The curse of 'Hello!': Celebrities get divorced earlier
The phenomenon is known as "the curse of Hello!": Couples who sell their wedding exclusive to the weekly newspaper are predestined for divorce. Hundreds of famous couples have
The phenomenon is known as "the curse of Hello!": Couples who sell their wedding exclusive to the weekly newspaper are predestined for divorce. Hundreds of famous couples have passed through the pages of the Spanish magazine and its international affiliates, selling their marriage meeting to the highest bidder.
The sincerity of these weddings has always been questioned, do celebrities get married just to increase their income? Of the 62 weddings that have been featured on the cover in the last decade, ten have already ended in divorce. In the UK, where the Hello!
It has been published successfully since 1989 under the name Hello! It has long been speculated on the fragility of the marriages that star on its covers. An investigation has just revealed that the joke is based on real premises. According to the study, cited by The Sunday Times, of the 62 weddings that have appeared on the cover of Hello!
English in the last decade, ten have already ended in divorce. This represents 16.1%, more than double the general number of divorces, which in the United Kingdom was 7% between 2002 and 2009, dates very similar to those of the study.
The Hello! defends itself The British version of the famous Spanish weekly has always denied that there is a curse on their marriages - not to mention movements orchestrated by both parties to generate controversy. Rosie Nixon, director of Hello! He has come out publicly to attack "the curse of Hello!": "A ridiculous and totally unfounded concept."
Is the "curse of Hello!" Really "ridiculous"? Perhaps, but the numbers are on the table: media marriages divorce more. Is marriage conceived as a simple business? It has always been said that celebrities live with greater pressure than other mortals, and it is precisely the interest of the media to generate information that leads them to conflict. And the money they receive for the exclusives?
The chicken or egg dilemma. Money influences The rest of couples have financial difficulties related to the separation that celebrities do not usually have From a psychological point of view, as explained by Maribel López Chinarro, moderating psychologist in couple breakups at the ATYME Foundation, the reasons why famous people divorce are the same as those of other mortals.
In her opinion, celebrities go through the same psychological bump and she does not believe that they marry for money, but she recognizes that there are two factors that can cause them to divorce earlier. In the first place, she explains, "the way of approaching the conflict is different", given the constant media pressure.
"They have numerous external factors that determine how well or how badly they are doing. They have to look good with society and this speeds up breakups," says Chinarro.
On the other hand, there is an economic conditioning. As the psychologist explains, the rest of the couples have financial difficulties related to the separation - and the wedding itself - that celebrities who almost always have considerable incomes do not usually have.
In short: "Although selling the exclusive is not a reason to marry, the fact of having significant financial resources makes it easier for media couples to marry and have less difficulty in divorcing." Fleeting marriages The couples that appear in the Hello! not only do they get divorced more, they also get divorced earlier.
Three of the ten marriages on the cover of Hello! Britons who ended in divorce lasted less than two years and only three others lasted more than five. The record is held by Kim Kardashian, star of a famous American reality show, and Kris Humphries, NBA player. They were divorced in just 72 days. Some have even starred in several covers for the same wedding.
This is the case of the actress Elizabeth Hurley and the Indian businessman Arun Nayar, who received two and a half million euros in 2007 for two reports of their link: the one held in the United Kingdom and the traditional ceremony that took place in India.
The marriage only lasted two years. The jackpot goes to Ulrika Jonsson, a Swedish TV host who became famous as a "weather girl" in the UK and fell under the "curse of Hello!" twice. In 1990 she married John Turnbull, a previously unknown waiter, and sold the exclusive to the weekly for more than 100,000 euros.
They were divorced five years later. In 2003 she married Lance Gerrard-Wright. New cover exclusive, new divorce. This in just two years. The curse also occurs in Spain Although there is no similar study in Spain, it is enough to look back to find famous examples. This is the case of Paulina Rubio and Nico
