Cotton-pickin' Russians! They come over here with their Cold War-hardened megabods and furry hats and hungry-for-love attitudes and they snap up all our best and brightest aging celebrities. First Rolling Stones's #2 emaciated rooster (after Mick) Ron Wood fell off the wagon and into the arms of 20-year-old Ekaterina Ivanova. Now Mel Gibson has joined the trend, ditching the mother of his thousand and five children to take up with a Russian singer 29 years younger than he is. Oh Mel, you're such a cougar. Rawr! Says IMDb:
A Russian pop star has announced she is in love with Mel Gibson after allegedly conducting an affair with the actor that ended his 28-year marriage.
Gibson's wife Robyn filed for divorce on Monday, citing "irreconcilable differences". The announcement followed intense tabloid speculation about the state of the couple's 28-year marriage, which was sparked after he was photographed embracing an unidentified woman on a Costa Rican beach last month.
And now singer Oksana Pochepa, 24, has alleged she is the bikini-clad brunette in the pictures – and maintains she has fallen for the Mad Max star.
Pochepa says, "This is serious and I hope that our union will be real and strong and long-lasting. We are different people but Mel is a grown man and knows precisely what he wants and me too – I know what I want."
Well, 24-year-old women usually are courted via bad OK Cupid dates and dirty Twittering. We're sure old Mel's brand of homespun, slurring, "What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?" sweet talk is hard for a starry-eyed naif to refuse.
The Bird that's on his Wire:
