David Arquette and Courteney Cox’s 2010 split was the most amicable celebrity divorce that I’ve ever seen. They didn’t blow a bunch of smoke with new age platitudes, like Goop or now Jewel’s ridiculous split statements. These two just were open and honest with the press (although they often overshared) and worked to amicably coparent their daughter Coco, now 10. They’ve also stayed close, even while they’ve both moved on to other relationships. (The photos of them out shopping with their daughter are from June 12.)
A lot can change in four years of course. Just last week, Courteney announced her engagement to her lookalike boyfriend of about six months, Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, 37. David has a two month old son with his girlfriend, ET correspondent Christina McLarty, whom he’s been dating for around three years. Like Courteney, David is ready to make his relationship official. He just proposed to Christina at family dinner attended by his two month-old son, Charlie West, and daughter, Coco. In case this news makes it sound like David is rushing to beat Courteney to the altar, an insider tells US that he’s been planning to propose:
David Arquette is engaged! The actor popped the question to his girlfriend Christina McLarty in Malibu on July 2, Arquette’s rep confirms to Us Weekly…
The Scream star, 42, made the proposal a family event, a source tells Us. Arquette proposed to the entertainment reporter, 33, during dinner with their 2-month-old son, Charlie West, and Arquette and Cox’s 10-year-old daughter, Coco, at Mastro’s steakhouse in Malibu, Calif.
An insider tells Us Weekly Arquette had “planned it for a while” and has “known he wanted to marry Christina for a long time.”
In fact, the proposal just happened to fall near ex Cox’s engagement. “David was just waiting for the right time,” another source tells Us, “He and Courteney both talked about taking the next step in their relationships … They both want what’s best for each other.”
Arquette and McLarty have been dating on and off since 2011, briefly splitting in 2012. Arquette and Cox split in 2010, after nearly 11 years of marriage.
I get the feeling that David was hung up on Courteney for a while and now that she’s engaged he felt ready to take the next step in his own relationship. He’s been with Christina for so long that this engagement doesn’t seem reactionary to me, more like a natural decision for him. I could be wrong, and these two have had an on-off relationship as US mentions. Hopefully things are stable for them now and hopefully David is sober and ok. Congratulations to David and Christina!
Photos of David and Christina are from 4-9-14, 1-11-14 and 1-28-12. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com. Photos of David out with Courteney are from 6-12-14. Credit: Cousart/JFXimages/WENN.com
She (McLarty) looks like Lilith Sternin AKA Bebe Neuwirth from Frasier! Wish both couples the best.
I feel like these two got engaged before breaking up awhile back. Am I mis-remembering?
I’m sorry…I don’t think David has ever gotten over Courtney divorcing him. I don’t care what the “insider” says, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did this as a knee jerk reaction to CC’s announcement of her engagement.
On Howard Stern he seemed fine about Courtney. He said she had broken up with her last boyfriend and was with a really great guy now. I think he will always love Courtney but accepted it as time went on and has moved on. I think it is more like his girlfriend had a fit when Courtney got engaged after eight months with this guy and here she is three or more years in, moved from New York when pregnant, had his baby and no engagement. I can see the cold freeze going on in his house and he had to put a ring on her finger faster than he was planning.
The thing I don’t get is why this girl is with him. She’s pretty and had her career in NY. He had turned into a sloppy drunk during her pregnancy and even hanging out at bars leaving her home. How happy could she be with him off the rails like he has been?
I don’t think Christina McClarty is an upstanding person. She married Joe Francis from Girls Gone Wild, so that tells you a little about her taste in people.
I guess David having a kid with his girlfriend was a knee jerk reaction too. Oh wait a minute they had the kid before Courtney announced her engagement.
Is David sober again? Last we heard about him he was clearly off the wagon.
I do not believe he is sober.
anything you can do i can do better
Yeah, that’s what it feels like to me as well.
In a way I wish he hadn’t of done that. It would have been nice for Courtney to enjoy her engagement for a while first.
That top photo just says it all, doesn’t it?
AnnEEE Hathaway just came by to say it’s “CourtEney” on the title, not “Courtney”. 😉
What is wrong with his hands? They look like they are covered in grease in the second picture!
Right? I thought I was the only one who noticed his hands? What the heck is going on there?
Look at the way he’s looking at Courtney in those shopping photos. He’s still hung up on her, from the looks of it.