Now that she’s out of the closet, Chely Wright isn’t holding anything back.

The country music artist is aware that many critics will see her homosexuality admission as a PR move in light of her new book and new album, but simply tells Entertainment Weekly:

“I can’t stop people from throwing that dagger my way. And quite frankly I’m not going to spend a lot of time trying to defend myself against that.”

That’s far from the only thing Wright told the magazine. Sit back and read her thoughts on everything from ex-boyfriends to George W. Bush…

On her country fans: “I want [them]  to stay with me. I’m not giving the finger to country fans. By all measure, they already like me. They voted me ‘most philanthropic,’ ‘country star with the biggest heart,’ People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful, Kansan of the Year. I’m still all those things. I just happen to be a lesbian. I have been the whole time. I wasn’t confused.”

On her view of herself: “I’m proud of who I am. I’m not necessarily proud of being gay. I’m proud that I’m about to live my life honestly. I won’t be a whisper. I’m too proud of who I am. I’ve been too good a steward of my life.”

On religion: I don’t have a religious inclination. I can’t even identify myself necessarily as Christian. When I’m in Kuwait City and I hear the chants in the morning, I feel something. Anyone who gets on their knees and looks up, that moves me. And quite frankly I don’t begrudge anyone who doesn’t get on their knees and look up. I don’t have a problem with that. I like the Golden Rule.”

On Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: “I’m so angry about it. I’m so angry with George Bush and Dick Cheney, and if President Obama doesn’t do something – I know he’s trying and it takes time, I know he can’t flip a switch – but if he doesn’t get this done quickly, I’ll be angry with him. I know the military.

“I’ve been playing in military hospitals since I was a kid. I know these people. I know what they’re about. They’re about valor, integrity, teamwork, honor. We have instructed them to lie, to say they are something they are not, which is the antithesis of what the military is supposed to be. I’m so angry about it.”

On ex-boyfriend Brad Paisley: “Brad is a really good person. I feel like Brad respects me. I don’t know if he ever hated me at some point. If he did, I wouldn’t blame him. Although I imagine his Christian beliefs would lead him to condemn my homosexuality, he might fall into the “love the sinner, hate the sin” category. He’s wickedly smart, which is one of the reasons why I made the decision to spend time with him.

“I loved Brad. I never had the capacity to fall in love with him, but I figured if I’m gonna live a less than satisfied life, this is the guy I could live my life with. If I’m gonna be with a boy, this is the boy. He’s funny as crap, he’s talented. He’s a good person. He is as fair as he knows to be. And I respect his beliefs. He walks his walk. And he’s not a hypocrite. If his religious beliefs tell him to condemn my homosexuality, I can’t let that rent a room in my head.

What is your reaction to Wright coming out?

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Every reality show, or MTV program posing as one, needs a villain to stir the pot on occasion. On The City, that pot-stirrer is Olivia Palermo, who fills the role to a T.

It’s about all she does well in life.

Now that she’s working for Elle, Olivia intended to blacklist Whitney Port’s new line, Whitney Eve, from the the mag’s website in Tuesday’s “Friends in High Places.”

While we don’t believe for a nanosecond that Elle would employ a waste of space like or, or that she’d wield that kind of power, it made for fairly compelling TV.

More original than The Hills, for what it’s worth (not a lot, as that show is scraping the bottom of the barrel hard). Here’s THG’s plus-minus recap of The City …

Kelly makes sure Whit doesn’t get too high on herself, but not in an unfairly bitchy way, telling her criticism can be a good thing. She’s a good boss. Plus 5.

Don’cha just wanna hug Whitney?

At Elle, Joe and Olivia are preparing for a shoot with Taylor Swift. Erin tells O she did a good job with her Anna Sui interview. Minus 4 for that obvious, blatant lie.

Whitney gets together a showing for editors, and Roxy Olin actually does some good work for once, helping her pull it together. There is hope for her yet! Plus 3.

Minus 10 for Olivia Palermo acting like she’s some kind of hot $h!t seasoned editor and basically lecturing Roxy for calling her so late. LOL. Give it a rest, girl.

