feeling sorry for celebrities.....

ok, so you won't often hear me rant about how sorry i feel for actors, artists, politicians, singers, and other talented/untalented people in the public eye.....while i understand how hard it is to 'be them'....with long arduous work-hours, impossible deadlines, elusive standards for success.........they also enjoy the many perks that come with celebrity......such as invitations to swank events that include 'gift bags', front row seats at designer showings,world series tickets and the means to afford $700 pillow cases and $500 a pair panties......none of which i desire except for the world series tickets.....but that is not the point.......these people also must endure microscopic scrutiny of their private lives.......including headline notice of marital separation......you know of the couple of who(m?) i refer.......i cannot imagine having my personal pain splashed on google news like it is entertainment...the press could hardly ignore the story, as the couple in question issued a joint 'statement' to make sure that there was no doubt in the truth behind the rumors.....in my little town, all we have is the court news as recorded every sunday morning in the danville advocate.....this morning i read with surprise that a woman of my aquaintance got divorced as of the past week......i was surprised only because i thought her divorced at least 1 if not 2 years ago........had i known the divorce had lingered this long i would have kept her in my prayers.......it is one of those sad cases where the wife works her spouse's way through a professional school, only for him to turn around and request a divorce so he can marry a younger woman........not necessarily the most accurate depiction, but close enough for a sunday morning rant, eh?........but i will say with certainty that she is one of those devoted mothers who sacrificed her personal time for her kids, only to wake up at the wrong end of her 40's alone in addition to being out-of-shape and nouveau poor.......alas, the divorce notices in a small town paper might as well be tabloid headlines.....for it will be whispered in the halls of church this morning as sure as death and taxes........along with the selling price of certain real estate transactions reported elsewhere in the paper......and the younger children of the woman in question will be in church today, but not my friend, because she seems reluctant to venture back to church given all that has changed in her life, including a downgrading of personal finance......which brings me back to my original point.......how can i not feel sorry for the rich whose personal woes make headlines, when i can see similar pain up close in my own little community........