Demi and what’s his face
You’ve probably heard the news now about Demi and that guy she is married to. Or perhaps it’s Ashton and that girl he is married to (depending on your generation). Their marriage is in trouble. Apparently he cheated on her.
As I’ve watched Hollywood over the years, I can’t help but think that the whole industry is involved in some warped competitive race to the bottom.
They don’t call it ‘race to the bottom’, so maybe you hadn’t noticed. They prefer to call it ‘edgy’, ‘pushing the envelope’ or something like that.
The stars and the media seem to have a symbiotic relationship. It reminds me of that old military saying: “his men will follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity”.
Out of morbid curiosity and the desire to make a buck, the press follows them down, trying somehow to make it all sound newsworthy.
I thought for something to be newsworthy, it had to be out of the ordinary in some way.
Maybe I’m missing something, but what is out of the ordinary about a Hollywood couple breaking up because of infidelity?
Isn’t that just part of the normal cycle:
Hollywood stars get together.
Gushing news stories about how it is true love this time.
They have a couple of years together.
Drama starts
One of them cheats
They split
Repeat
I’m not trying to be cynical in asking these questions; it’s just that my inquiring mind wants to know.
