Preston, Chantelle & celebrity marriage� should role models treat marriage so lightly?

[AB Asks]

Celebrity couple Preston and Chanelle's marriage breakup is yet another short lived celebrity relationship. What do you think about role models giving up on marriage so easily? Should celebrities think more carefully than the rest of us before tying the knot? Or is it just the way of things these days for marriages to fail?

[Richie1976]

I want to know who Chanelle is?

[Mammar]

Trust me - you don't
And "role" models?
??
Yer 'avin' a larf encha?

[leg_end758]

the problem is chantelle wasnt a celebrity and was a complete airhead.
she didnt get ion with his mates had nothing in common with him except being locked in a house.if they were still there theyd still be together.but it wasnt a real enviroment so was a bad miove for them both , except for the money they got.and prestons publicity for his band.
doomed marraige from day 1 im afraid.

[China Doll]

How do you know they gave their marriage up lightly?

Why should celebrities think more carefully about marriage than us mere mortals?

Surely whether a marriage fails depends on the circumstances?

[confused79]

Agree with china doll. what difference does it make if your a so called celebrity or not, maybe yeah they went into marriage to fast considering thier age, but just because they are in the public eye doesnt make them any different to Jo public. Marriages break up for so many different reasons, you simply cant generalise them.

[Llamatron]

And which planet is it that considers these non-entities role models?

[nuoyg]

I wouldn't really class C&P as a role model of mine but whatever floats your boat. More people appear to get divorced nowadays, I don't know if that's because individuals can earn good money and if they're not happy they think I'm off, or if it's because years ago there were lots of people in unhappy marriages.

I think with some celebrities they live such a different life where in some cases anything goes and anything can happen it's just part of it and they don't think anything of it. However, others - like David and Victoria Beckham have gone through rough times and not thrown in the towel yet.

[nuoyg]

PS - also unless you are there you don't really know what goes on so it's all based on assumptions anyway I guess!

[Reverandfunk]

Role models???? Heaven help us lol

Some bird off the street and a very ordinary singer out of a very ordinary band.

[andy-hughes]

I believe that a lot of couples marry because they think it is the thing that couples do.

Friends and relatives apply subtle pressure about 'wedding bells', usually followed by 'the patter of tiny feet', and couples enter into marriage and parenthood without seriously thinking through the consequences of either.

As to being a 'role model' - that strange notion is entirely the creation of the media. No public persona chooses to be a 'role model', it is a label hung on them by the media without their desire or consent, and quite rightly, the majority feel no compunction what ever to adapt and adjust their behaviour based on the perceived impact of a generation of complete strangers.

As Paul McCartney famously told a reporter, when questioned about his 'role model' status, and his 'responsibility' after being caught with dope in his luggage - "I won't tell anyone if you don't - whether or not this becomes news is not down to me, it's down to you."

Marriage is two people, it works if they do, not if they don't, famous or no.,

[nuttymum]

No-one should take the question of marriage lightly, and to spend vast amounts of money on one day of you life and put yourself in debt for at least the next ten years is another ludacrous idea

[tiggerwoo]

Who really cares?????