May 26 2006Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe divorcing
Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe announced in January they were separating but had hopes of working through their troubles. Well apparently they've given up on that and have decided to just go ahead and divorce. Their lawyer tells People magazine:
"Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe have jointly decided to divorce," the couple's lawyer, Jeffrey A. Bernstein, tells PEOPLE. "They continue to be friends and have the utmost respect for one another."
If you're anything like me you probably already thought they were divorced. Up until a couple hours ago I didn't even know there was a difference between separating and divorcing and have been using the words interchangeably. So, uh, if I made any wild allegations before about people being divorced who aren't actually divorced that's my bad.
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Reader Comments
1. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 5:50 PM
They have same sex marriage in Cali?
2. UNWASHEDMASSES - May 26, 2006 5:50 PM
Why is this news? Hillary Swank is probably the most forgettable two-time oscar winner ever. And who's the guy next to her?
3. BSfan - May 26, 2006 5:50 PM
OMG!
Another article I don't particularly care about.
Meh.. I guess its better then Denise.
And I haven't heard about her in a while.
4. desi havoc - May 26, 2006 5:53 PM
who the hell is chad lowe?
5. Philip Ramirez - May 26, 2006 5:59 PM
She probably kicked his ass and made him cry.
6. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 26, 2006 5:59 PM
Guess he finally got tired of screwing a horse.
7. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 5:59 PM
So Chad Lowe is Rob Lowe's even less succesful brother. The last thing he had going for him was being married to this Swank dude. No he's got exactly, jackshit.
8. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 6:01 PM
*now*
9. Iambananas - May 26, 2006 6:03 PM
Aww, that's kind of sad! But, remember... BOYS DON'T CRY!
I think her carreer maybe got a little too big for him???
she should date George Clooney now!
10. Iambananas - May 26, 2006 6:04 PM
She's pretty, though...
11. Iambananas - May 26, 2006 6:04 PM
How is she forgettable? She is an amazing actress who plays in amazing movies.
12. M@ce - May 26, 2006 6:05 PM
I bet he curls into the fetal position and cries after sex. Wimpering little emo fuck. Just looking at his picture makes me want to bash his skull in with Paris Hilton's lifeless body.
Man, I need a drink...
13. bigponie - May 26, 2006 6:06 PM
he sorta looks like TCLTC, the only difference is this guy married a girl that can kick his ass.
14. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:09 PM
Feed_Me_Chocolate...
Slippery When Wet was released in 1986... I wasn't even born yet!!!
Wow, you're old AND you live in San Bernardino? Sad Sad Sad.
15. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:10 PM
So... at least mid-twenties and you sitll live in San Bernardino? Are you unemployed, too?
16. ellaminnowpea - May 26, 2006 6:10 PM
which one is which? I have a hard time telling them apart........
17. ellaminnowpea - May 26, 2006 6:11 PM
...bigponie is my hero!
18. ScriptRadar - May 26, 2006 6:11 PM
Hope he didn't sign a pre-nup.
"I want half, Eddie! Goonie-goo-goo."
19. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:11 PM
M@ce ...
You might consider seeking professional help for the hatred you feel for people who have done nothing to you and you don't even know.
20. M@ce - May 26, 2006 6:12 PM
Whipper,
You are a living advertisement for the necessity of retroactive abortions.
21. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:14 PM
The more you speak, the more sense it makes.
I think YOU are a living advertisement for the necessity of retroactive abortions.
22. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:14 PM
It's Whipper_willow.. or can't you type all that?
23. Whipper_willow - May 26, 2006 6:17 PM
Here is feed_me_chocolate:
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:z7DctBiMh3mP8M:www.kahunavideo.com/images/Old_woman_on_the_beach_in_Cuco.JPG
24. Ari - May 26, 2006 6:18 PM
@20
Mace, honey, you rock. Hahaha...
25. Ari - May 26, 2006 6:18 PM
Oops, that should be M@ce. My bad.
26. bigponie - May 26, 2006 6:19 PM
dam it Whipper_willow, tell me about your mother and how she used the cattle prod on you.
