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The Vast Sensationalism of Celebrity Divorces
If your separation and divorce did not make the cover of People Magazine, then do not feel bad. Most people’s affairs are not covered by gossip magazines. But celebrity divorces are a constant in the media. People wanted to know every little detail of Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt’s split. Your divorce attorney did not have his name plastered in the gossip rags but theirs did. What is it about a celebrity couple getting divorced that seems to grab the attention of everyone?
Divorce court is filled with couples airing dirty laundry about each other. But very few cases ever receive the same attention that celebrity divorces receive. The year 2009 saw the divorce of Madonna and Guy Ritchie. People were shocked because they had been together for several years and could not quite believe all of the rumors that were surfacing. Gossip rags had a field day with the “he said/she said” allegations that were flying between the two. Couples that seem happy and content in their celebrity marriages rarely make the news.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson is one celebrity couple that has managed to stay away from an attorney and a divorce settlement. Things seem pretty good for them and you rarely see any rumors surfacing in the gossip rags. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, however, were one of the Hollywood couples that experts said would divorce quickly. They did manage to stay together for awhile but they ended up divorcing and it has been a constant tabloid sensation since. There have been much faster separations and divorces though. Take for example Nicholas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley. They married in August of 2002 but just three months later a separation was filed. It almost seems as if the divorce papers were signed at start of the marriage.
Finding out that your neighbors or coworkers are having uncontested divorces is not very sensational. After all, how much could truly be at stake? But in the case of a celebrity divorce, people want to know all of the nitty, gritty details. The papers always point to infidelity but there is often more to these separations than what you read. It is easy to view celebrities as iconic figures that are above the everyday mundane tasks that people go through.
For all those who eagerly await celebrity divorces, there are some who want to see celebrity couples make it. Being a celebrity just amplifies every problem. If you are going through a divorce and are battling it out in divorce court, then it suddenly does not seem so bad when compared to the fanfare and censure that celebrities receive. You are not the only one to have a cheating spouse or be in an abusive relationship. It brings celebrities down to a normal level that the everyday Joe can relate with.