Lowe vs. Lowe exposed!
Oh snap son. This item combines two of my favorite things - pro sports and tabloid scandal.
I'll never forget the day the "Derek Lowe leaving his wife and family for a TV bim" story broke wide across LA. Although all the sports hosts had apparently known all about it, everyone kept mum until an LA Times article threw it out there. Then they converged on the story like sharks feeding on a helpless dolphin.
Now the whole story is making its way to E! The Boston Herald reports:
"Don’t say we told you so. Because it’s totally hush-hush and all. But the scandal-mongers at “E! True Hollywood Story” have latched onto a real tawdry tale for an upcoming episode - ex-Red Sox hero Derek Lowe’s nasty split from wife Trinka!
Word is, the Tinseltown purveyors of salacious secrets are doing a piece on athletes and the women who love them.
“That can include wives, groupies, fans, girlfriends - there’s even a segment about a gay football player,” said producer Brooke Landau. “Derek Lowe is one of the people we’re highlighting in the piece.”
The THS episode doesn’t have a name yet, Landau said, but we’re sure its going to be a good one. Other players - and play-ahs - featured in the piece include ex-stripper Anna Benson, who once threatened to have sex with the entire New York Mets organization if her husband, pitcher Kris Benson, cheated on her!
As all good Track readers know, Lowe ditched his wifeof seven years last summer to take up with former TV sports reporter Carolyn Hughes. And an ugly breakup it was.
Lowe walked out on his wife and three kids and the L.A. Dodgers’ hurler was subsequently snapped snogging with Hughes on a beach in California. Although he first insisted that they were “just friends,” Lowe and Hughes now live together in California while his family remains in Fort Myers.
The divorce case comes to trial in December and it’s bound to get nasty if the ex-couple’s depositions are any indication.
In happier times...
The highlights include:
* Trinka’s discovery of Hughes’ digits in her husband’s cell phone under the name “Jeff.”
* Lowe’s acknowlegement that he took up with Hughes during his marriage and his claim that he had only one other extramarital involvement - with an airline stewardess.
* Trinka’s contention that Lowe wasn’t re-signed by the Red Sox after the World Series-winning season because the team was concerned that he had a drinking problem.
* Lowe’s admission that he went to bars and got drunk while married to Trinka, but he repeatedly denied he was an alcoholic. (Lowe did admit taking the prescription amphetamine Adderall to control attention deficit disorder.)
As you can see, the True Hollywood Story people have lots to work with. The show is tentatively scheduled to air Nov. 5. Do set the TiVo!"
Man, what a circus that was. It definitely broke the record for "Biggest To-Do About A DLowe-Related Flap", narrowly surpassing the hubbub after DLowe threw two of the nastiest pitches I have ever seen in my life to beat the A's in the 2003 playoffs, then performed a fist-pumping, pelvis-thrusting gesture that made Miguel Tejada cry and demand satisfaction for the stain on his family's honor.
I'll never forget the day the "Derek Lowe leaving his wife and family for a TV bim" story broke wide across LA. Although all the sports hosts had apparently known all about it, everyone kept mum until an LA Times article threw it out there. Then they converged on the story like sharks feeding on a helpless dolphin.
Now the whole story is making its way to E! The Boston Herald reports:
"Don’t say we told you so. Because it’s totally hush-hush and all. But the scandal-mongers at “E! True Hollywood Story” have latched onto a real tawdry tale for an upcoming episode - ex-Red Sox hero Derek Lowe’s nasty split from wife Trinka!
Word is, the Tinseltown purveyors of salacious secrets are doing a piece on athletes and the women who love them.
“That can include wives, groupies, fans, girlfriends - there’s even a segment about a gay football player,” said producer Brooke Landau. “Derek Lowe is one of the people we’re highlighting in the piece.”
The THS episode doesn’t have a name yet, Landau said, but we’re sure its going to be a good one. Other players - and play-ahs - featured in the piece include ex-stripper Anna Benson, who once threatened to have sex with the entire New York Mets organization if her husband, pitcher Kris Benson, cheated on her!
As all good Track readers know, Lowe ditched his wifeof seven years last summer to take up with former TV sports reporter Carolyn Hughes. And an ugly breakup it was.
Lowe walked out on his wife and three kids and the L.A. Dodgers’ hurler was subsequently snapped snogging with Hughes on a beach in California. Although he first insisted that they were “just friends,” Lowe and Hughes now live together in California while his family remains in Fort Myers.
The divorce case comes to trial in December and it’s bound to get nasty if the ex-couple’s depositions are any indication.
In happier times...
The highlights include:
* Trinka’s discovery of Hughes’ digits in her husband’s cell phone under the name “Jeff.”
* Lowe’s acknowlegement that he took up with Hughes during his marriage and his claim that he had only one other extramarital involvement - with an airline stewardess.
* Trinka’s contention that Lowe wasn’t re-signed by the Red Sox after the World Series-winning season because the team was concerned that he had a drinking problem.
* Lowe’s admission that he went to bars and got drunk while married to Trinka, but he repeatedly denied he was an alcoholic. (Lowe did admit taking the prescription amphetamine Adderall to control attention deficit disorder.)
As you can see, the True Hollywood Story people have lots to work with. The show is tentatively scheduled to air Nov. 5. Do set the TiVo!"
Man, what a circus that was. It definitely broke the record for "Biggest To-Do About A DLowe-Related Flap", narrowly surpassing the hubbub after DLowe threw two of the nastiest pitches I have ever seen in my life to beat the A's in the 2003 playoffs, then performed a fist-pumping, pelvis-thrusting gesture that made Miguel Tejada cry and demand satisfaction for the stain on his family's honor.
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