I agree. Why do people so enjoy to watch a person make a train wreck out of their lives. For me this is a non-story. For the folks that's just gotta know, five minutes worth is enough.

I think people get some sort of satisfaction knowing they are not quite as bad as the next guy.  There's always someone else doing worse than you.  For those just as worse, it helps take the heat off doing what they're doing and sort of "normalizes" it for them. 

Good point.