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Lindsay Lohan's Real First Girlfriend

Ryan Tate — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:53:09 EDT

So remember how heiress Courtenay Semel made out with reality TV star Tila Tequila in a bar recently, and famous lesbian couple Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson sat there laughing at them the whole time? No?? Your loss. Anyway, the whole thing is sort of funny in retrospect, because it turns out Lohan dated Semel before she famously edged out of the closet recently with public displays of affection for Ronson. And Ronson kind of stole Lohan away, according to a salacious British tabloid report:

At one stage, the friend added, both Courtenay and Samantha were separately visiting Lindsay at a rehab unit called Promises.

The pal went on: “By now Lindsay was sending ‘I love you’ notes to Samantha and signing them ‘Lindsay Ronson’ but telling Courtenay she loved her too."

By October, Courtenay appeared to have the upper hand. She and Lindsay moved into a rented house in Beverly Hills. “But still Lindsay brought men back,” the pal added. “Courtenay would throw fits of rage, writing her hundreds of angry e-mails from another room in the house.

“The sexual attraction between them was electric though and they’d still kiss and make up."

Eventually, Semel moved out and Lohan ended up with with Ronson. In this light, Semel's makeout with Tequila could be seen as kind of a sad attempt to get attention from her long-rumored ex.

The truly sad part of the tabloid report, though, is its assertion that Lohan devolved into drug addiction amid her relationship with Semel because she didn't know how to cope with her lesbianism. Her father Michael, from whom she is estranged, is a devout Christian and skittish about homosexuality, which might have left Lohan without a support network. Against this backdrop, Lohan's recent defacto coming out looks both genuine and necessary for her health.

[News Of The World]

Lindsay Lohan And Girlfriend "Didn't Look Like A Couple" Last Night!

Ryan Tate — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:25:33 EDT

The last time we checked in with Lindsay Lohan and her lesbian lady friend Samantha Ronson, the couple was embroiled in a scandalous toe-stepping scandal that culminated in Lohan ditching Ronson and Ronson shouting "Are you leaving," scandalously. Fellow patrons at the Waverly Inn were, well, scandalized. Possibly shocked fans may also have been distraught that the relationship ended mere weeks after its explicitly acknowledgement in the tabloids and a mere year after they started cavorting in public together. Well, prepare to cry more tears of loss, LoRo lovers, because, according to an emailed stalker sighting, the couple are acting like they're just friends — no graphic make-out sessions or whatever we expect celebrity lesbian couples to do when we see them in a public place.

"I spotted Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson in New York Penn Station on July 23 around 6:15 pm. No paparazzi or screaming fans or security. I believe they were trying to catch a train - problem was every train was cancelled due to a power outage. They didn't look like a couple and weren't carrying much luggage but Lohan did have a ticket/boarding pass for something

Boarding pass! Lohan DOES appear to be leaving, and not just the Waverly Inn, people.

'Mean Girl' Lindsay Ditches Gal Pal Ronson! Is It Over?

Richard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:55:00 EDT

Though they only confirmed their relationship a short time ago, it looks like Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson may already be heading for a break-up! One of our inside New York sources, Guest of a Guest spotted the actress/deejay duo at the Waverly Inn last night, a Gotham hotspot frequented by all of the Big Apple's most in-the-know glitterati. All seemed well enough as they dashed out of a sleek black SUV and past the usual swarm of paparazzi into the restaurant. But then things got ugly! Our source tells us:

We really did not pay much attention to them once we were seated, except at the end of their meal when Lindsay stood up and stepped/stumbled on [my friend's] foot. Without looking back or apologizing she headed straight out the door. We guess her exit was spontaneous as Samantha was behind her sputtering: 'Are you leaving?' 'Lindsay are you leaving?' 'I guess she’s leaving.' 'She just left!'

And that's not good! Our body language analyst Nolan Ryan tells us: "Lindsay, by stepping on a guest's foot, shows us and Samantha that she's not afraid to step on people's toes. If your foot or toes are in the way of her foot or her toes then she will step on your toes or foot with her toes and foot. It doesn't look good for them." Another insider tells us that Lindsay was "wearing clothing" and "seemed to be breathing in and out."

Fans of the lesbian couple will most likely be holding some sort of candlelight vigil tonight outside the Beatrice Inn, another New Amsterdam sizzling nightspot. We have no word from either of the young ladies' reps, as we have no idea how to reach them. Stay tuned for more exclusive coverage, only on Gawker!

Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel No Longer F*cking

Richard — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:36:00 EDT

Well, they may be fucking Matt Damon or Ben Affleck respectively, but comedians Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel are no longer fucking each other. A spokesperson or whatever for the couple tells Us that they've amicably parted ways after five years of snide, poop-joking bliss. Silverman was spotted eating at a restaurant shortly after the announcement came through.

Apparently during the meal fellow funny person Jonah Hill approached Silverman, who had seemed mostly cheerful up to that point. "Jonah's appearance definitely had an effect on her," said some sort of bystander. "They spoke for just a minute. And after he left, Sarah looked momentarily pensive." Oh dear. Sad clowns are the worst! It's too bad, too. For a second they were looking like the next Burns & Allen. Now I guess they're just... I dunno. Danson & Goldberg?

Chelsea-Bound Padma Means Doom For All Fugly Writers

Joshua Stein — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:00:23 EDT

The full effect of the Padma-Salman split perhaps may not be felt for years. A few things thus far can be said with confidence. Salman Rushdie may be the greatest Indian writer since Rabindranath Tagore but Padma Lakshmi is perhaps the most beautiful woman ever. Sadly for him, his genius mind was obscured by his scrunchy face and pudgy Salman body. The situation left Padma full of desire; the desire to end their marriage. During the years of their togetherness, pudgy scrunchy-faced authors worldwide could look toward Rushdie and say, "Well, if HE can do it..." before approaching some gaspingly beautiful woman during BookExpo. Well turns out he couldn't—which is heartbreaking to the geeks and a relief for beautiful women tired of hearing the line, "Hey baby, wanna see my PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Fiction?" The more immediate and less depressing fallout is that Padma Lakshmi is moving out of the apartment the two shared.

As New York magazine reports:

Two weeks before her soon-to-be-ex-husband Salman Rushdie announced he was granting her a divorce because of "her desire to end their marriage," Padma Lakshmi quietly shopped for a new apartment. Sources say the former model may be looking to lease instead of buy, since last week she had her broker check out a $10,000-a-month penthouse duplex at the Modern, a "green" luxury rental building on West 16th Street. (Fashion designer Norma Kamali eyed the $11,000-a-month maisonette there but hasn't committed.) The location certainly makes sense for Lakshmi, who hosts Top Chef: It's right across from Chelsea Market, where she tapes episodes of her TV series.

Well, it also makes sense because, a) she has a thing for all things green and b) she has a faiblesse for chefs and, if you can't get an apartment inside the Union Square farmer's market, you might as well live at the Chelsea Market.

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