On the Spot: Comments on the key to a healthy relationship

think the most important thing is to be truthful, so that both of you know what’s going on and that there’s no lying between the two of you.

You can’t lie, you have to be honest, and visit them. Long distance relationships aren’t really based on trust; they’re based on what you hear from. You can’t really gain trust. And I think that celebrity relationships are just based off what’s best fit for their ratings.

The key to a strong relationship is being there for each other, and I feel like celebrities have a lot more pressure on them, because when one breaks up with the other, everyone’s mad at the person that started it.

Communication. If there’s an argument, you need to talk things out. You can’t just leave it and hope it resolves itself, and I feel like celebrity relationships in particular are much more difficult to maintain just because there’s so much pressure and it's much more open to criticism to the public.

Trust and being able to confide in your partner is key. Tabloids and being in the public eye can get in the way of celebrity relationships.

Having equality on both sides. I don’t know much about this, but equal as in you're putting in both ways, you’re giving both ways and you’re getting out both ways. I think CR are over- dramatized for attention.

I would say being committed and making sure that you have a strong talking relationship as well so that way you can have more confidence in the relationship. I think celebrity relationships can be for just looks, while an regular relationship is done for yourselves.

To get to know the person better and see what you have in common and become more confident.

That you’re friends and that you enjoy being with each other. Mr. Brooks and I have been married for 30 years now and we are friends and love just hanging out together or going to the movies, or riding horses or, just anything, we like to be together. Celebrities are in the public eye, so it’s much harder for them to have privacy in their relationship compared to regular people....