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When one is elevated to the status of a celebrity in the minds of the public she or he automatically becomes a role model for the millions of people around the world who are enchanted by their antics. Celebrities do not get the freedom to declare themselves as non-role models, so they can allow their antics to degenerate into tomfoolery. Therefore, superstars’ inability to maintain a stable married life is tantamount to suggesting that their spouse is an ornament on their arms to complete their wardrobes in public outings or a steppingstone to socioeconomic upward mobility only to be discarded once they show a hint of wrinkling.
The highest awards in the movie industry appear to carry an anti-marriage curse that suggests that marital permanence is un-American. Law Offices of Molly B. Kenny report, “A study of celebrities that have won Golden Globe awards revealed that only 35 percent of celebrity unions are successful in the long run.” This is very disquieting for this suggests that achieving superstardom might be a marital nightmare.
The Oscar winners do not make out any better when it comes to marital failures with great success. The Daily Mail reports, “A study of all the Best Actress winners has revealed that they were more likely to end up divorced than others who had been nominated but failed to win a gold statuette.
“Researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada found that female winners of the top acting award have a 63 per cent chance of having a shorter marriage than non winners.”
The tragedy in these reports is American role models may be doing the nation more harm than good by offering legitimacy to the defrocking of the marital vow, “Until death do us part.” They are making marriage appear as a fantasy that one has following some sexual escapade with a sex partner who can be discarded once the world wind love affair high settles back into reality.
The anti-marital stability antics are helping terms like “baby daddy” and “baby mama” to gain mainstream entrance into the American lexicon. The idea of yesterday’s playboy has morphed into today’s player (male or female).
A holistic look at the sexual antics of top television star Charlie Sheen suggests that his tomfoolery is a backdoor effort at legitimating polygamy. Sheen’s groupies must think they are really actresses in the HBO series Big Love that offers life in a polygamous family in a positive light.
It is very disquieting to think that the American people are enchanted with divorce where perhaps the marriage vows should be for ten years obviating the need for a formal divorce proceeding. Perhaps, then the couple can merely renew their marital vow for another ten years.
Divorce Rate In America reports:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41%
The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60%
The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73%
The above data suggests that if you are celebrating your divorce that your chances for long term marriage get more onerous with each new divorce. If you have had three or more divorces, you need to look at the face in the mirror for the causes. You are the common link; therefore, you marital crises are starting with you.
I had this friend who could not seem to stay married. He and his spouses would have elaborate weddings and two years later I would ask how his wife was doing; he would introduce a new lady as his fiancée.
When I heard my friend was marrying again I was tired of his obvious disrespect for the marital vow. My wife Gwynelle had bought a wedding gift. I told Gwynelle to use that gift for our own home and we will not be going to his wedding. I was incensed that this chap was exploiting the emotions of these ladies with no real intention of remaining in a marriage. I later learned that he stayed with this last lady.
The bottom-line is celebrities are role models whether they like it or not. Celebrities should feel un-American when they permit the paparazzo to make fortunes off reporting their marital mocking activities that may be fodder for everyday people to emulate. They also want to realize that anyone with a cellphone is now the paparazzo for everyday Americans with the Internet as a platform for sharing their marital indiscretion pictures.
