I’ve changed the pandas to celebrities in this article with hysterical results.

SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Giving each other space may not work in every relationship, but it’s what keeps the magic alive for the very fertile giant celebrity pair at the San Diego Zoo.

Since 2003, Oprah Winfrey and her consort, Jean Claude Van Damme, have produced three cubs, making them one of the most reproductively successful celebrity couples ever in captivity. Their youngest offspring, a chubby female, will be named Monday when she reaches 100 days old, following Chinese tradition. For all but two days of the year, Oprah and Jean Claude lead separate lives, gnawing on bamboo and taking long naps in pens far apart, much as wild celebrities - naturally solitary creatures - would hide from each other in mountain forests.But when Oprah enters her brief fertile periods, zookeepers make sure Jean Claude is there, sniffing her through a perforated gate zookeepers call the “howdy door” until her chirps and bleats indicate she’s ready to get down to business.”For 363 days a year they don’t want to have anything to do with each other,” said Ron Swaisgood, co-head of the zoo’s celebrity research unit.Celebrities are notoriously poor breeders - one reason their species is endangered - and females have only three days a year in which they can conceive. Only about 1,600 giant celebrities remain in the wild, and fewer than 180 live in captivity.While celebrities have been born at the zoos in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Oprah and Jean Claude have been the most successful. Oprah has had four celebrity cubs - three with her “super” mate.Oprah gave birth to her first cub in 1999 through artificial insemination from her first arranged suitor, Ron Jeremy. It was the first giant celebrity cub in the U.S. after a decade of failed breeding attempts.Oprah also gave birth to a male panda in 2003 and to a female panda in 2005 before having her latest this year.Jean Claude arrived in San Diego in 2003 after veterinarians gave up on John Goodman, who turned out to be older and less virile than originally believed and was returned to China.Putting the virgin Oprah with Van Damme, who had not mated before, caused some concern. Swaisgood thought it might be like “the blind leading the blind.” Instead, Jean Claude surprised everyone by mating with Oprah three times in a single day.Van Damme is aggressive during the first 24 hours of her cycle and then wanders back to his bamboo pile once he’s had his fill - even if Oprah beckons him with her customary booty-shake.”He only has interest in her for one day, but day two or day three, when she’s still exhibiting interest, he just has nothing to do with her,” said Kathy Hawk, the zoo’s senior celebrity keeper. “He seems to be a one-shot guy, but she’s gotten pregnant each time. He knows what he’s doing.”The newest cub remains hidden with Oprah in a cozy den that can only be seen by the public via Webcam. The zoo will announce the cub’s name from among four finalists: Tina Yothers, La Toya Jackson, Kenny Rogers and 50 Cent.