Danny Gokey Remarries

Watercooler

By Nads | Monday, January 30, 2012 | 11:21 am | 21 Comments
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Remember our favorite douchebag Danny Gokey? Well, he remarried yesterday to his fiance Leyicet Peralta–a semi-nude model and former contestant on Nuvo TV’s Model Latina. Want to know what they asked the guests to do for gifts? To donate to Sophia’s Heart, a charity that Danny set-up for his deceased ex-wife. I think it’s great to donate to the charity, but there’s something so creepy about asking people to donate to your dead ex-wife’s charity for your wedding. Maybe it wouldn’t be so creepy if it wasn’t Danny Gokey, but it is…and he’s a douche.

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21 Comments

  1. 1
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    I don’t find it creepy. They’re acknowledging they have all they need for “stuff,” and chose a worthy cause to benefit. And I don’t find it odd he wants to continue to support the charity named for the woman he loved and married, and then had to bury. Is he supposed to forget she existed? THAT would be creepy.

    What I do find creepy is his choice of new wife…and I’m giving it five years or less. I hope he proves me wrong, but I won’t hold my breath.

  2. 2
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I like that he’s having his guests donate to his late wife’s charity.
    It’s a sweet way to honor her memory without being morbid about it. What would be creepy would be if he put a picture of her up by the altar and started talking to it or something.

    And good for the new wife for being okay with not getting any presents for her wedding. Maybe I have no soul (I’m cool with it if I don’t), but I wouldn’t be happy about that.

  3. 3
    MtnMama
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    Why is he a douche? I always thought he was a nice enough guy, albeit rather geeky. Feeling like I missed some juicy story, dang it!

    Okay by me to donate to the charity … my niece died and when her husband remarries someday, I think it would be great if they did even a tiny something something to acknowledge my niece will always be in his heart. Kudos to new wife for understanding that.

  4. 4
    Danielle
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    I don’t find it creepy. I think it’s wonderful that they decided together to honor his first wife! :)

  5. 5
    itchy
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Look at that face: He is the definition of Douche. You could crush him, macerate him, filtrate him and you’d have Pure Essence of Douche. $3.25 per 16 oz bottle, on sale now at a Wal-Mart near you.

  6. 6
    J-Mo J-Mo
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    If I’m not mistaken, I believe he may have earned his douche title because he flogged his wife’s death CONSTANTLY during his season of American Idol in order to garner sympathy votes, he made mention of it almost every single time he was on camera, and I think that it turned some people off to see him using such a personal tragedy in order to shamelessly attempt to score better on a reality TV show. I wonder if he’s part of the reason why so many people bring up dead relatives, even if they’re long gone, they still squeeze out some faux tears and sob that they’re “doing it for mama”…. even though mama died during the Carter Administration. It has effectively cheapened grief to the point where it becomes hard to feel anything for anyone dealing with a loss because people parade it around so often…

    love, J-Mo :)

  7. 7
    Nads
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    @J-Mo – thank you! and yes.

  8. 8
    itchy
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    And the fifteen thousand pairs of eyeglasses. Don’t forget the eyeglasses.

  9. 9
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    Her death was pretty fresh when he was on AI, and losing a spouse in such a tragic way (well…for happily married people, in ANY way) changes who you are. It’s on your mind no matter what else you’re doing. In his case, he was trying to move on, but appeared to be going through his grief very publicly. A poor choice, maybe…but hardly worthy of being called nasty names.

  10. 10
    captain save-uh-hoe
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    Just my two cents… I didn’t watch his season and I don’t work on AI but a lot of times the producers will ask you the same questions over and over again. It’s possible he talked about it in a few interviews and then they continually used those answers over and over again. These interviews can be very produced and I’m sure AI knew all along how they wanted his story to play out. I could be wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a lot of prodding and editing also involved in how he came across.

  11. 11
    BedHeadJen
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    His new wife looks like an Olsen twin with an 80′s hair band twist.

  12. 12
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Danny Gokey should be the next Bachelor, then. Well, maybe after his semi-porn star wife breaks his heart. Dead wife + broken marriage = Bachelor heartthrob. Oh, he’ll also need a cute dog, but a kid who desperately needs a new mommy would do in a pinch.

  13. 13
    Jazzy
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    I agree w/ cattyfan. He was still clearly struggling with it when he was on AI. He was grieving and NOT talking about her would have made him a douche, IMO. At least he didn’t remarry 5 minutes after she died like some men seem to do.

  14. 14
    Flipit
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Church lady is and always will be a douche.

  15. 15
    nyccookie
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    She is his “late” wife, not his “ex” wife. Not to be nitpicky, but I lost my first husband and since we were still married at the time of his death, I refer to him as my “late” husband.

  16. 16
    itchy
    Posted January 31, 2012 at 12:21 am

    American Idol exploited Gokey’s dead wife way more than he did. But even without pimping out her death, he’d have been a douche. He just wouldn’t have made it on the show, that’s all.

  17. 17
    crazy rooster
    Posted January 31, 2012 at 4:01 am

    What constitutes a semi nude model? Do you pick a half you won’t show?

  18. 18
    Mister_Dangerous
    Posted January 31, 2012 at 7:48 am

    uh, I wish him the best.

  19. 19
    nelliebelle1197
    Posted January 31, 2012 at 10:25 am

    So will the Church Lady be allowed to bring the semi-nude model to church?

  20. 20
    Reilly
    Posted January 31, 2012 at 9:40 pm

    I don’t think it’s creepy that he started a charity in honor of his dead wife. And I don’t expect any widow/widower to just forget about their first spouse when they get remarried. But requesting donations to the dead wife’s charity for his wedding seems a little inappropriate. I’d have picked a different charity for the wedding donations.

  21. 21
    sardini
    Posted February 2, 2012 at 8:51 am

    I agree with Reilly. I respect that they’re asking for charity donations in lieu of gifts. But, there is a time and a place for honoring the dead wife. This should be a celebration of his new life with his new wife. Of course you always keep a part of the deceased wife alive and honor her memory, but I would be annoyed if my husband made our marriage about his late wife.

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