Why I Love this Photo

Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Kutcher join Bruce Willis at the Super Bowl. I have always been hot for Bruce Willis, so seeing him in Sweetness' jersey naturally just melts me.

But I also think it's great that these three can suck it up and put a good face on it all where the kids are concerned. (While not shown in this photo, all three Willis daughters accompanied their parents.)

My oldest friend and her ex-husband are locked in mortal combat. The bastard backhanded his little girl. The girl's offense? She kept her dad waiting too long in the driveway in a cold car. His behavior was despicable. So my friend is insisting on supervised visitation, which I agree wholeheartedly is a good idea. But she defines "supervised visitation" only as visitation in a psychologist's office. This means that her daughter cannot accompany her dad and his fiancee as they go about their wedding preparation. (Wedding is set for April.)

I've known her ridiculous ex for more than a decade and there is no way I believe he would raise a hand to his daughter in front of his fiancee and her friends, the other bridesmaids. Ultimately, he's a bully, and bullies are at heart cowards. He would be afraid to reveal his true colors in front of all those women.

I've also known my oldest friend since we were in Kindergarten. There's no way I believe she really thinks her daughter would be in any danger of verbal or physical abuse if the wedding party was around.

This little girl is in second grade. She wants to put on a pretty dress and be photographed with the prettiest woman in the room, and at a wedding, that will always be the bride. I wish my friend and her shitheel ex could work around this ugliness somehow.

I know people in show biz are supposed to be loopy and extravagant and indulgent. But it seems to me from this photo that the Hollywood folk are doing a better job of post-divorce parenting than some in the heartland I can think of.