Donesville - Part Two

[US Weekly is reporting that former BFFs and expats Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow are no longer speaking to each other. It's all due to competing egos and changing lifestyles now that Madonna ditched her British husband and Goop is sticking with hers. This isn't the first time we've heard this rumor, and there's plenty of circumstantial evidence to support it.

Gossip Cop refutes this report in their typical "the rep denies it, so it must be false" way, but it has a ring of truth to me. US Weekly gives a vague quote from Gwyneth's May Vogue UK interview in which she hinted at trouble with a friend, "I'm having a situation right now with a friend where I'm feeling pretty angry." From that quote, it could be anyone and the issue might be minor. However, Gwynnie took a direct jab at Madge in that interview, saying that it was a good thing Madonna was no longer working with their trainer Tracy Anderson, because Madonna "keeps people waiting - it takes up your whole day." Gwyneth also devoted a whole issue of Goop to "friendship divorce" on February 25. 

I'm thinking this is true. Madonna dropped Tracy Anderson as her trainer in October of last year, and just a few months later we heard that Madonna and Gwyneth had a falling out over some business issue. That earlier report noted that they are "both Type-A personalities" and we surely know that's true. They were probably glad to get rid of each other once their mutually aggrandizing relationship was no longer working for them. They both have enough people around them blowing smoke up their asses to fill the role they once played in each other's lives.]

If two wealthy, competitive, blondes who have time for no one but themselves can't make it work in the realm of friendship, what hope is there for the rest of us? Tragedy. Meanwhile, enjoy the video montage of what used to be...