Is it just me that's bored of reading about affairs?

So Ashley and Cheryl Cole have finally split up after more allegations against Ashley. Why exactly are the public expected to be amazed by this news? I would put my future life savings on this being front page news for at least 2 more weeks if not longer - why though? Do the media see the general public as being having so little genuine interest in their lives or is it more of a case of dictatorship on the medias part. I'd certainly say the latter - its the old case of someone is raised up on high so that when they fall it'll be so much more of a 'sensational' ending.

Only a few years back the tabloids were desperate to make Cheryl Cole (or Tweedy, as she was then)public enemy number one. For weeks upon end the tabloids dragged out the story that she was involved in a nightclub altercation, into a huge scandal - vicious assault, racist Cheryl, a thug - in the end she admitted to being drunk and punching the nightclub attendant, but strenuously denied being a racist - she served her punishement and tried to rebuild her career and grow up from the 19 year old young woman she was then. When the hairdresser who revealed her affair with Ashley spoke to the same papers in January 2008, Cheryl was now the poor victim and the papers turned on Ashley.

This being the same Ashley who the tabloids adore! Not because of his wonderful talent as one of the best left backs in the world, how stupid to think that, nope it's because he seems to be such an easy target for scandal. They loved making him out as a greedy, arrogant overpaid celebrity when he moved to Chelsea for the money...and possibly success (but that isn't controversial so not print worthy) yet scrambled to make his and Cheryl's wedding pictures the front page news as a beautiful and wonderful celebrity occasion. Since then, every sniff of promiscuity has been pounced upon like an elephant sitting on an ant! Until eventually they find out enough and publicise it to destroy the marriage that they promoted only 4 years earlier.

So is this my own damning verdict on Ashleys personal life, or the transitional character change and moral development of them both? Not at all. I'm merely highlighting the fickle and hypocritical nature of our national press. They aren't interested in the emotional trauma, the deep personal issues involved with such stories, they want to make money out of them, out of us. Cheryl in her statement earlier today has asked that "the media respect her privacy at this difficult time" - Do you honestly think they will??

Not a chance!!!!!

They'll milk this story for what will seem like an eternity, with apparent new revelations and insights into either of the 2 peoples lives - and they'll only get bored of it when they tell us, the nation when we're supposed to be bored of it. Sound bizarre?! It should do, but unfortunately what I'm getting at is that the national media have manipulated so much of the country into being obsessed with celebrity culture and delving into the ordinary of these people's lives. Personally, I feel sorry for Cheryl and don't agree with what Ashley has done, but it's the same way I feel about the same situation with anybody in the world - but in the end it's their business, their problems, and it's very personal - so do we really need to know the ins and outs of 'celebrities' personal lives or are we going to continue to be playthings for the tabloids?