Whitney to Olivia: “Wow, you’re like a little journalist.” Plus 8.

Olivia disses Whitney’s line, obviously with ruining Whit’s success as her only goal. She tells Erin the line was inconsistent and not worthy of inclusion. Minus 7.

Plus 7 for Erin and Joe later overruling her and deciding to include Whit’s line anyway, but an obligatory Minus 4 because it just proves how fake Olivia’s job is.

Hey, Olivia? It’s the Useless Store. We’re runnin’ outta you!

Zach Hyman and Kelly talk about his idea for guerrilla-style photos of naked people in everyday scenes. That snared Roxy’s brief attention span real fast! Plus 5.

Naturally, this being Roxy Olin, it’s all about boys first and work second. Minus 3, because while she kept things professional enough, she doesn’t get boundaries.

Kelly then assigns Roxy to style Zach’s project, which was actually really cool in that she gets to do her own thing totally independent of Whitney Port. Plus 6.

Heavy risk of her blowing it warrants Minus 3 though. Just a hedge.

TOTAL: +3. SEASON: +11. A surprising

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We owe Kendra Wilkinson an apology as large as her breasts.

This morning, we doubted the veracity of a tabloid cover story that alerted readers to this model’s sex tape scandal. We had this crazy notion that Kendra was seeking publicity and concocting the naked bedroom tale. Shame on us for thinking that about Wilkinson.

Turns out, Kendra might not be a liar. She’s just someone that films herself having sexual intercourse.

Confirms Steven Hirsch, the chairman of adult movie company Vivid Entertainment: there is a Kendra Wilkinson sex tape, we own it, and we plan to distribute it this month.

“We know that Kendra has millions of fans and we feel that it’s rare to find well-produced, hardcore footage of a star of her magnitude,” Hirsch said. “The tape was brought to us by a third party and after consulting with our attorneys, we are confident in our right to distribute it… We believe this could be our all time best selling celebrity tape.”

Ouch. We’re really sorry, Kim Kardashian and Ray J. You can always work on a sequel.

Reportedly, the video in question was filmed in 2005, long before Kendra’s relationship with Hank Baskett. Does that mean it was with Hugh Hefner? EWWWW!

Wilkinson’s legal team has fired off the following letter to Vivid:

“The video is private and highly confidential taken for private use and not for public disclosure. Any exploitation of the video would be a gross violation of Miss Wilkinson’s constitutional and common law rights of privacy.”

Yeah. About that: please find the constitutional clause that guarantees privacy to someone that willingly puts her nude body on tape and gives said tape to someone else. We’ll wait right here as you do.

Would you watch a Kendra Wilkinson sex tape?

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The estranged wife of NBA star Dwyane Wade is suing his girlfriend, Gabrielle Union, claiming she “engaged in sexual foreplay” in front of Wade’s sons.

She says Union is “inflicting emotional distress” by her actions.

This could get uglier than FlashForward‘s recent ratings or the Miami Heat’s performance in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Celtics.

Siohvaughn Wade has upped the stakes in their ongoing nasty divorce, asserting that actress Union “engaged in sexual foreplay with Dwyane Wade” in front of Wade’s 8-year-old and 2-year-old sons at his Miami home.

In addition to the emotionally distressing groping, Siohvaughn also says Dwayne allowed his 8-year-old to play unsupervised around the pool at night.

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have been seen out and about in the Miami area many times lately, having quietly started dating as he’s divorcing Siohvaughn.

The lawsuit filed by Mrs. Wade (maiden name Siohvaughn Funches) also claims:

• That D-Wade’s 8-year-old son told a court appointed representative to put his father in jail so he wouldn’t have to go back to his house and that he calls the home, the house “where the woman kissing daddy lives.”
• That Wade’s 2-year-old nearly drowned while Dwyane was taking care of him.
• That he introduced Gabrielle Union to his sons as his girlfriend and told the young boys “that is why your mom and I are going to divorce.”
• The 8-year-old has suffered so much anxiety that he has lost hair and has bald spots and must undergo court-ordered mental evaluations.

