Gary Coleman And Wife To Appear On Divorce Court

April 27th, 2008 | Posted in Celebrity News, Television | Print This Article

Gary Coleman and his wife Shannon Price
The honeymoon is over for former child star Gary Coleman and his new bride, Shannon Price.

The 40-year-old actor and his 22-year-old wife are set to appear on TV’s “Divorce Court” on May 1st and 2nd. The couple wed in August after meeting on the set of the 2006 comedy “Church Ball.”

Among the problems the pair discusses with Judge Lynn Toler are Gary’s anger and intimacy issues. Gary and Shannon agree they have “ugly” monthly fights.

“If he doesn’t get his way, he throws a temper tantrum like a five- year-old does,” Shannon says. “He like stomps the floor and yells, ‘Meehhhh,’ and starts throwing stuff around. He bashes his head in the wall, too.”

Gary says he gets frustrated because “the male is always the bad guy.”

“When I try to state my case or explain things to her or try to get her to understand my point of view,” Gary says, “my point of view doesn’t matter.”

Shannon also complains that Gary has no friends and inexplicably disappears from home in the middle of the night. When Judge Toler presses him, Gary admits he is negative.

“I don’t have any friends and don’t have any intention of making any,” he says. “People will stab you in the back, mistreat you, talk about me behind your back, steal from you. And they’re not really your friends. (They’re) only there because you’re a celebrity or because they want to get something from you.”

Gary went on to describe the couple’s private life as “mediocre.”

“It’s not her fault,” he says. “I always feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders every day I get up. … There are days I don’t even want to get up.”

Will Judge Lynn Toler be able to help Gary Coleman save his marriage, or is it too late? Tune in to find out!