80 MPH to Divorce

I don't plan to blog too often regarding what I've seen in the news, in this case Good Morning America and Facebook clips (Facebook is official news, right?), but I had to comment.  More than 5 million people have viewed the video of Chelsea Chambers trying to explain how far one would travel in an hour if traveling at a speed of 80 miles per hour.  We all got a good laugh and thus a little healthier (Dr. Oz says laughing will ease stress, lower blood pressure and boost the immune system).  But it’s not Chelsea's “blondeness” I want to focus on - It's her sweet (NOT!) husband, Travis.

So Chelsea’s not the brightest star in the sky.  Travis would have known that before he said, “I do.”  What Chelsea didn’t know before she married this prince was that he was the kind of man who would show her such disrespect and humiliate her globally; a man who would get a bang out of knowing that the world is laughing at his wife.    

Right now Chelsea should be living in newlywed bliss, but instead she is hurting.  She might be wondering  What would my family and friends think of me if I divorced him?  Chelsea, it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks!   Trust me,  his disrespect and penchant for laughing at you will continue.  On my wedding day I reminded my soon-to-be husband that he was NOT to smash cake in my face, a practice I have always seen as unloving and belittling.  He promised he wouldn’t - but what did he do instead?  While sweetly holding that most special bite of cake to my mouth, and looking intently into my eyes, he took his finger and smeared frosting across my nose.  I felt betrayed, and I can tell you that the show of disrespect and betrayal escalated in no time. 

Here’s what Chelsea wrote on their You Tube video page:

“Thank you for those of you that have been understanding, positive and supportive through the experience of the unplanned, unintended, and unsought public attention we've received for the viral YouTube video. For those of you that have misinterpreted the context of the video and commented negatively, not having the background story, we sympathize with you, we aren't angry and hope you'll reconsider your feelings. Our relationship has been strengthened by this experience and we encourage anyone with questions to view Good Morning America and our future posts. We're not exactly sure where we will go with the public attention yet but we welcome suggestions. We certainly never wanted to become notorious but when life gives you rotten cabbage sometimes you just might be able to make lemonade :) We have created a Page on Facebook, 'Travis and Chelsea Chambers' Much love, Travis and Chelsea”

I tried to post the GMA interview but it just didn’t want to download (I’m new at this).  Watch it and you’ll see Chelsea looks like she’s about to cry while Travis is “apologizing.”  I’m sure it was Travis who convinced Chelsea that this experience was strengthening their marriage.

By the way, Chelsea, you might want to keep a low profile.  When you have “rotten cabbage” you get sauerkraut. 

Pass this on to everyone you know.  It just might reach Chelsea.

What’s your reaction?  Do you think it’s a display of utter disrespect, do you think it was playful fun or do you think it is a hoax ?

Leave me your comment.