After Pamela Anderson’s latest split from Paris Hilton-sex-tape-star Rick Salomon, I started seeing her name pop up again in all of the celebrity gossip blogs, linked to several different new men. All I could think was “stop the madness!” This, of course, is the woman who has been married three times (longest marriage - three years) and engaged several other times. The whole thing got me wondering about the shortest celebrity marriages on record. I think we’ve come up with a pretty comprehensive list of the quickest unions and separations in Hollywood history. Here ya go:

• Robert Evans and Catherine Oxenberg - he was old (68) and she was not (36); they split after 12 days of marriage
• Ali Landry and Mario Lopez - this acting couple dated for six years and separated after two weeks of marriage
• Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds -they dated after Murphy broke up with Scary Spice, then married on an island in the Pacific on New Year’s Day; they acknowledged that the marriage wasn’t legal and planned to have a legal ceremony in L.A.; it never happened, they split two weeks later
• R. Kelly and the late Aaliyah - the singers were married for less than three months before the union was annulled due to Aaliyah’s age (15)
• Janet Jackson and James DeBarge - the young Miss Jackson was secretly married to DeBarge for four months
  
• Nicky Hilton and Todd Meister - married in Vegas, this marriage was annulled after four months
• Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele - this lasted four months; Sheen has married and divorced since and is now engaged again
• Colin Farrell and Amelia Warner - these two co-starred in a movie and were married for four months
• Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney - an odd couple, this marriage was annulled after four months

Oh yeah, there’s more… Continue reading "The Shortest Celebrity Marriages Ever"

Melanie Brown, better known as Scary Spice of the popular girl group the Spice Girls, recently alleged that actor/comedian/singer (yes, singer) Eddie Murphy was the father of her new born daughter. Eddie Murphy vehemently denied that he fathered Melanie’s child. Ultimately, however, blood test results determined that Eddie Murphy was in fact the father.

What Does This Mean For Eddie Murphy?

Even though the couple were never married, according to California law, Eddie Murphy will be obligated to pay child support. He also has custody and visitation rights, but according to recent reports has chosen not to exercise his visitation rights.

Since Brown Recently Married Does Murphy Still Have To Pay Child Support?

In California, new spouse income will not be considered in determining child support, so Ms. Brown’s marriage to producer Stephen Belafonte will likely not affect the amount of child support Mr. Murphy must pay. So, even though the Brown/Belefonte household income will likely increase, that has little impact on any child support calculations that affect Eddie Murphy.

However, if Ms. Brown’s new husband wants to adopt the child as his own (stepparent adoption) and Mr. Murphy relinquishes his custodial rights, Mr. Murphy will no longer be obligated to pay child support and will also lose all visitation rights.