LeAnn Rimes: I'm Excited for "Bonus Mom" Day
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Newlywed LeAnn Rimes is looking forward to Mother's Day -- even though the 28-year-old doesn't have any children of her own!
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Rimes considers herself a "bonus mom" to new hubby Eddie Cibrian's two sons -- Mason, 7, and Jake, 4. (Their real mother, Brandi Glanville, sparred with Rimes publicly in the press until recently, when the two called a truce.)
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"My first bonus mom day will be spent with Eddie here in Canada!" she wrote on her Twitter page Thursday. The singer-actress began shooting her new film, Reel Love, in Ontario on Monday. When one of her followers pointed out she wasn't actually anyone's mother, she replied: "It's not called stepmom's day lol common sense would explain that!!"
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The film's makeup artist "gave flowers to all the moms for Mother's Day." She gushed: "So sweet! I had some sitting in my trailer when I got here today."
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37Once again Ashley Lesniak, you prove the point that you're a horrible step mom to be bashing the biological mother> LOL, you fail to recognize what an idiot you are. Send your "proof" to USmagazine, see how far that gets you, slander, libel suits, perhaps prison where psychos like you belong! Oh, please send the "proof" that "LeAnn is a better mother", too bad women like you can't be screened out and sterilized at birth!
If I do meet Leann is hell let me tell you this it will be one hell of a party. I can bash the birth mother all I want you have no idea what she does to those kids. You want the pictures have to prove that she neglects those kids? I will be more than happy to send them to you to prove how much of and unfit mother is! LeAnn is a better mother than you will ever be she can provide more love and stuff for them than you ever could so STFU dumb ass
I'll reiterate, I'm Tamara Barry and you're a horrible step mom to be bashing the biological mother. You are what you are, just like LeAnn "the s k a n k" Rimes! Both of you should STFU that you're "better" than the birth mom. You'll meet LeAnn in hell, you can swap stories and husbands then! Chow!
Okay Tamara I dont know who the hell you think you are to be calling me a bad step mother! Who the hell do you think you are you dont even know me. I dont give a shot to what my step kids call me but I am a mother they may not be biologically mine. I take care of those Kids a hell of a lot better than their own mother does. You dont know my situations so go to hell.
Ashley Lesniak, you MAY be a stepmom, however with your attitude, obviously you're not a good one! The point is, IT'S THE CHILDREN'S CHOICE AS TO WHEN and WHAT THEY CHOSE TO REFER TO THE 3rd PARTY STEP PARENT! LeAnn is PUBLICLY IMPOSING HER DERIVED TITLE upon the boys AND THEIR MOTHER - it would be stressful for the boys to refer to LeAnn in one term when Brandi is with them and another when LeAnn's around, and yet another when both are present. Society has a long established term - "stepmom"! LeAnn was manipulating the boys to view her as their FAVORITE parent since she was ONLY Eddie's adulteress mistress, with her money and celebrity! That made her a "Bogus Mom", and that's the title that will stick with the public!
I am going to speak for all step mothers since i am one. Just because we didnt give birth to those kids doent mean we dont deserve to be recognized on Mother's day. We take care of the kids, we feed them, teach them,play with them, help potty train them if they are at that age, we teach them, make them feel better when they are sick, take them to the doctors when needed, we kiss their booboos. The mother's need to get over it even if they dont like us they need to get over it cause its not fair to the kids. if the mothers are mean to us then we have every right to be mean back to them when the situations calls for it. So guess what mothers get over it step mothers are here and they are always going to be around. You dont want your kids to have a step mother dont have any kids! LeAnn Keep doing what you are doing! Love your husband and love those boys.
WOW Leeann is really dumb. Keep doing mean things to brandi and see where that gets you LOL. The kids know you are no "mother" LOL
There are no words to express how disgusting and evil this psychotic b1tch is. Even on MOTHERS DAY, just as she did on PARENTs day at the boys school, she has to steal the limelight from Brandi, their mother. She will NEVER leave the mother alone and just let the mother and those 2 boys be. She has to muscle in on EVERYTHING to do with Brandi's children. She is beyond selfish and spiteful, evil and psychotic.
They just got married, and she hasn't spent time parenting his kids, she was busy having an affair with their dad. Step Moms deserve very much, and a celebration for Moms Day and all they give, however LeAnn is a different case. She helped break up their home. Shacked with their father, hurt their mother. This skank deserves NO kudos.
They just got married, and she hasn't spent time parenting his kids, she was busy having an affair with their dad. Step Moms deserve very much, and a celebration for Moms Day and all they give, however LeAnn is a different case. She helped break up their home. Shacked with their father, hurt their mother. This skank deserves NO kudos.
It's not for her to call herself a mom.
@Molly...sounds like your step-kids (and their mom) are lucky you are in their life!
bonus mom come on !!!
Enough stories about this "Dude" & Eddie
I don't think there's anything wrong with celebrating a day that's about love and family. A day to recognize people in our lives, whether they are moms, stepmoms, grandmoms, godmoms, adoptive moms, etc. I don't think there's anything wrong with Leann being celebrated as a part of their lives on an appropriate level- not as their mother, but to let her know she is also appreciated. However, I would never expect stepchildren to celebrate me on the same level as their own mother on this day. As a stepmom I give respect to the biomom and make sure that day is about her and her children to the extent possible. While I am a "parent" to my 3 stepchildren, I am also mature enough and love them enough to recognize the importance of that relationship and its superiority over their relationship with me. That's no offense to me or downplay to my relationship with them because I am wise enough to recognize the difference. I may financially, emotionally, and physically be here for my stepkids, but at the end of the day...the best stepmoms know when to STEP aside. That's why it's called being a STEP parent. I know they love and accept me as family. I don't need to be recognized on that day to know that. While I respect Leann as an artist and recognize the trials and joys she will experience as a stepmom, I am concerned about the way they started their relationship and the impact it will have on the children in the long-run. She and Eddie would have been better to take more time to ensure the children could emotionally and mentally process what was happening with their families, especially as the young ages they are. I do not think it is appropriate to be publicizing their marriage when it came at the cost of these children's family and security.
@ Macy and Jessenia, I totally agree with you both. She simply has not been in their lives long enough to have done anything towards the raising of them.
@Tasha Stombaugh Brodner,I don't agree that she should be patting her back for a 7 and 4 year old that she just started being a part of as a bonus mom. You are a mom, you have been in this child's life for a long time. You have dealt with the good and bad of being a parent, we can all think about the sleepless nights with sick children, and the wonderful moments that they bring, I don't believe she has placed the time it takes to fully understand what the words Mother, Mom, Mama, mami, mean.
Tasha, I agree with you 100%. There does not have to be any biological connection in order to make you a mom. Your kids are very blessed to have you as their mommy!
LeAnne is no mother to his children, because she has not parented them. Now she is their stepmother, and maybe next year, if she has done some parenting she can say she is a bonus Mom.
Clearly, LeAnn Rimes can't win in this situation and it's sad. If she refers to herself as a bonus mom then people get upset. If she didn't pay any attention to her step-sons people would get upset too. I do think she needs to stop tweeting her every thought but people need to get over it.