Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Effect of the Divorce among Celebrities in Malaysia.

Prepared by Idayu bt Alimat (G76141)

In Malaysia, artists are public figure. Divorce issues among them are something which cannot be hidden from public. Divorce brings shame and stigma squarely upon women only in conservative societies. However, think again because according to a “news” report published in the Malaysian tabloid, celebrity divorcees are apparently the hottest thing in the market at the moment. People usually read the news in local tabloids with a pinch of salt. We can take that issue when the seriousness of divorce and disrespect for divorced women are glossed over for sake of entertainment gossip. Being a celebrity in the entertainment world attracts a lot of attention but being a divorcee it seems, adds more “aura” and “glamour”.

Celebrities share their lives and experiences with the world. Their experiences are not just of clubbing and going to film premiers' nature (unless you're Paris Hilton). Celebrities are also real people who lead real lives and experience real things such as marriage, divorce, death of loved ones and serious illnesses to name a few. Celebrities are also role models to young people. Positive messages work better when they are said by someone in the public eye. For example, the police and media often get a celebrity to record a message when they are hunting for a missing child or trying to solve a crime.

Each divorce is unique and it will have negative effects to the children if the couples have kids, to both family, and also to the career. Every magazines or newspaper contains story about celebrities’ personal life because they are public figure and people around them want to know more about their personal life. Some of the fans were frustrated when they know that their idols are facing problems in their marriage. The fans will talk about these issues either positively or negatively.

Every step taken in a celebrity’s personal or professional life gets noticed by media and within a very short time the entire nation gets every detail with some added spice. In fact, people treat a celebrity in a very special manner and support him or her in every up and downs of their life. However, orientation of media has changed and now the media believe in publishing something spicy every day.

The most important thing the public can relate to is the idol’s career with their divorce issues. The idol does not have any private life any more. Every place she or he goes people keep asking about her or his problems and these will make them cannot concentrate on their work. The celebrities also have fewer offers to make a film or show. Sometime the company or television station will stop the contract. If that happens, the celebrities will have financial problems.

The idols family will get the side effects from this problem as well. They will be asked endlessly by the public and the reporters about the truth story that bringing to that divorce. For the reporter they will receive more stories for themselves and their company. Through the internet, these stories can be downloaded using blog or ‘you tube’. These issues are openly discussed even though the issues are very sensitive for their family and this will make their life more complicated. Whenever the Malay Mail tabloid, which has a readership among all races, has an exclusive sensational story on a celebrity, sales rise by 5,000 to 6,000 to about 50,000 copies. The issue will bring advantage to mass media.

This happened to a lead actor Aszerul Nizam Abdullah and Intan Shahira, when they shockingly claimed that the couple spent only 10 days together in four month of marriage. Their family feels very embarrassed of the both of them. This also happened to Aziz M Osman, 46, the famous director and actor. He said that he has been cheated to marry an ‘ustazah’ from Terengganu. Aziz M Osman has left his wife, Nor Radhiah Ramli, 22, as soon as they arrived back from their honeymoon in Bali, Indonesia. According to Aziz M Osman’s mother, Afida Es, the marriage was illegal, and the Islamic office has canceled the marriage. Aziz’s mother also feels very embarrassed because of this situation.

If the idol has children, the children will also soon face problems because the reporters, friends, teachers and people around them will ask them about their parent’s divorce. For teenagers, they can differentiate the good and bad things for them to talk about. For the kids, they do not understand what has happened to their parents and why people keep asking about their parent’s private life. Children give joy and completeness to a family when the family is complete. Differently, they can be a further catalyst for the dissolution of the marriage between their parents. In any case, children and teens are negatively involved in the crisis between their parents, with all the psychological problems related, enhanced by the pressure of mass-media and by the huge sum of money that their parents make. Sincerely, there is more sympathy for the children than for their parents, when the latter divorce.

The consequences of divorce impact almost all aspects of a child’s life, including the parent-child relationship, emotions and behavior, psychological development, and coping skills. They will have a fear because the reporters always try to meet them to get more information and sometimes the idols try to hide the children from the reporter.

3 comments:

  1. The consequences of divorce impact almost all aspects of a child’s life, including the parent-child relationship, emotions and behavior, psychological development, and coping skills. It also effact to both famyli and the fans will talked about these issues by their own views either positive or negative.

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  2. when we talk about the consequences of divorce, i would like cater my idea public perception towards celebrities. Recently, more than 10 celebrity's couples had declared their separation. it is a big number for Malaysian context. Personally, i could not avoid myself from thinking that every celebrities who have got married will end their marriage with divorce. like a virus which spread from one couple to another. ....this is not a prayer but this ia what i think about....

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  3. Great detailed post!!....Divorce brings shame and stigma squarely upon women in conservative societies. Also,celebrity divorcees are apparently the hottest things in the market....


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