Gary Coleman married a 22-year-old!
Just when you think Gary Coleman is a gentle footnote to our beloved '80s, he goes out and does something bizarre. People Magazine is reporting that 40-year-old Coleman has married 22-year-old Shannon Price, whom he met on a movie set last year.
I'm not sure what's more unbelievable -- that our favorite "Diff'rent Strokes" star married someone 18 years younger than him ... or that he was actually on a movie set last year. (Click here to see the official wedding photo on the People website.
Price, who stands 5-foot-7, married 4-foot-8 Coleman "on a mountaintop," Coleman told Inside Edition. "Nobody was around but the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer, the helicopter pilot and us."
Right, because it's not a celebrity wedding with a helicopter pilot.
For what it's worth, Price claims she didn't know of Coleman's celebrity when they met. "I didn't grow up with Diff'rent Strokes," she told People. "I actually didn't like watching TV when I was younger."
(What 'choo talkin' about, Shannon? Just ask your parents. They were probably checking out "Arnold Jackson" back in the '80s.)
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Maybe it's the cocktail I'm consuming, but this is making me giggle uncontrollably.
Frankly, I'm more shocked about him being on a movie set. Although now that I've seen the wedding photo, I may have to change my answer.
Posted by: jane | February 12, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Ewwwwww....that is wrong in so many ways. Love the wedding pic, my first question was will the newleyweds make their TV debut on Jerry Springer, VH1's Celebreality or Cops?
Posted by: Sherrie | February 12, 2008 at 08:29 PM
The reason she didn't know he was a celebrity when they met is that he was working craft services.
"You had me at 'Would you like more iced tea?'"
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 12, 2008 at 08:32 PM
I thought he was the security detail for the set.
He must have done the "Jedi Mind Trick" on her to claim she didn't know he was on "Diff'rent Strokes".
Posted by: Tom | February 12, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Time has not been kind to Gary Coleman. Geez, scary.
Posted by: Jeff | February 12, 2008 at 09:11 PM
And if his bride really is 22, time hasn't been mailing her any coupons either.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | February 12, 2008 at 09:19 PM
this wedding is DY-NO-MITE!!!
Posted by: jj | February 12, 2008 at 09:33 PM
Please...the ole horse face thing was lucky to find any guy that would have her!
Posted by: Jimmy Mack | February 12, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Glad both the preacher and minister were present.
Posted by: Bill | February 12, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Seriously...
"I don't like the violence" she said?
I hope he throws something at her, and then she steps on him.
Posted by: WhooPah | February 12, 2008 at 10:34 PM
C'mon, now! Heartless people! Love comes in all shapes and sizes. If she could overlook Gary's height, he can take a blind eye to her somewhat questionably large, enflamed looking gums.
Posted by: Marissa | February 12, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Wow...I'm speechless. Her gums are certainly well-endowed.
Posted by: Shelly | February 12, 2008 at 11:53 PM
I think Mr. Rodney Dangerfield put it best.
"She's a double-bagger. One bag for her, one bag for you."
I miss that man......God bless you, Rodney.
On a serious note, I hope they're happy together. What would Gary do when he's angry? Gnaw her knee off?
Posted by: Al | February 13, 2008 at 12:07 AM
...and the clock is ticking...how long do you give the marriage? A week? A month?
Posted by: Debra | February 13, 2008 at 08:42 AM
I bet a Maxx Headroom watch (I've got three!)that one or both are arrested on domestic battery charges by Easter.
Posted by: Sherrie | February 13, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Wow. You guys suck.
Posted by: Walter Cox | February 13, 2008 at 09:09 AM
I was thinking about this - Humm, a 20 yr old. LOL - Good for him. So what -
Posted by: Dr Dre | February 13, 2008 at 09:45 AM
honestly I see it lasting longer than his dialysis treatment...or did he get a transplant?
I stopped caring after the Facts Of Life crossover episode.
Posted by: Douglas Arthur | February 13, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Gary should run against Obama. Now that he's married, he's a shoe-in. Hope, change, he's got it all. Obama's got nothing!
Coleman '08!
Posted by: | February 14, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Wow .. he's shrinking with age...
Posted by: Scott | February 14, 2008 at 08:30 AM