LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2009
Letterman Marries Longtime Girlfriend
Late Night Host Ties The Knot In Montana After Prolonged Courtship
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David Letterman appears on the "Late Show with David Letterman," in this Oct. 8, 2007, file photo, in New York. (CBS/John Paul Filo)
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During a taping Monday of CBS' "Late Show," Letterman said he and Lasko married March 19 at the Teton County Courthouse in Choteau, Mont., but only after their truck got stuck on a muddy road.
Letterman and Lasko, whose son, Harry, was born in November 2003, didn't take an immediate honeymoon. The late-night host was back at work in New York on Monday to deliver the news - and a few jokes about the marriage.
"Regina and I began dating in February of 1986, and I said, `Well, things are going pretty good, let's just see what happens in about 10 years,"' Letterman, who turns 62 next month, said at the taping, according to a transcript.
After avoiding marriage for more than two decades, Letterman said, "I secretly felt that men who were married admired me ... like I was the last of the real gunslingers, you know what I'm saying?"
The road to the ceremony wasn't smooth, he told the audience. He, Lasko and their son were on their way to the courthouse Thursday when their pickup truck got stuck in the mud.
"So now we think, `Well, somebody'll come.' No, nobody comes along. Nobody comes along - it's Thursday afternoon; who's coming along? Zorro? No, nobody. So I get out of the truck and I walk 2 miles back to the house into a 50-mile-an-hour wind," Letterman said.
"It's not Beverly Hills, it's Montana, for God's sakes. And the whole way, I'm thinking, 'See, smart ass, see, see, you try to get married, this is what happens,"' he said.
When he returned, Letterman said, Harry asked if they were still going to town and was assured they were.
"And he gets very upset because mom had told him if I wasn't back in an hour, the deal was off," Letterman said.
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- How many women would hang around for 22 YEARS if the man was NOT super rich?
If he was just a Wal-Mart cashier say. An average man. If you're not going to have kids, what's the point of getting married at this stage? - Reply to this comment
- If Dave was a Wal-Mart cashier or a professional beachcomber, would she have stuck around for 22 years? At this stage, what's the point of getting married? Not like he's going to have kids & wants to make everything legal for them.
But women like that precious wedding ring. - Reply to this comment
- Guys like this (meaning self-centered scum) don't get married until they realize they are too old to get another female anywhere close to as attractive as their current one.
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- Congratulations to both of you! Now each of you has the legal right to come see each other in the hospital, but hopefully won't ever need that right! Best wishes to the happy couple..
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- Wow! After all the disgusting remarks he made about Bristol Palin when he had fathered an out-of-wedlock baby (note I didn't call it a bastard), it still took him how long??? 5 years? before he made an "honest" woman out of Regina. And, unlike teen-age Bristol, he was how old? What do they consider the "age of responsibility" in New York?
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- is it as good now as it was when you were stealing it !!
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- Congrats and good for you three..........
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- Marries girl friend? Was she under 21? I think he married his lady friend.
Watch out Dave. Now she will be telling you to wear dark socks with your suits. - Reply to this comment
- I loved the great pic of her, she looks like Letteamans twin! Amazing!
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- The very nerve of anyone calling someone else ugly is the height of low classness and ignorance. Remember, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Congrats, Dave and Regina, the best to the both of you. And yes i will continue to watch you every night. my highlight is seeing you run across the back stage.
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- Congrulations, David! Good wishes to you and your future.
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- congrats Dave. best wishes to your family.
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- I guess it is really quite a miracle that some one in tv is still with the same person for over 2 days, well enough 2 decades, Congrads to Dave and his wife.
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- If you want to read real news go to Drudge Report or hotair.com. CBS news stinks.
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- At least now his bastard son will have a legal name. What an idiot. I wouldn't watch him if he was the only one on television.
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- Congratulations!! But Paul missed the boat. He should have played "At Last"
I guess we were all waiting for Dave to say just kidding! - Reply to this comment
- well there you have it......................dave is married
there something to put in the news - Reply to this comment
- Finally he can have a legitimate child :-)
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- Long time to make decisions are the reason he never got "The Tonight Show". Posted by Baileyccc
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- "... Ever since then he has brown nosed corporate executives & burned everyone who helped him to the top. Now he boasts about his power & treats everyone like S**T like the pompous A** he is! & always will be!" Posted by RonParkerFromCBSColumbia
For the millions who are forced to "brown nose" their superiors every day in normal work environments, just to remain employed, and who get no advance from it, anyone who actually makes it to "the top" is worthy of admiration, and as long as he treats everyone like s**t, as you put it, what's your beef?
I smell the green eyed monster lurking behind your post. - Reply to this comment
