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On Friday, July 2, Melissa Etheridge went to court to end her partnership with Tammy Lynn Michaels, citing irreconcilable differences. Etheridge seeks joint custody of the couple's 3-year-old twins, Miller and Johnnie. None of this comes as much of a surprise to the public, but Michaels took to her blog, Hollywood Farm Girl, to make sure everyone knows that she's blind-sided by the news. She writes:gentle waves
no noise for awhile
or maybe gentle voices
and
SMACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
FILE FOR DIVORCE!!!!!!
even though we both promised
agreed
handshook
pinkyswore
no filing until after tour
in the fall
her broken promises
told to me by
headlines
Particularly interesting is the fact that Etheridge asked that the court not award financial support to Michaels. Etheridge and Michaels have been together for 9 years. Since the birth of their children, Michaels has been a stay-at-home mom while "She with the Guitar focused on her Guitar," according to the blog.
"I gave up my managers, agents, contacts, all that good stuff, because I stepped directly into potty training a small boy, and carrying around a small girl on my hip. Both excellent souls," Michaels writes. "I was always the house wife after that. The only thing I hated about it was not bringing in money- I have made my own money since i started babysitting at 10, and having a newspaper route at 11. Having no steady paycheck killed me for those years with her."
Things have gotten so bad for the one-time television star that she's had to rely on the kindness of neighbors. "The other week I had to borrow money from a friend. Two weeks ago I had to scrape together $1.25 to pay for gas. I know [Etheridge] doesn't want to give me money. trust. I'm borrowing cash left and right from people to get through this summer, and feed my kids, with a stomach full of ulcers, thank you."
Come back to Hollywood, Tammy Lynn! We're sure Ryan Murphy could find you a place on "Glee." You'd fit right in:
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And lickity split the lezbos broke up....Now the kids wont have two mommies...and I say dont give that other dyke melissa any type of custody....hopefully its not to late for those kids minds being warped from all this homosexual disfunction....Homosexuals cannot be loyal because they are in sin and it is against Gods will for their marriage....
Pfft. Lesbians. Figgers.
@Kermit, you are a fool. Because no straight couple ever cheats, divorces, etc? Seriously, isn't "judgment" a sin? Nice.
Kermit, if you're gonna gay-bash, that's between you and the gays, but please don't do it under a Christian pretext. We might disapprove, but we don't bash...
So Carrie are you a poor dyke that has been between the legs of a hundred dykes...does your face smell like wussy all the time...common some guy hurt you and your self esteem is now so low you cannot let yourself in a normal relations because of that....and your dyke girlfriends keep dumping you but you dont mind that....
I wonder if Melissa still supports gay marriage in California? She said there she is a 2nd class citizen. I wonder if she'll feel like one in divorce court when the judge gives her ex-love half her stuff.
If I believed in reincarnation, I would think that in another life Melissa Etheridge was a Casanova type jerk of a dude who was betrayed by a woman he loved because with her track record (so far) it’s like she actually hates women or commitment or something.
@Locke, thank you for being a civil person. There is such a thing as civil disagreement, then there is simple douchebaggery. I'll let you all guess which Kermit falls under.
Kermit is probably 30 yrs old and lives in his parents basement. Will Kermit ever do anything noteworthy in his life outside the Internet? Probably not. Sad. Sad.
Kermit is a paste-eating *** who can't get a girlfriend who's a member of his own species.