Larry King Files for Divorce From Wife No. 7

By PopEater Staff Posted Apr 14th 2010 05:17PM

Larry King has filed for divorce from Shawn Southwick, his seventh wife, after 13 years of marriage, TMZ has learned. In court papers submitted Wednesday afternoon in L.A. County Superior Court, King cites "irreconcilable differences" for wanting to end the marriage.

King's spokesperson Howard Rubenstein confirmed the filing to PEOPLE, saying "his major concern is the welfare of his children, and beyond that he's not going to comment about the divorce."

King lists the separation date as April 13 and is asking the court for joint custody of their two kids and also to deny Southwick any spousal support. Minutes after he filed, Southwick's lawyer followed suit, asking for primary physical custody as well as spousal and child support.

Despite the apparent tension in their relationship, the two were seen together as recently as Tuesday night, when a PopEater source spotted King and Southwick having dinner at a popular Beverly Hills steakhouse.

The CNN talk host, 76, and Southwick, 50, tied the knot in 1997 and have two sons together, 11-year-old Chance and Cannon, 9. This will actually be the eighth divorce from seven different women for the CNN host. She has an older son from one of her three previous marriages.

They exchanged vows in a hospital room shortly before he went into surgery for a clogged blood vessel.

Their touching wedding aside, both have faced infidelity rumors throughout their time together. In December of 2009, the National Enquirer alleged that King had an affair with his wife's younger sister, Shannon Engemann. Sources tell TMZ that Southwick believes King has been having an affair with her sister for five years and the cover was blown when she checked his Visa statement and saw King had bought expensive gifts, including a $160,000 car and "tons of gifts from Cartier." Her sister, tells TMZ it's absolutely not true.

In 2008, Southwick faced cheating claims of her own, as the Enquirer reported she had an affair with the baseball coach of her and Larry's son.

The couple caused a stir in 2007 when they engaged in a very public spat inside and out of a Beverly Hills restaurant. The heated incident forced King's longtime rep, Rubenstein, to clarify: "He only has good feelings about her. He's deeply concerned about her well-being. He has enormous affection for her. He denies berating her."

In 2008, Southwick, a former singer and TV host, entered rehab for addiction to painkillers. Her father, Karl Engmann, told PEOPLE that the issue was related to painful migraines. "She finally decided to do something about it," he said. "We're happy she's taking care of herself and everything will be fine."

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Comments

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Wednesday 14 April

By alk

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I have been saying that for long time ago now...i would be very happy if he left

By greg

A woman would have to be crazy to marry that old fool.

By BTDT

She probably got tired of him interrupting her every time she tried to talk.

By dennis

As Conan O'Brian has to be as funny as 'smallpox' then why not let hin take over from Larry King and then I would have another exccuse for not watching either of them.

By mimi

O.K. Larry, when are you going to say, "enough is enough??" What are you trying to do, break Liz Taylor's record. Do you maybe think that you are a "lousy spouse?" Why not hire a young chick to warm your milk, change your diaper and tuck you in bed--it would be a lot cheaper. Goodnight, Larry.

By Paul

Why on earth would any woman marry him in the first place unless it was for a lot of money? The guy is old and butt ugly with no personality. He is a walking antique,his legs probably sqeek when he walks.

Thursday 15 April

By Tamra

So Larry files for divorce from her? Interesting.

By mike

As long as he's got enough money in the bank, he'll never have problem finding another woman.

By Diana

Hes been married 7 times !!! Thats a lot of marriages under his belt. I think I would have stopped trying after 3. I know someone whos been married 8 times. Hes a mess now, and broke.
Now days, simply living together is enough trouble, mostly when theres children involved. Larry might want to rethink hes ways, this kind of life style could break anyone.

By Rose

Well, I have said it time and time again. When are people going to learn that a leopard never changes its SPOTS. Everyone thinks that they can CHANGE someone or that their personal EQUIPMENT, so MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST PARTNER. Well, ain't so; Larry King is 8 time loser and his wife 4 time loser. That makes 12 marital mistakes;
ENOUGH SAID

Friday 16 April

By nicstarnic

Larry Baby..................
After Eight Times Your Need To Really Consider The
Virtues Of Bachelorhood.

Saturday 17 April

By desert rat

My late wife knew one of his formers, she was a Phila lawyer as memory serves. I'm reminded of a line from an old Walter Mathaw/Carol Burnett movie where he apologies for cheating so much on her by saying, " my plumber says the pursuit of women is the pursuit FROM women."
Burnett, " what the hell does that mean?"
Mathaw," How the hell do I know, I'm not a plumber."

Monday 19 April

By FLORENCE

LARRY KING IS A SORRY PICTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAN.. HE IS DISGUSTING IN HIS MIND AND LOOKS...CNN PLEASE DUMP HIM AND GIVE US A NEW REFRESHING HOST MALE OR FEMALE...

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