Weekly Wrap Up

This was the week of startling revelations, the biggest one coming from Country star Chely Wright. Chely, who dropped a new CD 'Lifted Off The Ground' and released a scandalous new book 'Like Me'. In the book she chronicles her life in the closet. She alleges that supposed good friend John Rich made an off hand comment "You're not gay are you?!" after she denied it he said "Good, thank God.".  Chely recounts how she went into  meltdown right after that conversation “I was looking at myself in a mirror…as I was about to do it. I just looked at myself and something snapped and I started to cry…and I realized I have too much to live for. I may lose my career in country music, that will break my heart, but it's okay. I have a lot of different pieces of my heart that matter and that's what I've come to learn.”

Chely's allegations did not sit well with John and he sounded off about how she should have contacted him and talked it through with him instead of putting it in her memoir. “I would never pass judgment on any friend of mine. I feel awful that, at this time in Chely’s life, my decade old comment — ‘Good, thank God’ — was taken the wrong way. I was clumsily trying to express my relief that even a country boy like me had a one-in-a-million chance of having a beer with a woman as talented and attractive as Chely. For years after that conversation, Chely invited me to perform at charity events. In all that time, I wish she would have said something directly to me before the book’s publicity tour, especially since some of the comments attributed to me in the book are not mine. But I am happy for her and only wish her the best in her personal and professional life.” Chely wasn't about to let this go without getting the last word in, and it's a hefty one. She basically calls John out as a liar and says that he received so much flack from another slip of the tongue against the gay community that he didn't want to deal with another controversy. “I think he sees what it feels like to take on the gays, and he didn’t like it,” she said. “And I think he may not want to take this on. So he may say, ‘Um, I love Chely. I can love the sinner, hate the sin.’ He may say that. I don’t have to believe it.” 

 

The other big story? David Boreanaz cheated on his wife. The Bones star admitted the affair earlier this week, because of an alleged extortion attempt on the part of his mistress.  "Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities." He continued "I was associated with a woman who I was involved with and had a relationship with, She asked for money. I felt as though I was being blackmailed or there was some sort of extortion." The woman is rumored to be Rachel Uchitel, though she denies trying to blackmail her lover. 

Gloria Allred took the opportunity to let everyone know that her client feels as though she is the victim in all of this. "My client has not told her story to the press, but now that Mr. Boreanaz is attacking her she has decided to tell the story of their relationship, so that the truth will come out." It has to be noted that David has not named the mistress in the press and in his confession he implied that there may be more than one. Marty Singer who is representing David responded to Glorias allegations implying that said mistress left a voicemail that seemed to verge on the side of blackmail "On April 23, the woman left a very threatening message that she was going to the media, that my client had not given her enough money... It is true I did leave a message for the woman because of the extortionist threat she left with my client. On Monday, I received a call from Gloria Allred and she told me the woman was looking to get paid at least six figures."