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Page Six: Dita Dumps Messed Up Manson
Jan 5th, 2025 by Jessica Gold Haralson
From the New York Post:
January 5, 2007 — SHOCK-rocker Marilyn Manson is about to get one of the biggest shocks of his bizarre life - his stunning stripper-wife, Dita Von Teese, is dumping him after only a year of marriage.
Page Six has learned that the pasty-faced Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, will be served with divorce papers today at a Los Angeles recording studio where he’s working on his next album, with Von Teese citing “irreconcilable differences” in giving him the boot.
Sources say the raven-haired bombshell filed for the split right before Christmas, but Manson has been unaware of it because she couldn’t get in touch with him.
“He’s not been responsive,” a friend said. “She loved him so much, but he has too many demons. He can’t even communicate with her at this point. She tried to tell him she was divorcing him, but she can’t even get him on the phone. She moved out of the house and he hasn’t even noticed.”
Friends say Manson had been boozing heavily last year, much to Von Teese’s dismay, but she’d desperately tried to hold on. “She really tried to make this work,” the friend said.
A rep for the Michigan-born beauty, who is the spokesmodel for MAC makeup’s Viva Glam lipstick and lip gloss line, declined to comment.
But John Demsey, group president of Estée Lauder, told us: “We’re really sad to hear this. Dita has been the most extraordinary MAC spokeswoman. She’s the ultimate professional - a glamour girl like there used to be in the ’30s and ’40s.”
Von Teese’s pals say they are squarely on her side. “Well, at least now she won’t have to share her makeup,” one quipped.
It’s not known yet whether Von Teese plans to ask for custody of the couple’s two cats, Lily and Aleister, and dachshunds, Greta and Eva.
Manson and Von Teese, an accomplished burlesque performer and Playboy model, tied the knot in December 2005 after a seven-year courtship. The goth-style ceremony was held in an ancient castle in Tipperary, Ireland, with cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky officiating.
7 year courtship and just 1 year of marriage then divorce? You just can’t expect these kind of things would happen. I don’t blame her though. If I were on her shoes and with a guy whom I can’t just even get in touch with or not being responsive, I would definitely make the same decision.