Can celebrity relationships really survive?

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  Posted by Janet Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:38pm PDT

  Who really cares? Celebrities don't live in the real world anyway with so much money and so many people taking care of them. They are just spoiled brats. If they had a real problem, they wouldn't know what to do with it. They would probably just snort, smoke, and drink. Let 'em. When they have real problems in the real world, maybe then I will care about them. We idolize the wrong people. We should be talking about and be concerned about the men fighting and dying in the war that is going on right now, finding solutions for the homeless, what about the quality of education our children are receiving, how about the illegal immigrants taking our jobs, have you filled your car with gas lately? We're the ones who have the problems--everyday ordinary people, struggling to survive, families, raising children, the backbone of this country. These are the folks I think about. Please.....Talk about something that is important. Not celebrities. They aren't worth our time....

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  Posted by springtime Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:42am PDT

  Someone needs to tell Madonna she's not 22 anymore... the hair has to go, and the make up needs softening. Sure... Hollywood couples can survive. Look at the Paul Newmans. George Carlin was marrried for 36 years. Bon Jovi has women throwing themselves at him constantly but he is still with his high school sweetheart and wife. Gary Senise

  ( CSI/NY). Will & Jada Smith. It al comes down to commitment of the vows and believing in something bigger than yourself and your fame.

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  Posted by DMLady Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:51am PDT

  yes, it is possible. look at Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. the difference between those couples and those like Jessica Simpson/Nick Lachey and Madonna/Guy Ritchie is that they are humble, down-to-earth people. they don't need to be in the limelight every second of the day. they have their priorities straight - marriage and family come first, not their careers. Jessica and Nick, in my opinion, were too young and Madonna..well...she just can't stand to share the spotlight with anyone. has anyone ever seen her and Guy on the red carpet? she won't let him speak. it's got to be all about her, all the time.

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  Posted by Disgruntled Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:30am PDT

  I've got to agree with springtime and DMLady. Celebrity marriages can last but only if the celebrities have their priorities straight and put their marriages and families first. Only the more mature and down-to-earth celebrities manage to do this.

  I can't say that hearing about Madonna and Guy Ritchie breaking up was any great shock. I hate watching them together on TV because she is constantly trying to emasculate him. She won't let him speak for himself and is either criticizing him or making fun of him. He always looks embarassed and annoyed to be with her. I'm amazed he put up with her as long as he did.

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  Posted by al Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:49am PDT

  the only hollwood couple that has done an amazing job of upholding their marriage and doing all the right things to stay strong and in love is will smith and jadea pinket-smith, they are always so sweet and loving and simply seem to be a normal couple with normal children. it is possible for celebrities to make it but def. not probable

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  Posted by FEIGENBAUM FAMILY Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:18am PDT

  The headline for this story say "the rumors....beg the question..."

  To me, this headline raises its own quesiton: is it the story's author who does not know the proper meaning of "begging the question" or is it Yahoo's headline writer, trying to sound smart, who ends up looking dumb by misusing the phrase?

  Begging the question is a basic logical fallacy that any college graduate should have learned in an entry level philosophy course. It is not the same as "to raise the quesiton."

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  Posted by impatientmom Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:01am PDT

  I agree with other posters here that stars have to get priorities straight. I also agree that a majority of them are pampered brats like Paris Hilton, but there are some stars who seem to handle the test of time.

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  Posted by fools_and_sages Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:17am PDT

  There have been rumors that Madonna and Guy Ritchie were getting divorced from nearly the second after they got married. I think they managed to make it this far because their careers build separations into their marriage. She goes on tour. He goes on location to make a movie. However, until I see a real headline in a real newspaper or on a real news show that says otherwise, I'm not ready to toll the funeral bells for Madge and Guy.

  I do think celebrity marriages have a chance to survive. But the couple needs to swallow their pride and egos as individuals and leave the professional crapola at the studio. Home time is different from work time. They also need to live clean and sober lives or refrain from chasing other men and women-- just like other people.

  I will also add that the examples of successful celebrity couples that have been given are ones in which the members of the couple are equally successful or the man is more successful than the woman. Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman-- equally successful, though in different ways. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson-- he's ultra successful and most people forget who she is most of the time.

  And I will add that failed celebrity relationships are nothing new. Look at: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio or Arthur Miller. Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher or Richard Burton. Ike and Tina Turner. CArly Simon and James Taylor. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Carey Grant and Dyan Cannon. Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , etc., etc. Thirty or more years ago all of these celebrity relationships succumbed to infidelity, spousal abuse, or drug/alcohol addiction (or some combination thereof). So if Madge and Guy don't make it, they don't. But did anybody really expect them to?

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  Posted by coco Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:40am PDT

  It all has to do with priorities. Your family has to come first and job second. I realize being a celebrity requires quite a bit more than the average Joe's job but it is in fact a job. If they treat it like a job instead of making it their life, they will survive.

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  Posted by DMLady Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:47pm PDT

  He goes on location to make a movie? What movie? Because of Madge/Madonna (or whatever else she wants to call herself) Guy's career was pretty much destroyed. "Swept Away", anyone? Because of that horrid mess of a film he has not been able to recover. "Rolver", which I enjoyed, was pushed aside by all critics. Movie? What movie?

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