While it looks like John Cougar Mellencamp has had no problem moving on from his split with Meg Ryan last summer, word has it that the Sleepless in Seattle star is reeling from the news that her ex-boyfriend seems to be dating someone new. According to the latest gossip news update, Tom Hank's bestie is none too pleased to hear that the "Jack and Diane" singer was seen taking onetime supermodel Christy Brinkley out to dinner just blocks from her home in New York City. To make matter worse, the plastic surgery poster girl is said to be broke since her career has ostensibly flat lined and is hoping against hope that her new film, Ithaca, will be able to put her back on the Hollywood map.
Although they were reported to have ended their four year romance back in August of last year, Meg Ryan was supposedly caught off guard when John Mellencamp recently appeared in NYC with none other than former Hollywood sex-symbol Christie Brinley on his arm.
One source in the latest October 5, issue of Star magazine claims that John didn't even have the decency to call Meg and tell her things were truly over for good before showing up with a new girlfriend just a few miles from her house:
"Meg was shocked when she found out John was dating Christie Brinkley. She broke down and cried, 'I'm so humiliated! We were talking marriage.'
"The thing is John never officially broke it off with Meg. They hadn't talked in a while, but she thought were on a break and would work it out...She had no idea he was moving on."
Adding insult to injury, Meg is said to have been counting on Cougar eventually moving in to her luxe New York City apartment to help her cope with the soaring cost of keeping the place:
"Meg hasn't been sensible with her finances over the years. Meg just can't afford to live in that huge place anymore, since she's making almost no money."
The insider that Gossip Cop spoke to, however, insists that Meg is doing fine in every way and couldn't care less who her ex takes to dinner:
"Meg just finished her first directorial effort with a movie called Ithaca that she has spent the last almost 2 years working on.
"Her financial health is very good. She has always been super smart with investing her money and has done extremely well with her real estate transactions...she is doing what she wants to do and not working just for the sake of working."
It's good to know that Meg Ryan is happy even if her personal and professional lives seem to have bottomed out for the time being.
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