The ex-Mrs. Marilyn Manson, 36, is dating Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, 25, the actor-son of fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and his stunning ex-wife Catherine de Castelbajac, who dated Bill Koch and the late Ron Silver. Dita and her new beau were recently spotted at the Coachella Music Festival. “We’re all shocked they’re together,” a pal of Castelbajac told us. “She’s really robbing the cradle.” Von Teese’s rep didn’t get back to us.
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“He’s been in touch a little. The apologies come, and he was like, ‘I made a big mistake,’ ” the raven-haired stripper tells Inked magazine. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I know. Go ahead and say what you need to say to feel better and to sleep at night.’ ” Von Teese isn’t letting any grass grow under her feet. “Right now I’ve got three [guys],” she says. “They’re all in different parts of the world . . . That’s my biggest sin juggling men.”
DITA Von Teese kicked off Oscar week at an intimate launch of the book “Cloak & Dagger Butterfly” by London socialite and photographer Amanda Eliasch. The femme fatale stripped down during separate performances at Eli asch’s Hollywood estate, wooing the crowd with her signature “martini glass” rou tine. Von Teese laughed about a comment she recently made to a British tabloid that she went celibate after split ting from Marilyn Manson and said, “I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that I’ve had sex by now.” She added, “I’m just really enjoying being single.”
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There are many things Dita Von Teese is famous for: her burlesque dancing, former marriage to Marilyn Manson and of course, that waif-like waist line.
“It’s all corsets, Pilates and ballet classes. I train hard,” Teese told Tarts on Tuesday night at the very intimate book launch party for her pal Amanda Eliasch’s “Cloak & Dagger Butterfly.”
But while the Michigan-born babe oozes sex appeal and has no problem stripping for strangers, it seems she still struggles with body image issues.
“I’m not confident at all. I have moments of weakness like most women where I don’t feel I’m at my best. That’s how I started doing what I do,” Teese explained. “I felt very ordinary and not very glamorous so I decided one day that I was going to have to just make my own dream world.”
But when the fetish femme fatale isn’t flashing her finest assets, how does she make herself feel sexy and strong?
“I do things that make me feel confident, like doing my hair, putting my red lipstick on, having my nails done and just pampering myself so I’m ready to face the world,” Dita added. “I have this theory that the more you let your guard down and get lazy with your looks you will run into your ex-boyfriend or his new girlfriend. The key is taking a moment for yourself.”
Teese lived up to her typically teasing performance with two seductive strip-teases at the sultry soiree. Centered around a sparkling gold tub, the burlesque beauty sent sparks through the air as she slowly stripped down to a barely-there diamond-studded g-string with tiny stick-on studs up top.
Without so much as a flinch, Teese slipped into the bubbles and hosed herself (and the few people close by) down …
For her second showdown, or shall we say shower down, Dita dazzled and danced around a statuesque martini glass and fanned her fans with peacock feathers before splashing seductively inside the liquid-filled glass.
Teese was the perfect fit to perform in honor of the flamboyant new book, which hosts a collection of provocative photographs and e-mails written on Eliasch’s BlackBerry to or about her illicit lovers during her open marriage to sporting goods tycoon Johan Eliasch. (They divorced in 2007 and Amanda reportedly received one of the largest financial settlements to date.)
Guests (including Kristin Cavallari) dined on dark chocolate and sipped champagne amid Eliasch’s private Parisian-inspired Beverly Hills residence, complete with splashes of eccentricity, good luck charms, tarot cards and signature skulls.
Cavallari certainly seems to have grown-up from her “Laguna Beach” days, and told Tarts that she’s busy going into pilot season and focusing on a “real career.”
“I’m definitely enjoying it, it’s tough but much more interesting than reality television,” she said. “They keep asking me to go on ‘The Hills’ and I’m like, no thanks.” Ouch.
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Dita Von Teese and Amanda Eliasch
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If Prince Charles spent less time nattering to rhododendrons and more chatting to the great unwashed, he might have known who Dita Von Teese was.
And he would have saved himself from the undignified pickle of accidentally booking an erotic dancer for his own son’s birthday bunfight in September.
The generously-eared royal met the gothic flasher at the toff-infested Cartier International Polo Tournament at the Guards Club in Windsor, London.
Charmed by her alabaster assets, he asked what she did for a living and Dita, 35, replied: “I’m a dancer.”
This vague job description failed to convey that her act involves giving a rhythmic biology lesson in a giant martini glass and doing the sort of things to a massive olive which are illegal in most countries.
Perhaps buoyed by the sun and Pimms and presuming her performance involved a cheeky Charleston, Chazza invited her to perform at Prince Harry’s 24th birthday.
Our man said: “Poor Charles was so embarrassed when he realised what he’d done. He genuinely had no idea about her raunchy stage act.
“She was stunned when he suggested the idea, explaining that his son loved a good dance.
“But he gnawed his fist to within an inch of its knuckle when his aides explained what sort of dancing she did for a living.”
We’re sure Prince Harry will forgive his old man when the burlesque performer toasts his big day with a giant glass of champagne garnished with her own breasties.
Talking of Harrys, Harry Potter star Emma Watson, 18, was at the posh party.
The saucy beggar spent the evening with her head cocked to one side while Prince William lookalike Francis Boulle poured oily words of seduction into her ear.
Later that night, young Francis entertained Emma by making unsavoury human organs from the balloons in the Chinawhite Tent.
Fortunately Charles didn’t see, or Harry’s bash would probably be adorned with penis-shaped decorations.
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