Tabloid on trial - In Touch
A grinning Angelina Jolie on the cover with a (seemingly) miserable Jen in the sidebar - is it 2005 all over again? The cover artists at In Touch were feeling a bit retro this week, as they have created a cover that looks all too familiar - despite the fact that the image conjured up by it is pretty far-removed from Jen’s current reality, as is the story that made the sidebar.
It makes sense that In Touch, like any celebrity weekly, would cover a major celebrity birth, and a twin birth at that! As other covers for this week come out, I’m sure that many will dedicate space to little Knox and Vivienne. So what, then, brings In Touch to Jen Watch Court? Their decision to run a Jen sidebar - during a week when Jen was neither seen nor heard.
Gossip publications thrive on speculation and exaggeration, and stay alive for as long as the dramas in their pages do. So it maybe isn’t surprising that a “John betrays Jen” story, most likely courtesy of the ever-reliable “sources,” would surface this week. The “betrayal” is in all likelihood a very creative interpretation of John’s past-tense comments about fan hookups, while the picture used in the sidebar was taken several weeks ago, during an arrival at LAX that seemed to double as a convention for aggressive paparazzi.
What we do know is that lately, Jen has managed to evade photographers and the press, with only a few sightings hinting at her whereabouts. People says that Jen has returned to L.A. and was seen having dinner with pal Jennifer Meyer last week, although fans at John’s venues still hope to catch a glimpse of Jen at the gigs. Wherever Jen is these days, it does not seem like her reality matches up with the tabloid storyline. She is simply living her life.
Verdict: Guilty of unfortunate juxtaposition.
July 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
its so sad that the press won´t let go and just move on like Jen did. but even sader are the people believing this.
the ongoing triangle-drama is a shame.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
[...] only made every such list in the past several years, and the folks at In Touch, home of the unfortunate sidebar, have come out with yet another list of the best-tressed celebs, and Jen is #3, behind Rihanna and [...]