David Arquette & Courtney Cox have had a good run. They met on the set of Scream and have been married for 11 years. However you can't fight the law of averages, even in, or especially in, Hollywood. Representatives of the couple have ann0unced that they were officially separated. In fact they have been living apart for a few months now.
"We have agreed to a trial separation that dates back for some time," the duo said in a statement. "The reason for this separation is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage. We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply. As we go though this process we are determined to use kindness and understanding to get through this together."
"We are comfortable with the boundaries that we have established for each other during this separation and we hope that our friends, family, fans and the media also show us respect, dignity, understanding and love at this time as well."
Cox & Arquette have weathered the usual celebrity relationship crises of counseling, addiction, speculation, and and the fishbowl life style. They seemed to be staying the course and settling into a relatively stable long term partnership. Now news is breaking that Arquette has been cheating and that's what busting things wide open.
Rumour has it, and by rumour I mean that there are pictures - that Arquette has gotten cozy with a hot new chick. She's cocktail waitress Jasmine Waltz, and here are those incriminating photos by way of TMZ!
There now, wasn't that special? It ain't anything that Demi Moore hasn't - probably - turned a blind eye to on numerous occasions. Then again Demi hasn't had her nose rubbed in it tabloid style. That's adds a whole new dimension to disgrace; as Brett Farve could attest to! (BTW the latest on Demi, Ashton, and their beautiful relationship is that they are planning on adopting a baby to prove that there's no truth to the cheating rumours and that they are happier and stronger together than ever! It's not so much a fix it baby as a prove it baby, and so is another prospective celebrity entering Utopia with an inauspicious start.)
In fact numerous gossip blind items have had both Cox and Arquette in an open marriage, with Cox freely bedding her Cougar Town co stars. According to the blinds Arquette knew and was okay with it, since he was getting around himself. It was one of those "If you don't care I don't care" arrangements that have kept European marriages intact for centuries. It was all very sophisticated, until the story leaked. Then thing changed cause the cover on the phony act got blown. Now that "understanding" is an embarrassment to both stars, but especially to aging Courtney.
"We're not having sex, and I completely understand," Arquette, 39, said. "She's in a place of wanting to be real and emotional. She's an emotional being. She's an amazing woman. If it doesn't feel right, she doesn't feel like bonding in that way."
Now this story is still developing. Arquette, the cheater, is also the one most willing to reconcile. He phoned in Howard Stern's Sirius satellite radio show to try and set the record straight by spinning it to his tune. According to Arquette's version Cox stopped having sex with him while they were shooting Scream 4. The separation was also her idea. She came up with that on their 11th wedding anniversary. Her rationale was that she was tired of being Arquette's "mother".
Arquette is also eager to reconcile. He told Stern that Cox was the most amazing person that's he's ever met. He insists also that he did not cheat on Cox, except 'technically' with Waltz. It's the old 'sure we were married but we were also separated, so it doesn't count' loophole. He tales some responsibility for the bust himself - sort off. He acknowledges Cox complaints about his immaturity with "I totally get that!". He also acknowledges that the separation will give him the time he needs at 46 to mature and grow up.
What is clear is that he wants Cox to stick around. Not because he's so hot for her. They haven't done the deed in over 4 months by his own Howard Stern admission. Basically he needs her because she's his only claim to a public profile. Most people who know of Arquette -that is those who do know about him - know him as "the guy that chick from Friends married, you know the comedian". Now Courtney barely has a public image; what she has is 'old times sake' nostalgia. All that Arquette has is that reflected glory. So if they split he's less than nowhere and possibly less than Jesse James - who was at least interesting in his own right. So this relationship is worth fighting for, more so in these economic times. That leaves the rest of us asking how interesting these 2 otherwise uninteresting people might get. Damn it - I hope that this isn't a build up to a reality TV series!
