The excitement over Adele’s marriage breakdown is ugly and unkind | Yomi Adegoke
The brazen salivating over the end of her relationship is another example of the dehumanisation of those in the public eye
Every day I spend on social media reminds me why I envy the rich and the famous only for the former trait and never for the latter.
On Friday, Adele confirmed rumours of her separation from her husband, Simon Konecki. Fans have been in ecstasy since hearing that she was back in the recording studio. But the breakup of her relationship appears to be the cherry on top of a bittersweet cake, as served at Twitter’s #AdelesMarriageIsOver party. In this climate of rehashing and rephrasing identical sentiments in the hopes of maximising retweets, most responses to the latest news were a variation of: “Shame about Adele’s divorce, but the new album will bang.” Even the media got in on it: “We’re already crying at her next album,” MTV said.