Did she ever squeeze your nuts and say "look this is your brain"
27. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 6:20 PM
@20
You forgot this: SMASH!
28. M@ce - May 26, 2006 6:21 PM
Oops...SMASH
29. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 6:22 PM
Those she have like a secret identity, like she has glasses or something to go from lame to superlame .
30. ScriptRadar - May 26, 2006 6:23 PM
Who will pick up Hillary's drycleaning now?
31. M@ce - May 26, 2006 6:25 PM
When a Lame Banana is just not lame enough, it's Whipper_willow. Now with 50% more dumbass!
SMASH!!
32. BSfan - May 26, 2006 6:28 PM
Awwww.... I wanna join in the smashing, but I have nothing to smash him with.
*pouts*
33. Satyricon - May 26, 2006 6:31 PM
It was all about respect between them...
until Hilliary kept breaking out her Oscars to finish off what "Mr. TV show guest star" couldn't in bed...
Satyricon
34. SparklingStarlet - May 26, 2006 6:36 PM
Overrated closet lesbian skank and pussy whipped, undertalented gnome are getting divorced? Well thanks for fucking up my day, Superficial dude. Because I really was rooting for them and all.
Real news next time, thanks big boy. ;D
35. Ari - May 26, 2006 6:37 PM
It's pretty bad that Hillary looks more masculine than Chad does. I may be old-fashioned, but I like my men to act like and look like MEN. Or at least men shouldn't look so much like their wives' prettier twin sisters.
36. SparklingStarlet - May 26, 2006 6:42 PM
35 - I fully agree. I don't want some wimp. I want a MAN. Chad Lowe might as well get a sex change now - he'd make a fantastic nagging wife.
37. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 6:42 PM
Mr. Swank got to the event late due to the fact that she had to change the tire on the family SUV as his wife, Chadsta or "Chad" Lowe looked on helplessly.
38. TrannyGranny - May 26, 2006 6:48 PM
M@ce; There is a story by Philip K. Dick called "the abortion truck" you should locate and read. It sets legal precedent for what you would like from multiple identity fucktard.
I honestly have no clue who these people are. I've heard Swank, but I don't know if it's an actor, musicion or trannie.
39. henrysgirl - May 26, 2006 6:51 PM
Maybe they can do a new reality show with has-been or never-were ex husbands. It would star Chad Lowe, John Stamos, Nick Lachey, the guy that Cowface, I mean Tori Spelling dumped, and by the time it actually airs, they can include K-Fag. Somebody call VH-1 quick.
40. bigponie - May 26, 2006 6:53 PM
let me put it this way...
no karate choppin', ass kickin' boxer is gonna want to stay married to some girlie-man...
41. BarbadoSlim - May 26, 2006 7:00 PM
I wonder who's gonna get to keep the dildos, strap-ons and related apparatii.
42. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 26, 2006 7:12 PM
How sweet, I have a stalker. Whipper_willow, you need to think of something new to post.
43. TrannyGranny - May 26, 2006 7:12 PM
41 Barbado S, I imagine that Satan will reposses his goodies. I'm sure he must be embarrased about loaning them out in the first place.
44. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 26, 2006 7:17 PM
Plus, you're posting that comment in the wrong thread. The "Slippery When Wet" comments were in the Denise Richard thread, 'tard.
45. ebayfan414 - May 26, 2006 7:19 PM
Hilary NEIGHHH..oops let me start over. When I think of Hilary NEEEIGGHHH! Fuck. Once more. Million Dollar Baby, starring Hilary NNEEEEIIIGGHHH! Shit, I'm sorry, I can't go on. Whenever I try to complete her name my keyboard neighes.
46. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 26, 2006 7:22 PM
Posted by Whipper_willow on May 26, 2006 06:11 PM
M@ce ...
You might consider seeking professional help for the hatred you feel for people who have done nothing to you and you don't even know
Does this strike anyone as bizarre, seeing as this person is now stalking me in threads, and saying hateful things to me without provocation?
