There’s a new show about to start on NBC called The Marriage Ref, and while I think it’s likely to be funny, I also think there will be people out there who take the advice offered by the celebrity guests as more serious and less entertainment. Why shouldn’t they take it as real, valuable or decent advice? Because the stars slated to offer this advice include the likes of Madonna and Alec Baldwin! Really? Who in their right mind would take marriage advice from Madonna, given her 2 divorces and other past relationships. What help could she possibly offer a struggling couple that a real, licensed therapist couldn’t do better?
And let’s not forget the nasty divorce between Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger. That situation was all over the entertainment magazines and shows when it was top news, and most of us remember the not so distant and very public fight he had with his 11 year old daughter, in which he called her a pig. I don’t think he’s the best choice for helping a couple work things out.
To be fair, I think that this show will be hilarious, but only because the advice offered from the celebrities will be, to put it politely, “sub par”. I worry that people watching it will give them credit as being an “expert” on fixing relationships, simply because they’re a celebrity. We have a tendency to give people more credit than they’re due in our society if they’re on TV, which is ridiculous. Just because someone is on TV does NOT make them an expert, and I hope our readers never forget it!
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