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\"LoveI don’t know if I’m more amused or disturbed by this official Mattel press release indicating that Barbie and Ken are quits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After more than 43 years together, Hollywood’s quintessential “doll” of a couple, Barbie\u00ae and Ken\u00ae, have decided to spend some time apart. Although Barbie\u00ae has befriended some of the world’s most famous celebrities, from popular boy bands to super secret agent spies, Ken\u00ae always remained her #1 sweetheart. After all, Ken\u00ae doll has been Barbie\u00ae 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\u00ae and Ken\u00ae.”
\n[…] “Barbie\u00ae and Ken\u00ae 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.”<\/p>\n

I guess maybe they can hit this site <\/a>next.<\/p>\n

Since making her worldwide debut in a bathing suit on the Malibu shores in 1959, Barbie\u00ae 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\u00ae 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.<\/p>\n

So she’s “newly single” — does that mean they were married?<\/p>\n

Although their future is yet to be set in “cement,” one thing is for certain — Barbie\u00ae and Ken\u00ae will always remain the best of friends.<\/p>\n

Sh’yeah, right. Wait until his new tell-all book comes out in the Fall …<\/p>\n

(via PRBop<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if I’m more amused or disturbed by this official Mattel press release indicating that Barbie and Ken are quits. 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