the divorce announcement, he stepped out publicly for the first time with russian-born singer oksana grigorievaw with cnn's larry king, oksana denied she had anything to do with the divorce. >> do you ever feel you caused the breakup? >> he explained to me over and over again that it was not the reason they separated, since 2006 for sure, and they were very unhappy prior to that. >> reporter: the couple soon announced they were expecting a baby. >> there's another dichotomy of mel gibson. he was this very strict catholic with very, very strict views and yet he was having a child out of we had lock. it-t reveals they had separated years earlier, in 2006, just after gibson's notorious dui arrest. less than three weeks after the divorce announcement, he stepped out publicly for the first time with russian-born singer oksana grigorieva. in an interview with cnn's larry king, oksana denied she had anything to do with the divorce. >> do you ever feel you caused the breakup? >> he explained to me over and over again that it was not the reason they separated, since 2006 for sure, and they were very unh

the divorce announcement, he stepped out publicly for the first time with russian-born singer oksana grigorievaw with cnn's larry king, oksana denied she had anything to do with the divorce. >> do you ever feel you caused the breakup? >> he explained to me over and over again that it was not the reason they separated, since 2006 for sure, and they were very unhappy prior to that. >> reporter: the couple soon announced they were expecting a baby. >> there's another dichotomy of mel gibson. he was this very strict catholic with very, very strict views and yet he was having a child out of wedlock. >> reporter: gibson also signed oksana to his record label. his production company produced and financed her music videos. >> he conceived, directed and produced four videos. they're like miniature dramatic movies. ♪ yes i would do anything >> i'm just incredibly grateful. >> he was a man in love. i mean, there's no other reason he would have directed that video then. he was a man in love. ♪ just one night >> reporter: but that passionate love affair would turn very ugly. very fast. >> he hit me with a f

after all the headlines, the phone tapes and the court hearings, oksana grigorieva has dropped her domesticiolence claims against mel gibson. tmz reports she hopes the move will convince gibson to fairly settle custody of their daughter, lucia. >>> after three years of marriage, then a divorce in 1985, marie osmond remarried steven craig yesterday in las vegas. osmond wore the same dress that she did three decades ago.recyc. i like that. it was their first wedding. >>> finally, cameron diaz tells "maxim" magazine marriage is a dying institution. paraphrasing more advice from diaz who is currently dating yankee alex rodriguez, guys need women who challenge them and don't let them get away with stuff. women need to not be crazies who blow off when their guys tell them something that scares them. i don't know if that makes sense. >>> and this comes to us from wxia 11 live news in atlanta, georgia, where a modern-day tech-savvy lost and found is helping last week's tornado victims put their lives back together. deeply personal items thought to be gone with the wind have begun to resurface on a

after all the headlines, the phone tapes and court hearings, oksana grigorieva dropped her domestic violencem against mel gibson. tmz reports she hopes the move will help gibson fairly settle custody of their daughter. >>> after three marries, then a divorce in 1985, marie osmond remarried steven craig yesterday in las vegas. osmond wore the same dress she did three decades ago at their first wedding. >>> and finally, cameron diaz tells "maxim" magazine that marriage is a dying institution. paraphrasing from diaz, currently dating alex rodriguez of the yankees, guys need women who challenge them and don't let them get away with stuff. women need to not be crazies who blow up when their guys tell them something that scares them. i don't know if this makes sense. anyway, i think a-rod is breathing a sigh of relief like, yeah, thank god. >> the crazies. >> what are you looking at me for? >> i'm just saying. >> keep it -- yeah. how about that wedding dress? >>> well, i'm lynn berry and this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> new details