Celebrity couples aren’t like regular people. When a regular married couple split, their close friends might be sad, but when a famous couple splits, their entire fandom grieves. And, in the throes of grief, the public want answers.
Kardashian West is about as constructed and filtered a celebrity as one can get. And yet in that moment, in her scripted monologue, she managed a moment of truth. Divorce is rarely all moonlight and roses, with a couple ecstatically uncoupling as a celebration of their love. And it is rarely unmitigated hatred, even in most bitter of splits.
Despite a deep love and respect for one another, we have realized that our current paths have taken us in opposite directionsAnd sure, some regular people who divorce do love and respect each other, and kudos to them. But mostly? At least one party is enraged, hurt, betrayed, devastated, disdainful, fed up, or just plain out of love with the other person. That is why they’re getting divorced.Sometimes, the celebrity statements are so rhapsodic they read more like engagement notices.
KimKardashian kanyewest nbcsnl KerriSackville WFC!
KimKardashian kanyewest nbcsnl KerriSackville Seriously, who gives a fuck?