Recent reports that Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and pop star Avril Lavigne are headed towards divorce after a mere 14 blissful months hit K&K pretty hard this week for three reasons.
First, the very concept of Kroeger and Lavigne, two of the most reviled musicians today, joining forces, even making terrible music together, was so deliciously ridiculous it filled us with glee — kind of like if Darth Vader made a sex tape with a Cylon Raider… too nerdy a reference?
Second, the unlikely couple emitted a high octane amalgam of excess, douchiness and obliviousness that transcended their inherent Canadian-ness and was more intoxicating than Axe Body Spray.
And lastly, the power couple’s nickname: Chavril. Will we ever see a better celebrity couple’s name? Doubtful. Not unless these equally unlikely couples hook up: Helen Mirren and Roberto Luongo (Hoberto), Pink and Peter Dinklage (Pinklage or P-Dinky), Viggo Mortensen and Miley Cyrus (Virus), Master P and Jason Bateman (Master Bateman), Paul Rudd and Sporty Spice (Spudd) or Muhammad Ali and the Dalai Lama (Ali Lama). Here’s hoping.
