Tomorrow, May 9, 2006, Oprah will have Lance Armstrong’s ex wife on her show. Not sure what they have to discuss but there is a teaser line of the show in which Oprah says, “That’s exactly why I never got married.”
Now I’m not a fan of this attention whore (Oprah). I think I’m indiferent to her when I’m feeling most generous. But I would love to hear from whoever happens to watch this show what her reason is exactly. Should be good for a larf.
Just a reminder bump for anyone who might be watching that windbag today.
I don’t know why I care but it just seems so absurd that Lance’s ex wife will be on Oprah to talk about what a terrible husband Lance was.
I’m surprised she hasn’t visited The View yet so they other 4 or 5 witches could tear him apart as well.
Breaking News! Lance Armstrong, winner of 7 Tours de France is a self absorbed asshole who only cares about his athletic career, loves his mom too much and spends too much time with his buddies cycling in Europe.
…and oh yeah, his insufferable ever since his recovery from cancer and that damned foundation he’s established to fund cancer research.
But I speculate. Can’t wait to hear how Oprah is going to make this all about herself again.
:rolleyes:
(Hope I don’t have to eat crow later…)
Nah… Too easy.
Actually, I heard an ad for her show this morning which left me curious. There was a reference to someone who’s getting married in a month, has spent $60,000 (USD, I assume) on the wedding, and is already considering divorce. 
Is this true? Could someone who watches the show clue me in? It seems to me that, if you’re considering divorce before the marriage, maybe you shouldn’t marry. It also seems to me that if my fiance went on national television to say he was considering divorce, I’d be the one calling off the wedding. I’d ask how you spend $60,000 on a wedding, but I don’t think I want to know the answer! :eek:
Siege: The average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is around $25,000.
:Avowed cheapskate faints dead away: I will not spend more on my wedding (if I have one) than I did on my car!
Vaginismus apparently.
If I may be so bold to guess the reason before the show, I’d say it is because both Armstrong and his fiancé, popsinger Sheryl Crow, both have such busy careers that their partner can’t be the first priority in their life. And that would be something she has in common with Ophrah.
I’d like to know where that figure comes from (not jumping on you Johnny - I’ve seen that statistic around a lot, too. Just questioning its veracity.)
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone spending near that much on a wedding. Now, I know it happens, but is that really the “average”? I know that I could put on a pretty swanky affair for around $5K. Of course, I’m in a small town and options are limited - but $25K as an average seems very high.
Anyone got any cites to back that up?
No, this is the ex-wife, whom he dumped for Sheryl Crow, with whom he has subsequently broken up.
Source:
Engaged couples can expect to hear more than the “bling bling” bouncing off the bride-to-be’s ring – they’ll also hear the ka-ching of the cash register as the average cost of a wedding soars to $26,327, according to a new survey.
AIR, Oprah’s parents were never married. Maybe it’s genetic.
Isn’t it because Stedman is “a confirmed bachelor”?
I was about to say that I saw it on a CNN report last year, and stpauler comes up with a link! 
I was shooting wedding videos last year, and several of the weddings looked to be high-dollar affairs. There’s a surprising amount of money in this area. A couple of the weddings were at the Semiahmoo Resort. A couple of others were at the Bellweather. There was one at a golf course, and there was an Aston-Martin Vanquish in the parking lot. (I hope the guy had a towel to clean it off after I looked at it.)
I don’t know the prices of things that go into a wedding. I do know that we charged $1,500 for the video, and that our prices were among the lowest in the area. The wedding gown? I don’t know. $5,000? The venue itself might cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. The caterers generally had nice presentations and the food was good, but a lot of the food looked fairly inexpensive to make. Even with catering staff, I’m sure they’re making a bundle. There’s the DJ. Do bridesmaids and groomsmen pay for their own outfits?
Going over to look at the link now, I see that there’s nine grand in their little table. I haven’t read the link at the bottom of the article with sample weddings.
I don’t know where the original statistics came from, but I sure believe it. I know it’s absolutely possible to have a wedding for much less, but I spent about $13000 and I can tell you where the money went on my (believe it or not quite modest) wedding:
My clothes (dress, lingerie, veil, shoes, makeup, hair) - $600
Flowers (my bouquet, my hair, bridesmaids bouquets, boutonnières, corsages) - $600
Rings - $500
Hall rental (including centrepiece rentals and chair covers) - $2500
Invitations (including stamps) - $600
Marriage Licence - $100
Open Bar (for 150 people) - $2000
Dinner ($30 a plate for 150 people) - $4500
Favours - $300
DJ - $700
Photographer - $800
Officiant - $200
I honestly was really very frugal, and got absolute bargain prices on a lot of this stuff. I can totally see how a smaller event, or a less “traditional” or formal one would cost less, but I can also see how it adds up in a hurry – add in a limo, or a cake, or any number of weddingy stuff we decided against, and it stacks up. Without making it a much more casual affair, or sacrificing the number of guests, I can’t possibly imagine how I could have done it for $5000…
Just out of curiousity, Athena, what would the wedding you could spend $5000 involve?
I don’t watch the show, but this part had me curious.
I have been complaining about my wedding (which is later this month) and I can’t imagine spending **that ** much.
Mouse’s Wedding so far:
Dress (Found on clearance 
) $100
Venue - $800
Catering $600
Flowers $350
Cake $100
Of course, my beloved and I have pissed off people (mostly my mother) by cutting back on things. We kept the wedding small, 30 people. No “propressional” photographer, the groom is an amature photographer and wants too take the pictures. No music, the venue is in a residential area and we don’t want to voilate noise ordances. No limo, don’t want one.
There is a lot of drama, and if you want to please everybody, the price can go up.
Eh…I have a girlfriend who wanted a big wedding and married the biggest asshole that ever darkened Planet Earth. He was wingin’ empty booze bottles at her on the honeymoon and she chased him out of the house for good (with a shotgun) before their 4-month anniversary. Happens a lot.
The average cost is $25k which includes some very high end affairs that are well into the six figures. The median cost will probably be much lower. This is also probably the average cost of a wedding reception so weddings at the courthouse or with Elvis in Las Vegas don’t count.
Actually, I think it is because Oprah is “confirmed bachelorette” 
I would be surprised if Lance’s exwife trashes him on tv, since she keeps writing columns for Runner’s World magazine in which she mentions that he is the love of her life and her soulmate. She seems to think he’s going to come back to her someday.