Think Long and Hard Before You Take the Marriage Plunge
Filed under: Anglophilia > Old People > Legal Matters
Monty Python star John Cleese opened up to the Times of London about his new single life and the shitty stuff that came with divorce from his third wife, Alyce Faye Eichelberger.
Y'all know what the divorce rate is these days!
You should at least make sure you've got a good lawyer on your side to put things in order before you tie the knot, right?
"People would think I'd have enough money, but I do have a very expensive, or comparatively expensive, divorce. I feel angry sometimes. But my anger is not so much about sharing the property but having to go on working hard to provide alimony for someone who's already going to have at least 10 million dollars' worth of property. In my 70th year I will still be spending two months a year doing work that is of no interest to me and which is probably slightly spiritually depleting in order to feed the beast."
Cleese is lucky that he didn't get screwed over by his first two wives!
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High divorce rate. Why would gays want to marry then? hahahahaaaaa
I'm thinking about something long and hard…
but it belongs to my future boyfriend/husband…
give it to me baby!!!!
BETTER VOTE YES ON PROP 8 THEN GORDO…SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT LOL
Hate to hear this - I've always liked John Cleese. In other news, "Eichelberger" is my mom's maiden name, no shit! When she was in school the kids called her "hamburger"!
PEREZ HELP ME WITH PLZ….
oh come one, cleese! it's called a prenup.
Marriage should be banned for all and not just gay people! Or only gay people should be alowed to get married!!
Re: hot bloody cum covered poo – Why can't I reply to Biden's monkey? What the fuck Perez????
i think i know some people on here
Why all the posts about British people?
Re: SBFREAKSgirl925 – You sure do!!!!!
Women like this give women in general a bad name. I bet she got him fresh out of his last divorce and vulnerable. It happens A LOT! To marry for money is pretty disgusting…just watch the Real Housewives of Atlanta and you can see that. All these women thinking they are so great and super stars when they are riding the coat tails of their husbands success. It has nothing to do with anything THEY have actually done but still want to live in access even after the divorce, like they deserve it or something..but what have THEY actually done? Not much, except spend tons of money on BS.
Re: FuckinA my forehead is HUGE – L fucking O L - I always think long and hard. Who'd think short and flaccid?
She looks like a wackadoo. Not only that… but aww… I feel SO bad for him, that he has to work "TWO months out of the year" to do something of no interest to him. Welcome to the club buddy… except most of us have to do it TWELVE months out of the year. That's why it's called work, not fun.
poor cleese!!!! should signed that pre-nup though…
Re: hot bloody cum covered poo – I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT YOUR AVATAR HAHAHAHAHAHA
Re: hot bloody cum covered poo –
insecure men like Perez?
Why is alimony paid to a woman with no children to care for after a 10 mil$ settlement has been reached??? This is sexism. The law needs updating.
"probably slightly spiritually depleting in order to feed the beast."
Well put! You still got it Old guy.
THAT'S WHY I SAY NO ON 8!
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ANYONE WANTING TO BRAVE THE WATERS OF MARRIED LIFE..GOD BLESS THEM!
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I wouldn't have it any other way myself!
Re: hot bloody cum covered poo – 13 You are thinking of McCain dear. I'm sure your man whore is hard and long!
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THE FLACCID ONE CAN'T GET A RISE!
POOR JOHN.
Re: sweetpiece – 21 John McCain that is!
i love john cleese so much!
holy motherfucking shit what the fuck is with all of this british media coverage on this site? NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT ENGLAND
Remember, when you marry, the breadwinner (male OR female) takes the employment history with them. If you are a stay at home mom or dad, you are not getting social security, OR a resume. I've done both and working is far easier. So when you divorce, the actual BUSINESS side of the marriage disappears for one of the partners- the one who stayed home or took the less demanding job so they could get the kids from school, or be home with a sick child, etc. 50% per se is not fair to the spouse who left the career ladder. And even in community property states, though the money used to go into social security is JOINT money, only the WORKING spouse gets the credit.
Ahhh, so much for the brilliant Cleese. Brilliant at comedy, not at marriage. Now if only my 'nemesis' would follow suit.
I also took the plunge and then years later got a divorce. Shoulda listened to Mae West when she said : Marriage is a fine institution, but I don't want to be in an institution.
Re: Cherry Bomb – Amen! And I sure benefited from that!
Re: bobbytomorow – Last time I checked… WWW meant world wide web, in other words.. this site is for everyone !! Another thing is that Mr Cleese's ex wife money grabber, is american.. so it must be of some value to you guys ? Another idiot who got screwed out of money by an old bat who never even squeezed a child from her loins. I think perez gets a lot of material from the british tabloid paper Daily Mail actually. The reason none of his two other ex wives cleaned him out finanically was because they weren't american !! A bit of info for you there !!
Don't they have pre-nups in London? I think all celebs should have one if they decide to get married.
Aw, that's too bad.
Quit your bitching and QUIT getting married….duh. Easy problem FIXED! You don't have to get married to have sex for crying out loud….
I LOVE JOHN BUT COME ON MAN!!!THEN DONT GET MARRIES OR GET A PRE-NUP!AND ISNT PAYING ALIMONY BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU ARE EARNING??I MIGHT BE WRONG HERE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU WERE EARNING AND IF THAT IS TRUE THEN STOP EARNING THEN YOU WONT HAVE TO GIVE HER SHIT.BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU MARRIED HER,YOU DIDNT SIGN A PRE-NUP SO WHATS YOURS IS HERS MY FRIEND THATS THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Re: Afed44 – Give him a fucking break, the dude is old
Marriage is a legal partnership… people tend to forget that — and that is what they should look at first and foremost — You would never go into business with another person before signing a document on the legal aspects of the partnership — should it end — Same goes for marriage.
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On the other hand if Marriage was just a spiritual union w/out the legalities involved, there would be far less divorces happening.
oh ya, and for anyone getting Married 3 or more times, that is just plain stupid.
Working 2 months a year in a job you don't like to get paid millions…yeah, I feel REAL sorry for you. Did you make her sign a prenup???
Poor John Cleese. I actually feel sorry for him. You go into a marriage thinking that you'll be with this person for the rest of your life, not thinking that the other person in the marriage is just plotting and planning and biding their time until they think they can bilk the most money out of you.
Its gotta suck going into a relationship and finding out in the end it was all about the money…you could never trust anyone if you were rich!!!
Here's a lesson to you men from a woman - do not get married without a fucking pre-nup. Don't get married at all if possible. Women are cunts.
John Cleese is an asshole! His Mother lived to be 102, and when she died, he said "Thank God-I thought I'd never get rid of her. She only ever thought about herself" Charming.
He was great in Rat Race.
If you get it wrong 3 fucking times, I think the problem is YOU, not the women
Cry me a freaking river…your still RICH!!!