Forget ‘fired,’ you’re just sick
Donald Trump says he’d date his 24-year-old daughter, Ivanka – if he weren’t her father.
Trump and Ivanka, a real estate executive at the Trump Organization, appeared on ABC’s “The View” to promote her five-episode stint as a boardroom adviser on “The Apprentice.”
When asked how he would react if the former teen model posed for Playboy, Trump replied: “I don’t think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”
That drew laughs from the audience, and prompted “View” co-host Joy Behar to crack: “Who are you, Woody Allen?”
Said a Trump spokesman: “He was making fun of himself for his tendency to date younger women. It’s a sense of humor that people don’t see (from him) all the time.”
Trump’s 35-year-old third wife, Melania, is expecting the couple’s first child this spring.
The stork has flown
It’s all over – already – between the latest “The Bachelor,” Travis Stork, and the lady love he chose on that reality show.
Stork, an emergency room physician, selected Sarah Stone, an elementary school teacher, in the finale of Paris-set show last week. But they said Monday that they are no longer a couple.
Stork, 33, said the rules that prohibited them from being together in public between the end of the show’s taping in November and the Feb. 27 finale were hard on their relationship.
“You’re in Paris and you’re part of this incredible experience, this fantasy world, and then suddenly you come back to Nashville, and living in the same city I think we thought was going to be a great thing,” he said. “But instead, you’re forced to pretend you don’t know someone, for essentially the last four months.”
Age-old story
New Age musician Yanni was arrested at his Florida home last week on domestic battery charges after an alleged dispute with his girlfriend, authorities said Tuesday.
“These allegations are cruel, false, without merit and baseless,” the Greek-born singer-pianist, whose legal name is John Yanni Christopher, said in a statement.
“At a more appropriate time and place, I hope and pray I will have an opportunity to address my fans and colleagues all over the world.”
Hey, Trump – that’s the ticket
Madonna says she had some explaining to do when her daughter, Lourdes, asked about that kiss with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
“(Lourdes) is really obsessed with who is gay,” she tells Out magazine. “And she even asked, ‘Mom, you know they say that you are gay?’ And I’m, ‘Oh, do they? Why?’ And she says, ‘Because you kissed Britney Spears.’ “
“And I said, ‘No, it just means I kissed Britney Spears. I am the mommy pop star and she is the baby pop star. And I am kissing her to pass my energy on to her.’ “
The birthday bunch
Actress Lynn Redgrave is 63. Musician-actor Micky Dolenz (the Monkees) is 61. Singer Gary Numan is 48. Actor Aidan Quinn is 47. Actress Camryn Mannheim (“The Practice”) is 45. Singer Shawn Mullins is 38. Actress Andrea Parker (“The Pretender”) is 37. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. is 30. Actor James Van Der Beek (“Dawson’s Creek”) is 29.