Courtney weer met Do(u)g #12 Waar de Courtney-hype langzaam uitdooft?

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Op maandag 29 september 2014 13:54 schreef Cynix ® het volgende:
Eigenlijk geen nieuws en dat verwacht ik ook niet op korte termijn, maar toch maar weer eens een fotootje. Haar tasje past inmiddels tussen haar borsten.

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I'm not perfect. I don't expect anybody to believe I am. Yet I pride myself in always being honest and telling the truth regarding my flaws.

Ever since I appeared on the Couples Therapy Reunion Show on VH1 last week, there has been a lot of speculation about the authenticity of my marriage as well as accusations that I cheated.

I'm here to set the record straight.

I'm very much in love with Doug. Our marriage is stronger than ever and I look forward to renewing our vows together.

And, though I had relations with other men after our break-up, I never snuck around and cheated.

Before I ever started dating, our attorney drew-up separation documents, they were signed, with Doug and I legally separated.

After my time on Celebrity Big Brother and returning to the States last September, it became clear to me that, when most girls at 16 are getting their driver's licence, I was getting my marriage licence.

Even though I don't regret marrying the man I love, let's face it, I was still a teenager.

I married young and never slept around before saying 'I do' [I was a virgin on our honeymoon].

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So, once I was in that CBB house – away from my home, away from Doug, away from my family for the first time ever – I felt as if I was thrown into a whole other world of partying, drinking, flirting, no rules or morals, as if I was thrust into an alternative universe experiencing the 'typical' teen years that got cut short.

It was confusing, disorienting and enticing all at the same time.

Consequently, after three weeks of nothing outside CBB, I found myself wanting to 'sow my wild oats', so to speak, and experience what it would be like to be young, reckless and promiscuous.

I was convinced, at that point in time, that I couldn't be held down by the restraints of marriage.

My revelation crushed Doug. And to be completely honest, it crushed me too. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt the man I loved with all of my heart.

And yet, despite how hard it was, I told my truth at the time, explaining to Doug that I wanted out of our marriage to concentrate on just me, and yes, be free to date other men if I so chose.

Was it selfish of me? Absolutely. But there's rarely selflessness in one's self-centered quest for self.

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It was a painful chapter in our marriage, but I was to ultimately discover just what an incredible man I had married and that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.

Doug loved me so much that, as much as it killed him, I know, he let me go. In fact, he was the one who suggested we separate.

What I didn't know then that I know now is that Doug was demonstrating true selfless love.

Somehow Doug knew that I needed to do this for my own personal and spiritual growth. That's a kind of unconditional love I could only aspire to.

Over the next six months, I went absolutely wild. I partied with friends, drank way too much for my own good, and experienced the dating world.

Lucky for me, I got it out of my system in a fairly short amount of time.

I learned very quickly that the dating world, especially in Hollywood, isn't all it's cracked up to be. And that promiscuity, in the end, is meaningless and unsatisfactory despite being exciting at first.

As soon as the tabloids confirmed Doug and I had called it quits, my phone was ringing off the hook with men offering me the world on a silver platter. Men wanting to wine and dine me. Men promising to show me good times. Men flattering me with diamonds.

I dated four of them: a plastic surgeon, an attorney, a dermatologist and an actor.

I wouldn't say that I had an awful time with any of them [with the exception of the dermatologist, who was an egotistical jerk], but none of them I truly connected with.

None of them inspired me and – quite frankly – none of them were Doug.

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During our separation, Doug and I remained close friends and business partners. He continued to teach me acting and we shared custody of our adorable Italian greyhound pup, Dourtney.

I guess you could say our separation was as unconventional as our marriage!

I was open with Doug about my dating life, since we still lived under the same roof for a while [in separate quarters of our house] until I eventually moved out.

I'm not sure how he did it, but Doug managed to endure the inevitable blow to his ego and heart through it all.

When I'd finally had enough of my indiscretions, he was still there, loving me for who I am.

And what happened was, the entire time I was exercising that teenaged wild child in me, I was falling more in love with the man who knows me better than anyone else can, the man who shares my sense of humour, who loves me through thick and thin, who had the strength to let me go and who always remained: my best friend, my rock, my husband. My Doug.

It took some time, a lot of healing, heart-to-hearts and getting back to God, but eventually Doug and I returned into each other's arms and we've never been happier.

There's one last thing I'd like to put to rest.

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There are those out there who are convinced I'm a gold-digger, that I'm with Doug for a plethora of reasons that have nothing to do with love: money, fame, opportunity, career.

Granted, I can't change certain opinions of me, but if this were true, I promise you there are loads of men out there wealthier, more famous and higher on the Hollywood food chain than my husband.

A couple of those I dated during the separation, were men of means, money, driving Ferraris and wearing Chanel watches. There's no amount of money that can buy true love – or buy me.

Before Doug, and during our separation, I was wooed by producers, athletes, musicians/actors, doctors, lawyers, politicians, you name it. I was even pursued by an extremely wealthy Saudi prince.

None of them intrigued me in the least. None of them captured my heart.

So trust me. If I were a true gold-digger, the gold mines out there are plentiful and I know how to wield a shovel.

But me? I'd rather dig for a good man regardless of stature, regardless of bank account. I'd rather dig for things like character, kindness, honesty, faithfulness and strength.

And I did. I just can't help but dig Doug!

Love Courtney, xoxo

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Op maandag 29 september 2014 16:33 schreef Sapstengel het volgende:
Hoe oud is dat spook inmiddels? Ziet er uit als 38 ofzo.

Zou haar wel raken daar niet van, maar ze ziet er niet uit

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Op maandag 29 september 2014 21:14 schreef Lucky_Strike het volgende:
Ik begin te geloven dat die twee echt van elkaar houden

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Op woensdag 18 februari 2015 11:00 schreef Lucky_Strike het volgende:
Ik mis het nieuws een beetje rond deze mensen.