We have no idea if any of that’s true … or if she got that STD from Dwyane as she alleged the last time we heard from ol’ Siohvaughn. Stay tuned.

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You know what they say: it’s all fun and games until the insane fans of the latest teen sensation murder a talentless reality star.

A couple days after Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber exchanged joking Tweets about their relationship, Kim posted the following message online, addressing it to her pretend boyfriend:

“Seriously Biebs! I’m getting death threats from your fans! This is unBeliebable!”

We’d assume Kim is just being dramatic, but these are the same fans that caused a riot in Australia and trampled Justin’s mom in New Zealand. They make Tila Tequila look sane.

Bieber tried to calm his nutty followers this morning. He Tweeted:

“Ladies calm down. @kimkardashian is a friend. a very sexy friend but a friend. no need 4 threats. Let’s all be friends and hang out often ”

Even if she was more than a friend, Justin, there isn’t a need for threats. You really need to reign in your fan base. Or just show them this video. That might do the trick.

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Despite big-mouthed rocker Courtney Love spilling the beans on her former relationship with Gavin Rossdale, he wants everyone to know that the past is the past — and he and wife Gwen Stefani couldn’t be happier. “Gwen and Gavin Rossdale would like to assure their fans that anything that may have occurred prior to their marriage has no impact on their current situation. All is well with the Rossdale family,” says a post on his official Facebook page. Married in 2002, the couple, who seemed smitten as they attended the Costume Institute Gala in New York on May 3, have two sons, Kingston, 3, and Zuma, 20 months. Last month, Courtney blabbed to shock jock Howard Stern that she and Gavin had a steamy affair while the ’90s rocker was dating Gwen. “He was such an Adonis in his day,” she gushed.

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- Mario Lopez hosted “Friends and Authors,” a book signing event at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

- Ludacris brought his friends for Greek salad and crab legs at Legal Sea Foods in Boston.

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During her run on Dancing With the Stars, Pamela Anderson (and partner Damian Whitewood) were no strangers to the dreaded bottom two, but sadly, there was no reprieve this time. “I’ll miss the challenge of applying myself and learning something really quickly,” Pamela said after the show. “The experience was fantastic. It was like a little play I got to do every week, and I put everything I could think of into every performance. We had a lot of people behind us, and fans. I appreciate it because I loved this.”

After receiving impressive scores and praise from the judges this week for coming into her own as a dancer, the elimination was bittersweet for Pamela. As part of Team Gaga on Monday’s performance show, Pamela’s team was chosen as Tuesday’s encore dance. However, a cut to her leg prevented her from participating. After Monday’s performance, Pamela told In Touch, “I want to do it again right now — I can do it better!” And she was hoping for the encore to prove herself, but it was not to be.

For more with Pam and Damian, click here.

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Despite his longtime battle with addiction, drugs did not play a role in Corey Haim‘s untimely death. According to the actor’s autopsy report, released by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, Corey died on March 10 from pneumonia complicated by an enlarged heart and narrow blood vessels. Though traces of several drugs were found in the Lost Boys star’s system, none contributed to his shocking death at age 38.

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Charlie Sheen has a lot to deal with these days: legal issues stemming from a confrontation with Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day; a possible divorce; the outing of his affair with Angelina Tracy.

The last thing the actor has any time for is the raising of a family.

Apparently Sheen actually agrees with that statement, as TMZ reports he willfully surrendered legal custody of the two children he had with Denise Richards, Sam and Lola.

Richards is now free to pimp them out for photo ops every day of every week.

Sheen has been paying $50,000 a month in child support to Richards since the couple’s divorce, a figure that will not change with this new custody arrangement. Previously, Sam and Lola had split time between their parents.

Meanwhile, according to Brooke Mueller’s prenup with the trouble sitcom star, she’ll get $55,000 a month in child support – NOT including medical and schooling expenses – if she divorces Sheen.

For his bank account’s sake, it’s a good thing Sheen will likely sign a new contract with CBS that pays him $1.3 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.

That’s 1.3 million more laughs than the show delivers on a weekly basis.

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