My mum asked a question that stumped me. I was telling her about the spat that Christine Bleakley had with her footballer fiance's ex fiancee, and she said: "why do celebrities divulge so much in public on Twitter?"
Why indeed?
It may only have been a half-hearted argument, but Bleakley's response spoke volumes about how she and smug Frank Lampard regard Elen Rivas, the mother of his two daughters.
Apparently Elen had tweeted about her frustration when, on holiday in India over Christmas, she rang the Lampard abode to speak to her daughters, Frank and Christine having custody of them for the holiday period.
When she couldn't speak to them she then vented her frustration on Twitter, saying she would have expected "the girlfriend" to be a bit more understanding.
"The girlfriend" - former golden girl TV presenter Bleakley, who was recently sacked from Daybreak, responded with the ultimate in sanctimonious tweets - something about not debating in public "where children are involved."
But she then preceded to retweet several supportive and aghast messages from her friends. One of them said "is she up to her old tricks?" which suggested that Elen's behaviour has been a topic for discussion for Bleakley and her pals.
It the transpired, from the Bleakley camp, that Elen had rung in the middle of the night UK-time. The inference was she was too stupid to realise. Well, we can't all be members of Mensa (smug Frank, the oxymoron "brainy footballer").
I personally felt myself sympathising for Elen. Not only did she have a lonely Christmas without her kids., she had to put up with retweets from the Bleakley Supporters' Club when a bit of dignity (or silence) might have been better.
Another grieving ex on holiday alone over Christmas was Demi Moore. Her marriage, and its demise, was lived on Twitter. The end of the Russell Brand / Katy Perry marriage was also played out on Twitter for our delectation.
I do wonder why. Aren't the paraparazzi and the hacked phones enough to keep a celebrity in the public eye, without having to wash their own dirty linen?
All I expect from a celebrity on Twitter are slices of wit or insight. Not boring tweets about the mundanities of life (we do that ourselves) and not undignified rants or fallings out.
3 comments
There's only one celeb I follow on Twitter and that's the very lovely Wincey Willis. She interacts with people and is such a nice lady, too. The majority of celebs on Twitter I find, are there purely for their own benefit to gather as many followers as possible thus increasing their status. I see no point in following someone if they don't interact and completely ignore you. Celebs on Twitter should be really careful about divulging their dirty linen; we do, after all, contribute a great deal to their wages.
CJ x
I still don't get the whole twitter thing.....just seems like an accident waiting to happen!!
I used to really like Christine Bleakley when she was on the ONE SHOW. Sometimes success can go right to someone's head and its never right to air your linen in public (dirty or otherwise.) Thats why I don't Twitter! Leave it to the birds!
Maggie X
Nuts in May
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