Tiger was in the news because it was a crazy story. A guy who broke records and barriers to become one of the wealthiest commodities in sports history has a scandal! It’s a classic tale and people love to hear it.

Same with Mel. These tapes reveal him to be a crazy narcissistic a-hole and it’s fascinating to see/hear how low the man will stoop.

One more point- don’t blame the media. If people didn’t care, it wouldn’t be a story.

This trend North America (most 1st world nations?) has of creating royalty and even dieties out of celebrities is just plain stupid. They are dancing monkeys for our amusement and are already getting paid far too much for what they actually contribute (especially when compared to those who actually provide life-saving/-protecting/-maintaining services). The last thing we need is to take their opinions seriously. I think the greatest service Mel has provided is proof of how irelevant their opinions are (so help me, if Bono stumbles on camera one more time and mumbles about some cause he appears to know less about than he cares about… O.O)

Jokes aside, we don’t like, love or look up to those people for any real and true reasons: we’ve swollowed the illusions they produce too deeply. They are just monkeys after all, like the rest of us (maybe even more so).

Would Mel act out again if we stopped paying attention to him? Would Lindsey get her act together? Would Tiger stop sleeping with harlots?

Who knows but for once, I wish the media would try.