The flip side of these celebs.

The thing is, these glossies sell so well that celebs will always be offered silly money to tell all in them.  The less talented celebs (lord knows there are plenty of them about) will jump at the chance of easy money, when many real, talented 'celebs' will be doing their stuff for a whole lot less, and probably have better principles so won't be selling any seedy details.   A large section of the public will always (mostly unwittingly) feed the habit of the Z listers. Meh.   

It's quite true though - Steve Brookstein said exactly the same thing - his management wanted him and his girlfriend to get engaged just to create something newsworthy. As it turns out, the couple did eventually get married, but after he'd parted company with Simon Cowell and at a time that suited them.

Probably the most depressing aspect of this is what Rosie said above - people seem to be so gullible that they'll buy the magazines anyway. I mean, there's a whole industry spawned around boring celebrity gossip and people are so taken in by the glamour that they never question whether it's true or false.

Yeah, and they're usually at least 8 months old from what I remember. You're asking yourself "I thought she had her baby?" and then realise you're reading Heat from last May.

I'd like to be able to walk in the newsagents without seeing Katie Prices face everywhere, I don't think there is a day goes past without her in the paper or a week without being in the magazines.