Tim Burton's New Girlfriend Revealed
Last week, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter announced that they had split after 13 years together. Since Burton has always been a bit of an overlapper when it comes to ending relationships and starting new ones, we all knew it wouldn't be long until his new relationship was revealed. The Daily Mail now reports that Burton has been involved with Production Assistant Berenice Percival for a while now. Percival has been working for the last three years, and is said to be a huge factor in his split from Bonham Carter. Percival was also the woman he was spotted kissing last year.
I was assuming she was young, she wants kids, got pregnant and we would be hearing a pregnancy announcement soon, which is what pushed Tim to end it with Helena. I guess I'm wrong.
ReplyDeleteDerek I don't know about age appropriate, he's 56, she's 39. 17 years, if it was a woman at 56 and a 39 year old man we'd be making cougar jokes.
ReplyDeleteWasn't he with Lisa Marie when Helena hooked up with him? The man likes to overlap his women.
Yep @katydid. They split in 2001, the same year he started dating HBC. Lisa Marie later sued him for fraud and palimony.
DeletePoor HBC...remember how she publicly wrote off that kiss and the ensuing adultery rumors as "absolute nonsense?"
How you get him is how you lose him indeed...
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DeleteI didn't know Lisa sued him for palimony. Did she win?
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DeleteLisa Marie, furious after Burton fell for HBC "on the set of Planet of the Apes, filed suit against Burton in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. What fraud did Burton commit? According to the suit, he once told Marie he would "support her for the rest of her life." Turns out he's forgotten about that, what with the career and the getting on with his life and the making Borat into a singing barber and what-not..." LOL (sorry, had to share that snarky excerpt I found on moviefone).
She also later had a "psychic cleansing" by publicly hawking all of Burton's shit in a garage sale. Yikes.
Anyways, the fraud/palimony suits dragged on for nearly three years (time is precious folks!) The LA courts granted her a trial, which was later overturned by a higher court ruling. My understanding is that the only reason this case didn't go any further is because Lisa Marie previously agreed to a $5.5M payout to walk away and file no further claims against him or his assets. Considering that she agreed to the terms and she would have to return the prior settlement otherwise, I am surprised her suit got as far as it did.
Ex-Padre player Brian Giles went through a similar case with his insane stripper ex fiancée.
Not too bright on Lisa Marie's part because a huge chunk of that 5.5 million payout must have gone to lawyers fees including compensating Burton to try and get more.
Delete@Lady, I saw Brian and his stripper girlfriend at back to school night a few years ago. Not sure if it's the same girlfriend that sued him, but definitely had the stripper look. There is a lot of plastic surgery where we live, but she was beyond the "norm" for here. The fathers were sure checking her out and the woman were not impressed.
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DeleteThat is Brian's type @ALNL. Wonder which one it was! He is a funny guy but damn he ain't exactly nice to young women
DeleteI'm thinking she's going to fight to keep her "job" til the bitter end. I'm also thinking that after his freedom to see her publically wears off he'll be looking for the next woman to work with.
ReplyDeleteOffice romances are not unusual but when it involves a famous couple it's a little tragic. I always thought HBC and Tim were such a good fit but looks like Tim has an expiration date for all his relationships.
ReplyDeleteMen like that need to have a woman catering to them 24-7. Unless HBC was prepared to only do his films and she has done quite a few, also see Kate Beckinsale, most men and really most marriages can't handle having one or both spouses who are apart all the time or large stretches of time for work or other circumstances. Needs have to be met.
DeleteTina- i cant stand men - or / women like that. Dont be such a fucking baby! How much attention do u need? Ugh. Huge red flag.
DeleteWonder whose Friends List Johnny Depp will stay on?
ReplyDeleteSeems that Karma is coming back on HBC for what she did to Emma Thompson
ReplyDelete@Lady H, I kind of like the idea of the "psychic cleansing via garage sale". It reminds me of how Jon Gosselin found out his ex was having a garage sale "for charity" and was selling his stuff, so he "bought" some of it from one of the kids because he said he wanted to support charity, not his ex. It's mind-boggling when this stuff plays out on the public stage!
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that they've actually been separated for over a year, they're only just now announcing it.
Yeah, I read that too.
DeleteHe doesn't look like a great catch from where I'm sitting.
well considering she tried to get in on ole johnny boy b4 johnny boy passed her on to tb
ReplyDeletei think jd will be camp tb and air kiss hbc in public like pitt air kisses c cox