I don’t know if I’m more amused or disturbed by this official Mattel press release indicating that Barbie and Ken are quits.
After more than 43 years together, Hollywood’s quintessential “doll” of a couple, Barbie® and Ken®, have decided to spend some time apart. Although Barbie® has befriended some of the world’s most famous celebrities, from popular boy bands to super secret agent spies, Ken® always remained her #1 sweetheart. After all, Ken® doll has been Barbie® doll’s biggest supporter for more than four decades, by her side from her early career as a teen fashion model to her recent turn as movie starlet. Their relationship was so revered that other successful celebrity pairings were often dubbed “Barbie® and Ken®.”
[…] “Barbie® and Ken® 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.”
I guess maybe they can hit this site next.
Since making her worldwide debut in a bathing suit on the Malibu shores in 1959, Barbie® doll has gone on to become a pop culture phenomenon, but not without her leading man cheering for her. Now that she’s newly single, however, Mattel is marking the major transition with a whole new carefree and independent look reminiscent of her California roots. Sure to turn Barbie® doll’s world upside down, her sassy and fun “Cali Girl(TM) doll” look debuts this Spring with engaging storylines, trendy accessories and great fashions that extend beyond swimsuits.
So she’s “newly single” — does that mean they were married?
Although their future is yet to be set in “cement,” one thing is for certain — Barbie® and Ken® will always remain the best of friends.
Sh’yeah, right. Wait until his new tell-all book comes out in the Fall …
(via PRBop)
Damn, it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when even a plastic doll gets the “But we can still be friends!” bullshi… er… argument from his ex.
About time! Ken needs to find a doll who can hold down a job, not some chic who keeps changing her job everytime Christmas comes around!