfecta,
encarnada en la divinidad de carne y hueso
y metamorfoseado en otros que son tu mísmo,
Jed Hill, oh semidiós y amante.
Ahora Jed, ayer Heracles y en otros
tiempos otro pero el mismo.
Nadie blasfeme en el templo del más bello
titan el cual jamás demora su llegada al puerto
de la humana esperanza.
Yecto y rendido antes tus plantas
beso tus piernas que son columnas jónicas,
y asciendo hacia la inagotable fuente de tu sexo-
besando con ardor tus labios fuentes-
- buscando tú desnudo torso como coraza donde guardar
fragilidad y hastío.
Soy tuyo Jed. Otro súbdito más
que adora a Pan y sabe en su corazón quien eres-
la multiplicidad de dioses escondidos tras de todas
las cosas deste mundo. OSCAR PORTELA

Posted: Jun 16, 2009 at 4:50 am
No. 10 · Oscar Portela

Leo Peixoto
Por Oscar Portela

Un felino agazapado entre
entre los árboles,
un animal feroz y fabuloso,
una leyenda surgida de la espuma
del deseo carnal que arde
en los sueños tu perfección
feroz de zarpa y duelo
la osadía de ser parte del un duelo
en el cual tu como Fénix
llevas tesoros guardados en tus fauces
de tigre-y semental,
el más hermoso
habitante de todos los deseos:

¿Quien habla por tu espina dorsal
y por tu frente, por tus piernas
dinteles de tobillos con ajorcas
doradas del mítico misterio que
se ahoga en la cintura escultural
que alza el tórax más perfecto
que conoce el escultor fecundo
en su elemento, fascinado por ti
vertiginoso como la fuente pura
de tu frente y tu rostro de enigma
y de misterio, Leo Peixoto,
tigre y sombra que el poeta
teme nombrar para
no entrar en templos
sellados por los dioses
que alimentan la escarpada cabeza
con que embistes y rompes
el equilibrio del hexámetro, oh tú,
el animal del lujo y la fiereza.

Leo Peixoto que seduce y mata
a quien mira sus ojos de serpiente.

El pecado está en ti: tú lo sustentas.
Y mi carne es la tuya y es mi sangre
la que bebes como elixir para seguir
guardando los tesoros que
pueblos idumeos dejaron
en tus garras
tan perfectas como tus labios
de animal y de hombre
pues que eres
lo mítico y lo nuevo,
el ser que esplende en
tu cintura breve
y tus pómulos fuentes
donde beben y se ahogan
las palomas posadas
en la fuente del mítico misterio
que rodea con un aura de luz
tu aurea belleza.

Posted: Oct 19, 2009 at 10:45 pm
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