Art Bell robs the cradle

Coast to Coast Am ^ | 04/16/06

[Perdogg]

Art Bell and his new wife, Airyn Ruiz

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1405.html?theme=light

[beyond the sea]

You may be right, but his pride and a couple other things may have it last a little longer.

Or, there is always the chance that he got lucky.

[beyond the sea]

I have even known actual cases where dying spouses have suggested suitable candidates to their mates! It is not just a bizzare movie script......

Who suggested that it could only be part of a "bizarre movie script"?

[onyx]

ROTFLOL! I concur.

[JRios1968]

So do I...like I said, if he is happy, then it's all good in my book. Some people mourn for decades, others are ready to move on as soon as their loved ones are in the ground. Either way, it doesn't diminish their prior relation or the current one.

[tertiary01]

You have paid you dues, R Scott, no matter who you find. Go out and find the rest of your life.

[AmericaOne]

But the PI wives were also less likely to screw around on them once we went to sea. So I've got mixed feelings about this.

That wasn't what I observed, either when I was stationed in Subic or back here in the states.

For example, when I was stationed in Subic, there was a cruiser homeported there named the USS Sterritt (sp). Whenever it pulled out of port, you could always be assured of seeing dozens of Filipina wives of the Sterritt crewmen down at the Sampaguitta (sp) enlisted club, near the main gate, picking up dates for the evening. A buddy of mine at the time did it once and almost got caught by her husband. Picked her up and went to her home up in base housing and had to hastily escape thru a back window when the husband pulled in. The wife told him the husbands ship was at sea :-)

I never hung out at the Sampaguitta enlisted club, other than going there for lunch one day when we were on the Subic side of the base for training (I was stationed up on the Cubi Point NAS side of the base). There were litterly dozens of Sterritt wives there already (at noon) looking for dates :-)

[R. Scott]

Go out and find the rest of your life.

I have been seriously thinking about doing that. Now I just have to quit thinking and start doing.

[Draco]

If.gay.marriage.is.ok.why.isn't.heterosexual.marriage.between.a.man.(who.is.older).and.a.woman.(who.is.younger).acceptable?.That.is.what.I.asked.my."enlightened."and.liberal.friends.when.I.(in.my.40s).dated.a.younger.woman..Go.for.it..Art.is.right.about.one.thing:Life.is.short.

[R. Scott]

Go.for.it..Art.is.right.about.one.thing:Life.is.short.

All my female friends tell me, “What’s age – only a bunch of numbers.” I should take their advise and offers – but a life time of hearing derogatory things about “cradle robbers” is hard to get over.

[Draco]

Know.any.male.friends.whose.wives.(in.their
.50s).have.lost.interest.in.sex?

I.do.;.it's.unfortunate.but.it.sure.puts.the.husband.in.a.place.he.doesn't.want.to.be.

[kenfeyl]

Ah, no.

Art is 60 years old, going on 61 this year.

She just graduated from college, putting her no higher than 23. If she were in her late 20s, would Art have kept calling her a "twentysomething" instead of just stating her age?

What struck me most is how infatuated Art seemed with her physical beauty. Nothing about her hobbies, common interests or life goals besides her having just graduated college. Repeatedly to the point of comedy, he kept egging on his listeners to check out Airyn's picture. He views her as a chunk of flesh and is deliriously happy because a grandpa like himself could land a 21-year-old.

Art must know she can't take his money when they split because there's no divorce in the Philippines.

The funniest thing is how Art's ham buddy married Airyn's sister. Can you imagine how it feels to be Mr. Ruiz? In one day, your two daughters trade away their innocence to two lecherous American men old enough to be YOUR dad.

[Yaelle]

Btw, Art does seem a little too concerned about people seeing her pictures (going to the internet)........ a little too concerned about her appearance......

