Chrome Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 Slooooow news day ... It's splitsville for Barbie and Ken Couple 'will remain friends,' says Mattel Thursday, February 12, 2004 Posted: 1:06 PM EST (1806 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- Just like J.Lo and Ben, the romance is over for Barbie and Ken. After 43 years as one of the world's prettiest pairs, the perfect plastic couple is breaking up. The couple's "business manager," Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, said that Barbie and Ken "feel it's time to spend some quality time -- apart." "Like other celebrity couples, their Hollywood romance has come to an end," said Arons, who quickly added that the duo "will remain friends." Arons denied that there was any truth to rumors that the breakup was linked to the Cali (as in California) Girl Barbie, arriving in stores now. To better reflect her single status, Cali Barbie will wear board shorts and a bikini top, metal hoop earrings, and have a deeper tan. This new style already has attracted a new admirer, Blaine the Australian boogie boarder. Barbie -- the most popular fashion doll in the world, according to toy maker Mattel -- met Ken on the set of a TV commercial in 1961, and they have been inseparable ever since. Arons hinted Wednesday that the separation may be partially due to Ken's reluctance to getting married. All those bridal Barbie dolls in toy chests around the globe are really just examples of Barbie's wishful thinking, she explained. Another possible factor is Barbie's career. The doll who was "born" Barbie Millicent Roberts in 1959 has been everything from a rock star to military medic, and she's currently marketed in more than 150 countries. According to Mattel, every second, three Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world. So where does that leave Ken? Said Arons: "He will head for other waves." Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 So, Barbie was just a booty-call for Ken all these years? Quote
JSngry Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 I always thought that Barbie was to Ken what Doris Day was to Rock Hudson. Quote
Dan Gould Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 So, Barbie was just a booty-call for Ken all these years? No I think she realized that without genitalia, Ken isn't really that much fun. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 So Oprah has about 20 years to catch up to Barbie for longest engagement without marriage? Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 Don't hate the playa, hate da game Rule #1 Hook up with Oprah Quote
JSngry Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 Where does all this leave Skipper & Midge? Last I heard, they were crack-whorin' porn extras. Maybe now that Ken's free, they can get rescued from such a degrading lifestyle. He's a standup kinda guy, that Ken is, even if you have to hold him to make him so. Quote
catesta Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 So where does that leave Ken? Said Arons: "He will head for other waves." What exactly does this mean? Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 So where does that leave Ken? Said Arons: "He will head for other waves." What exactly does this mean? Quote
RDK Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 I think they caught Ken getting it on with one of those hot-ass Bratz chicks... Quote
RDK Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 Or maybe it was Barbie who was "bumpin plastic" Quote
catesta Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 That's what I was afraid of. Jim, you don't happen to have an image handy of the now "single" Cali Barbie in those board shorts and bikini top? Quote
Chrome Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Posted February 12, 2004 I always thought that Barbie was to Ken what Doris Day was to Rock Hudson. Exactly ... the real story is Ken is going to move to Massachusetts ... Quote
Bright Moments Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 get the "divorce barbi" - it comes with all of ken's stuff!!! Quote
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