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With the court case resuming this week, Chris Brown and Rihanna have been in the news again. (Well, Rihanna really never left the news, but Chris Brown is back.)
I was thinking about celebrity crimes and forgiveness. I’ve forgiven a lot of celebs for their past mistakes–Robert Downey, Jr., for his drug use; Bill Clinton for his many unfortunate affairs; Madonna for the sex book.
But some mistakes are simply unforgivable. Violence against women is one of them. I find it hard to have any sympathy for Chris Brown, and I am completely shocked by the men who are speaking out on his behalf. We don’t really know what happened that night, but unless a girl is actually trying to kill you with a knife or gun, I find it really hard to believe that there is any possible justification for hitting her. There are so many ways to defuse a situation that don’t involve hitting someone.
Okay. I’m stepping off my soapbox now. Resume your pop culture consumption.
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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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April 6, 2009 11:00 am | 
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