# Who the heck cares that Chris Kattan is separated from his wife after eight weeks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043 "2008-08-23T20:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/21 "2008-08-25T01:49:45Z")
If Kattan was still doing something on TV, I would probably despise him as another talentless hack taking money that should be mine – somehow. I think he’ll turn out to be like Troy McClure – with some kind of weird fish fetish, or possibly one related to small rodents. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/22 "2008-08-25T19:05:00Z")
I think people like to follow celebrity stories because they’re like “friends” that everyone knows. That’s my best theory. Also they like to see the glamorous Hollywood types reduced down to their level. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/23 "2008-08-25T19:33:33Z")
Someone cared enough to start this thread. Others cared enough to check it out or respond to it. : ) ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/24 "2008-08-26T02:29:13Z")
I had never heard of Chris Kattan before this thread, but I will say that the picture in the OP reminded me of the immortal [Bat Boy](http://www..lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=5950&IssueNum=218) of Weekly World News fame. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/25 "2008-08-26T03:10:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tenar] I had never heard of Chris Kattan before this thread, but I will say that the picture in the OP reminded me of the immortal [Bat Boy](http://www..lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=5950&IssueNum=218) of Weekly World News fame. [/QUOTE] [Fixed link](http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/?id=5950&IssueNum=218) ---
**Author:** ![KRSOradio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/0ea827/32.png) [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043/26 "2008-08-26T04:07:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Hold the phone… Chris Kattan is _straight?!_ Well, I just lost five bucks. [/QUOTE] Shall I make a list of gay men who have been married to women? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-cares-that-chris-kattan-is-separated-from-his-wife-after-eight-weeks/461043.md?page=1)