I was reading CNN this morning. There was an article about Charlie Sheen and his ex-wife. They are fighting over their children — again. The article went on to say “Richards said the children have resisted spending the night at Sheen’s home and “often returned sad and upset.” And she’s also concerned that Sheen engages in “inappropriate behavior” on the Internet and doesn’t understand how that affects “the child-rearing of two young daughters.”
My first thought was damn this must be a slow media day. And then I thought about it more — and actually got a tad irritated. I know how angry I would be if my divorce from my ex-husband had been fodder for the world to read. This is private stuff — and just because the Sheen’s are public figures doesn’t give the media the right to publish this stuff.
Where do we draw the line? I know for me I don’t buy tabloid crap. Not at all not ever. I used to be a huge fan of People magazine, but I don’t really even read that anymore. I actually still have a subscription I received as a gift last year, but it goes in the recycle bin the moment it arrives at the house. That’s how serious I have become in regards to not buying into that crap.
Are there not more important things in the world that are more news worthy?
I totally agree. I think the era of celebrity obsession will have to come to an end some time soon. Sure, people will always be interested, but the level of obsession now is just ridiculous.
I think that people need too much attention and bring that on themselves. I also hate it when they need to apologize to ME because of their actions. I don’t care. People make mistakes and I think its funny we hold celebrities up as models of what we should be. Absurd!
I did that with “People” when the first OJ thing came about. EVERY WEEK it was the same thing. OJ on the cover. OJ’s kids on the cover. OJ’s dog on the cover. That’s when I was aware of the circus. Was that where it began to get so ugly? I’ll still pick up people…like when Jenny McCarthy had an excerpt from her book about her autistic kid (Ben’s autistic). But they show *stars* putting AIR IN THEIR TIRES.