People love drama! This is no surprise any more, after all, this is how talk shows get the high ratings. We love to watch other people’s lives unfold, and sometimes crumble. It’s the whole car wreck story. Yeah sure, we like to see the happy endings sometimes but more interesting are the cheating husbands, who’s-your-real-daddy, my mom stole my man shows. 
I was watching a talk show this morning (not my usual choice of activity) and my mouth dropped because the host did something absolutely unheard of. She actually, how dare she?, stopped the guy from revealing to his “girlfriend” that he is seeing 6 other women. I was in shock. This is the stuff talk shows are made of, the tears, the how-could-you’s. Even outside the realm of the Jerry Springers, most shows would have let that secret come out because this episode was about revealing secrets. She was quietly said, after he’d revealed the first part of his secret, “ok, you two can talk about the rest off air”. Amazing!
In my shock, I then realized I had been waiting anxiously to see the young lady’s reaction. Why are we so drawn to other people’s pain? Is it so we can sit back and be glad it’s not happening to us? Or do we try to imagine how we would react in that situation? Do we want to see him get what’s coming? Or do we just really get some joy out of seeing other people squirm? The human psyche is a weird thing.
Well, I have no pity for someone who would be with someone so uncooth that they’d wash their laundry on national TV
Humans are sadists (like seeing pain, suffering, etc), whether or not we want to accept it!
Of course you need to bear in mind that very often some of those involved don’t know there’s dirty laundry about to be aired. They think they’re on because of their happy relationship, or to be reunited with long-lost friends etc.
It was the Tyra show actually.
I personally have very little pity for people who go on national television to watch their dirty laundry. The more pain, the better…
Scratch that last sentence. What show was that anyway?