Whipper_willow, do you know the meaning of hypocrite?
P.S.
So I own a house and you are...? Living with your parents still? Grow up, get a job, pay a mortgage and bills, get married (though I doubt anyone would have you), then get back to me before you try calling me poor trash.
47. bigponie - May 26, 2006 7:29 PM
Feed_Me_Chocolate, don't fret about Mr. pimple_willow, we got your back.
besides I'm still trying to get him to tell me about his mother sticking a cattle-prob up his ass
48. aivilo - May 26, 2006 7:39 PM
ok whoever the fuck 'whipper dipshit' is, they need to SHUT THE FUCK UP because nobody cares about their shit. this isn't a site for your dumbass highschool bitchiness.
oh...& i kinda like hilary swank. she's a pretty original and not a HO like most actresses seem to be...
49. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 26, 2006 7:40 PM
Yes, I've noticed he's yet to answer you on that.
xoxoxo
50. Giggles - May 26, 2006 7:42 PM
Please...let's not bash Hilary and Chad, who seem like decent enough people. AT LEAST it's not another article about that hotel in France.....
51. Fa Cube Itches - May 26, 2006 7:51 PM
32: You're supposed to be a Sabbath fan and you have nothing to smash with??? For shame!!
52. Fa Cube Itches - May 26, 2006 7:53 PM
Didn't Hilary break her leg rather badly at the Preakness? Or was the Sarah Jessica Parker? Julia Roberts? One of them, anyway. Get well soon, dearie.
53. Yoda a Green Schlong Has - May 26, 2006 7:59 PM
She's a man, baby!!! Is Hillary Swank Lionel Richie's ( "old horse face" ) secret love child?
In other news, Chad Lowe has a clit like a small dick, but has decidedly non-equine facial characteristics. Thus, the divorce. Hillary wants kids, and has been unable to conceive across species boundaries.
Whimper_dildo, yet another dumber than dirt ass clown. There are only 6 words that you will ever need to know in life, "would you like fries with that?" Say it with me, ...
54. pixel killya - May 26, 2006 8:01 PM
#45
Was that a Goatboy reference? LOVE IT!
All I know is Hilary has impossibly plump, round breastessesesesses. Yum.
55. tsarinaamanda - May 26, 2006 8:45 PM
She looks like Jennifer Garner's twin. They are, without a doubt, the two UGLIEST "women" in Hollywood, with Julia Roberts a close third.
56. Iambananas - May 26, 2006 9:21 PM
Feed_Me_Chocolate...
You own a house in San Bernardino, California. The armpit of Couthern California. Don't be bragging about your martgage on THAT crap.
57. Iambananas - May 26, 2006 9:22 PM
And you're stealing my whole stalking thing about whipper... everyone know's that half the people on this site are obsessed with me.
58. Fa Cube Itches - May 26, 2006 9:24 PM
Actually, I'd vote for Lodi as the armpit of California.
59. Yoda a Green Schlong Has - May 26, 2006 9:45 PM
" ... the couple's lawyer, Jeffrey A. Bernstein, tells PEOPLE."
Are they are using the same lawyer in the divorce? His wife / mare dumps him when her career takes off, and he is ambivalent. "Sure, we can use the same lawyer, if you think it's OK." Chad Lowe is truly without balls.
@55. Jennifer Garner has a smokin' body. But, the fact that she had Ben Affleck's baby somehow makes her much, much, much less attractive. Much.
60. Pagan Queen - May 26, 2006 9:52 PM
Feed me
Whimpy willow will never get a girl. The closest he ever got to female genitalia was at his birth.
Whimpy - I make 6 figures bitch, custom built my home, drive a bad ass sports car and I am a girl. Want to take me on fucktard. Lets party. Making you cry....shit...I hate to make fags cry - they get all clingy. Oh well, I guess I will adjust.
Go ahead, fucktard, try to grab a piece.
