The greatest love of all is finally put to bed

 

 

 GOSSIP. As the dust settles on the devastating breakup of Paris Hilton and chubby Good Charlotte twin Benji Madden, we as a grieving nation need to take a break from the rampant recriminations — He cheated! Allegedly! — and speculation — Prince William stole her heart! OK, not likely! — and try to remember the good times, the glorious highs of this nine-month storybook romance that taught America that it is OK to love again:

• Back in April, the press was in a tizzy over the couple making it to their two-month anniversary. No one was more surprised than Paris herself.

• By September, the couple was still going strong, even with the press trying to pull them apart with rumors of Paris canoodling with MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe.

• Last month, Paris celebrated her and Benji’s eighth mensiversary in the traditional way: phoning in to Ryan Seacrest’s radio show from London to denounce rumors she’d been getting flirty with Prince William and Prince Harry. Benji celebrated in L.A. by telling Fame News: “I am madly in love with the most beautiful woman in the world.” That should’ve been Paris’ first sign that there might have been someone else.