Live a responsible life

The extramarital affair between the actor Wen Zhang and the actress Yao Di has stirred up heated public online discussion about marital loyalty, and the public revelry sparked by the scandal still goes on. The seemingly boring gossip news has actually offered certain inspiration to ordinary people's life, says an article in Zhengzhou Evening News. Excerpts:

How to manage marriage is a question that every married couple needs to deal with. A look at the online comments and criticism of Wen Zhang should help us realize the mainstream values in our society and come up with our own understanding of marriage.

In this regard, celebrity gossip has played an instructive function. The scandal is just like a TV drama, featuring the cliched plot of a husband cheating on his wife, but in this case it is even more eye-catching as the hero and heroine are a real-life actor and actress, who always play out this story on the screen. The celebrities have their own desires, human weakness and roles to play in their private lives; but at the same time, as public figures, it is inevitable that their lives are caught in the media lens and brought under public scrutiny.

The paparazzi in this way have somehow become the "bridge" between the celebrities and the public. The reports of the seemingly immoral behavior are in fact reports based on facts and meet society's prurient desires. Such gossip seems to involve the issue of professional ethics, but as long as entertainers in the showbiz do their own duty and behave themselves, their names will not appear in the headlines of reports about scandals.

Everyone is the leading a role in life and people play different roles in their public and private lives. Hence, it is a question that deserves everyone to think about how to live a responsible and honest life and give no opportunity to others to rake your past up and make judgments.

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