Proof that the tabloids are desperate to manifest a baby for Jennifer Aniston: Even now that she has no boyfriend, Life & Style magazine insists that the former “Friends” star is working on becoming a mom. The tabloid’s source says the actress is mulling in vitro fertilization (via sperm donation) or adoption.
“She’s working out how she wants to proceed,” a so-called insider told the tabloid. “But one thing is definite: She wants a baby, and she wants one soon.”
Of recent ex-beau John Mayer, the source opines, “Yes, she was hoping to have a baby with him. But I think deep down she knew he probably wasn’t ready to settle down and start a family.”
Their split, evidently, set off an alarm in the 40-year-old actress’s biological clock. “She knows the one luxury she doesn’t have right now is time,” says the source. “She’s willing to become a single mother.”
In vitro? Adoption? Really? Girlfriend is one of the world’s sexiest women — we’re guessing plenty of guys would be willing to make a one-time charitable donation to the Jennifer Aniston Baby Drive for free.
Barker Breakup
Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler have split once again — and we’ve lost count of how many times this makes.
A source blabbed to Us magazine that the latest breakup was triggered “after a nasty fight broke out at his house … and cops were called … [when] Shanna started freaking out and acting irrational.”
“Travis confronted Shanna about her having an affair with [musician] Gerard Butler while he was in the hospital recovering” from last fall’s tragic plane crash, the source claims. (A Gerard insider insists, “They were always just friends. Nothing more.”)
However, Shanna blasted back at this anonymous “source” with a MySpace post claiming to set the record straight. “Travis and I were very much together in September when the horrific crash happened,” she asserted online. But after helping him recuperate, the former Miss USA blogged, she “came across numerous romantic e-mails with many other women.”
“At that point with the new information revealed to me I considered myself single and though in my heart [I] hoped we would remain friends and good parents had no intentions of getting back together,” Shanna explained.
Who needs a publicist for spin control when you’ve got the Interwebs?
New BFF Alert
They’re both breakout pop divas with an edgy taste in fashion — but we wouldn’t have pegged Katy Perry and Rihanna as potential pals. Nonetheless, according to the U.K.’s Sun, the “I Kissed a Girl” singer has been helping take RiRi’s mind off Chris Brown with “girlie nights,” and the two are becoming inseparable.
“Katy was there when Rihanna needed her the most and as terrible as the stuff with Chris is, at least one good thing has come of it,” a source allegedly told the paper. “Both of them have had man troubles recently so they are enjoying having some girlie time.”
What is this strange sensation? We actually feel … not annoyed by Katy Perry!
New Couple Alert
After losing her fiance to cancer, “Real Housewives of the O.C.” star Gretchen Rossi is now dating — get this — Slade Smiley, the ex-boyfriend of former co-star Jo de la Rosa.
“Gretchen and I have been friends for eight years,” Slade says to TV Guide. “Let’s just say we’ve become a little more than friends.”
“All of a sudden, we started hanging out and said, ‘There might be something here,’” Gretchen recalls.
“And I was saying, ‘Why didn’t I date you before!’” Slade says. “I think it’s an amazing combination.”
But the suits at Bravo apparently don’t agree. According to the New York Post, after Slade and Jo’s “Date My Ex” failed (gee, and the title seemed like a can’t-miss concept), there’s little enthusiasm for bringing the dude back on the air. If the “Housewives” juggernaut returns to the O.C. for a fifth season, “we’re hoping that Slade is out of the picture,” an insider admits.
We’re thinking they needn’t worry.
