There are those of us out there who just can’t get over Brad Pitt leaving Jennifer Aniston for Angelina Jolie. We pull for Jen every time she dates a new man, and we feel heartbreak when relationship after relationship doesn’t work out.
Now, when Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey split, most people were on Nick’s side. Nick did a great job of playing the abused party in that separation, and that image stuck. Jessica was the bad guy, and we felt no sympathy for her.
That all changed the day before Jessica’s birthday party when the news came out that she had been unceremoniously dumped by Tony Romo. Public outcry turned to Jessica’s favor. (I mean, really, the day before her big birthday party?) Speculation ran rampant that maybe Jessica and Nick would get back together. (Nick’s brother Drew says that’s not happening.)
Why do we care so much? Why do we feel the need to take sides? And why can’t we just let Jen and Jess conduct their love lives at their own speed and in their own manner?
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Are celebrity divorces like celebrity deaths? Do they occur in threes?
The latest is the David Duchovny/Tea Leoni split: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/10/david-duchovny.html. I wonder if Bree Sharp knows DD is back on the market?
And the real question: If celebrity divorces happen in threes, who is the next couple to head to splitsville? Avril Lavigne and Deryk Whidbey? Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon? Beyonce and Jay-Z? Eva Longoria and Tony Parker? Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds? Jennifer Lopez and Mark Anthony?
Weigh in below.
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Is it wrong that it makes me sad when yet another Hollywood marriage ends?
It’s not that I had anything invested in Madonna’s relationship with Ritchie or that I somehow saw their marriage as a litmus test for my own marriage. But it does make me sad that they couldn’t work it out.
I also wonder why it is so important to keep marital problems under wrap. Madonna and Ritchie’s publicists were denying the potential split even an hour before the divorce was made public. Why? Madonna didn’t keep herself from being filmed/photographed with A-Rod, o why continue to tell the press that nothing is wrong and stage happy couple photo ops with Ritchie? Why not just say the couple is going through a rough patch and would appreciate some privacy as they work through it. Or just say that they don’t comment on their client’s personal lives.
How do you feel about it? How do marriages in Hollywood compare to marriages among us plebes? How does the attitude that divorce is an acceptable option affect you?
Another question to ponder: Why does it even matter to us? When you get right down to it, who the f cares how someone else’s relationship is going?
Read more at http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMNkm4XZusB6LBavrlOew7QdYjMgD93R0BVG0.
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August 19, 2009 1:00 pm | 
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