Dear Tony Parker: There's no such thing as safe texts

It's not as if celebs like Tony Parker and Eva Longoria don't know the risks by now — if there's anything we've learned from the likes of Brett Favre, Tiger Woods and Jesse James this year, it's that high-profile marriages and flirty messages don't mix.

Parker, the San Antonio Spurs point guard whom Longoria filed for divorce from Wednesday after three years of marriage, confirmed in a statement that he had not filed for divorce first in Texas and had not hired a divorce attorney at all. Hardly sounds like a roller-coaster relationship, as the two are still talking.

Longoria is seeking spousal support from Parker, who recently signed a $50-million contract with the Spurs that goes through 2014.

The "Desperate Housewives" actress found hundreds of text messages sent between her husband and Erin Barry, the wife of former Spurs teammate Brent Barry. The message exchange reportedly ended over the summer.

But rather than infidelity, the reason for the split was more about geography, according to an Access Hollywood source who said that, although Parker admitted texting another woman, there had been no sex involved — just flirting. "Desperate Housewives" shoots in Universal City; the Spurs take their shots in Texas, or wherever the team travels.

"It was a long-distance relationship — and that distance took its toll," the source said.

Oh, yeah, the Barrys are in the middle of a divorce too.

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— Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Eva Longoria and Tony Parker in San Antonio in 2006, before a Spurs game, and before they tied the knot. Credit: Eric Gay / Associated Press.

Comments

[Crystal]

Just another celebrity divorce! Why do these people have such elaborate, pseudo fairy-tale weddings and their marriages last for 2 minutes? The sanctity of marriage is no longer respected. I would certainly welcome intellectual commentary on this downward social trend.

[Judith Wynn]

I am trying to understand if eva is somewhat cold in the bed or boring or something cause that woman seems to me like a great catch! Most men would be happy to have a woman like her! so if tony dont think so then i guess she should move on! she is still beautiful, doing what she likes to do and very funny and very attractive. I hope she would be able to move on! I have a friend i just met who just discovered that her man has been cheating on her for almost all the time they were together. Now she is pregnant and she will probably be alone. Regular joes cheat so i guess we just need to move on and try again and again until we find the MRS RIGHT! Maybe a guy in jail or something lol! you know he will only cheat on you with men lol!

[Katherine Mason]

She filed in CA so you know she's trying to rob him blind. Hollywood tried so hard to make them interesting, but no go. He look like somebody's grandma and she has not talent. I really don't know why they felt the need to get married in a castle when it was obvious from jump that he only married her because she WAS famous. NBA players have been known to do that. He never drooled over her the way she did over him. It was all for the attention...oh well.