Monday, November 13, 2006

CNN, always reporting on the important issues of the day

Something to ponder at lunchtime: The trend in celebrity divorces.

According to the experts at CNN, it's now de rigueur for the successful woman to divorce her less-successful mate. And they even throw in a bit of advice for regular folk:

[W]e can and should learn from these celebrity bustups, where the woman, traditionally the financially dependent spouse, leaps beyond the man in terms of money and power, creating inevitable fissures in the union. More practically, they say, professional women need to learn to protect their assets -- as in demanding a prenuptial agreement -- before they head to the altar.

Aaaw. Ain't it sweet.



10 comments:

DSL said...

Lucky for us we're not rich or famous.

dara said...

Speak for yourself, ha ha.

Justin S. said...

So let me get this straight... Women are taking over and Britney Spears is your leader?

dara said...

Justin: Uh, whatever, dude.

And, in Britney's case, the prenup is only going to do so much good when her ex is blackmailing her with a sex tape. Allegedly.

mad said...

Amazing how the institution of divorce has changed in a matter of months.

DSL said...

You mean where the guy is suing (or blackmailing) for spousal support? There have always been gold diggers.

I said...

Their sex types were already aired on National TV, must be some othe dirt.

DSL said...

I'm pretty sure they haven't been aired. How would K-Fed use them as leverage? Which is what he is doing.

dara said...

Mad: I think it's just that the roles of men and women have changed, and it's not always the man being sued for support.

Inbal: It wasn't sex tapes that aired. It was just their home movies. The rumor is that there is some Paris-Hilton style homemade porn to be found.

Debby: The rumor on the internets is that K-Fed has a tape, and will sell it, if Brit doesn't meet his demands -- prenup be damned.

DSL said...

Yep, that's what I was referring to. I was saying how would K-Fed use those tapes as blackmail if they'd already aired. They'd be useless.