The Break Ups

In the world of entertainment, it is not just the celebrities’ performances and their talents that entertain us, but also their private lives. As fans, as gossipers, we want to know everything about them: where they live, how much money they make, and what they do as hobbies. Among many of these, the one thing that is in the purest form of gossip is their love status.

There are so many fun things to know about people’s relationships, but what is more interesting than people hooking up? People breaking up!! Recently many celebrity couples have been getting divorced. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills went to the court earlier this year to make a divorce drama of their own. Last week, Kimora Lee Simmons filed for divorce to end her relationship with entertainment mogul Russell Simmons. Earlier this week, Robin Williams and his wife, Marcha Garces Williams, have decided to end their 19-year marriage.

Relationships are complicated things and whether we like or not, many of have hard times dealing with them. However, for celebrities, it may be in their best interest to limit the exposure of their personal relationships. I say this because of the contrasting cases of celebrities’ divorces. The Williams couple and the Simmons couple dealt with divorces very well as stars. They seemed to be in relatively good terms with their ex-partners as they break up. Heather Mill and Paul McCartney, however, battling each other for financial settlement, didn’t seem so pretty in the media. Earlier this week, as the two were trying to settle the dispute in court, so many things went wrong. According to Access Hollywood, Heather Mills’ demanding was so outrageous for it to be just a “reasonable need.” When things didn’t go the way she wanted to, she decided to dump a glass of water on Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyer. Ending a marriage is difficult, especially when there is money tied into it, but where is the cool?

It may be hard for Mills to end her relationship, but it may be harder for her to persuade the public that she is not an “explosive and volatile character.” When celebrities divorce, it is hard for them to keep a good public perception because there are always two sides. After all, that is why we like to talk about it so much. Of course, there are all kinds of reasons behind the divorces, but sometimes, “irreconcilable differences” may be just about enough for the public.