My sister, Kate, and I worked ourselves up into a frenzy yesterday afternoon as we discussed the separation of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey.

We are our mother's daughters and no one can possibly be more celebrity obsessed than she and I. Seriously. Kate and I come by our morbid curiosity for celebrity quite honestly. There was no way she and I wouldn't be subscribers to publications such as Us Weekly when we had a mother who monitored the lives of the cast of Hotel as though they were extended family of ours.

It would be several years before I understood that, in fact, my mother didn't actually know Connie Sellecca.

Yesterday, Kate barely had to utter the word "Did" before it was assumed that the following words would be "... you hear about Nick and Jessica?" We broke out into our own language, a boisterous mixture of screeching and heavy breathing and barking, not unlike the noise made by of a pack of rabid beasts descending upon a carcass in the wild. It was truly a race as to who could reveal the details of the split first for the rest of our family who, at this point, was just staring at us in wild-eyed amazement.

I feel horrible for the kids. Really, I do. I think they truly had very geniune affection for each other. Time changes people and sometimes things just don't work out the way you plan. But really? Let's not forget the place that overbearing, slimey, creepy, "She's got double D's! You can't cover those suckers up!" show-fathers have on a relationship.

I swear on all that is good and holy that a father who knows his grown daughter's cup size is a father who needs help. Plain and simple.

So in essence I think it's one of those things that's probably bringing them a huge amount of sadness and heartache and they have to do it in the public eye and I can't imagine what that's like for them and I hate to be all cynical and mean but?

Still?

How genius were they to announce it late Wednesday, the night before Thanksgiving? SUPER GENIUS, I tell you. SUPER GENIUS.

Posted by Erin at 11:37 AM | filed under: Supastah

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