Debbie Matenopoulos, one of the lucky ones who escaped The View, is currently a co-host of The Daily 10 on E! and finds her way onto the awards show red carpets for the network. Matenopoulos has been married to Jay Faires, a music executive, since 2003, and while they’ve been separated since March, Debbie was shocked to find out that her husband had filed for divorce… by reading about it online.
“I am extremely saddened by the dissolution of my seven-year relationship with my husband,” the host of E!’s Daily 10 tells PEOPLE.
“I am not a proponent of divorce and I believe in working things out,” says Matenopoulos, a two-time Emmy nominee and former co-host of The View. “So you can only imagine my extreme sadness and disillusionment when I was informed of my husband’s divorce proceedings, much like you were, by reading them online.”
[From People]
Taylor Swift should be shown this story so she will stop talking about how her teenage boyfriend, Joe Jonas, broke up with her via voicemail. At least Jonas had the relative decency to make an attempt to let Taylor know himself. It’s somewhat difficult to believe that Matenopoulos and Faires were actively trying to work things out if he would covertly file for divorce. However it still shows extreme lack of character, regardless of the situation, to file and leak it on the internet to let your soon-to-be ex aware.
Faires cited the tried and true irreconcilable differences and asked that Debbie not receive spousal support. Debbie and Jay were together for seven years, like Madonna and Guy, like me and my first husband. What is it about that 7-year itch? I’ve gone through it and I can’t even tell you what it was about that seventh year that makes you take re-stock of your relationship and often find that it’s not cutting it. To be honest, I don’t know how anyone could put up with Debbie Matenopoulos for seven months let alone seven years.
Debbie Matenopoulos is shown an ovarian cancer research fundraiser in the Hamptons on 7/26/08. Credit: MLM/Fame Pictures
“To be honest, I don’t know how anyone could put up with Debbie Matenopoulos for seven months let alone seven years.”
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I agree this is crappy and shows what an a@@ her husband is, but… see the comment above.
Oh my!
I wonder how they’re going to report this on The Daily 10, considering that none of the reporters on there have an ounce of decency. I think I have more compassion in my right pinky than E! studios collectively.
They’ll probably make some stupid pun or joke out of it…right in front of her, with the amount of tact (or lack thereof…) those idiots have.
I can’t stand this chick
Oh and eat something–your bones are showing 😳 Don’t ya hate it when that happens?
I guess I’m the only one who thinks she’s funny? 😯 Poor Debbie.
who would strike an inappropriate “sexy pose” at a cancer research fundraiser? it shows what lack of consciousness and self promotion can do to a person…not pretty!
Whatever. Put yourself in her shoes.
Why are her hands so white compared to her arms?
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When you file for divorce you have to serve the other person or their attorney…so I really doubt she had no clue he had filed for divorce.
You people are cruel! This situation is sad and cruel. I was blind-sided by a divorce, thinking that we were working it out. And as for her posing at a benefit, she works for the media, she was probably photographed at an unguarded moment. Everyone wants to watch people burn. It’s disgusting. Think for a minute…
When you file for divorce you have to serve the other person or their attorney…so I really doubt she had no clue he had filed for divorce
very true, be he could have notified the “public” before she got served
From Christina X: I wonder how they’re going to report this on The Daily 10, considering that none of the reporters on there have an ounce of decency. I think I have more compassion in my right pinky than E! studios collectively.
I 2nd that one!
I think “celebrity” has gotten way out of hand and it’s disgusting to me the level of personal information the public is handed….but I’m addicted to these websites that post every minute about everyone about everything…i guess i’m part of the problem. is it really “they get what they wanted?”
Lol yeah. The first picture is bad. She looks like a porn star.
She has a really cool house in LA, it’s a German castle or something like that. I wonder who’s going to get that.
I don’t know why I brought that up but that’s the only thing I can seem to remember about her whenever I see her. I have no idea who she is, what she does but I remember an interview of her and her cool castle house.
No wonder… She is so annoying.
That castle was put on the market back in June. When you start selling off real estate in the midst of a separation, that’s not a good sign.
I’m still back at the twice nominated for an Emmy. What in heavens name for? She didn’t escape the View, she was fired for being so stupid (which is ironic considering Sherri Shepard).
Yes, you do have to serve the other person, but there is a time period between filing for divorce and the process server actually catching up to you (days, even weeks) when someone could have found out and leaked it. Filed lawsuits are public record, and most courts have an online site where you can type in a name and all lawsuits filed naming that person will come up. But the information is available to the public quite some time before the person is served.
I don’t understand the vamping at the cancer research event myself. I think that may be grounds for divorce right there. 😆
The reason her hands are so white is she used self-tanner and didn’t cover her hands.
I had no idea who this was since I would rather drink acid than watch the view, but goddamn she’s ugly! Its like any skinny blond bitch they will put on tv now
Husband got tired of getting cut by her sharp edges in bed.
vdantev: 😆
haha, christina X, I would love to see Sal report her divorce on the Daily 10….she is their host but is still fair game
She looks like Hasselback’s long lost sister..and equally annoying.
Oh gosh, my husband and I will be there in about 3 years….I hope it’s not true for us! I’d like to say it definately won’t, but you really never know.
See all those spots on her skin from excessive tanning??
With obesity rates rising and tanorexics…I fully expect everyone to look like giant leather sofas in the future…
Statistically, the two roughest patches in a marriage where a couple is most likely to break up are in the first and seventh years. I don’t know if there’s a definitive explanation for it, but interesting nonetheless.
I like her. she is pretty hairy, and manly, and flat, and not funny, but her good points, she has big feet, and someone else’s hair and man hands, plus she barowed a teenagers bra.
The woman is hilarious and it’s so hard to find a funny woman. Get off her back and give her a break. Okay so she doesn’t eat as much as she could big deal. We all have our own hangups. Go spend your time at something more productive like cultivating a sense of humour.