Tom Arnold Guarantees Fourth Marriage Will Last
When you got on the phone with Tom Arnold, you know what's coming. A hyper, free-wheeling discussion about anything and everything, with liberal dabs of marriage woes, low sperm counts and cocaine. When
PopEater caught up with the comedic actor, he talked about fist fights with his friend and 'Brother's Justice' co-star Dax Shepard, expands on his rebuffed attempt to help Charlie Sheen and opens up about his fourth wife, Ashley Groussman, and the havoc that his "almost non-existent" sperm count is wreaking on their attempts to have a child.
"Divorce is just brutally painful and I went through it and then I did it again and then I did it again," he said, one of those ex's being Roseanne. "The thing is, I know it sounds like a cliché but if I hadn't have gone through all that I wouldn't have met Ashley. But this is it."
You're in 'Brother's Justice' with Dax Shepard. He's your buddy right?
He was my best man. We met on 'Punk'd' many years ago and struck up a friendship and here we are. Dax wrote the script so that was the easy part and we've always wanted to work together.
Did you two get sick of each other?
There's a scene where we go to Ashton Kutcher's house to fight him and Bradley Cooper and on the way to shoot that scene, me and Dax got into a fight on the highway. He had to pull over and we got into a fist fight on the way to do our fight scene. It's sort of a brother thing. We had just been to Afghanistan and we had the same kind of fight over there. I think it's when we feel tense. I'm not saying it's healthy.
You seem like the bigger guy. Did you beat the sh*t out of him?
That's what I'd like to believe but he's 6"3 and I'm 6"2. I weigh a lot more but he's pretty tough.
Will you be best man at his wedding?
We'll see. It's not like he was best man at my first wedding.
What number are we up to?
Number four.
So we hope this time it's going to work.
Exactly! I guarantee it will. I'm all in on this one.
Versus not being all in on the others?
Well I've learned a lot. I know Ashley is different from anyone I've ever met. It's like you have such high hopes when you meet someone. You fall in love with them, you say this is going to turn out wonderful, one of these days they're going to be so crazy about me, we will be a team. Instead of it's going to be amazing, we are a team. We've got each other's backs, now let's get married. I just had it reversed, when I think about it now I'm horrified. How could I have wasted so much money, and time and energy? Divorce is just brutally painful and I went through it and then I did it again and then I did it again. The thing is, I know it sounds like a cliché but if I hadn't have gone through all that I wouldn't have met Ashley. But this is it.
You want to have kids but you have a low sperm count right?
Yeah it's almost non-existent. I had some frozen 15 years ago that we brought out. We're in the process of this now. We've decided it's going to happen 100% we're going to have children no matter how it happens. I'm not going to let my low sperm count derail Ashley's dreams of being a mother and mine too. We will make it happen.
It's brave of you to talk about it. You can't be the only celebrity to have low sperm count.
Oh, I guarantee I'm not the only one. I think it's good to talk about what these women have to go through. They have to take all these hormone shots because the guy which should be the easiest thing in the world for him to do, he can't do that. It isn't usually the guy but it is sometimes and it is in my case so I really appreciate what Ashley has to go through.
You've always been very hyper. I can't imagine what you were like on cocaine.
Ironically it calmed me down. I was fat on cocaine. There was nothing good about it period. The only reason I did it is because I'm an addict. The first time I did it, it seemed fun and then it never was fun again and I still did it for four more years trying to get to that fun place.
I read that you're the go to guy for interventions.
There are a lot of people. The way to stay sober is to help other people who are struggling, that's what everybody does. Many years ago Charlie Sheen lived across the street from me. I could see he was struggling so I got a hold of his agent and I offered to help get him into rehab and the agent said to me, 'I can't be a part of that, he makes us too much money.' Some people don't love me for doing interventions, maybe in five years they appreciate it but you can't do it to get people to like you. You do it because it's the right thing.
You just shot a pilot.
It's called 'Other People's Kids' and Judith Light is my lover. It's fun. I'll find out in three weeks if it gets picked up. I'll be disappointed if it doesn't get picked up.
Thirty minutes later there is a message on my cell phone from Tom Arnold.
Nicki, sorry to bother you on your cell. Your mother gave me the number. I wanted to tell you we shot the pilot on the same spot where 23 years ago we shot the 'Roseanne' pilot which was creepy yet nice, but nice.
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Always liked Tom Arnold.
It's obvious he has a struggle with some sort of chemical imbalance.
I Hope he finally finds true happiness.
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Would you give the same sympathy to some one who really needs it. Mr Arnold needs to get a life; in reality
I like Tom.....I really do.....I wish him the best....but Tom...never say never.....In Hollywood long marriages are few so good luck.....but don't go laying any bets on it in Vegas!I love reading this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agelessc'upid.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..
There's a brain rattling around in that giant head of his, but when a man his age gets in fistfights it's no wonder he can't keep a marriage together.
I wish him happiness and I hope he's right about his marriage. I have been through 2 divorces and I feel like that is a bad mark on my character, a stain in my Book of Life. It is really hard to look for what's ahead when I'm burdened by such chains. Even though I have God's promise of what lies ahead, I still feel like I've let Him down, and I secretly feel unworthy of the special man God has in store for me. But such is life, huh?
Best Wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, and may they be blessed with little feet before they know it!
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Gee. We forgot. IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU RIGHT! Nitwit. you and ARnold have the same problem. Yourselves LMAO @ both of you!
Fourth time's the charm, right Tom? Sigh. What a dope. He will be divorced within a year. It's a good thing that he has a low sperm count because we don't need another Arnold imbecile on this Earth.
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If there was another Tom; I hope he moves to somewhere a long way from America.
I kind of imagine him or other guys marrying not so attractive women. I am surprised with Frankie Muniz. His girlfriend is hot.
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MAN, HAS HE GOTTEN OLD!!!
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Who among us, has got younger ? That is what a lifetime of drug addiction will do to anyone. couple that with alcohol. why in God's name would a woman marry a person like that?
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with a lot of luck......so will you.
I like Tom, He was very gracious after the Rosanne and he divorced. He just said he was greatful for what she did for him. Meanwhile she trashed him. She was the one that went through all those hormones to get pregnant and that was what I think broke them up. Then she hurries up to get pregnant with a young man to rub it in Tom's face. I hope it works out for him. I also see Rosanne reflect on her manic past, I think she regrets alot. I think marrying Tom was her way of rubbing it in her ex-husband's face.
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he may be a good guy, but i cannot tolerate him-he speaks too fast and he moves too much-he is constantly fidgeting-cant take it!!!
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She's a dog.
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She's not a dog, nor is a tacky stripper fake boob job Blonde like Kelsey Grammer married three times. I hope his 4th works out for him as well.
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Why not, hell froze over for the EAGLES.
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This coke head will do anything for publicity.
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........why on earth would a woman marry a man who has had four wives??? The writing is already on the wall that he's a poor husband. Did she talk with his prior wives? Same with Elizabeth Taylor, seven times. As beautiful as she was, as generous towards AIDS victims as she was, a wife she was not.
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So he marries a girl who looks like his daughter? This marriage will make the maiden voyage of the Titanic look like a success!
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