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Literally, Divorce Court, as in the TV show. Gary Coleman announced early this year that he and his new wife, Shannon Price had secretly gotten married on a mountaintop last August. The story had questions - valid questions - thrown its way from the very beginning. Why the secrecy? Why is such a young, attractive girl throwing her life away with a man, who’s not even remotely attractive by the way, and istwice her age? What is Price thinking, especially when she spoke out from the very beginning about how violent his temper is? I digress.

Now, to no one’s surprise, the two are getting divorced on account that they have never consummated their marriage and that, oh yeah, he’s a jerk. From The Associated Press,

“If he doesn’t get his way, he throws a temper tantrum like a five-year-old does,” Price says, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press. “He like stomps the floor and yells, ‘Meehhhh,’ and starts throwing stuff around. He bashes his head in the wall, too.”

Coleman says he gets frustrated because “the male is always the bad guy.”

“When I try to state my case or explain things to her or try to get her to understand my point of view,” Coleman says, “my point of view doesn’t matter.”

Coleman goes on to try and make the judge, Judge Lynn Toler, in Divorce Court feel sorry for him by explaining that he has so many problems in his life, he can barely make it out of bed every morning. Aw, poor Gary.

And who’s bright idea was it to hold the proceedings in Divorce Court? Give me a break! Thank the heavens that Price did something about this marriage that is just too ridiculous!

Who doesn’t remember Different Strokes and the line, “Whachu talkin bout, Willis?” made famous by young Gary Coleman. Now Coleman is 40 years old and has everyone asking that same question of him. It was recently revealed that Coleman was married in the summer of 2007. August 28, to be exact. The woman that he married is Shannon Price.

There are a total of two things romantic about this marriage. The first is that it is a first romance for Coleman. People Magazine reports Coleman as saying,

“I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone. I wasn’t saving myself, she just happened to be the one.”

The second faint scent of romance comes when you find out that they were married on an isolated mountaintop. Coleman also says,

“Nobody was around but the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer, the helicopter pilot and us. That was all that was there. There was nobody else.”

But is there anything else truly romantic about this marriage? None that I can see. First off, she’s almost half his age, being only 22 years old. Secondly, and probably most importantly, he’s abusive. People Magazine reports her as saying,

“He lets his anger conquer him sometimes. … He throws things around, and sometimes he throws it in my direction. I don’t like the violence.”

She also hovers above him, standing tall at 5′7″ and towering over his 4′8″ stature. And lastly in this surprising news is the fact that she proposed to him. I’m all for women taking charge but with everything else, that just seems too much.

Price and Coleman met on the set of a movie last summer and apparently, didn’t know each other too long before they wed. And why the secrecy? Price wanted to be her own person and not rely on her husband’s fame. She currently handles all of Coleman’s items on E-Bay, which makes Coleman very proud. He told Inside Edition, “She’s a great eBay-er. She’s a fabulous eBay-er. I hope she gets famous for that.” Let’s see, I don’t think I know any “famous” E-Bayers…