It’s pretty clear that when Melissa Etheridge told Oprah her split with Tammy Lynn Michaels was “mutual,” she was lying.
We’ve already heard from Tammy, via blog poem, that she was blindsided. And on Friday when Melissa filed domestic partnership dissolution papers, Tammy once again took to her blog to once again rail at her ex. Unless Melissa knows a definition of “mutual” this editor does not, their split is anything but.
Meanwhile, Melissa wants a court to decide Tammy is due no financial support — and let’s all assume that’s not such a mutual want.
Taking a trip down memory lane, it’s fun to watch Oprah in 2008 invite Melissa and Tammy on the show via Skype to discuss the importance of fighting Prop 8. The answer to which we now know to be: so gays and lesbians can get divorced just like heteros!
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But just because the pair are splitting doesn’t mean they’re cutting ties; they do share children, after all, and as Melissa explained to — yup! — Oprah in 2003, when she ended the relationship before Tammy, Melissa and her ex still lived near each other.
Who Cares
Hell hath no fury like a lesbian scorned
s_b
Considering that both sides seem to be determined to go thermonuclear on this one, I’m not sure they’ll even end up on the same continent!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Kinda sorta wish they would step back and realize that by being a celebrity Gay couple every single salvo fired at each other is going to be scrutinized by the media who are salivating at a public Lesbian cat fight. And while a messy divorce just like theirs in the straight world occurs thousands of times each and every day, the Maggot Gallaghers of the world are going to hype the shit out of this as an example of “why Gays should not be allowed to marry” and their lemming like followers are going to agree 100%………
jeffree
Anyone going through a divorce or break up should refrain from blogging about it or publishing poems about it. Keep a journal if you need to express yourself, but don’t leave yer pawprints all over internets because you *will* regret that decision later !
slobone
Gosh I thought every grownup knew there are always 2 sides to every breakup story. How about we wait till we hear Melissa’s side? Or is Queerty trying to be the new Perez Hilton?
Cam
No financial support? Um. Hey Melissa, she had two children and gave up the career. Time for you to, for lack of a better phrase, Man Up, and deal with your responsibilities. Part of we gays getting rights are dealing with the downside to them as well as the upside. Shut up and take care of your children, since you’re not raising them, you have to pay child support.
Blah
Why is anyone surprised? She looks like a dog and acts like a no-good dog. What a surprise.
LJ
I’m sorry, but for all those badmouthing why Tammy has taken to her blog to express her outrage/dismay/frustration/whatever… C’MON! How can you blame her? You’ve got a cancer sweetheart ex with a new album and a tour and mega face/talk time coverage to play down the nasty side of your relationship woes and make nice and keep up your publicly adored persona, and then you’ve got the other partner who in doing the homemaker non limelight role doesn’t have a media/airtime leg to stand on. Wouldn’t you all even the playing field up by taking to some form of outlet to get your side across? In lesbian terms, Melissa Etheridge is pretty untouchable, boot on the other foot, who wouldn’t want to even out the score.
MistressTalia
I’ve lost all respect for ME, can’t even bring myself to listen to the new album. And I was a HUGE fan, rarely missed a concert.
She left the first wife after changing the rules of their open relationship *after* having two kids. Seems to me you should figure out the rules you can live with *before* you have kids.
Now this wife, who nursed her through cancer and took care of ME’s first set of kid while she was sick, and gave up her career to be a homemaker, is not only ditched with two kids, but BLINDSIDED by having it announced in the media.
There’s been a bunch of other things she’s done that have made her less than admirable, but this is just the final straw. I can’t like her anymore, can’t even enjoy the music. She sickens me.
I heard an interview with her a while back where someone asked her about the kids and she said her kids want her to be happy. That’s nice, but it’s the job of the PARENTS to feel that way about the kids!
Tammy should get half of everything, and Julie should get the other half and ME should wind up a bag lady.