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Better.TV's Lesley Nagy and Whitney Casey talk about Celebrities who are renewing their wedding vows.

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Celebrity Couples Renew Their Vows Lesley Nagy: Welcome back. For our Hot Topic Segment, I’m here with Better’s Relationship Expert and author of the Man Plan Whitney Casey. And we’re going to talk about renewing your marriage vows. There are a lot of celebrities doing that now Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are just going to plan to do it and I know—how do you feel about that? Whitney Casey: Heidi Klum does it every year. My theory is not every year. Wedding vows are an important thing they should—you should be reminded of them everyday by your wedding ring. But to redo it’s just kind of also makes light of the really important ceremony. So I would—every couple of years like on a fifth, tenth, 20th on a real benchmark anniversary good time to do it. Lesley Nagy: So Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon they do it every single year consistently. Whitney Casey: Yes Heidi Klum it’s like every year is a different crazy wedding of—it’s just serves to make a mockery a bit of your marriage. Lesley Nagy: And the latest they like they have a party. Whitney Casey: Yes then have a party. Lesley Nagy: Good point. What about celebrity marriage as in general? I mean are they a little more dome do we just always hear about the breakups? Whitney Casey: Well, it’s almost like you’re darn if you do and you're darn if you don’t. I'm just keeping it clean. But because if you don’t marry somebody that has that much ego and narcissism as you you’re bound to be in a none equal relationship then again though if you do somebody that—you marry somebody that has narcissism and ego which typical actors and actresses do and it’s like almost—I always say if there’s two of one and becomes obsolete so you have two of this big heads like Heidi and Spencer I mean you have two egomaniac, narcissism people that are just like battling it up makes for great TV, makes for horrible marriage. Lesley Nagy: And what do you recommend for them? Whitney Casey: I’d say like find a nice girl next door and try to be as down to earth as you can maybe you know what if they all did kind of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did and maybe volunteer in third world countries or maybe adopted a kid from somewhere that maybe that they would be a little bit more humbled. Lesley Nagy: So helping other people really helps your relationship. Whitney Casey: Yes and I think it’s cliché to say that all celebrity so I mean excuse me for the cliché that are egotistical and narcissist. But if we’re going to talk about 90% of them my mails will just say oh. Lesley Nagy: We read about the breakups all the time I think sad breakup was Al Gore and Tipper 40 years of marriage. Whitney Casey: That was very sad I think for everybody especially after you see—remember the I don’t know if you remember in the presidential election that long protracted, unbelievably, uncomfortable kiss although it did it was really high school sweethearts though-- Lesley Nagy: I’d come for them-- Whitney Casey: They met right after the prom. But you know when you meet that young you’re going to evolve differently. And you want to—they went from prom to presidential election there’s no way that you can stay the same person I mean you change immensely from your 20s to 30s a lot less 30s to 40s. Their kids go out of the nest and actually you change a lot from your 40s to 50s because you’re an emptinester. And you’ve got to find yourself again and a lot of their own commonalities were probably just in their kids. And so now when the kids out of the house and even grandkids you’re kind of look at each other you’re like I don’t really have anything to talk to you about. Lesley Nagy: So you do recommend that Al and Tripper just renew their marriage vows maybe they could help it out? Whitney Casey: I don’t really think the renewal of vows at 40 years is really going to do much for a couple of even therapy at that point I mean it’s my therapist says. If you haven’t been a therapy for four years starting at 40 years of marriage is not going to help you. Thanks for that Aileen. Lesley Nagy: Good advice. Anymore tips for keeping your marriage together? Whitney Casey: I think you’ve got to keep it fresh and especially 40 years you have to do things that are dynamically different especially with men. Men love novelty and it stimulates their brain, it stimulates them sexually and so you’ve got to keep things fresh and novel in your marriage. And I don’t mean just to always wearing like something cute in the bedroom. Lesley Nagy: Well those are great advice anyway. Whitney Casey: Are you blushing? Lesley Nagy: I ain’t blushing. You keep it all fresh I love it. Thank you for your tips again. Whitney Casey: Sure. Lesley Nagy: And we’ll be right back.