And that’s no act
“I still love her. But she’s retarded, too.”—Guy Ritchie on his ex-wife, Madonna

Misbelieve
“We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.”—Miss California Carrie Prejean, responding to Miss USA judge Perez Hilton, who asked Prejean whether other states should follow the lead of Vermont and legalize same-sex marriage.

Just did it
“When his career is over, you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip.”—Nike Inc. chairman and cofounder Phil Knight on golfer Tiger Woods’s numerous alleged infidelities

Televised Self-denigration for the nation
“I have had sex with women who work on this show. And would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would. Perhaps it would. Especially for the women.”—David Letterman, discussing infidelities on his TV show. At several points, his confession was greeted with laughter and applause

Milkitforallit’sworth.com
After South Carolina governor Mark Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair, his wife, Jenny, sued for divorce, launched a Web site, and applied to trademark her name for the branding of products such as T-shirts and coffee mugs.

Impressive
“Lauren St John can kiss my entire family’s ass.”—Justin Towne Earle on biographer Lauren St John, who wrote a 2003 book about his father: Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle

Yo, Douchebag
“Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but Beyoncé has one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!”—Kanye West, interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for best female video of the year at the Video Music Awards. West’s remarks soon went viral, inspiring numerous Internet parodies