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February 13, 2004

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"BarbieŽ and KenŽ have always been an extraordinary couple with so much on- and off-screen chemistry," said the pair's business manager, Russell Arons, Vice President Marketing, Mattel. "In fact, they just finished wrapping their fourth movie together, 'Barbie(TM) as The Princess and the Pauper,' which debuts this fall. And now they feel it's time to spend some quality time -- apart."

Ken is ditching Barbie for an Australian boogie boarder (that's him with the shades). The news is not surprising given Ken's inexplicable reluctance to... excuse me? Oh, my bad. Barbie is ditching Ken for an Australian boogie boarder (and this site claims he is from NYC).

Barbie and Ken have gone the way of J. Lo and Ben. Following much public speculation about Ken's sexual orientation and Barbie's busy schedule (she does, after all, have 90 careers), the pair have decided to split.

"After 43 years of dating, Barbie and Ken have drifted apart," said Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Barbie and Ken's parent company, Mattel. "There are a lot of successful career women out there who don't want to get tied down," she added.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 13, 2004 06:33 AM

Comments

They can't even keep fake couples together anymore? This is plain dumb.

Posted by: Ian at February 13, 2004 09:03 AM

Hide and watch. Ken will have a new love interest, probably a Japanese businessman in town for the weekend.
Or, they'll make tiny clones of the Queer As Folk guys for Ken to rotate date.

It's about time Barbie got away from that Will and Grace relationship.

The retailing options are unlimited.

Posted by: pam at February 13, 2004 09:37 AM