Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese joins reality star Khloé Kardashian as a guest on the Wednesday (March 23) night episode of FYI's hit late-night talk show "Kocktails with Khloé." In a sneak peek for tonight's episode, Von Teese opens up to Kardashian and her other guests about how she feels about her divorce from her rocker ex-husband Marilyn Manson.
Von Teese sits at the table in Kardashian's kitchen set on "Kocktails with Khloé" and the discussion turns to relationships. Kardashian, who experienced a breakdown of her marriage to her estranged former NBA star husband Lamar Odom, turns to the "Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour" author and asks her opinion on what causes couples to make the decision to either break up or stay together.
"I don't know," Von Teese responds thoughtfully. "I mean, I'm definitely no expert on staying together - I've been divorced. I feel like through life, I go through so many changes and I think about the person I was with 15 years ago, I can't imagine being with now because I feel like we evolve and grow. I gave up beating myself up that I can't be in a 20-year long relationship."
One guest mentioned Von Teese's ex-husband and his profession as a rock star, a fast-paced lifestyle that could have added to the disintegration of their relationship.
"I was, but the thing is I was with him for seven years total, we were married for only a year," Von Teese explains. "And I feel like getting married was sort of the kiss of death for us because it was sort of like the nail in the coffin. I felt kind of obliged to go through with the ceremony in a way because there was so much riding on it, like Vogue was photographing it and it was in a castle, it was like this theater. So I kind of just thought, 'Oh well.'"
Since her divorce from Manson in 2007, the buxom brunette bombshell has gone on to make a name for herself in the burlesque world and is known for her vintage pin-up look. She says looking back on it now, she's come to terms with her failed marriage.
"And I kind of thought, a lot of the women that I admire, stars of the past, they were married like seven times," she says, laughing. "So I'm not gonna beat myself up about being in different relationships and not finding that person that I'm with until the end of my days. But maybe this time's different."
Watch the full sneak peek below and be sure to catch tonight's episode of "Kocktails with Khloé," airing at 10 p.m. on FYI.
