A Twitter Fail!

2011 was a big year in the world of celebrity. Stars got married. Stars got divorced. Some stars had babies. Some stars got wasted. And some stars had secret love children with their housekeepers. Yup, it was a big year.

We’ve put together 13 of the biggest celebrity parent stories and scandals of 2011 from the surprise break-ups, the surprise babies and just great big examples of “when celebrities go bad.”

Which instance do you think is the biggest story of the year?

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Will Nicole Richie Tell Her Kids?

Would you tell your children all your dirty secrets? Those mistakes, missteps and errors of judgment that no one is proud of.

Now, if you are a regular civilian, your sordid past would be pretty much forgotten. But if you are a celebrity? Those sins will last forever. One Google search and all those scandals and salacious details will pop right up. So this presents an interesting issue, will celebrity parents tell their children of their past naughty nature, using their past as a teachable moment. Or will they keep these acts secret?

Check out these 14 celebrity moms and their scandals. Who do you think should keep their actions secret?

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Linda Evangelista demands child support from billionaire ex

Ooh boy.  Recently we discovered that French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault is the father of Linda Evangelista’s 4-year-old son, Augustin James.

Pinault is now married to Salma Hayek; they have a daughter together – Valentina Paloma.  He also has two other children from a previous marriage.

Now, Evangelista is demanding that her ex pay her $46,000 a month in child support.

It’s believed that her request is the largest in the history of Manhattan’s Family Court.  Pinault has reportedly not financially supported Evangelista since their son’s birth.

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Celebrity mom Bridget Moynahan and director boyfriend Joseph “McG” McGinty Nichol were spotted in Los Angeles today after leaving the Sunset plaza. Bridget Moynahan has a son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan, with NFL quarterback Tom Brady who is now married to Gisele Bundchen.

The world is good right now for Bridget Moynahan who has a beautiful son, a happy love life and a hit TV series. But a few years ago the actress was in the headlines after she was dumped in a very public way by Tom Brady for supermodel Gisele Bündchen while she was pregnant with his child. Continue reading »

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Nicholas Cage with Wife Alice Kim

Nicholas Cage was arrested and charged with domestic abuse and disturbing the peace.  Celebrity news website TMZ.com broke the story of the arrest, with a photo of the actor’s mugshot.  Nicholas Cage is married to Alice Kim and they have a 5-year-old son. Even if this is the only time Cage has been violent, the impact of domestic violence on his son could last for years.

The troubled actor married Alice Kim in 2004 and their 5-year-old son is named Kal-El, which was Superman’s birth name.   We can only hope that Kal-El did not witness any of the ugliness between his father and mother, because domestic violence is so damaging to children.

A U.S. government study on the effects of domestic violence on children indicate that children who witness domestic violence more aggressive and fearful and more often suffer from anxiety, depression when compared to children who have not witnessed abuse in the home. The government research shows that children who witness domestic violence may be at a higher risk of alcohol or drug abuse, experience cognitive problems or stress-related ailments and have difficulties in school.

The good news is that the effects of witnessing domestic violence appear to diminish with time, as long as the violence ends and they are no longer exposed to it.  But the bad news is that children who witness domestic violence in the home can be impacted for the rest of their lives!  As adults, child witnesses may continue to suffer from depression, anxiety and trauma-related symptoms, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue reading »

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Gilbert Gottfried finally apologized on Tuesday for his rude Tweets about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.  The comedian was fired as the voice of insurer Aflac, after he tweeted tasteless jokes over the weekend on Twitter.  Tuesday Gilbert Gottfried apologized in a statement saying:

“I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.”

Gilbert Gottfried was the voice of the duck in Aflac’s popular TV ads since 2000, using his abrasive voice to quack about Aflac.  The comedian’s mean-spirited Tweets about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan resulted in a swift negative reaction on Twitter over the weekend but the real fallout came Monday when Aflac fired Gottfried. Continue reading »

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Aflac fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried as the voice of its Aflac duck on Monday because of Gottfried’s tasteless Tweets mocking the earthquake in Japan! Over the weekend, the comedian tweeted a dozen jokes on Twitter mocking the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

I spoke to Eric Melin, Manager Marketing & Communications at social media analytics firm Spiral16 about the Gilbert Gottfried incident.

Famecrawler:  What advice do you have for using Twitter?

Eric Melin: “It’s really important to realize that even if you have a personal Twitter account that’s different from your company Twitter account, those are linked in people’s minds and you have to be very careful about what you say.”

Famecrawler:  So, you ARE what you TWEET?

Eric Melin: “It goes deeper than that even. 80 percent of employers these days use sites like Facebook and Twitter to weed out undesirable hires. You may say ‘all opinions are my own’ on your Twitter page, but you really need to be more practical and use common sense when posting.” Continue reading »

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