Mario Lopez: I Cheated on Ex Ali Landry Days Before Wedding
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Back in April 2004, longtime loves Mario Lopez and model/actress Ali Landry tied the knot -- only to annul the union two weeks later, amid rumors of Lopez's rampant cheating.
Now, almost seven years later, Lopez fessed up to at least one major indiscretion that took place during a wild bachelor party weekend in Mexico.
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Lopez, 37, spilled the beans to Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio show on Thursday. "It was my bachelor party," the Extra host admitted, explaining that he had been "bouncing around" Mexico with his cousins. "I had no business of being in that position," he said, offering that he "messed around" with another woman.
He elaborated a bit on the fling. "It was spring break....everybody was hanging out. That was a situation where I was not mature and man enough."
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Before heading out for his big weekend, Lopez didn't tell then-fiancee Landry the whole truth. "I said I was going to Cabo...to go marlin fishing," he explained. "Then my cousin surprised me and said 'No, ...we're going on this whirlwind tour: Cabo, Acapulco, all these places.'"
Rather than telling Landry about the change of plans, "I figured at that point it was easier to ask for forgiveness [afterward]. It's my bachelor party, we were going to have a good time. And we went, we had a good time."
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Lopez was caught in an incriminating poolside shot with another woman. "We're partying, and somebody took a picture," he explained. Landry's sister eventually got a hold of that photo and shared it with her.
"I was wrong for obviously lying, and I shouldn't have been in that position," Lopez said.
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Finally, Landry confronted him. "I dealt with all this drama, and then at that point just realize...I finally got the balls to say 'Hey, listen I'm not ready for this, I'm sorry.'"
"At that point," the star confessed, "I was not ready to settle down. I wasn't man enough to know how to go about handling it. "
Why did Lopez marry her in the first place, then? "I think when you go out for a few years you either take it to another level or you break up, right?" he said of Landry, whom he had been dating for six years. "There was nothing glaringly wrong on paper: I thought, 'She's beautiful, she's a good girl, she comes from a great family, she'd make a great mom...I confused cold feet with not being ready."
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Older and wiser, Lopez is more settled down these days with Courtney Mazza, his girlfriend of over two years; they welcomed daughter Gia in September.
"It worked out well," he said. "Thank god, because I got a great girl now."
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29Lopez and Landry are typical Hollywood doo-dahs with too much money and too few brains. Seven years and she didn't know he was running around?? Give me a break. She's as dumb as Sandra Bullock. Both Bullock and Landry should be blondes like the other dumb s||_|+s Lindsay Lohan and Kim "I'm sooo easy" Kardashian, who makes nude pics and amateur porn flicks then complains when they go public. PLEASE stop glorifying these Hollywood morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loser he had me until the end when he commented it worked out for the better cause he's got himself a good girl now I say it worked out for Ali She got herself a man and not some washed up hollywood has-been..There is one side of sadness though his current girlfiend has got herself a loser...
This is old news, as awful as it is.
I loved Mario and Ali together. Ali is a good girl and I'm not sure Courtney and her constant complaining will keep Mario happy long term.
What's sad is the writer of this article stole the whole interview from Howard's show,word for word.No research involved. How can you cash your paycheck, seriously?
Why bring it up now? Eeeesh!
wow... i didnt know this... lopez, i am throwing you on my Pitt-Jolie list! you DISGUST ME!
I'm sure Mario shared all of this with clm before sharing it with Howard's audience.That type of topic was picked because that's the type of stuff Howard prefers talking about on his shows! It's all been said before by the gossip mags anyways! Mario just conformed it, NOW,can we ALL move the F on???? It's NOW all about him,Courtney and their baby girl, Gia!
Talking to Howard Stern shows his no class self right there. He's a slime.
everyone knew he cheated when he cheated so why is this news 7 years later? US is recycling old news...
I saw a picture of his mom kissing his girlfriend on the lips like they were lovers. She's not that great!! Men like him always think the putas are the great ones!! SMDH!!
just leave him alone. man is starting a new life.
It's sad that his comments are all about himself..."I", "Me". He's obviously still not a MAN. If he was a real man, he would have said something relating to what he did to a woman he claimed to care about for many years. Where is the "I'm Sorry for what I did to HER", or "I wish the best for HER". He's a sleaze, and showed his selfish little boy mentality on Howard Stern. Ugh!
Just another sleaze. Next.
Mario is a self centered moron. Ali is the lucky one. She is now married with a beautiful child and she didn't have to with six year. What happened to her 6 years ago was actually a blessing in disguise. Hopefully Mario's daughter won't have to deal with a dirt bag like her father.
Why is this dirt mentioned in the section "Healthy Lifestyle"? Is it healthy to be some obnoxious moron?
this jerk is the biggest d-bag in hollywood.
He got a great girl now... so. He had a great girl to begin with. I hear Karma's heels clicking down the sidewalk after this schmuck. This is gonna be good!
I knew it
I knew it