Celebrity divorces and social media go hand and hand these days and while all this unnecessary information is being served to us on the click bait platter, how much should we really poke our nose into this?
We’ve all been guilty of following celebrity relationships an abnormal amount. Which restaurant they went to, which fancy destination they picked for a holiday, and anticipating their wedding plans. For years, celebrity relationships have dominated our Instagram feed. Be it someone openly admitting it or the papz snooping around to spam our timelines, we’ve all succumbed to the news always. Maybe because we invest so much time in their movies, when stuff like this actually happens, we feel like that movie love is actually transferring to real life. Some co-stars couple up IRL and sometimes two celebrities from completely different ends of the world fall in love with each other. Regardless, we’re here to discuss it to the T with our best friends on group chat.
Just like falling in love is a topic of interest, falling out of love is an even greater head turner. And if the break up is messy, there’s so much to talk about, dissect every statement, every event they attended together. And the worst of all, taking sides on social media and giving a verdict on it. This left me wondering how much we peep into someone's house! Where does one draw the line between general stalking and obsession?
A recent example of this has been Joe Jonas and Sophie Turners’ marriage ending. The two shared a joint post together on Instagram announcing their separation. But it got ugly even before we could process it and cry out loud saying love is a lie. The two are currently in a custody battle for their 2 kids and there’s all sorts of narratives floating around. It’s like reality TV unfolding in front of us and nobody wants to look away. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was another blasphemous case that was kept on display for the whole world to see. It tore the world into two and everyone was deeply studying both of their behavioral patterns in court. There was a legit docu series for everyone to grab some popcorn and watch together on the big screen too!
Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez, another celebrity couple who got divorced this year made it to the news. It’s our guilty pleasure; we know it’s not our business but we indulge in it anyway. We love seeing the sauce, the Reels and the fight get nastier. The instant question after that is if they’re not together, do they have someone else in their lives? Did they part ways because of a mistress or a secret rendezvous? And this comes to my next point that this is another thing we love playing detective for - figuring out who is dating whom and believing every rumor that we come across.
What I've realized is, maybe our obsession with celebrity divorces comes from our sheer love of content and gossip. Maybe its stemming from our need to know more so we can pick sides and relate and have something to contribute to when, like everything else, this too is being discussed on the dinner table. Or maybe it's the satisfaction we get from this - no matter how amazing their lives look, life can be unfair to them too and we feel better about our lives in a way. Having said that, we do need to learn where to draw the line! We forget that celebrities are also people and just like you and me, they're also figuring themselves out and their relationships. While we feast on their dirty laundry, maybe we can extend some compassion their way instead of biased judgment! Leaving you with some food for thought!
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