If you go to CNN, people.com, or any entertainment news outlet on the Internet reporting about Best Actress Oscar winner Sandra Bullock's marital troubles, there's a good chance you will see more than a dozen posted comments. Some span over 20 pages.
A lot of the comments written, not surprisingly, offer support for Bullock. As for her bad boy, motorcycle riding, cheating husband Jesse James, who had an 11-month affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, a San Diego tattoo and fetish model, fans offered everything negative, short of suggesting he be castrated.
I can't say James doesn't deserve the backlash.
"There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me," James said in a statement to the press. "It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way."
I have gotten to the point I no longer care, much less be shocked, when the tabloids report the latest gossip that another Hollywood star's marriage is in trouble, whether it's the result of infidelity or a severe case of irreconcilable differences.
Hence the reason I was not the least bit surprised after hearing actress Kate Winslet and director Sam Mendes were separating after seven years of marriage. The entertainment media didn't seem too phased by it either.
Then came the news that Sandra Bullock's fairy tale marriage was in trouble and suddenly, everyone's rallying behind the cheated starlet. It's almost as if people were debating the nation's health care issue posting comments online. The entertainment media started asking if a curse comes with winning the best actress Oscar, citing examples of other best actress academy award winners as Halle Berry, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts, Hillary Swank and Charlize Theron, all stars who divorced their significant other years later.
"She's never done a sex tape, there's nothing scandalous, and she plays these sweet roles in movies -- there's nothing negative to say about her," said Cooper Lawrence, a relationship expert and author of "The Cult of Celebrity" who was quoted in a 3/19/10 CNN article by Breeanna Hare.
Then there is how Bullock paid tribute to her husband upon winning the Oscar March 7. Even I thought it was touching. It's seeing that kind of emotional joy play out on network television one moment only to learn days later the relationship is on the skids that gets people talking.
Sandra Bullock is not the first, nor will she be the last, celebrity icon to have her name dragged through the mud when word gets out her marriage is on the rocks.
There is nothing surprising about this latest scandal. What is surprising is no one expected to see it happen to Sandra Bullock.
©4/1/10
A lot of the comments written, not surprisingly, offer support for Bullock. As for her bad boy, motorcycle riding, cheating husband Jesse James, who had an 11-month affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, a San Diego tattoo and fetish model, fans offered everything negative, short of suggesting he be castrated.
I can't say James doesn't deserve the backlash.
"There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me," James said in a statement to the press. "It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way."
I have gotten to the point I no longer care, much less be shocked, when the tabloids report the latest gossip that another Hollywood star's marriage is in trouble, whether it's the result of infidelity or a severe case of irreconcilable differences.
Putting marriage and Hollywood together is like combining gasoline with alcohol and consuming it. It adds up to a deadly, if not combustible combination. Marriage in Hollywood has always been taboo. Despite the blockbuster movies and television shows "a star" churns out, you are a nobody in Hollywood unless you've been married and divorced at least once. I'm convinced of that.People have gotten so transfixed by the Hollywood elite that they can probably name a dozen actors, actresses and directors who've filed for the ever popular "d" word. Yet if you asked them what celebrities have managed to stay together "til death do us part," I'd be surprised if they can name even one. I can name maybe 10; but a few of those people are dead, so I am not sure they count.
Hence the reason I was not the least bit surprised after hearing actress Kate Winslet and director Sam Mendes were separating after seven years of marriage. The entertainment media didn't seem too phased by it either.
Then came the news that Sandra Bullock's fairy tale marriage was in trouble and suddenly, everyone's rallying behind the cheated starlet. It's almost as if people were debating the nation's health care issue posting comments online. The entertainment media started asking if a curse comes with winning the best actress Oscar, citing examples of other best actress academy award winners as Halle Berry, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts, Hillary Swank and Charlize Theron, all stars who divorced their significant other years later.
So why all of a sudden do fans care? Is it because women who've been cheated on by their husbands can identify the pain of betrayal Bullock is feeling? Do some men identify with James in that they have a hard time staying faithful and often think with what's between their legs rather than with their brain?Perhaps it has to do with the huge lack of bad press, if any, Bullock has received from the tabloids over the years. The worst press she has ever gotten was what the critics have said about some of her movies. Even then, the best actress winner of "The Blind Side" has showed us she knows how to be a good sport. Bullock graciously accepted her Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple wins at this year's Razzies for her performance in 2009's "All About Steve."
"She's never done a sex tape, there's nothing scandalous, and she plays these sweet roles in movies -- there's nothing negative to say about her," said Cooper Lawrence, a relationship expert and author of "The Cult of Celebrity" who was quoted in a 3/19/10 CNN article by Breeanna Hare.
Then there is how Bullock paid tribute to her husband upon winning the Oscar March 7. Even I thought it was touching. It's seeing that kind of emotional joy play out on network television one moment only to learn days later the relationship is on the skids that gets people talking.
The fact is what goes on behind closed doors is no one's business. I believed that after hearing about former senator John Edwards' affair. I believe that now in the case of Tiger Woods. The same goes for Bullock.There are far more important things for people to concern their lives with than being consumed by the latest Hollywood tabloid scandal.
Sandra Bullock is not the first, nor will she be the last, celebrity icon to have her name dragged through the mud when word gets out her marriage is on the rocks.
There is nothing surprising about this latest scandal. What is surprising is no one expected to see it happen to Sandra Bullock.
©4/1/10
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