Forget quick wit, a university education or, when that fails, the good ol’-fashioned method of making your way in this world – ie being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
I for one am getting married! Where this sacred union was once considered the ultimate declaration of two individuals’ commitment to one another, it’s now become little more than another cog in the spotlight-seeking machine.
Yes, yes, it’s all a very boo-hoo, terribly sad reflection of our modern society and the low regard it holds for true love.
But, in the words of Tina Turner, what’s love got to do with it when you’re making millions?
Just ask Kim Kardashian. A mere 72 days after declaring her undying love, the brunette Barbie Doll of reality television filed for divorce from Kris Humphries earlier this week. (Gasp. Shock. Surprise.)
Since then, she has been on the publicity trail after flying off to Australia (ostensibly to avoid the ensuing media mayhem – which explains why she’s been offering interviews on various TV and radio talk shows, right?), as well as taking to Twitter to declare her disgust at suggestions that the whole wedding was simply a ratings-earning sham.
Well honey, not to sound too cynical, but when your supposedly special day cost a cool $10 million, or R78m (mostly courtesy of sponsorships and magazine-cum-broadcast coverage deals), you initially stated your intention to hang on to the gazillions worth of gifts (only “selflessly” announcing your decision to hand them over to charity after your legions of lem-mings expressed their disapproval) and bagged a twinkly $2 million (R16m) diamond ring for a relation-ship that lasted less than a year, it’s rather ridiculous to think people wouldn’t believe it was money that motivated you.
As for her lamentations on her official website that “I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn’t get off… I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show (so) that when I probably should have ended (things), I didn’t know how to do it (because) I didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people”… Only a moron who’s overdosed on idiot pills would actually buy into such a vacuous onslaught of verbal sludge.
Kim also went on to blame her irrational decision not to pull the plug sooner on the fact “I want a real life so badly”. A-huh. Hence the 24-7 cameras, the many-times mentioned sex tapes, the need to share with the world what you ate for breakfast and conversations about your personal life held in the very private domain of a multi-national TV series.
According to Mom-ager Kris Jenner (whose book Kris Jenner… And All Things Kardashian just happened to hit stores this week), Kim came to her “painful” decision following a lot of prayer and medication – pardon, meditation.
If this is the case, perhaps she should have put some of that same soul-searching into practice before walking down the aisle and subse-quently invading our living space with her tale of woe.
In the words of one blogger: “Enough already. The bimbo’s 15 minutes are up.”