There’s been much ado regarding actress and philanthropist Angelina Jolie’s move to have a preventative double-mastectomy.
“I have to say I feel a little differently. I have that gene mutation too and it’s not something I would believe in for myself,” Etheridge said in a recent interview.
Melissa, who is a breast cancer survivor herself, says that she sees the choice that Jolie made differently. “I wouldn’t call it the brave choice. I actually think it’s the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer. My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It’s the stress that will turn that gene on or not.”
Do you think Melissa is out of line speaking out about Angelina’s decision?
We’ve been glued to the edges of our seats watching the ever-changing love life of singer Melissa Etheridge so intently that we almost forgot to tell you that the “You’re the Only One” hitmaker will join the cast of Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot for a week next month.
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The stink has hit the fan in the Land of Labia and Lady-Lovin.
Former Popular actress Tammy Lynn Michaels — the estranged wife of Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge — is fuming after learning that her ex is now dating her former best friend.
And as if that isn’t bad enough, Melissa had the unmitigated gall to purchase a new and improved “boxs of dicks” to use on the new girlfriend.
The nerve!
Tammy breaks it down for us in poetry form after the jump.
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All is not lovely in the Land of The Lezzies: Grammy Award-winning musician Melissa Etheridge is making her split with actress ex Tammy Lynn Michaels official. The rocker, 49, filed a Petition for Dissolution of Domestic Partnership in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday. In the petition, Etheridge cites the ever-popular irreconcilable differences for the split. Melissa also requests that Michaels — who stood by the star during her widely-publicized battle against breast cancer five years ago — not be rewarded spousal support.
Melissa is also asking for joint custody of their 3-year-old children.
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When Exes Attack — Melissa Etheridge Edition: Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels lashed out at ex Melissa Etheridge in a poem posted to her blog last Thursday. The couple split in April and Michaels has grown fed-up with the Grammy-winning singer’s insistence that the breakup was “mutual.”
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