Say It Ain’t So

My faith in Hollywood marriages is marginal at best, but relationships like Rhea Perlman’s and Danny DeVitos left a glimmer of hope in my eyes. The diminutive Hollywood twosome has been a force to reckon with for thirty years of [image error]marriage. From their beginnings on the TV show Taxi, to establishing their own production company and parenting three children, these two appeared to most as the ultimate Hollywood couple, the ones who would beat the odds. Guess what… the house always wins!

That’s right, Danny and Rhea are separating and heading for divorce. Apparently, the two haven’t been happy for a decade in their marriage and Rhea is sick of Danny’s wandering eye and flirtatious ways. According to sources close to the couple, it’s more than flirting and looking. Danny has cheated on Rhea over the years, and she’s fed up with it.

Having power and and money seems to do this to some people, many of whom are Hollywood members. They feel they are invincible and deserve to get what they want, even at the expense of their partner’s feelings and eventually at the expense of their relationship.

What can we learn from this latest Hollywood marriage casualty? First, we need to figure out how to make our relationships exciting and romantic enough not to go elsewhere. Second, we need to realize that fortune, fame and power really doesn’t change the fact that we are just people. It gives us no right to use and hurt other people. And, third, even short, funny-looking, 67 year old men can get action if he’s worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger.