Damn, today’s a good day to not be a celebrity. Between having to dispel pregnancy rumors to folks throwing shame clouds over relationships and talent to your man calling you a bitch on wax or making you work for love, celebs have to deal with a lot when it comes to matters of the heart. But that’s the cost of fame right?! So let’s escape into the often enviable, sometimes pathetic lives of celebrity couples.
1. Chris Brown has thrown his girlfriend Karreuche Tran a bone in the form of a job modeling his Mechanical Dummy clothing line. But wait … It’s not an actual ad campaign. Homeboy just posted some pics of a pants-less Karreuche modeling a couple of his robot-stamped windbreaker jackets to Instagram. Her “modeling” is amateurish at best, but she does demonstrate her penchant for giving the finger to anyone holding a camera, just like Chris’ ex Rihanna. Boy has a type.
OK, so if Chris is going to take a cue from Sean “Diddy” Combs by getting his main girl a job through his clothing line, then he has to do better than Instagram. Not only did Cassie model for Sean John, but she also secured international ad campaigns and magazine spreads. No one but Chris is checking for Karreuche, who can go that –> way! If someone were, she’d have to pry herself from Chris’ side before she could even be taken seriously. And can I just say that windbreaker is ugly as hell?!
2. So earlier this week we learned that Kanye West has penned a song, “The Perfect Bitch,” about his love-of-the-moment Kim Kardashian, which will be on his upcoming album Cruel Summer. Kim of course couldn’t be happier about the newest label. Here’s her take:
“I’m honored. I love it. I know he doesn’t mean it in a negative way when he says the word ‘bitch.’
“The song talks about how he was with so many other girls but could never find the right one until he met me.”
It’s not everyday I actually agree with Kim K on something, but honestly the word “bitch” doesn’t offend me. Maybe it’s because my mom told me I was “a bitch like Leona Helmsley” when I was only 10. I often find that women who are labeled as bitches are usually doing something right.
3. OK, so this isn’t a love battle, but it does involved one of pop culture’s most beloved couples. Music producer Bangladesh, who worked on Lil Wayne‘s “A Milli” and Nicki Minaj‘s “Did It On Them,” throws major shade Swizz Beatz‘s way in the latest XXL Magazine, claiming that Swizz is only relevant because he married Alicia Keys. Here’s a quote from Bangladesh:
“I don’t think Swizz is relevant. I’m keeping it 100. I think there’s a difference between relevance and musical relevance. You married a lady that’s poppin’ [Alicia Keys], you know it’ll give you a lot of relevance, but you gotta make hits. Ain’t no hits. Are you relevant for the craft you’re doing or the life you live as far as the decisions you make?”
Bang tried to issue some damage control via his Twitter handle, saying the interview was edited erroneously and when asked about Swizz he said the other producer wasn’t relevant to his interview. As if we haven’t heard that one before …
Meanwhile, Swizz had this to say:
“Y’all going to start this relevant shit? Don’t let this clown pump you up with this relevant. We at this video shoot right now. But you know anyways man, it’s all positive energy from me. I can’t get in that zone. I’m just happy to be here. Been doing this since 1998, 300 million-something sold. Domestically.”
Well at least Alicia didn’t respond because that really would have stressed Bangladesh’s opinion. Whatever, Swizz and Alicia look good together, and I can admit that as a non-fan.
4. A couple of weeks ago, we dished on the rumors that Amber Rose is pregnant for fiance Wiz Khalifa. But this week Wiz chatted with Hot 107.9 and denied the pregnancy rumors by saying “it is not what people think it is.”
He did admit, however, to reading books about marriage, including a book he called Things I Wish I’d Known Before [We] Got Married, in preparation for his upcoming nuptials.
Yeah, we totally believe Amber went from wearing skin-tight and revealing “fashions” to loosey-goosey dresses and stopped coloring her hair for no reason.
