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Lionel Richie and Bai Ling Debut Romance at Viceroy Santa Monica

Where: 1819 Ocean Ave [map], Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401

Today in celebrity 'WTF' news: Lionel Richie and Bai Ling went on a date on Thursday night. Yes, that would be he of The Commodores and she of the perpetually-over-exposing dresses. This "date" of theirs is not only of interest to us because it is one of the most bizarre-o celebrity pairings ever, but because it took place at the Viceroy Santa Monica's signature restaurant, Whist.

According to X17, this "date" involved the two of them arriving and leaving from the hotel/restaurant in separate cars — but their "eyewitness account" maintains that he was rubbing her back during the dinner, and they were sitting mighty close to one another. Of course, this could all be an overhyped celeb spotting with out-of-thin-air rumors of a romance (along the lines of that disconcerting Natalie Portman/Sean Penn thing earlier this year), but we have reason to believe (mainly faith in the weirdness of both of these people) that this could be for realsies.

Man, why are we never at these places at the right time? All we've gotten in a hotel restaurant was a Hanson sighting.