We're not perfect so why do we expect celebrities to be?

We're not perfect so why do we expect celebrities to be?

After months of ­speculation, gossip, rumours and hints, Rihanna finally confirmed she was back with Chris Brown with a Grammy’s PDA.*

So â€" presuming you care in the first place â€" how did it make you feel? Shocked? Angry? Disappointed?

My own personal heroine, Girls star Lena Dunham, said: “It cracks my heart in half in a way that makes me feel like I’m 95 years old.” But why?

It’s OK for her friends to have an opinion about it, but we â€" however much we might like to be â€" are not Rihanna’s friends.

It’s 2013. We know everyone makes mistakes. We know â€" thanks to Twitter mainly â€" that celebrities are just people (and often thrilling details about what they might have for lunch, too).

So why do we still expect famous people to be perfect?

History has proven time and time again that the majority of celebrities are, in fact, much, much more likely to do ridiculous things than admirable ones.

Check out Lindsay Lohan.

Look at people like Hugh Grant/Leslie Grantham, who seem to have thought they could indulge their seedier sides and get away with it, despite being (at the time, ­obviously, not now) a huge film star/in the cast of the most watched soap opera in the country, i.e. pretty recognisable to most people with functioning eyes.

Famous people are often extremely insecure, damaged, thick, or all of the before â€" if any of them ever do anything ­praiseworthy, it’s pretty much a miracle. And actually, celebrities don’t ask to be shining examples of how to live your life â€" so if Rihanna IS your role model, really, that’s pretty much your problem.

Yes, celebs ­sometimes influence the way we dress, our hairstyles and our eating disorders, but if you’re ­seriously getting your core values from someone who prances round in a pair of pants chosen by a stylist, singing songs she didn’t write, you need to get a grip.

Famous people are all, in ess ence, ­entertainers. Even Jordan. They’re just for fun, not for the serious things in life.

And that means anything to do with relationships. When it comes to celebrities you shouldn’t trust them with your car keys, let alone with your love life.

Maybe we all need to come together as one and take the pressure off.

We could just try to enjoy celebrities’ ­creative output/reality shows and look to more credible sources for ­inspiration and guidance on our proper lives.

You know, like Lena Dunham.

Wit of the week

“IS it just me, or does anyone else think Pope Benedict went a bit too far in giving up the papacy for Lent?” Joan Rivers

Clarification of the week

ANYONE who thinks Jordan only called Kelly Brook fat because Kel’s back with Danny Cipriani â€" who Jordan had a few, ahem, “dates” with, before he saw sense and ran for the hills â€" couldn’t be more idiotic and wrong.

Just like Jordan was when she called Kelly Brook fat.

Cute girl-crush of the week

“I’M watching Justin Bieber never say never and I have one thing to say about this young man !! LEGEND !!” Mark Wright

Earth-shattering celebrity bombshell of the week

“I’VE just made fish finger sandwiches.” Geri Halliwell