Craziest Celebrity Wife-Swap
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The Huffington Post reported last month that soon there would be a special edition of the ABC show, Wife Swap … Celebrity Wife Swap. Pastor and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted Haggard (disgraced after it was discovered he’d been having an affair with a male prostitute), will be trading spouses with actor Gary Busey (famous for … well… because he’s Busey) on an upcoming episode of the show. ABC has confirmed the show, but not released an air date.

So this got me thinking…. The only reason I would even consider tuning into the Haggard/Busey episode is because… well… because it’s Busey, but what other celebrities would it be fun to see swap spouses? And lucky for you, I have compiled a list.

In no particular order…..

Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham/Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes

Winfrey and Cruise

Now this would be a double celebrity spouse swap because all four of them are celebrities (Stedman counts as a celebrity here because he’s been earning second-hand fame as Oprah’s long-time partner)!! Oprah has never made it a secret that she loves Cruise (there’s even been the occasional rumor about the nature of their friendship over the years) – so that would just be fun to watch. And Holmes and Stedman, that could go either way. They have both taken a backseat to their partner’s careers for so long (Holmes often under speculation that Cruise completely controls her), that they might be incapable of carrying a conversation with each other. Either way Holmes is adorable and Stedman has always seemed so charming – so win/win.

The Kardsahians (all of them)

The Kardashian Sisters

This one might be too easy (or too dangerous) but they could do a kind of celebrity wife-swap-musical-chairs bit on one of their 2 (3?) reality shows. The family dynamic there as always been very intense; all of the women in the family have big emotions and feelings and boy do they like to talk about it. It takes a strong man to enter into that family empire so why not just make them all switch spouses/partners for a week and see what happens? Maybe Kris Humphries will realize he should have married Kourtney instead of Kim? I kid, I kid… but I’m just saying… they’ve never been shy about displaying their life on television so why not a fun game of spouse-swap?

Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minillo/ Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson

Lachey and Simpson

Lachey and Simpson, Simpson and Johnson aren’t married yet – and her rumored pregnancy might delay (or speed up) their nuptials, but this would be a great swap (well, for the cannibalistic reality television viewer – maybe not for the parties involved). Lachey and Simpson gave marriage (and reality television) a shot a few years ago, but as so many Hollywood marriages do, their’s ended in divorce ((honestly, I was really sad when they didn’t work out). Lachey found comfort in the arms of Minnillo, whom he met filming the video for his post-divorce ballad, “What’s Let of Me.” The two finally tied the knot this year after 5 years of dating. Simpson and Johnson (former San Francisco 49ers tight end have been dating for about a year and a half. But (and again, stictly looking out for the health of reality television here) maybe they need to make sure there aren’t any embers still burning in the heart fires… I’m picturing a cross between Survivor, The Bachelor and Iron Chef (anyone who watched Nick and Jessica’s show back in the day, has to remember her failed attempts at cooking).

Will Arnett & Amy Poehler/ Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Arnett and Poehler

Come on, how could this NOT be entertaining? Take the reigning Prom King and Queen of comedy and have them swap (spouses or lives – I think either route would be hysterical) with the super-dramatic, uber-cool and intensely-passionate Brangelina. Cue the laugh track am I right?! I picture Arnett fumbling over his words around sexy Jolie and Poehler doing a version of her Kaitlin character from SNL (“Rick! Rick! Rick!!!!”) to wear Pitt down. Ratings gold.