EVERYBODY LOVES A 9/11 WIDOW



Oh Brucey Bruce-Bruce. What are you thinking? Jersey's finest has done gone and fetched himself a 9/11 widow (who apparently happens to be a hottie, surprise, surprise) much to the chagrin of his wife of 20 years, Patti Scialfa. Patti, you take that man to the CLEANERS, girl!

I remember reading in the New York Times about how NYC firemen (who survived the attacks) were dumping their very pissed-off wives and taking off with their fallen "brothers'" widows, and thought that was pretty sketchy. They even covered this in one of my most favorite shows, Rescue Me. God, I love Denis Leary. He's one I'd like to set a little house fire for, and wait for him to show up and.... Wait, where was I? Oh yes, real-life firemen being idiots. But, you know, in a tragedy of this sort of proportion, shit happens. Men have been falling for the "Damsel in Distress" crap since the beginning of time.

Et tu, Bruce? Et tu?

I can never listen to "Thunder Road" the same way again.

What's next? I bet Bono is going to dump his wife Ali and run off some scabby Lebanese refugee who lives under the roof of a rusty '62 Plymouth Fury, and subsists on a diet of dried dung beetles and donkey milk. You know it could happen, and then he'll write a whole album about it. Bono is all sorts of batshit for those swarthy ethnic women. I bet "swarthy ethnic refugee women" will be the new "Ethiopian Orphan" for 2007. It'll be the latest Must-Have accessory. Better than a Birkin! Angelina will be first in line to adopt one, and make it wear a vial of her blood around its neck.

FromThe New York Post

August 24, 2006 -- BRUCE Springsteen is born to run - from marriage.
Several sources have told The Post that the superstar who wrote "Hungry Heart" and his second wife of almost 20 years, Patti Scialfa, are on the rocks and virtually living separate lives.

Part of the problem seems to be a friendship Springsteen developed with a stunning 9/11 widow The Boss is said to have met when he organized the "America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon.

"They're separated, but everyone has been sworn to secrecy," one pal of the couple told The Post's Jeane MacIntosh. "We're not supposed to talk about it."

Springsteen and the woman - who is a redhead, just like Scialfa - have been spotted several times at the Beacon Hill Beach Club in Monmouth, N.J., said one local source. The two have also been spotted at the Stone Pony, the Asbury Park watering hole from Springsteen's Glory Days.

The widow is said to be a member of the swank Atlantic Club gym in Red Bank. Her children attend the exclusive Ranney School in Tinton Falls with Springsteen's kids.

But a Bruce pal said, "He's just a really big flirt. There's nothing going on." Another friend said, "Bruce and Patti are very much partners. They go at it a lot and fight, but they also work at it a lot . . . Patti is a strong woman. They are not going anywhere."

Springsteen and Scialfa vacationed with their children in upstate New York last month, but in recent weeks, he has been spotted alone with his kids at a local beach. Pals said he's been spending less time at the family's Rumson home and more time at a guest house on the couple's farm in Colts Neck, about 20 minutes away. Springsteen is said to have attended his daughter Jessica's eighth-grade graduation solo and spent a lot of time with Robert De Niro at a beach in Atlantic Highlands.

Scialfa's mom, Victoria Scialfa, told us, "I don't know anything about it; I don't want to talk about it." A representative for Springsteen, who was married to Julianna Phillips when he started seeing Scialfa in 1987, declined comment.