61. Fa Cube Itches - May 26, 2006 9:52 PM
59 - if the divorce is uncontested, it's not that uncommon to only have one lawyer
62. Yoda a Green Schlong Has - May 26, 2006 10:19 PM
Women with equine DNA :
1. Sarah Jessica Parker
2. Hillary Swank
3. Celine Dion
4. Julia Roberts
5. Anjelica Huston
6. Nicole Richie
7. Charlize Theron
8. Katie Couric
9. Alanis Morisette
10. Michael Jackson
...
The actress who plays Chloe on 24 almost made the list, but I think she looks more like a constipated squirrel.
63. Yoda a Green Schlong Has - May 26, 2006 10:24 PM
@59. Uncontested divorce should be an oxymoron. Without balls, I say, ...
64. Pagan Queen - May 26, 2006 11:07 PM
All the great bravado in post 60 to whimpy and he doesnt even have the balls to answer
Stupid little sperm burping bitch
65. lurkerx - May 27, 2006 12:21 AM
I don't have the energy to read through this whole things, so a few questions....
1. Has anyone made the token bestiality joke yet?
2. Has anyone compared their marriage to a Tijuana donkey show?
3. How about a bridle and groom joke?
4. Why are they breaking up? Did he get tired of her chomping at his bit?
66. Marten - May 27, 2006 12:43 AM
Where do I start?
I guess I'll just say that in a perfect world these two would never have gotten together. I'm not sure what happened to cause it, but I'm pretty sure it's a deleted scene from The Butterfly Effect...
67. Chris'sMom - May 27, 2006 2:14 AM
Does anybody else think that her dress in the picture looks like her head is doing that exocism thing? Kinda creepy. Just a thought.
68. FreeTime - May 27, 2006 4:30 AM
Hilary is great! She actually has talent unlike parislindseynichole and every other girl who wants to make a buck off her body on here. Sure I love making fun of them but at least Ms. Swank can actually make a movie thoughtful and entertaining. Thank God she is not as psycho about her looks as the rest of Holy Wood. Gag me.
69. Spindoc - May 27, 2006 7:26 AM
Hmm, Hilary Swank's sister is much more feminine than she.
70. sweetcheeks - May 27, 2006 8:40 AM
Notice that Hillary has a stronger chin than Chad?
What an unusual chin on Chad, too... reminiscent of a scrotum, only... lopsided...
Like a golf ball and a grape stuffed into a infant's sock. And then stapled where his chin ought to be.
71. BarbadoSlim - May 27, 2006 8:44 AM
"Stupid little sperm burping bitch"
Another classic, I stand in awe.
72. destination:beautiful - May 27, 2006 10:57 AM
aah, who cares. she's gross.
73. Feed_Me_Chocolate - May 27, 2006 12:40 PM
Yes, lamebananas/whipper_willow, you won't asnwer anyone's questions, all you can do is rehash everything you're ever said in your previous posts, which were reposted from other posts, and those were regurgitated from other posts...it's the circle of life for you, I guess.
74. gogoboots - May 27, 2006 12:53 PM
The look almost related, I don't blame them...she probably got tired of everyone asking if Chad Lowe was her brother...
75. andrewthezeppo - May 27, 2006 2:16 PM
I guess Chad got tired of having to buy oats at the feed store and brushing her tail.
76. Benek - May 27, 2006 2:52 PM
eh... oblah di obla da "Life Goes On"...
77. oshkoshb-goshdammgosh - May 27, 2006 3:12 PM
75 - Only funny thing posted on this thread. Gold star for you.
78. azcoyote - May 27, 2006 3:56 PM
And who says two oscars and a tit-job won't cause strife in a household.... The only question is... Which caused her more empowerment to leave old Chad behind. Does he even work anymore? LOL
79. Star Maker Machinery - May 27, 2006 7:48 PM
It's hard making a gay marriage work.
80. FreeTime - May 28, 2006 3:31 AM
Don't worry retroactive abortions won't be needed so long as natural selection still works!
81. FreeTime - May 28, 2006 3:33 AM
And as we can see from this site, survival of the fittest is working nicely already.