I finally checked out his new wife's photo just now. Art really blew me away with this news of his, in the middle of the night when I woke and happened to hear it. I missed the first airing of his show. Well, I have plenty of Philippinos in my life, and she is not among the prettiest of the ones I know. Of course she looks very attractive and friendly and nice in those pictures. But the way he was talking, I thought he had found a living Barbie Doll or something.

Remember after his lovely wife died (as I recall, she was gorgeous), how he didn't know how to wash a dish or write a check? He was totally, totally, alone and helpless. He wasn't going to last long without a mommy/partner.

This girl-wife will be taking care of him and letting him be himself again. Most likely, she didn't want to sleep with him before marriage, and in his lonely lust he decided to just go for it. Maybe the change of venue will do him good.

I have known Asian women who married foreigners to escape their world. It sounds like this girl gets to keep her old world AND get to live like a queen and very beloved for as long as Art lives. She may not find herself unhappy in 5 years, like some mail-order brides from Asia do.

[beyond the sea]

It will be interesting to watch. I just think he should have waited.......

[dennisw]

60 and she's 23 or so. These old guy/young woman marriages are not as frowned on in the Philippines. The take over there is that Art Bell is a man of wealth and power who would like a young wife to make some more babies. I would be totally amazed if they didn't have children. She prolly considers it an honor to have children by such a great man. That's how it is in many 3rd world nations. IMHO. Her logic would be my children will grow up in a very solid existence compared to if I married a 23 year old Filipino man

[HairOfTheDog]

What to think? I dunno.

I think Art Bell has always been whacked, and a little too weird for me to 'get' most of the time. The gushing and the love songs sound a little hard to bear, I'm sure I'd have turned it off.

Many want to criticize him for his choices here... both because she is very young and Phillipa, and also because his wife died only recently.

On the one hand, I'm don't think highly of men who seek young foreign brides. I think they do it to find a wife who has all the qualities of a Golden Retriever. Goldens are nice dogs, but they're a lazy trainer's dog... you don't have to be a good master in order for them to worship you. :~D Not sure where the men who regularly proclaim the desirability of young foreign mail order brides on other threads are...

On the other hand, much of the criticism seems to dwell on the time since his wife's death. I have no reason to fault him on that. I take it, from reading the thread, that one of Art Bell's favorite slogans is "life is short". Well, for someone his age who has seen death, I think he knows how true that is. My mom married a great man after my folks divorced, and they had a great marriage. He was terrific for her and to her while she had cancer and died. A few months after my mom's death, he became involved with a woman who had been an acquaintance of both of them while my mom was alive. While she was younger than he, she was at least in the 'cover the grey' phase of life, she wasn't two generations younger. I didn't particularly like her, but I was polite and very happy for him to have found another chance at companionship in his old age. I don't wish loneliness on anyone. He died suddenly less than a year after my mom did. How long should he have grieved?

John O.... can't help but ping you to this thread.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm don't think highly

Did I really post that? sheesh! :~D

[Yaelle]

Repeatedly to the point of comedy, he kept egging on his listeners to check out Airyn's picture.

It was ridiculous! I was in bed listening so I wasn't about to go downstairs just to see this honey. But he was CHIDING all the callers that didn't have computer access and couldn't go see how gorgeous she is. My gosh, I see 20 women a day cuter than her, and I am not at all knocking her. I figured this would be some kind of human doll of delight, and she's just an ordinary, nice-looking girl. I wouldn't have minded if she had been homely, if they were in love and happy. But why the solid focus on the young girl's looks? (You answered that already.)

Can you imagine how it feels to be Mr. Ruiz? In one day, your two daughters trade away their innocence to two lecherous American men old enough to be YOUR dad.

Maybe he feels that if his retirement plan fails, his daughters married to rich Americans will care for him and his family.

[Veto!]

Art is so ratty looking, he really needs to have money to attract women.

[R. Scott]

That may be one of the reasons I have mostly young female friends. I haven’t lost interest – but I’m not acting like I’m overly eager either.