The truth about celebrity breakups
Why we can't get enough of watching the famous f•ck it up romantically.
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Gossip is entertainment that also acts as an early warning system; pulling apart the lives of others can alert us to problems closer to home. But bitching about people we know can get us into trouble; celebrity relationships are more fun to obsess over, because the stakes are low.
When raking over friends’ breakups, ther…
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