Tattle: Kendra says yes to Baskett
TALK ABOUT a Baskett catch.
Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett has proposed to "Girl Next Door" Kendra Wilkinson, her "ex," Hugh Hefner, told Usmagazine.com.
Kendra said yes.
Mazel tov.
"Kendra Wilkinson has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life with," Hef said in a statement. "He popped the question last Saturday. I have given her my blessing and will be giving her away at a very special wedding ceremony at the Playboy Mansion this coming June."
According to E! Online, Hank got down on one knee and proposed to Kendra at the Space Needle in Seattle before Sunday's Eagles game against the Seahawks.
Regular Daily News readers will recall that it was Tattle colleague Dan Gross who was first to report the couple was dating.
Meanwhile, Hef's other ex, his former main, main squeeze, Holly Madison, has been linked to Las Vegas "Mindfreak" Criss Angel.
Third ex, Bridget Marquardt, is still looking - although, technically, we believe she's still married to her husband, Chad.
As for the 82-year-old playboy in the bathrobe, he has allegedly moved on to 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon.
Gee, when those girls were born, Hef was already eligible for social security.
"Hef will always be Hef," Kendra told Us recently. "He'll keep loving women, keep loving the big boobs and blondes."
Post-election roundup
Obamamania met Beatlemania yesterday in Liverpool, where the MTV Europe Music Awards acknowledged America's presidential election.
Katy Perry, who hosted the show and also was named best new act, wore a dress with Barack Obama's picture on it and quipped, "Maybe Europeans will love us again now."
Her co-host, 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto, wore an Obama T-shirt and urged the 10,000-strong crowd at Liverpool's Echo Arena to yell "Congrats, Barack."
In accepting an award as an "ultimate legend," Sir Paul McCartney thanked his "mum and dad," Liverpool and Americans "for voting in Senator Obama."
* If your office
is like ours, on Wednesday morning everyone was asking who was that white dude Oprah was leaning on at Obama's Grant Park rally?
Obama campaign worker Karen Wark says he's Sam Perry, who worked at the Silicon Valley for Obama office.
No other details were given.
Oprah said Wednesday she didn't know the man she stood next to but she thanked her "Mr. Man" for letting her cry on his shoulder.
Uh, Stedman, shouldn't that have been your shoulder? *
Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
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