Lynne Curtin, former star of the Real Housewives of Orange County, has officially pulled the plug on her 22-year marriage. Lynne, who appeared in seasons 4 and 5, filed for divorce in Orange County Superior Court to divorce her husband Frank Curtin, citing “irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ.
But why do we care so much when celebrities divorce? Bethenny Frankel, Britney Spears and many other celebrities have recently left their spouse/fiance, and many people become quite upset. Orange County and Los Angeles/Hollywood divorces happen all the time, but when it’s a celebrity you’ve never met, is it upsetting to you?
In the early 2000’s researchers gave this a name: celebrity worship syndrome (CWS). They declared that an extreme case of CWS serves as a form of coping or obsession may be a sign of neuroticism or poor mental health. Another finding stated that people who indulge in celebrity obsession tend to imagine the world as just and fair. So when your favorite celebrity divorces, you realize once again that life isn’t fair. We find hope in the fact that someone rich and famous can also have true love– you truly can have it all. But when that doesn’t seem to be the case, we doubt how easy it might be to find true, lasting love.
But as most people can attest to, life isn’t fair… even for celebrities. In fact, most believe that many celebrities, due to their lifestyles, have a harder time maintaining long-term relationships and marriages. So when your favorite celebrity divorces, don’t think your relationship is doomed as well. That would be quite an extreme case of CWS.