82. PrincessMuMu - May 28, 2006 8:25 AM
The only female in Hollywood who has class.
83. Jezebel - May 28, 2006 8:35 AM
The Superficial is one of my favorite sites and reading the comments posted makes it even better. You guys are some funny fuckers!
However, Lamebananas/Wimpy Willow or should I say DEREK SWANSON, you are one glaring exception! You make no sense whatsoever. You post your opinions and if no one responds... start ripping on other people. Then, when people do respond to your lame attempts at flaming... you start whining about how mean or low class they are!
I promise noone is stalking or obsessing about you -- we would just like you to go elsewhere and find like-minded retards such as yourself. Any chance you're related to Edna Bambrick? Or is that another "ID"?
84. sissybelle - May 28, 2006 10:12 AM
I never understood why anyone would marry a Lowe (or a Baldwin) under any conditions. Hilary, my darling, my lamb -- move on! You can do SOOOOOOO much better, if you care to.
85. niquehappy.com - May 28, 2006 11:52 AM
is he related to Rob Lowe?
86. TaiTai - May 28, 2006 1:41 PM
85 he is Rob Lowe's brother but he looks like Dana Carvey's love child in that photo.
87. GoyoDePalm - May 28, 2006 5:39 PM
Its unfortunate that fame has a price, but probably on the advice of her agent or industry experts, and 'in light' of her 2 Oscar Best Actress Wins...she allowed her marriage to falter given a need to have a relationship with someone who is "as successful as herself". Look back into the
Oscar past, and you see Julia Roberts,
Sally Field, and Halle Berry all let their
current relationships falter right after garnering OSCAR.... Some were married some
were not...but allowed 4+yr relationships
to falter. I do know if 3+ time Oscar winners Better Davis & Merle Streep have
maintained long standing relationships during their Oscar winning years ...but I doubt it.
88. Marten - May 29, 2006 1:34 AM
Gag me? What, # 68? So this IS the yar 1984...
89. slinkhard - May 29, 2006 7:20 AM
Yeah, 87, because it's always the woman's full responsibility to keep marriages going. I'm sure none of the guys were emasculated by having wives with more talent than them.
90. Karen Rani - May 29, 2006 10:19 PM
I can't help but see her as a boy. Who doesn't cry.
91. Binky - May 30, 2006 2:01 AM
This is a lowe blow.
92. Fisher55 - May 30, 2006 11:06 AM
91, haha
93. Spindoc - May 30, 2006 2:54 PM
Wow, if you had to ask me who the wife was in that pic......
94. sweepfast - May 30, 2006 3:27 PM
Well,
I fully understand Hilary Swank acts for a living but, she does come off as one of the few good people in the biz. Then again she is a actor so... of course it could be a act.
Here is something few people may think about with Swank. She came for a poor background so my guess is that she spends most of her time trying to "fit" in with all of the hollywood wack jobs and she even moved to New York to get away from hollywood. The point being, I bet she thinks like a everyday person and looks on divorcing someone as a truely bad thing. I mean in hollyfake few if anything is real.
My guess is that Lowe looked on the marriage as a score early on because when they married Swank was not making it in the biz. Then she took a big risk and sold herself out for the Boys don't cry part and from that point on the poor thing has been looked on as a man<----truely unfair and very mean.
She did the samething with Million Dollar Baby. It was a big risk because she was playing yet again a strong female part. I think it just goes to show how much talent she has that she can pull off those parts so well. She really made you feel that Maggie was a real person and I am very sure she was drawing of her own life being that she came from a humble start with a big dream.
She lives a low key lifestyle next to most of the stars so... I think she would be better off looking for a everyday guy that would be happy for her when he does well. As was stated on this board before it's clear Lowe could not handle her doing better than him as a actor<----what kind of love is that!!
As far as her looks go, the key is her smile, she has what I call a loving winning smile. You can see and feel love and joy in it which I think makes her very pretty.
I hope it works out for her.
Best wishs Hilary.