Heidi and Seal Broke Up! No Marriage is Safe!

I’m not ashamed to admit that I keep up with celebrity gossip. I’m a sucker for People Magazine and I’ve gone as far as following E! News on Twitter. And anyone who keeps up with celebrity news knows this past week, (Gasp!), Heidi Klum and Seal broke up. Now I was personally surprised to hear this, but even more surprising to me was how shocked people really were! People who have never even met this couple were truly upset by this news and Twitter blew up with tweets like, “I really that those two were SOLID” and “If Heidi and Seal can’t make it, no one can”.

The truth is, celebrities are commodities and their relationships are too. Magazines, talk shows, and more make big bucks off the lives of celebrities and hot hookups or shocking breakups make the most.  We base our lives off what celebrities tell us; what to wear, how to act, and how to act in relationships. Have you ever read an interview with a celebrity where they talk about their relationship like it’s the most effortless thing, only to instantly compare yourself to them and feel your relationship inferior? THEN a month later you find out they broke up! WTF!

Celebrity marriages are notorious for breaking up. It’s not really that hard to believe when almost half of ALL marriages end in divorce. But maybe there’s more to it. Celebrities are commodities and their image can be bought and sold, so perhaps their relationships are just the same. Seal has now been on two different talk shows talking about the split (and adding that his new record is coming out!) Kim Kardashian’s notorious 72 hour marriage was blatantly accused of being all for publicity and ruining the institution of marriages. As far as I’m concerned most celebrity marriages could fall into this same category. 

The most important thing to remember is not to compare yourself or your relationship to the glamourrazzi. You’re probably happier than they are J.

-Christine A.