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Celebrity trials and woes

Cumberland News headline: “Helen Skelton breaks silence on divorce to Richie Myler”
Tagging: Helen Skelton might be a nonentity to most of us, but to some she's important enough to warrant her own tag alongside a more general celebrities nod.

Leading with a headline like Helen Skelton breaks silence on divorce to Richie Myler, it appears that Helen Skelton's (who?) personal life's a bit of a mess. But things get worse, much worse:

The presenter, who took part in last year's Strictly Come Dancing series, separated from her ex-husband in April of last year shortly after their third child.

Andrew Smart, News and Star / The Cumberland News

Reading that, it seems clear that their third child separated from her ex-husband before she did. Or did she separate from the third child before separating from him? It's ambiguous, but it probably makes sense to someone, somewhere oop north. (shrug)


Most people get married to and divorced from someone else. But normal rules of engagement don't apply to celebrities, even trivial ones. It's a rare life, to be sure.

Mr Smart is an SEO journalist, apparently. I don't know what that means in context; search engine optimised? Clearly, writing for SEO doesn't entail clear and proper use of the English language.