Celebrity marriage problems: are they any of our business?

As a nation, why are we so obsessed with the world of celebrity affairs and divorce? Are we finding a way of escapism from our own sometimes mundane lives, or is it the more slightly voyeuristic side to our personalities that love prying into other people’s business?

The press give us coverage of the times Kate Moss goes to a party or an MP is found to be doing something normal. Do we really care? They seem to think we do, that's why it makes the front pages. Can I just point out right now that celebs are human too, they are (mostly) not some kind of awe inspiring entity that makes it right to follow them around while they eat, chat to friends and just generally try and live a normal life outside of work. Because let’s face it when they’re not promoting, filming, on telly, modelling, in commons, playing a sport, making music etc they are trying to take on some wind down time like the rest of us.

Every time Kylie set foot out her front door, then there are the paps, the pictures end up in the Mail where they don’t really have a story to write about, but just comment on what she is wearing or how tired she may be looking.

The whole John Terry saga made me realise that the public take too much pleasure in berating someone in the public eye before any of the real facts are known. Yes, we know John Terry had an affair, that much is clear, but why was nothing else made of the fact that the person he was having an affair with – Vanessa Perroncel – has generally worked her way around the married ex players of the Chelsea team?

I’m not for a second saying that John Terry has the butter wouldn’t melt look about him, but what about her? It takes two to tango. Other than those juicy bits of gossip we have nothing else to go on about why and how the situation unfolded, how both parties felt and even if the whole mess is entirely true. Why? Because no parties have said a thing or set any record straight, we therefore do not know what really went on, but are made to speculate.

The whole ‘affairgate’ has been splashed around with no concern for both party’s families, the team mates of JT and Wayne Bridge and also the World Cup preparations – do the press not want the team to be focused come South Africa? Anyway, across the gossip columns today was the happy couple – JT and Toni all smiles having worked things out in Dubai. Good. We are not to judge her decision as we don’t know the couple. Hopefully a line is now drawn under this and captainless Terry can now focus on his job as a footballer.

But wait, what’s this today? Ashley Cole has apparently now done the dirty on Cheryl. Does Cheryl know about this or is she to find out about it in the papers like us? So the press are going on the say so of the secretary he was supposedly bedding. Right OK, call me a cynic, but becoming a WAG, or bedding a footballer and selling the story is big money, some girls will stop at nothing to get a slice of the action. Who are we to say that this is how it happened or whether it’s fair for Ashley to be portrayed as a ‘scumbag’. This again focuses on another star player of the Chelsea and England team before vital matches.

As a woman and a football fan, I am disgusted by the apparent behaviour of quite a few members of the England football team. However, as a football fan, I believe that the players should be left to play. John Terry and Ashley Cole are both world class players and their football does the talking on the pitch. Many men are found out the be cheating every day, some more high profile than footballers, normal men do it too - this is a factor in why the divorce rate in the UK is so high.

I believe the sooner we stop glamourising the world of footballers and WAGS these kind of sensationalist stories will stop.